Publications
I was updating my list of publications, both current and forthcoming, but I am haunted by the thought that there is one or two I forgot. So, as a service to any reader who wishes a complete list of wrightabilia, and a service to me from any editor or reader who bought or read something of mine not on this list, I thought it was fitting to draw your kind attention to it.
If you see anything missing from the list, please tell me.
Publications by John C. Wright:
Short Fiction:
- Farthest Man from Earth, (novella) Asimov’s Science Fiction Vol. 19 # 4 & 5, No.229-230, April 1995.
- Guest Law, (novella) Asimov’s Science Fiction Vol. 21 # 6, No.258, June 1997;
–reprinted in Year’s Best SF 3, ed. David G. Hartwell, HarperPrism, 1998.
- Not Born a Man, (short story) Aberrations #24, October 1994.
– reprinted in No Longer Dreams, ed. Danielle McPhail, Lite Circle, 2005.
- Forgotten Causes, (short story) Absolute Magnitude #16, Summer 2001.
–reprinted in Breech the Hull, ed. Mike McPhail, Marietta Publishing (October, 2007)
- Awake in the Night (novella) appearing in William Hope Hodgson’s Night Lands: Eternal Love, edited by Andy W. Robertson, Wildside Press (December 2003).
–reprinted in: The Year’s Best Science Fiction 21st Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois,
–and Best Short Novels 2003 (Science Fiction Book Club), ed. Jonathan Strahan
–and published separately as Awake in the Night Castalia House (May, 2014)
- Last of All Suns (novella) appearing in William Hope Hodgson’s Night Lands II: Nightmares of the Fall, edited by Andy W. Robertson, Three Legged Fox Books (2006).
- Silence of the Night (short story) Readercon 18 Souvenir Book, 2007 Readercon, Inc.
– reprinted in electronic publication, Andy W. Robertson, ed. His website http://www.thenightland.co.uk/nightsilenceofthenight.html
- Cry of the Night Hound (novella) appearing in William Hope Hodgson’s Night Lands II: Nightmares of the Fall, edited by Andy W. Robertson, Three Legged Fox Books (2006).
- Father’s Monument, (short story) No Longer Dreams, ed. Danielle McPhail, Lite Circle (2005)
- The Kindred, (short story) No Longer Dreams, ed. Danielle McPhail, Lite Circle (2005)
- Peter Power Armor, (short story) Breach the Hull, ed. Mike McPhail Marietta Publishing (2007)
- Guyal the Curator (short story) Songs of the Dying Earth, ed. Gardner Dozois, Subterranean (2008)
- The Far End of History (short story) New Space Opera II, ed. Gardner Dozois, Eos (2009)
- One Bright Star to Guide Them (short story) The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction, ed. Gordon van Gelder, April-May 2009 issue.
- Last Report on Unit Twenty-Two (short story) So It Begins, ed. Mike McPhail, Dark Quest book
- Choosers of the Slain (short story) Clockwork Phoenix, ed. Mike Allen, Norilana Books (July 1, 2008)
- Twilight of the Gods (novella) Federations, ed, John Joseph Adams, Prime Books (April, 2009)
—Reprinted in Years Best Science Fiction 27th Annual Collection ed. Gardner Dozois
- On the People’s Business (short story) Dappled Things, ed. Katy Carl, Mary Queen of Angels 2009 issue (web publication)
- Murder in Metachronopolis (novella) Clockwork Phoenix, ed. Mike Allen, Norilana Books (July, 2010)
- Judgment Eve (novella) Engineering Infinity, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris Books, London (2011)
- A Random World of Delta Capricorni Aa, Also Called Scheddi (short story) electronic publication Flash Fiction Online, ed. Jake Freivald, May 2010 issue.
- The Lunar Sacrament of Confession (novella) Altered Perceptions, ed. Brandon Sanderson (2011)
- The Ideal Machine (short story) Sci Phi Journal: Issue #1, October 2014.
