Keith, Andrew
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1958-1999) US Games creator and author, brother of William H Keith Jr, with whom he collaborated on the Freedom's Rangers Military SF sequence, beginning with Freedom's Rangers (1989) and ending with Freedom's Rangers: Snow Kill (1991), both writing together as by Keith William Andrews; in each tale, the Rangers intervene through Time Travel in various conflicts, including World War Two and the American revolution, where their Time Police function blossoms into a genuine Changewar, as the Rangers must oppose the Russian KGB's attempts to promote a British victory.
Other collaborations with his brother include March or Die (1992) and Honor and Fidelity (1992), the first two volumes in the Fifth Foreign Legion sequence of Technothrillers also including Andrew Keith's solo Cohort of the Damned (1993), in which human forces on an occupied planet attempt to contain Alien (i.e. indigenous) insurgents. He contributed two Ties to the Wing Commander sequence of Videogames (see also Space Sim), Wing Commander: Heart of the Tiger (1995) and Wing Commander: False Colors (1998), both with William R Forstchen; and other work, some not securely identified. Novels in collaboration with his brother under names like Keith Douglass and H Jay Riker are not sf. [JC]
see also: Traveller.
John Andrew Keith
born 31 August 1958
died 7 August 1999
works
series
Combat Command
- Combat Command in the World of Jack Williamson's The Legion of Space: The Legion of War (New York: Ace Books, 1988) [tie to Jack Williamson's novel: in the publisher's Combat Command Gamebook series: pb/Don Dixon]
Freedom's Rangers
- Freedom's Rangers (New York: Berkley Books, 1989) with William H Keith Jr, together as Keith William Andrews [Freedom's Rangers: pb/]
- Freedom's Rangers #2: Raiders of the Revolution (New York: Berkley Books, 1989) with William H Keith Jr, together as Keith William Andrews [Freedom's Rangers: pb/]
- Freedom's Rangers #3: Search and Destroy (New York: Berkley Books, 1990) with William H Keith Jr, together as Keith William Andrews [Freedom's Rangers: pb/]
- Freedom's Rangers #4: Treason in Time (New York: Berkley Books, 1990) with William H Keith Jr together as Keith William Andrews [Freedom's Rangers: pb/]
- Freedom's Rangers #5: Sink the Armada (New York: Berkley Books, 1990) with William H Keith Jr, together as Keith William Andrews [Freedom's Rangers: pb/]
- Freedom's Rangers: Snow Kill (New York: Berkley Books, 1991) with William H Keith Jr, together as Keith William Andrews [Freedom's Rangers: pb/]
Fifth Foreign Legion
- The Fifth Foreign Legion #1: March or Die (New York: Penguin/Roc, 1992) with William H Keith Jr [Fifth Foreign Legion: pb/Richard Hescox]
- The Fifth Foreign Legion #2: Honor and Fidelity (New York: Penguin/Roc, 1992) with William H Keith Jr [Fifth Foreign Legion: pb/Richard Hescox]
- The Fifth Foreign Legion #3: Cohort of the Damned (New York: Penguin/Roc, 1993) [Fifth Foreign Legion: pb/Richard Hescox]
- The Fifth Foreign Legion (Monument, Colorado: WordFire Press, 2016) with William H Keith Jr [omni of the above three: pb/]
BattleTech
- Battletech: Technical Readout 3050 (New York: Penguin/Roc, 1990) with Jim Musser [tie to the Game: BattleTech: pb/Boris Vallejo]
- Battletech: Mercenary's Star (New York: Penguin/Roc, 1992) [tie to the Game: BattleTech: pb/Boris Vallejo]
- Battletech: Blood of Heroes (New York: Penguin/Roc, 1993) [tie to the Wargame: BattleTech: pb/Boris Vallejo]
Wing Commander
- Wing Commander: Heart of the Tiger (New York: Baen Books, 1995) with William R Forstchen [tie to the computer game Wing Commander: pb/]
- Wing Commander: False Colors (New York: Baen Books, 1998) with William R Forstchen [tie to the computer game Wing Commander: misascribed to William H Keith Jr on cover: pb/Gary Ruddell]
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