Series
Lafayette O'Leary
Keith Laumer · 4 novels · 1966–1984
Keith Laumer's Lafayette O'Leary series is described as a comic counterpart to his more serious 'Imperium' story-cycle, following a hero able to travel between feudal, magic-touched alternate Earths. It begins with The Time Bender (1966) and continues through The World Shuffler, The Shape Changer, and The Galaxy Builder, later gathered together as The Universe Twister.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
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Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
- Omnibus editions(1 edition)
Map
Lafayette O'Leary at the centre, 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
- 1960s1
- 1970s2
- 1980s1
Shape
4 novels
1 author · completed series
reads like:science fictionparallel universetimeless or unspecifiedfunnyadult
Mood
Bright and intense: 100% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 44%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book4 of 4 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- The Shape Changerdarkest · most intense
- The Time Benderbrightest · calmest