Line #99 Creator/WilliamHKeithJr


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2	William H. Keith, Jr. (born August 8, 1950) is a prolific American fiction author with a particular taste for ScienceFiction and [[MilitaryAndWarfareLiterature Military Fiction]] ([[MilitaryScienceFiction often both]]). He served in the United States Navy as a [[TheMedic hospital corpsman]] during UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar and then worked for several years for game companies including Creator/{{FASA}} and Creator/GameDesignersWorkshop (the creators of ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'' and ''TabletopGame/{{Twilight 2000}}'' among others) as an artist and writer before turning to writing full-time. He's averaged one or two books a year since 1986 and has done both ExpandedUniverse material and his own original settings.
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4	He's written under a few pseudonyms and house names, most recently (starting in 1998) Ian Douglas. Many of his older works are currently out-of-print, but may be found used.
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7	[[folder:Works]]
8	!!Works by William H. Keith, Jr. include:
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10	%%Please add any new entries chronologically by series.
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12	* ''Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse'':
13	** ''Dr. Who & the Vortex Crystal'' (1986)
14	** ''Dr. Who & the Rebel's Gamble'' (1986)
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16	* ''Franchise/BattleTechExpandedUniverse'':
17	** ''Saga of the Gray Death Legion'':
18	*** ''Decision at Thunder Rift'' (1986)
19	*** ''Mercenary's Star'' (1987)
20	*** ''The Price of Glory'' (1987)
21	*** ''Tactics of Duty'' (1995)
22	*** ''Operation Excalibur'' (1996)
23	** ''Blood of Heroes'' (with J. Andrew Keith, 1993)
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25	* ''TabletopGame/RenegadeLegion'' expanded universe:
26	** ''Renegade's Honor'' (1988)
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28	* ''Series/BuckRogersInTheTwentyFifthCentury'' expanded universe:
29	** ''Invaders of Charon'' duology:
30	*** ''Nomads of the Sky'' (1992)
31	*** ''Warlords of Jupiter'' (1993)
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33	* ''Literature/{{Warstrider}}'' series:
34	** ''Warstrider'' (1993)
35	** ''Rebellion'' (1993)
36	** ''Jackers'' (1994)
37	** ''Symbionts'' (1995)
38	** ''Netlink'' (1995)
39	** ''Battlemind'' (1996)
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41	* ''Literature/{{Bolo}}'' SharedUniverse:
42	** ''Bolo Brigade'' (1997)
43	** ''Bolo Rising'' (1998)
44	** ''Bolo Strike'' (2001)
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46	* ''Literature/GalacticMarines'' series, as Ian Douglas
47	** ''Heritage Trilogy''
48	*** ''Semper Mars'' (1998)
49	*** ''Luna Marine'' (1999)
50	*** ''Europa Strike'' (2000)
51	** ''Legacy Trilogy''
52	*** ''Star Corps'' (2003)
53	*** ''Battlespace'' (2006)
54	*** ''Star Marines'' (2007)
55	** ''Inheritance Trilogy'' %% not the same one we have as a separate wiki article
56	*** ''Star Strike'' (2008)
57	*** ''Galactic Corps'' (2008)
58	*** ''Semper Human'' (2009)
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60	* ''Series/BabylonFive'' expanded universe:
61	** ''Frontier Earth'' duology, ghostwritten for Creator/BruceBoxleitner
62	*** ''Frontier Earth'' (1999)
63	*** ''Frontier Earth: Searcher'' (2001)
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65	* ''Diplomatic Act'' (1998), with Creator/PeterJurasik, inspired by Jurasik's role as Londo Mollari
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67	* ''TabletopGame/StarDrive'' expanded universe:
68	** ''Two of Minds'' (1999)
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70	* ''Literature/TheSilentService'' series, as H. Jay Riker, taking over from J. Andrew Keith
71	** ''Los Angeles Class'' (2001)
72	** ''Seawolf Class'' (2002)
73	** ''Virginia Class'' (2004)
74	** ''Ohio Class'' (2006)
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76	* ''Literature/{{Retief}}'' SharedUniverse:
77	** ''Retief's Peace'' (2005)
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79	* ''Literature/DeepBlack'' series, with Creator/StephenCoonts (previous novels were by Coonts and Creator/JimDeFelice)
80	** ''Arctic Gold'' (2009)
81	** ''Sea of Terror'' (2010)
82	** ''Death Wave'' (2011)
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84	* ''Literature/StarCarrier'' series, as Ian Douglas
85	** ''Earth Strike'' (2010)
86	** ''Center of Gravity'' (2011)
87	** ''Singularity'' (2012)
88	** ''Deep Space'' (2013)
89	** ''Dark Matter'' (2014)
90	** ''Deep Time'' (2015)
91	** ''Dark Mind'' (2017)
92	** ''Bright Light'' (2018)
93	** ''Stargods'' (2020)
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95	* ''Literature/AndromedanDark'' series, as Ian Douglas
96	** ''Altered Starscape'' (2016)
97	** ''Darkness Falling'' (2017)
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100	!!Works by William H. Keith, Jr. (as Ian Douglas) with their own pages:
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102	* ''Literature/GalacticMarines''
103	* ''Literature/SolarWarden''
104	* ''Literature/StarCarrier''

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