Series
Barnum System
Ron Goulart · 17 novels · 3 novelettes · 8 short stories · 3 collections · 1964–1988
The order the books came out.
- Ben Jolsen / Chameleon Corps(16 works)
- Exchameleon(3 works)
- Jack Summer(4 works)
- Star Hawks(4 works)
Map
Barnum System at the centre, 4 subseries around it, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 1960s6
- 1970s17
- 1980s8
Shape
17 novels · 3 novelettes · 8 short stories · 3 collections
1 author · completed series
reads like:science fictionshapeshiftersspacefar futureadventurousadult
Mood
Bright and intense: 100% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 44%.
grim · intensebright · intensegrim · calmbright · calmtenseadventurousdarkeeriefunnylightheartedrelaxingsadcatalogthis series
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book31 of 31 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Death Celldarkest · most intense
- Everybody Comes to Cosmo'sbrightest
- A Whiff of Madnesscalmest