Taylor, Travis S
Entry updated 12 June 2023. Tagged: Author.
(1968- ) US aerospace engineer, optician, broadcaster and author whose Hard SF Warp Speed sequence beginning with Warp Speed (2004) updates elements of the Edisonade as its multi-talented protagonist, named in part after Robert A Heinlein, creates a Hyperspace drive which opens the galaxy to an expanding human race; it also serves as a Weapon. The Tau Ceti Agenda sequence beginning with One Day on Mars (2007) is Military SF, with the government of Earth given the weight of approval of the telling as separatist settlers on Mars, using deadly Mecha, commit atrocities. As the series continues, the war escalates across the solar system. Von Neumann's War (2006) with John Ringo incorporates an Alien Invasion into a similar tapestry.
Some of Taylor's nonfiction titles, like An Introduction to Planetary Defense: A Study of Modern Warfare Applied to Extra-Terrestrial Invasion (2006) with R Charles Anding, Bob Boan and T Conley Powell, take literally the Space Opera scenarios typical of his fiction, and test them in hypothetically "real-life" contexts. [JC]
Travis Shane Taylor
born Decatur, Alabama: 24 July 1968
works
series
Warp Speed
- Warp Speed (New York: Baen Books, 2004) [Warp Speed: hb/David Mattingly]
- The Quantum Connection (New York: Baen Books, 2005) [Warp Speed: hb/Alan Pollack]
Into the Looking Glass
- Vorpal Blade (New York: Baen Books, 2007) with John Ringo [Into the Looking Glass: hb/Kurt Miller]
- Manxome Foe (New York: Baen Books, 2008) with John Ringo [Into the Looking Glass: hb/Kurt Miller]
- Claws that Catch (New York: Baen Books, 2008) with John Ringo [Into the Looking Glass: hb/Kurt Miller]
Tau Ceti Agenda
- One Day on Mars (New York: Baen Books, 2007) [Tau Ceti Agenda: hb/Kurt Miller]
- The Tau Ceti Agenda (New York: Baen Books, 2008) [Tau Ceti Agenda: hb/Kurt Miller]
- One Good Soldier (New York: Baen Books, 2009) [Tau Ceti Agenda: hb/Kurt Miller]
- Trail of Evil (New York: Baen Books, 2015) [Tau Ceti Agenda: hb/Kurt Miller]
- Kill Before Dying (New York: Baen Books, 2017) [Tau Ceti Agenda: hb/Kurt Miller]
- Bringers of Hell (New York: Baen Books, 2018) [Tau Ceti Agenda: hb/Kurt Miller]
Space Excursions
- Back to the Moon (New York: Baen Books, 2010) with Les Johnson [Space Excursions: hb/David Mattingly]
- On to the Asteroid (New York: Baen Books, 2016) with Les Johnson [Space Excursions: hb/David Mattingly]
individual titles
- Moon Beam (New York: Baen Books, 2017) with Jody Lynn Nye [hb/Dominic Harman]
- Moon Tracks (New York: Baen Books, 2019) with Jody Lynn Nye [hb/Dominic Harman]
individual titles
- Von Neumann's War (New York: Baen Books, 2006) with John Ringo [hb/Kurt Miller]
- Human by Choice (Kingsport, Tennessee: Twilight Times, 2008) with Darrell Bain [ebook: na/Ural Akyuz]
- Extraction Point (Kingsport, Tennessee: Twilight Times, 2011) with Stephanie Osborn [pb/Darrell Osborn]
- Saving Proxima (New York: Baen Books, 2021) with Les Johnson [hb/Dave Seeley]
- Ballistic (New York: Baen Books, 2022) [hb/Kurt Miller]
nonfiction
- An Introduction to Planetary Defense: A Study of Modern Warfare Applied to Extra-Terrestrial Invasion (Boca Raton, Florida: Brown Walker Press, 2006) with R Charles Anding, Bob Boan and T Conley Powell [nonfiction: pb/]
- The Science Behind the Secret (New York: Baen Books, 2010) [nonfiction: pb/]
- Alien Invasion: The Ultimate Survival Guide for the Ultimate Attack (New York: Baen Books, 2011) with Bob Boan [nonfiction: pb/]
- A New American Space Plan (New York: Baen Books, 2012) with Stephanie Osborn [nonfiction: pb/]
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