Jack L. Chalker (b.
December 17,
1944) is a
science fiction author. Born in
Baltimore,
Maryland, he has a graduate degree in
English and
history from
Towson University[?] and has taught history at the high school and college levels. He's been a lecturer at the
Smithsonian Institution, The
National Institutes of Health and numerous colleges and universities, mostly on science fiction and technology subjects; Chalker married Eva C. Whitley in
1978 and has 2 sons.
Chalker's awards include the Dedalus Award[?] (1983), The Gold Medal of the West Coast Review of Books (1984), Skylark Award[?] (1985), Hamilton-Brackett Memorial Award[?] (1979), as well as others of varying prestige, and has been a nominee for the John W. Campbell Award[?] nominee twice and for the Hugo award four times.
He is perhaps best known for his Well World series of books, but has many novels to his name. A device that is used in almost all of his works is transmogrification. The Wonderland Gambit series resembles traditional buddhist jataka-type reincarnation stories set in an SF environment.
(till 2001)
- A Jungle of Stars, Ballantine - Del Rey, 1976
- Mignight at the Well of Souls, Del Rey, 1977
- The Web of the Chozen, Del Rey, 1978
- Exiles at the Well of Souls, Del Rey, 1978
- Quest for the Well of Souls, Del Rey, 1978
- And the Devil Will Drag You Under, Del Rey, 1979
- A War of Shadows, Ace: An Analog Book, 1979
- Dancers in the Afterglow, Del Rey, 1979, 1982
- The Return of Nathan Brazil, Del Rey, 1980
- The Devil's Voyage, Doubleday, 1980
- Twilight at the Well of Souls, Del Rey, 1980
- Lilith: A Snake in the Grass, Del Rey, 1981
- Cerberus: A Wolf in the Fold, Del Rey, 1982
- The Identity Matrix, Timescape: Pocket Books, 1982
- Charon: A Dragon at the Gate, Del Rey, 1982
- The Four Lords of the Diamond, The Science Fiction Book Club, 1983
- Medusa: A Tiger by the Tail, Del Rey, 1983
- The River of Dancing Gods, Del Rey, 1984
- Demons of the Dancing Gods, Del Rey, 1984
- Spirits of Flux and Anchor, Tor Books, 1984
- Empires of Flux and Anchor, Tor Books, 1984
- Downtiming the Night Side, Tor Books, May, 1985
- Masters of Flux and Anchor, Tor Books, January, 1985
- Vengeance of the Dancing Gods, Del Rey, July, 1985
- The Messiah Choice, St. Martins - Blue Jay, May, 1985
- The Birth of Flux and Anchor, Tor Books, 1985
- Children of Flux and Anchor. Tor Books, September, 1986
- Lords of the Middle Dark
- Pirates of the Thunder. Del Rey Books, March, 1987
- The Labyrinth of Dreams. Tor Books, March, 1987
- The Shadow Dancers, Tor Books, July, 1987
- Warriors of the Storm. Del Rey Books, August, 1987
- When the Changewinds Blow. Ace - Putnams, September, 1987
- Masks of the Martyrs, Del Rey, February, 1988
- Riders of the Winds. Ace Books, May, 1988
- Dance Band on the Titanic. Del Rey Books, July, 1988
- War of the Maelstrom. Ace - Putnams, October, 1988
- The Maze in the Mirror. Tor Books, January, 1989
- The Demons at Rainbow Bridge. Ace-Putnam's, hardcover, September, 1989
- Songs of the Dancing Gods. Del Rey, August, 1990
- The Red Tape War (with Mike Resnick[?] and George Alec Effinger). Tor hardcover, April, 1991
- The Run to Chaos Keep. Ace - Putnams, May, 1991
- The Ninety Trillion Fausts (a.k.a. 90 Trillion Fausts). Ace - Putnams, October 1991
- Echoes of the Well of Souls, Del Rey, trade paperback, May, 1993
- Shadow of the Well of Souls. Del Rey Feb. 1994
- Gods of the Well of Souls. Del Rey, 1994
- Hotel Andromeda [edited by], Ace, 1994
- The Watchers at the Well. Science Fiction Book Club, 1994
- Horrors of the Dancing Gods. 1994
- The Cybernetic Walrus. Del Rey, trade pb in November, 1995
- The Dancing Gods: Part One. Del Rey, November, 1995
- The March Hare Network. 1996
- Changewinds. Baen, August, 1996
- The Hot-Wired Dodo. Del Rey, Feb. 1997
- The Dancing Gods II. Del Rey, September, 1996
- Priam's Lens. Del Rey 1997
- The Sea is Full of Stars, December, 1999
- The Moreau Factor, Del Rey Feb., 2000
- Ghost of the Well of Souls, 2000
- Balshazzar's Serpent, Baen Books 1999
- Melchior's Fire. Baen Books, 2001.