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Andrew J. Offutt


Born
in Kentucky, The United States
January 01, 1934

Died
April 30, 2013

Genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Erotica


Andrew Jefferson Offutt was an American science fiction and fantasy author. He wrote as Andrew J. Offutt, A.J. Offutt, and Andy Offut. His normal byline, andrew j. offutt, had his name in all lower-case letters. His son is the author Chris Offutt.

Offutt began publishing in 1954 with the story And Gone Tomorrow in If. Despite this early sale, he didn't consider his professional life to have begun until he sold the story Blacksword to Galaxy in 1959. His first novel was Evil Is Live Spelled Backwards in 1970.

Offutt published numerous novels and short stories, including many in the Thieves World series edited by Robert Lynn Asprin and Lynn Abbey, which featured his best known character, the thief Hanse, also known as Shadowspawn (and, later, ...more

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Average rating: 3.83 · 19,368 ratings · 754 reviews · 204 distinct works • Similar authors
Conan: The Sword of Skelos
3.93 avg rating — 1,641 ratings — published 1979
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Shadowspawn
3.95 avg rating — 1,328 ratings — published 1987 — 10 editions
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Conan the Mercenary
3.86 avg rating — 404 ratings — published 1981 — 16 editions
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Swords Against Darkness (Sw...
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Conan and the Sorcerer
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Deathknight
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The Iron Lords
3.55 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 1979 — 10 editions
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Sword of the Gael (Cormac M...
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Series by Andrew J. Offutt

Conan and the Sorcerer Conan: The Sword of Skelos Conan the Mercenary
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Of Alien Bondage Corundum's Woman Escape from Macho Satana Enslaved Master of Misfit Purrfect Plunder The Manhuntress
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Demon in the Mirror The Eyes of Sarsis Web Of The Spider
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Polls

Vote for the Nov-Dec Groupread theme. We'll have the top two themes, and they'll be based on names of authors and cover artists. Bonus street cred goes to folks who pick books that have both cover artists and author sharing names.

Michael: Anything by Michael Moorcock, or cover art by Michael Whelan. Any other Michael's are fair game too
 
  6 votes, 20.7%

William: How about some classics by William Hope Hodgson or William Morris?
 
  5 votes, 17.2%

Catherine: C.L. Moore or anything with a Catherine" Jeffrey Jones cover.
 
  3 votes, 10.3%

James; James Enge or James A. Moore would work
 
  3 votes, 10.3%

Charles:Charles R. Saunders or Charles Moll (did some Moorcock covers)
 
  2 votes, 6.9%

John: John Jakes plus John Duillo (artist on Conan of the Isles, Conan the Freebooter, Conan the Wanderer)
 
  2 votes, 6.9%

 
  2 votes, 6.9%

"Quillifer" by Walter Jon Williams (write-in)
 
  2 votes, 6.9%

Robert:
Robert Lynn Asprin or Robert E. Howard or Robert Gould (did some Elric/MM covers)
 
  1 vote, 3.4%

Raymond: Raymond E. Feist and Ray Bradbury and covers by Raymond Swanland
 
  1 vote, 3.4%

Michael Whelan, and specifically with Brandon Sanderson (Stormlight Archeive)
 
  1 vote, 3.4%

Raymond
 
  1 vote, 3.4%

 
  0 votes, 0.0%

Julie:J.V. Jones or Boris Vellejo's partner in art : Julie Bell
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

Jan: Janet E. Morris and C. J. Cherryh (J = Janice), and Janny Wurts
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

29 total votes
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