Catherine Asaro bibliography

This is the complete bibliography of American space opera and hard science fiction author Catherine Asaro.

Bibliography

Saga of the Skolian Empire

Reading order by date of publication

Note that the stories were published in non-chronological sequence, from the perspective of the characters.

1. Primary Inversion (1995), rewritten version available online in Baen Free Library (2008–2012)
   • "Light and Shadow" (novelette appearing in Analog, ed. Stanley Schmidt) (1994)
2. Catch the Lightning (1996)
3. The Last Hawk (1997)
4. The Radiant Seas (1999)
   • "Aurora in Four Voices" (novella appearing in Analog, ed. Stanley Schmidt) (1998)
5. Ascendant Sun (2000)
   • "A Roll of the Dice" (novella appearing in Analog, ed. Stanley Schmidt) (2000)
6. The Quantum Rose (2000) (also serialized in Analog, ed. Stanley Schmidt) (1999)
   • "Ave de Paso" (short story appearing in the following anthologies; Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction, ed. Al Sarrantonio, (2001); Fantasy: the Best of 2001, ed. Robert Silverberg and Karen Haber, (2002); Aurora in Four Voices, ed. Steven Silver (2011))
7. Spherical Harmonic (2001)
8. The Moon's Shadow (2003)
9. Skyfall (2004)
   • "Stained Glass Heart" (novella appearing in anthology Irresistible Forces, ed. Catherine Asaro) (2004)
   • "Walk in Silence" (novella appearing in Analog, ed. Stanley Schmidt) (2003)
10. Schism (2004)
    • "The Edges of Never-Haven" (short story appearing in anthology Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy, ed. Al Sarrantonio) (2004)
    • "The City of Cries" (novella appearing in Down These Dark Spaceways, ed. Mike Resnick) (2005)
    • "The Shadowed Heart" (novelette appearing in anthology The Journey Home, ed. Mary Kirk (2005), and Best New Paranormal Romance, ed. Paula Guran, (2006))
11. The Final Key (2005)
    • "Echoes of Pride" (short story appearing in anthology Space Cadets, ed. Mike Resnick) (2006) Also in 2013; see below
    • "The Ruby Dice" (novella appearing in Jim Baen's Universe, ed. Eric Flint) (2006)
12. The Ruby Dice (2008)
13. Diamond Star (2009)
14. Carnelians (2011)
15. Aurora in Four Voices (anthology, ed. Steven Silver) (2011). Includes Aurora in Four Voices, Ave de Paso, The Spacetime Pool, Light and Shadow, The City of Cries, A Poetry of Angles and Dreams (essay on how Asaro uses math in her fiction), Introduction by Kate Dolan, and Afterward by Aly Parsons.
16. The City of Cries, eBook, (2012)
17. "The Spacetime Pool," eBook (2012). Includes "The Spacetime Pool," "Light and Shadow," and the math essay "A Poetry of Angles and Dreams"
18. "The Pyre of New Day" (novelette appearing in anthology The Mammoth Book of SF Wars, ed. Ian Watson and Ian Whates) (2012)
19. "Echoes of Pride" (appearing in Galaxy's Edge magazine) (2013)
20. Lightning Strike, Book I, 2014, an expanded version of the first half of Catch the Lightning
21. Undercity, 2014

Reading order by internal chronology

A Reader's Guide

Note: the name(s) between the parentheses denotes the main character.

1. Skyfall (Roca Skolia, Eldrinson Althor Valdoria, Kurj Skolia)
2. "The City of Cries" (Major Bhaaj, P.I.)
3. "Stained Glass Heart" (Havyrl Torcellei Valdoria)
4. Schism (Sauscony (Soz) Lahaylia Valdoria)
5. "Echoes of Pride" (Sauscony (Soz) Lahaylia Valdoria)
6. The Final Key (Sauscony Lahaylia Valdoria/rest of her family)
7. "The Edges of Never-Haven" (Denric Winward Valdoria)
8. "Light and Shadow" (Kelricson Garlin Valdoria)
9. "Aurora in Four Voices" (Sauscony Lahaylia Valdoria)
10. "Walk in Silence" (Jess Fernandez)
11. "The Pyre of New Day" (Sauscony (Soz) Lahaylia Valdoria)
12. The Last Hawk (Kelricson Garlin Valdoria)
13. Primary Inversion (Sauscony (Soz) Lahaylia Valdoria) This was the first published book
14. The Radiant Seas (Sauscony (Soz) Lahaylia Valdoria/rest of her family)
15. "The Shadowed Heart" (Jason Harrick)
    • Aftermath of Radiant War – the following stories have a great deal of overlap but follow different characters
    1. Ascendant Sun (Kelricson Garlin Valdoria)
    2. The Quantum Rose (Kamoj Argali, Havyrl Torcellei Valdoria)
    3. Spherical Harmonic (Dyhianna Selei)
    4. The Moon's Shadow (Jaibriol Qox Skolia)
16. Diamond Star (Del-Kurj Arden Valdoria)
17. "A Roll of the Dice" (Jeremiah Coltman)
18. "The Ruby Dice" (novella, Kelricson Garlin Valdoria)
19. The Ruby Dice (full length novel, Jaibriol Qox Skolia and Kelricson Garlin Valdoria)
20. Carnelians (Kelricson Garlin Valdoria, Jaibriol Qox Skolia, Del-Kurj Arden Valdoria)
21. "Ave de Paso" (Akushtina Santis Pulivok)
22. Catch the Lightning (Akushtina Santis Pulivok, Althor Vyan Selei)
23. Lightning Strike, Book I, (Akushtina Santis Pulivok, Althor Vyan Selei)

