In the following table, the date given is that of the cut-off date for the bibliography, where known, or the publication date of the latest known edition otherwise.   Sadly every bibliography is out of date as soon as it is published, although the wealth of information on recent publications available on the web, particularly in The Locus Index, has meant that data prior to 1984 is much more important in a bibliography than data from 1984 to the present day.  Similarly, if an author stopped publishing new material (for whatever reason) in 1975, then a bibliography that is complete up to 1980 may contain everything of relevance.

To avoid unnecessary duplication, the author bibliographies are classified by series, with details of the series (and their availability) given in the Publishers Index.   Bibliographies that are not part of a series contain specific links to full details of the bibliography, which are given at the end of the page.

The final column possibly needs a little explanation.  This is an attempt to devise a taxonomy of bibliographies that will give the potential buyer a rough idea of the scope of the bibliography in question.  At the moment, there are four broad categories:

• CHECKLIST: A quick list of works that an author has published, often constrained to fiction only and listing, at most, a first edition (or first UK & US, etc.).
• WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY: A detailed list which ATTEMPTS to list all items by an author, including both fiction and non-fiction, and (usually) all reprints, but one that is typically reliant on secondary sources. Note that this category covers a wide range of possibilities (e.g. whether or not foreign language versions are included).
• BIBLIOGRAPHY: Similar to the previous level, but one where the author has made an effort to verify every item listed personally and, typically, adds some information about the item in question (possibly also with copies of covers, etc.).
• BIO-BIBLIOGRAPHY: Everything above, together with extensive discussion of the author, and the works involved.

Note that there are any number of checklists available on the web, and no attempt is made to list them here (see the Internet Speculative Fiction DataBase and Fantastic Fiction Author Bibliographies for example).  The only checklists that are included are those which have been offered for sale commercially.

One-Off Volumes

Isaac Asimov: A Checklist of Works Published in the United States, March 1939 - May 1972

More of a working bibliography than the checklist of this title, this volume lists all known works by Asimov (both fiction and non-fiction), including reprints in the English language.  Although long out of print, and lacking 25 years' worth of Asimov's prolific output, this volume is still worth hunting out for some of the more obscure items listed.

The Books of Clive Barker

Not Seen.  According to Burgess this checklist lists publication details of Barker's books only.

Algernon Blackwood: A Bio-Bibliography

Possibly the most impressive bibliography yet produced, from the pen of the indefatigable Mike Ashley.  Not only does it contain anything you might ever want to know about Blackwood, but the information is easily accessible and logically formatted.  This volume is believed still to be in print from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, WESTPORT, Connecticut 06881, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

The Complete Robert Bloch: An Illustrated, International Bibliography

A detailed bibliography of everything Robert Bloch has written, including fanzine material, teleplays and screenplays, and listing all reprints (both in English and foreign language editions), all of it heavily illustrated with book and magazine covers, film stills and similar.  Copies are available from the author, , P.O. Box 23069, San Jose, CA 95153-3069, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A Boucher Bibliography

Not Seen.  According to Burgess an extensive, but incomplete, bibliography of all material Boucher wrote, including all English-language reprints.

The Ray Bradbury Companion + Bradbury Bits & Pieces

Not Seen.  According to Burgess The Ray Bradbury Companion is a comprehensive primary and secondary bibliography of Ray Bradbury up to 1973 and Bradbury Bits & Pieces (from a different author and publisher) extends this to 1989, although neither volume contains much detail of foreign language editions.

A new bibliography is currently "in progress" from David J. Syracuse.

A Key to Fredric Brown's Wonderland

A comprehensive primary and secondary bibliography of Fredric Brown, including foreign-language translations, a selection of cover reproductions as illustrations, and an assortment of tribute articles.  Although published before the recent resurgence of interest in Brown (primarily by Dennis McMillan), and long out-of-print, this is still an essential volume for anyone interested in the author.

James Branch Cabell: A Complete Bibliography

Not Seen.  According to Burgess this comprehensive bibliography lists "every printing of every book that Cabell ever produced and the vast majority of all other works of interest".

The Core of Ramsey Campbell: A Bibliography & Reader's Guide

This comprehensive bibliography is based on Campbell's own records and contains an exhaustive record of all of his novels, stories, poems and edited volumes, including translations and reprints.  Information is complete through 1994.  The bibliography is still available, for $9.95, from Necronomicon Press, P.O. Box 1304, WEST WARWICK, RI 02893, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A Glen Cook Bibliography

Not Seen.  According to Burgess this is a brief checklist with only selective details of reprints.

August Derleth: A Bibliography

This is a comprehensive primary bibliography, but omits secondary material and some minor categories such as book reviews (by Derleth).  It was published by Scarecrow Press and is No. 59 in the "Scarecrow Author Bibliographies" series. An update, entitled August Derleth: A Selective Checklist of His Books and Assorted Commentary by Many Hands, was published in 1996 by the August Derleth Society.

Harlan Ellison: A Bibliographical Checklist

Not Seen.  According to Burgess this is a comprehensive primary bibliography, although with only limited information on foreign-language translations whose first edition (in 1973) appeared as a standalone booklist, and whose second edition (in 1981) appeared in two issues of Fantasy Research & Bibliography.  Both editions are long out-of-print and will be superseded by the forthcoming volume from Overlook Connection Press if/when it finally appears.

