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David Gerrold Books in Order
David Gerrold is an American science fiction screenwriter and novelist. He wrote the script for the original Star Trek episode "The Trouble with Tribbles", created the Sleestak race on the TV series Land of the Lost, and wrote the novelette The Martian Child, which won both Hugo and Nebula Awards, and was adapted into a 2007 film starring John Cusack.
Bibliography verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What are all of David Gerrold's book series? David Gerrold has written 18 book series. The most notable is the Alternatives series.
Complete series list with all books in reading order below.
Book Series by David Gerrold
- #1
Alternative Truths (By: Bob Brown)(2017) - #2
More Alternative Truths (By: Rebecca McFarland Kyle,Vonda N. McIntyre,Bob Brown,Lou J Berger,Phyllis Irene Radford)(2017) - #3
Alternative Theologies: Parables for a Modern World (By: Bob Brown)(2018) - #4
Alternative Holidays (By: Alex Shvartsman)(2022) - #5
Post Roe Alternatives (By: Adam-Troy Castro)(2022) - #6
Southern Truths (With: Adam-Troy Castro,Bob Brown,Larry Hodges,Jim Wright,K.G. Anderson,Allan Dyen-Shapiro,Sara Wiley,Anya Josephs,Marleen Barr)(2024) - #7
Alternative Liberties (With: Harry Turtledove,Adam-Troy Castro,Brenda Cooper,Louise Marley,Bob Brown,Elizabeth Scarborough,Jim Wright,Stephanie Weippert,Nancy Moore)(2025)
- #1
Science Fiction Age, Vol. 6, No. 2, January 1998 (By: Scott Edelman)(1998) - #2
Jumping Off the Planet(2000) - #3
Bouncing Off the Moon(2001) - #4
Leaping to the Stars(2002) - #5
Hella(2020)
- #1
The Legacy of Lehr (By: Katherine Kurtz)(1986) - #2
Chess With A Dragon(1987) - #3
A Dark Traveling (By: Roger Zelazny)(1987) - #4
Project Pendulum (By: Robert Silverberg)(1987) - #5
The Forever City (By: Richard A. Lupoff)(1988) - #6
The Year of the Ransom (By: Poul Anderson)(1988) - #7
Joe Gosh (By: Tom De Haven)(1988) - #8
A Place of Silver Silence (By: Ardath Mayhar)(1988) - #9
The Homecoming (By: Barry B. Longyear)(1989)
- #1
Worlds of Wonder(2018)
- #1
Praxis(2024) - #2
Praxis II(2025)
- #1
Child of Earth(2005) - #2
Child of Grass(2014)
- #1
Taking the Red Pill (By: Glenn Yeffeth)(2003) - #2
Stepping through the Stargate (By: P.N. Elrod,Roxanne Conrad)(2004) - #3
Finding Serenity (By: Robert Brian Taylor)(2005) - #4
The War of the Worlds (By: Connie Willis,Mercedes Lackey,H.G. Wells,Mike Resnick,Stephen Baxter,Lawrence Watt-Evans)(2005) - #5
Navigating the Golden Compass (By: Glenn Yeffeth)(2005) - #6
Alias Assumed (By: Tracy S. Morris)(2005) - #7
Farscape Forever! Sex, Drugs and Killer Muppets (By: Glenn Yeffeth)(2005) - #8
Flirting With Pride And Prejudice (By: Glenn Yeffeth,Jennifer Crusie)(2005) - #9
Revisiting Narnia (By: Shanna Caughey)(2005) - #10
King Kong Is Back! An Unauthorized Look at One Humongous Ape! (By: David Brin)(2005) - #11
Totally Charmed (By: Maggie Shayne,Rebecca York,Jody Lynn Nye,Evelyn Vaughn,Tanya Huff,Vera Nazarian,Jennifer Crusie)(2005) - #12
The Unauthorized X-Men (By: Leah Wilson,Len Wein)(2006) - #13
This Is Chick-Lit (By: Lauren Baratz-Logsted)(2006) - #14
Welcome to Wisteria Lane (By: Leah Wilson)(2006) - #15
The Man from Krypton (By: Glenn Yeffeth)(2006) - #16
Getting Lost (By: Orson Scott Card)(2006) - #17
Boarding the Enterprise(2006) - #18
So Say We All (By: Peter B. Lloyd,Richard Hatch)(2006) - #19
Investigating CSI (By: Leah Wilson,Donn Cortez)(2006) - #20
Coffee at Luke's (By: Leah Wilson,Jennifer Crusie)(2007) - #21
Webslinger (By: Leah Wilson,Gerry Conway)(2007) - #22
Halo Effect (By: Glenn Yeffeth,Jennifer Thomason)(2007) - #23
Neptune Noir (By: Rob Thomas)(2007) - #24
Perfectly Plum (By: Leah Wilson)(2007) - #25
Grey's Anatomy 101 (By: Leah Wilson)(2007) - #26
Serenity Found (By: Orson Scott Card,Jacob Clifton,Michael Marano,Jane Espenson,Natalie Haynes,Nathan Fillion)(2007) - #27
House Unauthorized (By: Leah Wilson)(2007) - #28
Batman Unauthorized (By: Leah Wilson)(2008) - #29
Secrets of the Dragon Riders (By: James A. Owen)(2008) - #30
In the Hunt (By: Leah Wilson)(2009) - #31
James Bond in the 21st Century (By: Leah Wilson,Glenn Yeffeth)(2009) - #32
Ardeur (By: Laurell K. Hamilton)(2010) - #33
A Taste of True Blood (By: Leah Wilson)(2010) - #34
You Do Not Talk About Fight Club (By: Chuck Palahniuk,Read Mercer Schuchardt)(2015)
- #1
The Flying Sorcerers (With: Larry Niven)(1970) - #2
Space Skimmer(1972) - #3When HARLIE Was One(1972)
- #4
The Man Who Folded Himself(1973) - #5
Moonstar Odyssey(1977) - #6
Deathbeast(1978) - #7
When H.A.R.L.I.E. Was One 2.0(1988) - #8
The Martian Child(2002) - #9
The World of Star Trek(2014) - #10
Afternoon with a Dead Bus(2015) - #11
Jacob(2015) - #12Thirteen Fourteen Fifteen O'Clock(2015)
- #13
Here There Be Lawyers(2025) - #14
The Boy Who Was Girl(2025) - #15
In the Deadlands(1972) - #16
The Martian Child (in F&SF)(1994) - #17
In the Quake Zone(2011) - #18The Kennedy Enterprise(2011)
- #19
The Strange Disappearance And Equally Strange Reappearance Of David Gerrold(2011) - #20Thirteen O'Clock(2011)
- #21
A Wish for Smish(2011) - #22
Chester(2011) - #23
Dancer In The Dark(2011) - #24
Franz Kafka, Superhero!(2011) - #25Ganny Knits A Spaceship(2011)
- #26
Nowhere Man(2011) - #27
The Seminar From Hell(2011) - #28
Two Meditations on King Kong(2011) - #29
Crystallization(2011) - #30
Turtledome(2011) - #31
Digging in Gehenna(2012) - #32
Riding Janis(2012) - #33The Case Of The Green Carnation(2013)
- #34Night Train To Paris(2014)
- #35
fourteen o'clock(2015) - #36
The Bag Lady(2015) - #37
Finding Monstro(2015) - #38
The Gathering(2015) - #39
With a Finger in My I(1972) - #40
Alternate Gerrolds(2004) - #41
The Involuntary Human(2007) - #42
Fragments(2013) - #43
Read My Shorts(2013) - #44
Little Horrors(2014) - #45
A Promise of Stars(2014) - #46
Entanglements and Terrors(2015) - #47
Adrift in the Sea of Souls(2020) - #48
G is for Gerrold(2022)
- #1
Uncle Daddy Will Not Be Invited(2013)
- #1
Starcraft: Frontline Vol. 1 (By: Simon Furman,Richard A. Knaak,Paul Benjamin,Dave Shramek,Josh Elder)(2012) - #2
Starcraft: Frontline Vol. 2 (By: Kieron Gillen,Simon Furman,Grace Randolph)(2012) - #3
Starcraft: Frontline Vol. 3 (By: Grace Randolph,Paul Benjamin,Dave Shramek,Josh Elder)(2013) - #4
Starcraft: Frontline Vol. 4 (With: Chris Metzen,Paul Benjamin,Dave Shramek,Josh Elder)(2014)
- #1
Spock Must Die! (By: James Blish)(1970) - #2
Star Trek: The New Voyages (By: Eleanor Arnason,Sondra Marshak,Myrna Culbreath)(1976) - #3
Spock, Messiah! (By: Theodore R. Cogswell)(1976) - #4
Star Trek 12 (By: J.A. Lawrence)(1977) - #5
The Price of the Phoenix (By: Sondra Marshak,Myrna Culbreath)(1977) - #6
Planet of Judgment (By: Joe Haldeman)(1977) - #7
Star Trek: The New Voyages 2 (By: Sondra Marshak,Myrna Culbreath)(1977) - #8
Mudd's Angels (By: J.A. Lawrence)(1978) - #9
Vulcan! (By: Kathleen Sky)(1978) - #10
The Starless World (By: Gordon Eklund)(1978) - #11
Trek to Madworld (By: Stephen Goldin)(1979) - #12
World Without End (By: Joe Haldeman)(1979) - #13
The Fate of the Phoenix (By: Sondra Marshak,Myrna Culbreath)(1979) - #14
Devil World (By: Gordon Eklund)(1979) - #15
Perry's Planet (By: Jack C. Haldeman II)(1980) - #16
The Galactic Whirlpool(1980) - #17
Death's Angel (By: Kathleen Sky)(1981)
