John Ringo

This article describes the fantasy writer, for the gunslinger John Peters Ringo, see Johnny Ringo

John Ringo, 2007

John Ringo (born March 22, 1963 in Miami-Dade ) is an American science fiction and fantasy author who mainly deals with military topics. His works contain many depictions of battles and fights.

Life

John Ringo's childhood and youth were shaped by the family's constant change of residence; he himself counts 23 countries in which he lived and 14 schools in which he went. After graduating from high school, he joined the army and became a specialist in the US 82nd Airborne Division . After his service, he studied marine biology until he realized how badly paid the jobs in this area are, and worked in IT support ( SQL databases). In 1999 he was able to sell his first novel A Hymn Before Battle and a short time later establish himself as a freelance writer.

In the figure-rich Military SF spectacles that John Ringo writes, the names of his readers are repeatedly incorporated as red shirts , who can thus take part in the fights and battles, even if usually as cannon fodder and not for long.

Works

Black Tide Rising

• Under a Graveyard Sky , 2015, ISBN 978-3-86552-367-9 , Under a Graveyardsky 2013, ISBN 3-86552-367-6 .
• Over a dark sea , 2016, ISBN 978-3-86552-466-9 , To Sail a Darkling Sea. 2014, ISBN 1-4767-3621-9 .
• Islands of Rage and Hope , 2014, ISBN 978-1-4767-3662-4 .
• Strands of Sorrow , 2015, ISBN 978-1-4767-3695-2 .
• Black Tide Rising , June 2016, anthology with Gary Poole.

Empire of Man (German: Marduk)

(with David Weber )

• The bronze battalion. 2005, ISBN 3-404-23284-4 , March Upcountry. 2001.
• The Marduk Mission. 2005, ISBN 3-404-23289-5 , March to the Sea. 2001.
• March to the stars. 2006, ISBN 3-404-23296-8 , March to the Stars. 2003.
• The Trojan ship. 2007, ISBN 3-404-23314-X , We few. 2005.

Legacy of the Aldenata (German: Invasion)

→ Main article : Invasion (John Ringo)

Posleen War (German: Posleen War)

• The march. 2004, ISBN 3-453-87539-7 , A Hymn Before Battle. 2000.
• The attack. 2004, ISBN 3-453-87903-1 , Gust Front. 2001.
• The counterstrike. 2004, ISBN 3-453-52005-X , When the Devil Dances. 2002.
• The rescue. 2005, ISBN 3-453-52017-3 , Hell's Faire. 2003.
• Watch on the Rhine. 2005, ISBN 0-7434-9918-2 (with Tom Kratman )
• The traitors. 2008, ISBN 3-453-52441-1 , Yellow Eyes. 2007 (with Tom Kratman)
• The Tuloriad. 2009, ISBN 978-1-4391-3304-0 (with Tom Kratman)

Cally's War (German: Callys Krieg)

(with Julie Cochrane )

• Cally's war. 2005, ISBN 3-453-52119-6 , Cally's War. 2004.
• The return. 2008, ISBN 978-3-453-52491-0 , Sister Time. 2008.
• The honor of the clan. 2009, ISBN 978-3-453-52581-8 , Honor of the Clan. 2009.

Sequels

• Exploits. 2005, ISBN 3-453-52092-0 , The Hero. 2004 (with Michael Z. Williamson )

Hedren War

• Eye of the Storm. 2009, ISBN 1-4391-3273-9 .

The Council Wars (German: The Nanokriege)

• The collapse. 2005, ISBN 978-3-453-52098-1 , There Will Be Dragons. 2003.
• The attack. 2006, ISBN 978-3-453-52128-5 , Emerald Sea. 2004.
• The storm surge. 2007, ISBN 978-3-453-52180-3 , Against the Tide. 2006.
• The escape. 2007, ISBN 978-3-453-52296-1 , East of the Sun, West of the Moon. 2006.

Troy Rising (German: planet war)

• Planetary War - Hostile Takeover. 2010, ISBN 3-453-52921-9 , Live Free or Die. 2010.
• Planetary War - Living Fortress. 2012, ISBN 3-453-52984-7 , Citadel. 2010.
• Planetary War - The Last Gate. 2013, ISBN 978-3-453-31398-9 , The Hot Gate. 2011.

Paladin of Shadows (German: Kildar)

• Ghost. 2005, ISBN 1-4165-0905-4 .
• Kildar. 2006, ISBN 1-4165-2064-3 .
• Choosers of the Slain. 2006, ISBN 1-4165-2070-8 .
• Unto the Breach. 2006, ISBN 1-4165-0940-2 .
• A deeper blue. 2007, ISBN 1-4165-2128-3 .
• Tiger by the tail. 2013, ISBN 978-1-4516-3856-1 .

Looking Glass

• Into the Looking Glass. 2005, ISBN 0-7434-9880-1 .
• Vorpal Blade. 2007, ISBN 1-4165-2129-1 (with Travis Taylor )
• Manxome Foe. 2008, ISBN 1-4165-5521-8 (with Travis Taylor)
• Claws That Catch. 2008, ISBN 1-4391-3313-1 (with Travis Taylor)

Special Circumstances

• Princess of Wands. 2006, ISBN 1-4165-0923-2 .
• Queen of Wands. 2012, ISBN 978-1-4516-3789-2 .

Clan of the Claw

• Exiled. 2011 (with Jody Lynn Nye , SM Stirling and Harry Turtledove )

Single novels

• The Road to Damascus. 2004, ISBN 0-7434-7187-3 (with Linda Evans )
• From Neumann's War. 2006, ISBN 1-4165-2075-9 (with Travis Taylor)
• The Last Centurion. 2008.

Short stories

in the Honor Harrington series by David Weber, inserted in his The Service of the Sword, ISBN 0-7434-3599-0 :

• Let's go to Prague
• A Ship Named Francis

See also

• Sluggy Freelance , a webcomic featured in the Posleen and Nano War series. In the Posleen series, a “SheVa” tank is named after the violent rabbit “Bun-Bun”, in the nano-war world there is an AI with its appearance and extremely interesting directives.
• The Crüxshadows , mentioned in the Kildar series; the protagonist refers to the song "Winterborn" numerous times.

Web links

• Literature by and about John Ringo in the catalog of the German National Library
• John Ringo in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Works by and about John Ringo at Open Library
• John Ringo in the Science Fiction Awards + Database (English)
• Official website
• Ringo on MySpace
• Baen Free Library - individual books by John Ringo for free download - the others for purchase - all in English

Individual evidence

1. ↑ myspace.com
2. ↑ Self-portrait on johnringo.org
3. ↑ Redshirts at www.johnringo.org