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Laurence M. Janifer
1933–2002
A prolific American science fiction writer, he published for decades under his own name and several pseudonyms, bringing a brisk, witty style to novels, short fiction, and collaborations. He is especially remembered in the field for his long career and his work on popular series with psi-powered detectives and other offbeat speculative ideas.
16 Audiobooks
Occasion ... for Disaster
by Randall Garrett, Laurence M. Janifer
Extracts from the Galactick Almanack: Music Around the Universe
by Laurence M. Janifer
Brain Twister
by Randall Garrett, Laurence M. Janifer
Pagan Passions
by Randall Garrett, Laurence M. Janifer
Charley de Milo
by Laurence M. Janifer
Supermind
by Randall Garrett, Laurence M. Janifer
The Impossibles
by Randall Garrett, Laurence M. Janifer
That Sweet Little Old Lady
by Randall Garrett, Laurence M. Janifer
Out Like a Light
by Randall Garrett, Laurence M. Janifer
Sight Gag
by Laurence M. Janifer
Lost in Translation
by Laurence M. Janifer
The Man Who Played to Lose
by Laurence M. Janifer
Slave Planet
by Laurence M. Janifer
Wizard
by Laurence M. Janifer
Hex
by Laurence M. Janifer
Replace the horse
by Laurence M. Janifer
About the author
Born Laurence Mark Harris in Brooklyn, New York, on March 17, 1933, he later adopted Janifer, his Polish grandfather’s original surname. He began publishing science fiction in the 1950s and built a career that stretched for roughly half a century.
Janifer wrote across several genres, but science fiction remained his best-known home. He was notably prolific, producing novels and short stories under his own name as well as pseudonyms including Mark Phillips, and he also collaborated with other writers on a number of works.
Readers of classic mid-century and later science fiction often encounter his name attached to energetic, idea-driven stories with humor and momentum. He died in Oakland, California, on July 10, 2002, leaving behind a large and varied body of work.