Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Before Plan 9: Plans 1-8 From Outer Space | 2012 | Craig DiLouie | Buy |
Craig DiLouie’s anthology contributions include Before Plan 9: Plans 1-8 From Outer Space, published in 2012. The title is a direct reference to Ed Wood’s famously bad 1957 film Plan 9 from Outer Space, and the anthology runs with the joke by imagining what the first eight plans might have looked like.
It’s a lighter entry in DiLouie’s catalog, which is otherwise dominated by horror and military fiction. The comedic sci-fi tone is closer to his early novel The Great Planet Robbery than to his better-known post-apocalyptic work.