John Dalmas


John Robert Jones wrote science fiction as John Dalmas. He wrote many books based on military and governmental themes throughout his career. His first published novel was The Yngling, serialized beginning in the October–November 1969 issue of Analog.

Collection of short stories

  • ''Otherwhens, Otherwheres: Favorite Tales''

Fanglith

Fanglith, Baen Books, 1985, 1987Return to Fanglith, Baen Books, 1987

Lion of Farside

The Lion of Farside, Baen Books, 1995: a simple American farmer marries a beautiful redhead with green eyes. When she is kidnapped by her family and taken back to the magical world she was born in, he buys a revolver and rifle and follows to rescue her. Complications occur. His guns do not work, magic abounds, and he is captured by slavers the moment he crosses into the new world.The Bavarian Gate, Baen Books, 1997The Lion Returns, Baen Books, 1999

Lizard War

The Lizard War, Baen Books, 1989The Helverti Invasion, Baen Books, 2004

Non-series novels

The Varkaus Conspiracy, Tor Books 1983, 1987Touch the Stars: Emergence, Tor Books 1983The Scroll of Man, Tor Books 1985The Reality Matrix, Baen Books, 1986The Walkaway Clause, Tor Books 1986The Playmasters, Baen Books, 1987The General's President, Baen Books, 1988The Lantern of God, Baen Books, 1989Soldiers, Baen Books, 2001The Puppet Master, Baen Books, 2001The Second Coming, Baen Books, April 2004

Regiment

The Regiment, Baen Books, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1995The White Regiment, Baen Books, 1990, 1993The Kalif's War, Baen Books 1991The Regiment's War, Baen Books, 1993The Three-Cornered War, Baen Books, 1999The Regiment: A Trilogy, Baen Books, 2004

Yngling

The Yngling, serialized in Analog, Oct and Nov 1969; later by Pyramid Books 1971; Jove Books 1977; Tor Books 1984, 1987; Baen Books 1992 as part of The Orc Wars Homecoming, Tor Books 1984; Baen Books 1992 as part of The Orc Wars The Orc Wars, Baen Books, 1992; includes The Yngling, an expanded version of Exodus... Genesis originally published in Analog, Oct 1970, and HomecomingThe Yngling and the Circle of Power, Baen Books, 1992The Yngling in Yamato, Baen Books, 1994