- #1
Amok Time (By: Theodore Sturgeon)(1967) - #2
The City on the Edge of Forever (By: Harlan Ellison)(1977) - #3
The Trouble with Tribbles(1977) - #4
All Our Yesterdays (By: Jean Lissette Aroeste)(1978) - #5
A Taste of Armageddon (By: Robert Hamner,Gene L. Coon)(1978) - #6
Metamorphosis (By: Gene L. Coon)(1978) - #7
The Galileo 7 (By: Oliver Crawford,S. Bar-David)(1978) - #8
A Piece of the Action (By: Gene L. Coon,David P. Harmon)(1978) - #9
Day of the Dove (By: Jerome Bixby)(1978) - #10
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (By: Alan Dean Foster,Harold Livingston,Richard J. Anobile)(1980) - #11
Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan (By: Richard J. Anobile)(1982)
- #1Encounter at Farpoint(1987)
- #2
Ghost Ship (By: Diane Carey)(1988) - #3
The Peacekeepers (By: Gene DeWeese)(1988) - #4
The Children of Hamlin (By: Carmen Carter)(1988) - #5
Survivors (By: Jean Lorrah)(1989) - #6
Strike Zone (By: Peter David)(1989) - #7
Power Hungry (By: Howard Weinstein)(1989) - #8
Masks (By: John Vornholt)(1989) - #9
The Captain's Honor (By: David Dvorkin,Daniel Dvorkin)(1989) - #10
A Rock and a Hard Place (By: Peter David)(1990) - #11
Gulliver's Fugitives (By: Keith Sharee)(1990) - #12
Doomsday World (By: Peter David,Carmen Carter,Robert Greenberger,Michael Jan Friedman)(1990) - #13
The Eyes of the Beholders (By: A.C. Crispin)(1990) - #14
Exiles (By: Howard Weinstein)(1990) - #15
Contamination (By: John Vornholt)(1991) - #16
Boogeymen (By: Mel Gilden)(1991) - #17
Q-in-Law (By: Peter David)(1991) - #18
Perchance to Dream (By: Howard Weinstein)(1991) - #19
Spartacus (By: Terry Mancour)(1992) - #20
Chains of Command (By: Bill McCay,Eloise Flood)(1992) - #21
Imbalance (By: V.E. Mitchell)(1992) - #22
War Drums (By: John Vornholt)(1992) - #23
Nightshade (By: Laurell K. Hamilton)(1992) - #24
Grounded (By: David Bischoff)(1993) - #25
The Romulan Prize (By: Simon Hawke)(1993) - #26
Guises of the Mind (By: Rebecca Neason)(1993) - #27
Here There Be Dragons (By: John Peel)(1993) - #28
Sins of Commission (By: Susan Wright)(1994) - #29
Debtors' Planet (By: W.R. Thompson)(1994) - #30
Foreign Foes (By: Dave Galanter,Greg Brodeur)(1994) - #31
Requiem (By: Michael Jan Friedman,Kevin Ryan)(1994) - #32
Balance of Power (By: Dafydd ab Hugh)(1995) - #33
Blaze of Glory (By: Simon Hawke)(1995) - #34
The Romulan Stratagem (By: Robert Greenberger)(1995) - #35
Into the Nebula (By: Gene DeWeese)(1995) - #36
The Last Stand (By: Brad Ferguson)(1995) - #37
Dragon's Honor (By: Greg Cox,Kij Johnson)(1996) - #38
Rogue Saucer (By: John Vornholt)(1996) - #39
Possession (By: Kathleen O'Malley,J.M. Dillard)(1996) - #40
Klingon (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Dean Wesley Smith)(1996) - #41
The Soldiers of Fear (By: Dean Wesley Smith)(1996) - #42
Infiltrator (By: W.R. Thompson)(1996) - #43
A Fury Scorned (By: Pamela Sargent)(1996) - #44
The Death of Princes (By: John Peel)(1997) - #45
Intellivore (By: Diane Duane)(1997) - #46
To Storm Heaven (By: Esther M. Friesner)(1997) - #47
Q-Zone (By: Greg Cox)(1998) - #48
Q-Strike (By: Greg Cox)(1998) - #49
Infection (By: John Gregory Betancourt)(1999) - #50
I, Q (By: Peter David,John de Lancie)(1999) - #51
Dyson Sphere (By: George Zebrowski)(1999) - #52
Vectors (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Dean Wesley Smith)(1999) - #53
Red Sector (By: Michael Jan Friedman,Diane Carey)(1999) - #54
Quarantine (By: John Vornholt)(1999) - #55
Double or Nothing (By: Peter David)(1999) - #56
The First Virtue (By: Christie Golden,Michael Jan Friedman)(1999) - #57
The Forgotten War (By: William R. Forstchen)(1999) - #58
