James P. Hogan books

James P. Hogan (1941-2010) was a British-born American hard science fiction author known for the Giants series, Code of the Lifemaker, and dozens of idea-driven SF novels published between 1977 and 2010.

Anthologies

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The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 1980 1980 Buy
The Hard SF Renaissance 2003 Buy

Chapbooks

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Out of Time 1993 Buy

Code of the Lifemaker Reading Order

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Code of the Lifemaker 1983 Buy
The Immortality Option 1995 Buy

Cradle of Saturn Reading Order

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Cradle of Saturn 1999 Buy
The Anguished Dawn 2003 Buy

Giants Reading Order

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Against the Giants 1980 N/A
Inherit the Stars 1977 Buy
Giants 2018 N/A
The Gentle Giants of Ganymede 1978 Buy
甘尼米德的溫柔巨人 1978 N/A
Giants’ Star 1981 Buy
Entoverse 1991 Buy
Mission to Minerva 2005 Buy

Jupiter Reading Order

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Higher Education 1996 Buy
Jupiter 2000 N/A
Leviathans of Jupiter 2011 N/A
Putting Up Roots 1997 Buy
The Cyborg From Earth 1998 Buy
Starswarm 1998 Buy
Outward Bound 1999 Buy
The Billion Dollar Boy 1997 Buy

Non-Fiction

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Mind Matters 1998 Buy
Kicking the Sacred Cow 2004 Buy

Short Story Collections

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Minds, Machines & Evolution 1988 Buy
Star Child 1998 Buy
Rockets, Redheads & Revolution 1999 Buy
Martian Knightlife 2001 Buy
Catastrophes, Chaos & Convolutions 2005 Buy

Standalone Novels

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The Genesis Machine 1978 Buy
The Two Faces of Tomorrow 1979 Buy
Thrice Upon a Time 1980 Buy
Voyage From Yesteryear 1982 Buy
The Proteus Operation 1985 Buy
Endgame Enigma 1987 Buy
The Mirror Maze 1989 Buy
Infinity Gambit 1991 Buy
The Multiplex Man 1992 Buy
Realtime Interrupt 1995 Buy
Paths To Otherwhere 1996 Buy
Bug Park 1997 Buy
The Legend That Was Earth 2000 Buy
Echoes of an Alien Sky 2007 Buy
Moon Flower 2008 Buy
Migration 2010 Buy

James Patrick Hogan (1941-2010) was born in London and worked as an engineer for several British and European technology companies before moving to the United States. His first novel, Inherit the Stars, was published in 1977 and became the opening book of his most popular series, the Giants sequence. He went on to write more than forty novels and several short story collections over a career spanning three decades.

Hogan’s fiction was driven by scientific ideas rather than action or character drama. He liked to pose a mystery, usually rooted in physics or biology, and then let his characters reason their way to a solution. His standalone novels covered topics from artificial intelligence (The Two Faces of Tomorrow) to alternate history (The Proteus Operation) to nanotechnology (Bug Park). He also wrote several non-fiction books on scientific controversies. After living in Florida and later Ireland, he died in 2010 at his home in County Kildare.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has James P. Hogan written?

James P. Hogan has written 46 books across nine series.

What was James P. Hogan's first book?

James P. Hogan’s first book is Inherit the Stars, published in 1977.

What is James P. Hogan best known for?

James P. Hogan is best known for the Giants series, which begins with Inherit the Stars (1977). In that novel, a 50,000-year-old human corpse in a spacesuit is found on the Moon, and scientists must figure out where it came from. The series ran to five core novels. He was also well regarded for The Two Faces of Tomorrow, Code of the Lifemaker, and Voyage From Yesteryear.

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