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Auto-biography (very short, by S.M. Stirling): I'm a writer by trade, born in France but Canadian by origin and American by naturalization, living in New Mexico at present. My hobbies are mostly related to the craft—I love history, anthropology and archaeology, and am interested in the sciences. The martial arts are my main physical hobby.
Bibliography: View "The Compleat S.M. Stirling Bibliography", complete to November 2011.
Fan Fiction: Here is a site with some S.M. Stirling Fan Fiction.
Fan Art: Here is a page with some S.M. Stirling Fan Art.
News: "Shadows of Annihilation", the next novel in the "Tales from the Black Chamber" Alternate History series, will be published in March 2020. Three more novels in this series are planned.
Tales from the Black Chamber
A new Alternate History series, published by Ace. This takes place from 1916 in a world where Theodore Roosevelt became president of the U.S.A. in 1912, and features a covert-ops organization named "The Black Chamber". |
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Emberverse anthology
This is an anthology edited by S.M. Stirling, containing "Emberverse"/"The Change" stories by himself and several other authors, published by Ace. |
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Emberverse III (The Change II, Rudi's Children)
A new "Emberverse"/"The Change" series, published by Ace. It's Change Year 46, two generations after high-energy technology died in a catastrophe most of the human race didn't survive.
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Clan of the Claw
A new series, each volume with four new linked novellas from best-selling authors, published by Baen Books. The extinction asteroid didn't strike Earth, and the dinosaurs kept evolving—but so did the mammals, and now it’s cold-blooded, magic-using reptiles against the hot-blooded, hot-tempered descendants of cats. |
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The Shadowspawn
S.M. Stirling's new Urban Fantasy series, published by ROC. It features "Shadowspawn", an ancient subspecies of Homo sapiens who formed the basis of legends about vampires and werewolves and have been secretly controlling the world for most of the 20th century.
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Raymond E. Feist's Legends of the Riftwar
A novel set in Raymond E. Feist's "Riftwar" universe. First published in the UK in 2003, and in July 2008 in the USA by EOS (HarperCollins). |
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Ice, Iron and GoldA collection of short fiction, published by Night Shade Books.
S.M. Stirling's first collection gathers his most interesting and evocative short stories, drawn from the length of his professional career. More than 100,000 words of fiction, including an original story. |
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The Change (Emberverse II)S.M. Stirling's series "The Change" ("The Sunrise Lands"/"Emberverse II"), published by ROC:
A series set in the same world as the "Dies the Fire" trilogy, but about 25 years later. It's a generation after high-energy technology died in a catastrophe most of the human race didn't survive. The children born after the Change are now starting to take center stage—and Whoever or Whatever was behind the Change itself may be taking a hand in their rivalries. An expedition must travel to Nantucket across a strange and hostile continent to find some answers.
Extra 1: Developments in Britain post-Change Years 1-25 (1998-2023 AD).
NEWS: There will be more "Emberverse" novels after "The Given Sacrifice", probably set a generation later. |
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The Lords of CreationS.M. Stirling's previous project, published by Tor:
What if Mars and Venus really were inhabitable and inhabited, like in many SF stories from the early sixties and before? In this series Mars and Venus
have been terraformed a long time ago and "seeded" with Earth life, including several different human species. On Earth everything is the same until the start of space exploration,
but then the cold war turns into a real space race...
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Dies the Fire (Emberverse I)S.M. Stirling's trilogy "Dies the Fire", published by ROC:
A trilogy set in the world that the island of Nantucket left behind when it became an "Island in the Sea of Time".
This world is hit by "The Change" causing electricity, high gas pressures, and fast combustion (including explosives and gunpowder) to stop working.
Extra 1: A page with maps and links for "Dies the Fire".
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Conquistador
A Parallell Worlds/Alternate History novel, published in 2003 by ROC. The book is set in an alternate world where the Europeans never conquered the Americas, and there is a "gate" between our California and the alternate California. |
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Peshawar Lancers
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Terminator 2
Three "Terminator 2" novels published in 2001 - 2003 by HarperCollins. |
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Island in the Sea of TimeS. M. Stirling has written the wonderful "Island in the Sea of Time" trilogy, where the island of Nantucket and the U.S. Coast Guard training ship "Eagle" are thrown back in time to 1250 BC.The series published in 1998 - 2000 by ROC consists of:
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| Extra: Read S.M. Stirling's "Report of the World Survey Committee". |
The GeneralS.M. Stirling and David Drake have written the "General" or "Raj Whitehall" series. The books have been reissued in hardcover and ebook formats by Baen Books.
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| Jerry Pournelle's War World / Condominium
S.M. Stirling has collaborated wih several other authors in the "War World" series, these two novels/anthologies first published 1993-1994 are since 2008 available as Baen Ebooks:
In the same universe, an omnibus first published 2002, containing Falkenberg's Legion and Prince of Mercenaries by Jerry Pournelle, and Go Tell the Spartans and Prince of Sparta by Jerry Pournelle and S.M. Stirling:
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DrakaS.M. Stirling has written the "Draka" series:
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This page written by Bo Johansson 2003-02-01
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