Gemworld, Book One (By: John Vornholt)(2000) - #59
Gemworld, Book Two (By: John Vornholt)(2000) - #60
The Genesis Wave Book One (By: John Vornholt)(2000) - #61Vectors: Double Helix #2 (By: Dean Wesley Smith)(2000)
- #62
Diplomatic Implausibility (By: Keith R.A. DeCandido)(2001) - #63
Tooth and Claw (By: Doranna Durgin)(2001) - #64
Maximum Warp: Book One (By: Dave Galanter,Greg Brodeur)(2001) - #65
Maximum Warp: Book Two (By: Dave Galanter,Greg Brodeur)(2001) - #66
The Genesis Wave, Book Two (By: John Vornholt)(2001) - #67
The Genesis Wave, Book Three (By: John Vornholt)(2002) - #68
A Hard Rain (By: Dean Wesley Smith)(2002) - #69
Genesis Force (By: John Vornholt)(2003) - #70
Sand and Stars (By: Diane Duane,A.C. Crispin)(2004) - #71
Engines of Destiny (By: Gene DeWeese)(2005) - #72
Takedown (By: John Jackson Miller)(2015)
- #1Encounter at Farpoint(1987)
- #2
Unification (By: Jeri Taylor)(1990) - #3
Descent (By: Diane Carey)(1993) - #4
All Good Things... (By: Ronald D. Moore,Michael Jan Friedman,Brannon Braga)(1994)
- #1
A Matter for Men(1983) - #2A Day for Damnation(1984)
- #3A Rage for Revenge(1989)
- #4
A Season for Slaughter(1992) - #5Method for Madness(2015)
- #1
Under the Eye of God(1993) - #2
A Covenant of Justice(1994)
- #1
Unidentified Funny Objects(2012) - #2
Unidentified Funny Objects 2(2013) - #3
Unidentified Funny Objects 3(2014) - #4
Funny Science Fiction(2015) - #5
Unidentified Funny Objects 4(2015) - #6Funny Fantasy(2016)
- #7
Unidentified Funny Objects 5(2016) - #8
Funny Horror(2017) - #9
Unidentified Funny Objects 6(2017) - #10
Unidentified Funny Objects 7(2018) - #11
Unidentified Funny Objects 8(2020) - #12
Unidentified Funny Objects 9(2022) - #13
Nova 1(1970) - #14
Ten Tomorrows(1973) - #15
Ascents of Wonder(1977) - #16
The Book of Ellison(1978) - #17
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1996(1996) - #18
Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian(2003) - #19
Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 2005(2005) - #20
Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology(2006) - #21
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection(2006) - #22
Babylon 5 Other Voices - Volume 1(2008) - #23
Visions of Tomorrow: Science Fiction Predictions that Came True(2010) - #24
Best Gay Stories 2011(2011) - #25
The Future Embodied(2014) - #26Winter Horror Days(2015)
- #27Altered States of the Union(2016)
- #28Bright Eyes, Ape City: Examining the Planet of the Apes Mythos(2017)
- #29
The Baker Street Irregulars(2017) - #30
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection(2017) - #31
The Further Crossovers of Sherlock Holmes(2017) - #32
The Best of Galaxy’s Edge(2018) - #33
The Unquiet Dreamer: A Tribute to Harlan Ellison(2019) - #34
Release the Virgins(2019) - #35
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2019 Edition(2019) - #36
Across the Universe(2019) - #37
Alternative War(2021) - #38
Three Time Travelers Walk Into...(2022) - #39
Pink Triangle Rhapsody(2022) - #40Southern Truths(2024)
- #41Alternative Liberties(2025)
- #1
Yesterday's Children / Star Hunt(1972) - #2
The Voyage of the Star Wolf(1990) - #3
The Middle of Nowhere(1995) - #4
Blood and Fire(2000)
About David Gerrold
David Gerrold is an American science fiction screenwriter and novelist. He wrote the script for the original Star Trek episode "The Trouble with Tribbles", created the Sleestak race on the TV series Land of the Lost, and wrote the novelette The Martian Child, which won both Hugo and Nebula Awards, and was adapted into a 2007 film starring John Cusack.
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