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Roger MacBride Allen is an
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science fictionScience fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
author. He was born in
Bridgeport, ConnecticutBridgeport is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Located in Fairfield County, the city had an estimated population of 144,229 at the 2010 United States Census and is the core of the Greater Bridgeport area...
and grew up in
Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
, graduating from
Boston UniversityBoston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
in 1979. His father is American historian and author
Thomas B. AllenThomas B. Allen is an American author and historian. He resides in Bethesda, MD. He is also the father of science fiction writer Roger MacBride Allen. Allen is a contributing editor to National Geographic.-Publication and film:...
.
Allies and Aliens
- The Torch of Honor (1985)
- Rogue Powers (1986)
- Allies and Aliens
Allies and Aliens is a single-volume work encompassing the novels The Torch of Honor and Rogue Powers by Roger MacBride Allen. The two works were published in 1985 and 1986, respectively, and Allies and Aliens was published in 1995....
(1995) collects The Torch of Honor and Rogue Powers
Hunted Earth
- The Ring of Charon
The Ring of Charon is a science fiction book by American writer Roger MacBride Allen, first published in 1990 by Tor Books. It is the first in a series of three books under the name of The Hunted Earth.The story unfolds as an unknown alien race captures Earth with the use of a controlled...
(1990)
- The Shattered Sphere
The Shattered Sphere is a science fiction book by the author Roger MacBride Allen. It is a the second of The Hunted Earth series, preceded by The Ring of Charon....
(1994)
- The Falling World (TBA)
Caliban
- Isaac Asimov's Caliban
Isaac Asimov's Caliban is a science fiction novel by Roger MacBride Allen, set in Isaac Asimov's Robots/Empire/Foundation universe.-Plot summary:This series deals with a new type of robots who do not have the Three Laws of Robotics...
(1993)
- Isaac Asimov's Inferno
Isaac Asimov's Inferno is a science fiction novel by Roger MacBride Allen, set in Isaac Asimov's Robots/Empire/Foundation universe.-Plot summary:This series deals with a new type of robots who do not have the Three Laws of Robotics...
(1994)
- Isaac Asimov's Utopia
Isaac Asimov's Utopia is a science fiction novel by Roger MacBride Allen, set in Isaac Asimov's Robots/Empire/Foundation universe.-Plot summary:...
(1996)
Chronicles of Solace
- The Depths of Time
The Depths of Time is a science fiction novel by Roger McBride Allen, also the author of The Ring of Charon.-Plot introduction:Humans have invented a way of traveling great distances by creating artificial wormholes that send ships several decades into the past. A wormhole would send a ship 70...
(2000)
- The Ocean of Years (2002)
- The Shores of Tomorrow (2003)
BSI Starside
- BSI Starside: The Cause of Death (2006)
- BSI Starside: Death Sentence (2007)
- BSI Starside: Final Inquiries (2008)
Corellian (Star Wars)
- Star Wars: Ambush at Corellia (1995)
- Star Wars: Assault at Selonia (1995)
- Star Wars: Showdown at Centerpoint (1995)
Stand-alone Novels
- Orphan of Creation (1988)
- Farside Cannon
Farside Cannon is a science fiction novel by Roger McBride Allen, also the author of The Ring of Charon and The Shattered Sphere.-Plot summary:Relations between Settlement Worlds and Earth is a constant source of tension...
(1988)
- The War Machine: Crisis of Empire III
The War Machine is a science fiction novel by Roger MacBride Allen and David Drake.-Plot introduction:Captain Allison Spencer is forcibly divorced from his wife, then is promoted to command a fleet of ships heading to the Daltgeld system...
(1989), with David DrakeDavid Drake is an American author of science fiction and fantasy literature. A Vietnam War veteran who has worked as a lawyer, he is now one of the premier authors of the military science fiction subgenre.-Biography:...
- Orphan of Creation (1991)
- Supernova (1991), with Eric Kotani
- The Modular Man
The Modular Man is a science fiction novel by American writer Roger MacBride Allen. It is the fourth in the Next Wave series.-Plot summary:The novel concerns the issue of personhood and what it takes to be considered a member of the moral universe...
(1992), accompanying the novel is an essay by Isaac Asimov "Intelligent Robots and Cybernetic Organisms."
Historical
- Time Capsule: The Book of Record (2010) with Thomas B. Allen
Thomas B. Allen is an American author and historian. He resides in Bethesda, MD. He is also the father of science fiction writer Roger MacBride Allen. Allen is a contributing editor to National Geographic.-Publication and film:...
- Mr. Lincoln's High Tech War (2008) with Thomas B. Allen
Thomas B. Allen is an American author and historian. He resides in Bethesda, MD. He is also the father of science fiction writer Roger MacBride Allen. Allen is a contributing editor to National Geographic.-Publication and film:...
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