Charles E. Gannon (born March 17, 1960) is an American novelist and
game design
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er who has worked primarily on hard
science fiction
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and
role-playing game
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s.
Career
Charles Gannon wrote ''
Hard Times Hard Times may refer to:
Literature
* ''Hard Times'' (novel), an 1854 novel by Charles Dickens
* '' Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression'', a 1970 book by Studs Terkel
Film and television
* ''Hard Times'' (1915 film), a silen ...
'' (1991), a supplement for ''
MegaTraveller'' which moved the background
metaplot
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forward by six years.
Gannon wrote many articles in ''
Challenge'' magazine about "The Hinterworlds", a sector of space which is part of the Imperium from the ''
Traveller
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People
*Anyone engaged in travel
Groups
* Romani people, or Roma, or Gypsies, and their subgroups in various countries
* Indigenous Norwegian Travellers
* Irish Travellers
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'' universe.
Gannon has also co-written novels in the
1632 series
The ''1632'' series, also known as the 1632-verse or ''Ring of Fire'' series, is an alternate history book series and Spin-off (media), sub-series created, primarily co-written, and coordinated by American author Eric Flint and published by Ba ...
with
Eric Flint
Eric Flint (February 6, 1947 – July 17, 2022) was an American author, editor, and e-publisher. The majority of his works are alternate history science fiction, but he also wrote humorous fantasy adventures. His works have been listed on ' ...
, including ''
1635: The Papal Stakes'' (2012), ''
1636: Commander Cantrell in the West Indies'' (2014),
and ''1636: The Vatican Sanction'' (2015). His novels ''Fire with Fire'' and ''Trial by Fire'' were both nominated for the
Nebula Award for Best Novel
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(in 2014 and 2015 respectively). He was nominated again in 2016 for ''Raising Caine,'' and in 2020 for ''Marque of Caine.''
Bibliography
Tales of the Terran Republic
This progression of books is also known as the "Caine Riordan series" or the "22nd Century series"
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Spinoffs and related fiction
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* ''Triage'' (with Eric Flint; upcoming)
* ''Misbegotten'' (upcoming):
a non-mainline Terran Republic novel
Vortex of Worlds
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Starfire series
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The 1632 series
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Black Tide Rising
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References
External links
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Charles E. Gannon :: Pen & Paper RPG Databasearchive
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1960 births
20th-century American male writers
20th-century American novelists
21st-century American male writers
21st-century American novelists
American male novelists
American role-playing designers
Living people