Lost Continent

Lost Continent (aka Aronsdale) series (Romantic fantasy)

1. The Charmed Sphere (2004)
   • "Moonglow" novella (Charmed Destinies, ed. Mary Theresa Hussey (2003))
2. The Misted Cliffs (2005)
3. The Dawn Star (2006)
4. The Fire Opal (2007)
5. The Night Bird (2008)
6. "The Topaz Desert" (Lace and Blade, ed. Deborah Ross, 2008)

Other works

• The Veiled Web (1999)
• The Phoenix Code (2000)
• Sunrise Alley (2004)
• Alpha (2006) (Sequel to Sunrise Alley)
• "Dance in Blue" novelette (Christmas Forever, ed. David Hartwell, (1993) and Wondrous Beginnings, ed. Steven H Silver (2003))
• "Boot Hill" short story written with Mike Resnick (Civil War Fantastic, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, (2000) and With a Little Help from My Friends: Stories by Hugo and Nebula Winner Mike Resnick in Collaboration with . . . ed. Mike Resnick (2002))
• The Phoenix Code (2013) rewritten eBook version

Editor

• Mindsparks the Magazine of Science and Science Fiction, Editor and founder, Catherine Asaro, 1993–1996
• Irresistible Forces, ed. Catherine Asaro (2004)
• Nebula Awards Showcase 2013, ed. Catherine Asaro

Inclusion in collections with works by other authors

• Civil War Fantastic, ed. Martin H. Greenberg (2000)
• Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction, ed. Al Sarrantonio (2001)
• Fantasy: the Best of 2001, ed. Robert Silverberg and Karen Haber (2002)
• Charmed Destinies, ed. Mary Theresa Hussey (2003)
• Nebula Awards Showcase 2003, ed. Nancy Kress (2003)
• Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy, ed. Al Sarrantonio (2004)
• Projections: Science Fiction in Literature & Film, ed. Lou Anders (2004) Nonfiction
• The Journey Home, ed. Mary Kirk (2005)
• Down These Dark Spaceways, ed. Mike Resnick (2005)
• Year Million, ed. Damien Broderick Nonfiction (2008) Nonfiction
• Strange Divisions and Alien Territories: The Sub-genres of Science Fiction [sic], ed. Keith Brooke (2012) Nonfiction; chapter written with Kate Dolan
• The Mammoth Book of SF Wars, ed. Ian Whates and Ian Watson, (2012)

Music

• Diamond Star, Point Valid with Catherine Asaro (2009) CD
• Goodbye Note, Asaro and Wolcott (2010) EP
• "Deep Snows," Catherine Asaro (2012) Single
• "Looking For Sunsets," Catherine Asaro (2013) Demo

Scientific articles

• "Photoexcitation and Ionization in Molecular Oxygen: Theoretical Studies of Electronic Transitions in the Discrete and Continuous Spectral Intervals," A. Gerwer, C. Asaro, B.V. McKoy, and P.W. Langhoff, Journal of Chemical Physics 72 713 (1980)
• "Photoionization of Molecular Oxygen," P.W. Langoff, A. Gerwer, C. Asaro, and B.V. McKoy, International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, Quantum Chemistry Symposium 13, 645 (1979). (Conference proceedings for 1980 JCP article)
• "Stieltjes-Imaging Calculations of Photodissociation," C. Asaro and A. Dalgarno, Journal of Chemical Physics 78 200 (1983)
• "Bound Vibrational Levels of the Two Lowest Singlet Sigma States of LiF," Catherine Asaro and A. Dalgarno, Chemical Physics Letters 118 64 (1985)
• "Polarization Control of Branching Ratios in Photodissociation," Catherine Asaro, Paul Brumer, and Moshe Shapiro, Physical Review Letters 60(16) 1634 (1988)
• "Complex speeds and special relativity," Catherine Asaro, American Journal of Physics April 1996
• "Special relativity and complex speeds," Catherine Asaro, NASA Breakthrough Propulsion Physics Workshop, August 1997