Order of John Joseph Adams Books
John Joseph Adams is an American editor of science fiction and fantasy anthologies. In addition to that, he is also a critic and publisher. He is a USA Today bestselling editor. John edits John Joseph Adams Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. He also edits the magazines Nightmare and Lightspeed and produces the podcast The Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy from WIRED.
John Joseph Adams’ first anthology edited was Wastelands, published in 2007. Below is a list of John Joseph Adams’ books in order of when they were originally released:
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Publication Order of The Dystopia Triptych Books
(with Christie Yant, Hugh Howey)
Ignorance is Strength | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Burn the Ashes | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Or Else the Light | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Anthology series. |
Publication Order of Wastelands Books
Wastelands | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Wastelands 2 | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Wastelands: The New Apocalypse | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Harbinger Books
Harbinger of Destruction | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of The Living Dead Books
(with Kater Cheek)
The Living Dead 2 | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Anthologies
Lightspeed Magazine, April 2011 | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Living Dead | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Federations | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Epic | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Brave New Worlds | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Living Dead 2 | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Way of the Wizard | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Lightspeed: Year One | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Lightspeed Magazine, June 2011 | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Fantasy Magazine, July 2011 | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Under the Moons of Mars | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Armored | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Lightspeed Magazine, April 2012 | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Other Worlds Than These | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Lightspeed Magazine, January 2015 | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Lightspeed Magazine, October 2012 | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Lightspeed Magazine, November 2012 | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Lightspeed Magazine, December 2012 | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 35, April 2013 | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Oz Reimagined | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Nightmare Magazine 13: October 2013 | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Geek's Guide to the Galaxy #82-84 | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Nightmare Magazine, January 2014 | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Lightspeed Magazine, February 2014 | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Nightmare Magazine 19: April 2014 | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Robot Uprisings | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Dead Man's Hand: An Anthology of the Weird West | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Lightspeed Magazine, July 2014 | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The End is Now | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Lightspeed Magazine, October 2014 | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Lightspeed Magazine, December 2014 | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Wastelands - Stories of the Apocalypse | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 57, February 2015 | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Operation Arcana | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The End Has Come | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Lightspeed Magazine, July 2015 | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Press Start to Play | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Loosed Upon the World | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Lightspeed Magazine, October 2015 | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015 | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Lightspeed Magazine, December 2015 | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Lightspeed Magazine, May 2016 | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Lightspeed Magazine, July 2016 | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Nightmare Magazine 48: September 2016 | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016 | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
What the #@&% Is That? | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Lightspeed Magazine, February 2017 | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Nightmare Magazine 60: September 2017 | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Nightmare Magazine, Issue 77 | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Nightmare Magazine 67: April 2018 | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Nightmare Magazine, Issue 73 | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018 | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Nightmare Magazine, Issue 74 | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Nightmare Magazine, Issue 75 | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Futures & Fantasies | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 105, February 2019 | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
A People's Future of the United States | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 107, April 2019 | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Nightmare Magazine, Issue 80 | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Nightmare Magazine, Issue 83 | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2019 | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Nightmare Magazine, Issue 86 | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Nightmare Magazine, Issue 98 | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020 | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
One Stormy Night | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021 | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 143, April 2022 | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding, Volume 2 | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2022 | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 153, February 2023 | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 155, April 2023 | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 161 | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
KOBOLD Guide to Roleplaying | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Notes: The Apocalypse Triptych series is edited with Hugh Howey. Oz Reimagined was edited with Douglas Cohen. Robot Uprisings and Press Start to Play were co-edited by Daniel H. Wilson. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015 was edited with Joe Hill. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016 was edited with Karen Joy Fowler. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2017 was edited with Charles Yu.
The Dystopia Triptych anthology series is co-edited by Hugh Howey. A People’s Future of the United States was co-edited by Victor LaValle. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2019 was co-edited by Carmen Maria Machado.
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John Joseph Adams Synopsis: Federations is an anthology edited by John Joseph Adams. From Star Trek to Star Wars, from Dune to Foundation, science fiction has a rich history of exploring the idea of vast intergalactic societies, and the challenges facing those who are apart of or attempting to run such societies. The stories in this anthology continue that tradition, including both new and reprinted fiction, with stories by Lois McMaster Bujold, Anne McCaffrey, George R.R. Martin, Catherynne M. Valente, L.E. Modesitt, Jr., Alastair Reynolds, Robert J. Sawyer, Robert Silverberg, Harry Turtledove, and many others.