The Multi-Man: A Biographic and Bibliographic Study of John Russell Fearn

This comprehensive bio-bibliography, by Phil Harbottle, is an exhaustive record of all of Fearn's publications, in all media, together with a biographical study of his career.   Unfortunately it is long out of print, although the author has been promising a new edition for some time.

H. Rider Haggard: A Bibliography

Not Seen.  According to Burgess this is a comprehensive primary and secondary bibliography of H. Rider Haggard except, curiously, for his short fiction.

William Hope Hodgson, Night Pirate: Volume One: An Annotated Bibliography of Published Works, 1902-1987

Not Seen.  According to Burgess this is a fairly comprehensive primary bibliography of Hodgson's writings, but with very little detail on the contents of collections and such-like.

Lost in the Rentharpian Hills: Spanning the Decades with Carl Jacobi

Not Seen.  According to Burgess this is a comprehensive primary and secondary bibliography of Jacobi, although somewhat deficient in organisation.

Daughter of the Night: An Annotated Tanith Lee Bibliography

This is the exception that proves the rule - a web-based bibliography (at http://www.daughterofthenight.com/) that provides a comprehensive primary and secondary bibliography of Tanith Lee, together with annotations and cover illustrations for all the books.  Unlike most web projects, this one is also kept religiously up to date and sets the gold standard for web-based bibliographies.

H.P. Lovecraft and Lovecraft Criticism: An Annotated Bibliography

Not Seen.  According to Burgess this is a first-class primary and secondary bibliography, on a par with Mike Ashley's bibliography of Algernon Blackwood.

Brian Lumley: A New Bibliography

Not Seen.  According to Burgess this is a comprehensive primary and secondary bibliography, including foreign-language translations.

A Bibliography of Arthur Machen

Not Seen.  According to Burgess this is a comprehensive primary and secondary bibliography, albeit in somewhat quirky format.

Richard Matheson: He Is Legend: An Illustrated Bio-Bibliography

Not Seen.  According to Burgess this is not really a bio-bibliography, but rather lies somewhere between checklist and working bibliography.

Anne Inez McCaffrey: Forty Years of Publishing: An International Bibliography

A detailed primary bibliography of works by McCaffrey, although foreign-language information is often fairly rudimentary.  Self-published by the author (Matt Hargreaves), the intention was for regular supplements to keep the bibliography up to date but, as far as I am aware, only one of these (covering 1992-1994) was ever published.

This volume is probably still available from Matthew D. Hargreaves, P.O. Box 66099, SEATTLE, WA 98166-0099, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

The Tanelorn Archives: A Primary and Secondary Bibilography of the Works of Michael Moorcock

Despite the title, this volume only contains three brief pages of secondary material.   However, it more than makes up for this with its coverage of primary material, which is one of the most extensive ever seen, covering not only fiction and non-fiction by Moorcock, but also comic strips, fanzines, music lyrics and even related artworks.  Despite its age (coverage is complete to the end of 1979) it will remain an invaluable source of information on Moorcock's early work until such time as the long-rumoured definitive Moorcock bibliography appears.

The book is still available from Pandora's Books Ltd (Box 54, Neche, ND 58265, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA) for $10.00 (trade paperback), $16.00 (hardcover) or $25.00 (signed hardcover) (http://www.pandora.ca).

Mike Resnick: An Annotated Bibliography and Guide to His Work

by Fiona Kelleghan

Farthest Star, 2000, $20.00

A fairly comprehensive primary and secondary bibliography, including foreign-language translations. Sadly, however, it restricts itself to the "respectable" books Resnick has written, and completely ignores the "226 softcore sex, Gothic, and doctor-nurse novels" he has admitted to wriing between 1964 and 1976. The book is still available from Alexander Books, 65 Macedonia Road, Alexander, NC 28701, USA (http://www.abooks.com).

Robert Nathan: A Bibliography

Not Seen.  According to Burgess this is a fairly comprehensive primary bibliography, including foreign-language translations, but is now, sadly, out-of-date.

Sax Rohmer: A Bibliography

Not Seen.  According to Burgess this is a fairly typical working bibliography, limited to primary material only.

The Works of M.P. Shiel

This is a massive set of four volumes as follows:

• Volume I: Writings – Collection of the magazine serial version of two of Shiel's most famous novels and fifteen of his short stories
• Volume II: The Shielography Updated (Part 1) – Updated detailed bibliography of M.P. Shiel covering novels, short stories and miscellaneous writings.
• Volume III: The Shielography Updated (Part 2) – Updated detailed bibliography of M.P. Shiel covering biographical notes, pieces on "Redonda" and other miscellaneous items.
• Volume IV: Shiel in Diverse Hands – Collection of essays about M.P. Shiel, mostly original.

(for a more detailed description see http://www.sfsite.com/06b/mpu130.htm). Still available from http://alangullette.com/lit/shiel/jdsbooks.htm.

Olaf Stapledon: A Bibliography

Not Seen.  According to Burgess this is a comprehensive bibliography of both primary and secondary material.

Bram Stoker: A Bibliography

Thomas Burnett Swann: A Brief Critical Biography and Annotated Bibliography

An unusual volume, with 18 of the 29 pages occupied by a biography, and the remainder by a primary bibliography (plus annotations and selected book reviews) in chronological order.  While far from comprehensive, the bibliography does contain all major items together with many minor items not listed elsewhere.

In Progress

The following bibliographies are known to be "in progress", although this does not, by any means, imply they will ever be published: