Andrew J. Offutt (Author of Conan)

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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: 3.83 · 19,130 ratings · 705 reviews · 194 distinct works 鈥� Similar authors

	Conan: Sword of Skelos 3.93 avg rating — 1,625 ratings — published 1979 — 24 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 — 392 ratings — published 1981 — 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
	Swords Against Darkness (Swords Against Darkness, #1) by Andrew J. Offutt (Editor), Frank Frazetta (Illustrator) 4.08 avg rating — 342 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 — 292 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
	Deathknight 3.73 avg rating — 106 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
	Demon in the Mirror by Andrew J. Offutt, Richard K. Lyon 3.71 avg rating — 105 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
	The Iron Lords 3.56 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 1979 — 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
	Sword of the Gael 3.72 avg rating — 93 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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Swords Against Darkness (5 books)
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Tanith Lee (Contributor),

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Robert Fester (Contributor),

Robin Kincaid (Contributor),

Keith Taylor (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Contributor),

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Spaceways (19 books)
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John Cleve (Pseudonym)

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War of the Gods on Earth (3 books)
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Please vote for the Nov-Dec groupreads . (We have Gonji and Egypt occurring now; Jan-Feb is our annual Anthology time).

: The Sword of Rhiannon by Leigh Brackett

10 votes, 32.3%

Conan The Road of Kings by Karl Edward Wagner

: Theme: Conan Pastiche (ie non-REH Conan like Conan the Triumphant Conan: Road of Kings...).

9 votes, 29.0%

: Gotrek & Felix: The First Omnibus by William King (or any of the Gotrek & Felix books)

6 votes, 19.4%

Brunner the Bounty Hunter (Warhammer Chronicles) by C.L. Werner

: Brunner the Bounty Hunter by C.L. Werner

3 votes, 9.7%

The Emperor's Railroad (Dreaming Cities, #1) by Guy Haley

A Sword & Sorcery novella length book (write-in)

2 votes, 6.5%

Gotrek & Felix: The First Anthology (write-in)

1 vote, 3.2%

The Mists of Doom (Cormac Mac Art, #1) by Andrew J. Offutt

: Pastiche Cormac Mac Art (non REH Cormac like (The Mists of Doom or The Sign of the Moonbow: Cormac Mac Art by Andrew J. Offutt and sometimes Keith Taylor)

0 votes, 0.0%

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