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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

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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: 3.84 · 19,276 ratings · 737 reviews · 209 distinct works • Similar authors

	Conan: Sword of Skelos 3.93 avg rating — 1,636 ratings — published 1979 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadowspawn 3.95 avg rating — 1,326 ratings — published 1987 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Conan the Mercenary 3.87 avg rating — 399 ratings — published 1981 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Swords Against Darkness (Swords Against Darkness, #1) by Andrew J. Offutt (Editor), Frank Frazetta (Illustrator) 4.07 avg rating — 345 ratings — published 1977 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Conan and the Sorcerer by Andrew J. Offutt, Esteban Maroto (Illustrator) 3.75 avg rating — 301 ratings — published 1978 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Demon in the Mirror by Andrew J. Offutt, Richard K. Lyon 3.71 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 1978 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deathknight 3.73 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Iron Lords 3.58 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 1979 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sword of the Gael 3.71 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 1975 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sign of the Moonbow 3.57 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 1977 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Eye of Erlik (3 books)
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3.90 avg rating — 2,336 ratings

Swords Against Darkness (5 books)
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Andrew J. Offutt (Editor),

Ramsey Campbell (Contributor),

Tanith Lee (Contributor),

Simon R. Green (Contributor),

Robert Fester (Contributor),

Robin Kincaid (Contributor),

Keith Taylor (Goodreads Author) (Contributor),

Edward DeGeorge (Goodreads Author) (Contributor),

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3.91 avg rating — 561 ratings

Spaceways (19 books)
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Andrew J. Offutt,

John Cleve (Pseudonym)

3.02 avg rating — 337 ratings

War of the Wizards (3 books)
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Andrew J. Offutt,

Richard K. Lyon

3.77 avg rating — 241 ratings

War of the Gods on Earth (3 books)
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Andrew J. Offutt

3.54 avg rating — 207 ratings

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Please vote for the July-August Group Read topic. As always, feel welcome to add to the list by writing-in your own item (write something in the YOUR CHOICE field). With the recent passing of Jack Vance and Andrew J. Offutt, it seemed appropriate to consider their works. Also, our collective To-Read piles only seem to grow; with Spring in full force, a cleaning may be in order. What do you think?

Any Jack Vance, for example: The Dying Earth

11 votes, 44.0%

A late Spring-Cleaning: Let us read anything on our own To-Read shelves (let us clean up that pile...and share our lists).

9 votes, 36.0%

Any Andrew J. Offutt, for example: Shadowspawn

5 votes, 20.0%

25 total votes

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