The Golden Oecumene Trilogy:
THE GOLDEN AGE (novel) Tor Books (April 2002)
THE PHOENIX EXULTANT (novel) Tor Books (April 2003)
THE GOLDEN TRANSCENDENCE (novel) Tor Books (November 2003)
The Books of Everness
LAST GUARDIANS OF EVERNESS (novel) Tor Books (August 2004)
MISTS OF EVERNESS (novel) Tor Books (March 2005)
The Chronicles of Chaos
ORPHANS OF CHAOS (novel) Tor Books (November 2005)—Nominated for a Nebula
FUGITIVES OF CHAOS (novel) Tor Books (November 2006)
TITANS OF CHAOS (novel) Tor Books (April 2007)
A.E. van Vogt’s Null-A
NULL-A CONTINUUM (novel) Tor Books (May, 2008)
The Count to the Eschaton Sequence
COUNT TO A TRILLION (novel) Tor Books (December, 2011)
THE HERMETIC MILLENNIA (novel) Tor Books (December, 2012)
JUDGE OF AGES (novel) Tor Books (February 2014)
ARCHITECT OF AEONS (novel) Tor Books (April, 2015)
VINDICATION OF MAN (novel) Tor Books (forthcoming)
COUNT TO INFINITY (novel) Tor Books ( forthcoming)
A Tale of the Unwithering Realm
SOMEWHITHER (novel) Castalia House (forthcoming)
NOWHITHER (novel) Castalia House (forthcoming)
Anthologies
AWAKE IN THE NIGHT LAND (anthology) Castalia House (April, 2014)
- Introduction: On the Lure of the Night Land (essay)
- Awake in the Night
- Cry of the Night Hound
- Silence of the Night (revised for this volume)
- Last of All Suns
CITY BEYOND TIME Tales of the Fall of Metachronopolis (anthology) Castalia House (June, 2014)
- Murder In Metachronopolis
- Choosers of the Slain
- Bride of the Time Warden
- Father’s Monument
- Slayer of Souls (original to this volume)
- The Plural of Helen of Troy (original to this volume)
THE BOOK OF SEASONS Tales Inspired by Feasts and Fasts (anthology) Castalia House (forthcoming)
- Pale Realms of Shade (original)
- A Random World of Delta Capricorni, Called Scheddi
- Nativity (original)
- Sheathed Paw of the Lion (original)
- On the People’s Business
- The Meaning of Life as Told Me by an Inebriated Science Fiction Writer in New Jersey (original)
- The Parliament of Beasts and Birds (original)
- Eve of All Saints Day (original)
- Yes Virginia There is a Santa Claus (original)
Awake in the Night (Novella) Castalia House (May, 2014)
One Bright Star to Guide Them (novella) Castalia House (September, 2014) — expanded and revised from a previous short story for this publication.
Nonfiction Collection:
TRANSHUMAN AND SUBHUMAN Essays on Science Fiction and Awful Truth (collected essays) Castalia House (May 2014)
- Introduction: The Wright Stuff (by Mike Flynn)
- Transhuman and Subhuman
- The Hobbit, or, The Desolation of Tolkien
- Whistle While You Work
- Science Fiction: What is it good for?
- John C. Wright’s Patented One Session Lesson in the Mechanics of Fiction
- Swordplay in Space
- The Glory Game, or, The Bitterness of Broken Ideals
- Gene Wolfe, Genre Work, and Literary Duty
- Storytelling Is the Absence of Lying
- The Golden Compass Points in No Direction
- Faith in the Fictional War between Science Fiction and Faith
- The Big Three of Science Fiction
- The Fourth of the Big Three of Science Fiction
- Childhood’s End and Gnosticism
- Saving Science Fiction from Strong Female Characters
- Restless Heart of Darkness
Nonfiction Articles:
- May The Midichlorians Be With You; The absence of religion and ethics in Star Wars, (essay) Star Wars on Trial, ed. David Brin, Benbella Books (June, 2006).
- Twas Beauty Killed The Beast; King Kong and the American Character, (essay) King Kong is Back, ed. David Brin, Benbella Books (November 2005).
- Just Throw Him In The Engine; Or The Role of Chivalry in FIREFLY, (essay) Finding Serenity, ed. Glen Yeffeth, Benbella Books (April 1, 2005).
- Heroes Of Darkness And Light; Or, Why My Girl Goes For Batman over Superman (essay) Batman Unauthorized, ed. Glen Yeffeth, Benbella Books (March 1, 2008).
- Faith And Scientific Imagination (Published as Aliens Need Christ’s Redemption, Too) (essay) Catholic Herald (June 2008)
- C.S. Lewis Was The Joshua Flattening The Walls Of My Disbelief (testimonial) Mere Christians—Inspiring Stories of Encounters with C. S. Lewis, ed. Andrew Lazo and Mary Anne Phemister, Baker Books (February, 2009)
- Heinlein, Hugos, and Hogwash (essay) Intercollegiate Review May 7, 2014 (web publication)
- Faith and Works in a Science Fictional Universe (essay) One Peter Five, ed. Steve Skojec, August 2014 (web publication)
- Prophetic & Apotropaic Science Fiction (essay) Sci Phi Journal: Issue # 2 (forthcoming)
About John C Wright
John C. Wright is a practicing philosopher, a retired attorney, newspaperman, and newspaper editor, and a published author of science fiction. Once a Houyhnhnm, he was expelled from the august ranks of purely rational beings when he fell in love; but retains an honorary title.
