Randle, Kevin D
Entry updated 24 July 2023. Tagged: Author.
(1949- ) US author who served in the Army as a helicopter pilot in Vietnam 1968-1969 and in the Air Force as an Intelligence Officer 1976-1986; he has written nonfantastic military fiction as by Eric Helm and Steve MacKenzie [not listed in Checklist below]. He began publishing sf with "Future War" for Combat Illustrated in 1978, but became an active writer only in the 1980s, beginning two sequences in 1980 and 1986 respectively, all titles in collaboration with Robert Cornett: the Time Mercenaries books – Remember the Alamo? (1980; vt Remember the Alamo! 1986), Remember Gettysburg! (1988) and Remember the Little Bighorn! (1990) – and the Seeds of War books, being Seeds of War (1988), The Aldebaran Campaign (1988) and The Aquarian Attack (1989) – and . The first series is an exhilarating Time-Travel sequence, in which Vietnam veterans are enlisted to travel to famous battles, where they must make sure that events take their proper course, initially for the benefit of a giant oil corporation; the second, Seeds of War, is a less remarkable example of Military SF, though still told with some verve.
The Jefferson's War sequence – The Galactic Silver Star (1990), The Price of Command (1990), The Lost Colony (1991), The January Platoon (1991), which focuses on a dangerous but vulnerable family of trained Clones, Death of a Regiment (1991) and Chain of Command (1992) – is again Military SF, carrying members of the United States Space Infantry into various tight corners. The similar Global War sequence began with Dawn of Conflict (1991); the Star Precinct sequence, with Ed Gorman writing as Richard Driscoll, began with Star Precinct (1992), set on a city-sized Space Station which features in each instalment; the Galactic MI sequence began with Galactic MI (1993); the Exploration Chronicles, a Space Opera sequence, began with Signals (2003).
Randle has also written nonfantastic military novels, including another series [not listed below] in collaboration with Cornett. His several books on Ufology (see UFOs) – beginning with The October Scenario: UFO Abductions, Theories about Them and a Prediction of When they will Return (1989) and The UFO Casebook (1989), and extending through Roswell in the 21st Century – The Evidence as It Exists Today (2016) – have been influential, though he has in more recent years given the impression that he feels the arguments in favour of this belief may not ever be proved. [JC]
Kevin Douglas Randle
born Cheyenne, Wyoming: 4 June 1949
works (selected)
series
Time Mercenaries
- Remember the Alamo? (Cedar Rapids, Iowa: TA Publications, 1980) with Robert Charles Cornett [Time Mercenaries: pb/]
- Remember the Alamo! (New York: Berkley/Chapter, 1986) with Robert Cornett [vt of the above: Time Mercenaries: pb/]
- Remember Gettysburg! (New York: Charter Books, 1988) with Robert Cornett [Time Mercenaries: pb/]
- Remember the Little Bighorn! (New York: Charter Books, 1990) with Robert Cornett [Time Mercenaries: pb/]
Seeds of War
- Seeds of War (New York: Ace Books, 1986) with Robert Cornett [Seeds of War: pb/Miro]
- The Aldebaran Campaign (New York: Ace Books, 1988) with Robert Cornett [Seeds of War: pb/Miro]
- The Aquarian Attack (New York: Ace Books, 1989) with Robert Cornett [Seeds of War: pb/Miro]
Seals
- Recon (New York: Avon Books, 1988) as by Steve MacKenzie [Seals: pb/]
- Sniper (New York: Avon Books, 1988) as by Steve MacKenzie [Seals: pb/]
Jefferson's War
- Jefferson's War: The Galactic Silver Star (New York: Ace Books, 1990) [Jefferson's War: pb/Paul Youll]
- Jefferson's War: The Price of Command (New York: Ace Books, 1990) [Jefferson's War: pb/Paul Youll],
- Jefferson's War: The Lost Colony (New York: Ace Books, 1991) [Jefferson's War: pb/Paul Youll]
- Jefferson's War: The January Platoon (New York: Ace Books, 1991) [Jefferson's War: pb/Paul Youll]
- Jefferson's War: Death of a Regiment (New York: Ace Books, 1991) [Jefferson's War: pb/Paul Youll]
- Jefferson's War: Chain of Command (New York: Ace Books, 1992) [Jefferson's War: pb/Paul Youll]
Global Conflict
- Dawn of Conflict (New York: Bantam Books, 1991) [Global War: pb/]
- Border Winds (New York: Bantam Books, 1992) [Global War: pb/]
Star Precinct
- Star Precinct (New York: Ace Books, 1992) with Ed Gorman writing as Richard Driscoll [Star Precinct: pb/Jean Pierre Targete]
- Star Precinct #2: Mind Slayer (New York: Ace Books, 1992) with Ed Gorman writing as Richard Driscoll [Star Precinct: pb/Jean Pierre Targete]
- Star Precinct #3: Inside Job (New York: Ace Books, 1992) with Ed Gorman writing as Richard Driscoll [Star Precinct: pb/Jean Pierre Targete]
Galactic MI
- Galactic MI (New York: Ace Books, 1993) [Galactic MI: pb/Kevin Murphy]
- Galactic MI: The Rat Trap (New York: Ace Books, 1993) [Galactic MI: pb/Kevin Murphy]
- Galactic MI: The Citadel (New York: Ace Books, 1994) [Galactic MI: pb/Donato Giancola as Donato]
Exploration Chronicles
- Signals (New York: Ace Books, 2003) [Exploration Chronicles: pb/Danilo Ducak]
- Starship (New York: Ace Books, 2004) [Exploration Chronicles: pb/Danilo Ducak]
- F T L (New York: Ace Books, 2004) [Exploration Chronicles: pb/Danilo Ducak]
- The Gate (New York: Ace Books, 2006) [Exploration Chronicles: pb/Edwin Herdfer]
individual titles
- Once Upon a Murder (Lake Geneva, Wisconsin: TSR/Windwalker, 1987) with Robert J Randisi [tie to a TSR Game: pb/Jeff Easley]
- Operation Roswell (New York: Tor, 2002) [hb/Bruce Jensen]
- Vampyr? (Waterville, Maine: Five Star, 2010) [hb/]
nonfiction
- The October Scenario: UFO Abductions, Theories about Them and a Prediction of When they will Return (New York: Berkley Books, 1989) [nonfiction: UFOs: pb/]
- The UFO Casebook (New York: Warner Books, 1989) [nonfiction: UFOs: pb/]
- UFO Crash at Roswell (New York: Avon Books, 1991) with Don Schmitt [nonfiction: UFOs: pb/]
- Scientific Ufology: Roswell and Beyond – How Scientific Methodology Can Prove the Reality of Ufos (New York: HarperTorch, 2000) [nonfiction: UFOs: pb/]
- The Government UFO Files: The Conspiracy of Cover-Up (Canton, Michigan: Visible Ink Press, 2014) [nonfiction: UFOs: pb/]
- Roswell in the 21st Century – The Evidence as It Exists Today (Denver, Colorado: Denver Deep Reads, 2016) [nonfiction: pb/]
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