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John Gregory Betancourt

Born

in St. Louis, Missouri, The United States

October 25, 1963

Genre

Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror

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John Gregory Betancourt is a writer of science fiction, fantasy and mystery novels as well as short stories. He has worked as an assistant editor at Amazing Stories and editor of Horror: The Newsmagazine of the Horror Field, the revived Weird Tales magazine, the first issue of H. P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror (which he subsequently hired Marvin Kaye to edit), Cat Tales magazine (which he subsequently hired George H. Scithers to edit), and Adventure Tales magazine. He worked as a Senior Editor for Byron Preiss Visual Publications (1989-1996) and iBooks. He is the writer of four Star Trek novels and the new Chronicles of Amber prequel series, as well as a dozen original novels. His essays, articles, and reviews have appeared in such diver ...more

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Average rating: 3.88 · 31,636 ratings · 1,219 reviews · 269 distinct works • Similar authors

	Roger Zelazny's The Dawn of Amber (The Dawn of Amber, #1) by John Gregory Betancourt, Roger Zelazny (Series creator) 3.96 avg rating — 4,522 ratings — published 2002 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Roger Zelazny's Chaos and Amber (The Dawn of Amber, #2) by John Gregory Betancourt, Roger Zelazny (Series creator) 3.92 avg rating — 1,627 ratings — published 2003 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Roger Zelazny's To Rule in Amber (The Dawn of Amber, #3) by John Gregory Betancourt, Roger Zelazny (Series creator) 3.81 avg rating — 1,152 ratings — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cthulhu Mythos Megapack: 40 Modern and Classic Lovecraftian Stories by John Gregory Betancourt (Editor), Colin Azariah-Kribbs (Editor ), H.P. Lovecraft (Contributor) 4.08 avg rating — 928 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack by John Gregory Betancourt (Editor), Philip K. Dick, Mary Turzillo (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 796 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Roger Zelazny's Shadows of Amber (The Dawn of Amber, #4) by John Gregory Betancourt, Roger Zelazny (Series creator) 3.88 avg rating — 766 ratings — published 2001	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Infection (Star Trek: Double Helix, #1) 3.70 avg rating — 779 ratings — published 1999	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Incident at Arbuk 3.45 avg rating — 559 ratings — published 1995 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Seventh Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®: 25 Modern and Classic Stories by John Gregory Betancourt (Editor), Robert Silverberg, Arthur C. Clarke 3.84 avg rating — 475 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Heart of the Warrior 3.56 avg rating — 279 ratings — published 1996 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by John Gregory Betancourt

The Dawn of Amber (4 books)
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John Gregory Betancourt,

Roger Zelazny (Series creator)

3.92 avg rating — 8,067 ratings

Hercules (3 books)
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John Gregory Betancourt

3.68 avg rating — 28 ratings

Peter "Pit Bull" Geller (3 books)
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John Gregory Betancourt

4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings

Slab's Tavern (4 books)
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John Gregory Betancourt

4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings

Adventure Tales (7 books)
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John Gregory Betancourt (Editor),

Frank Belknap Long (Contributor),

Mack Reynolds (Contributor),

Rafael Sabatini (Contributor)

4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings

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“How can I get lonely, I asked, when there’s still so much to read?”
― John Gregory Betancourt, The Cthulhu Mythos Megapack: 40 Modern and Classic Lovecraftian Stories

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“You can’t have anarchy on an interstellar scale. Too many people suffer.”
― John Gregory Betancourt, The Seventh Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®: 25 Modern and Classic Stories

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“the world doesn’t pay its bills even when you ask a fair price for the damages done to you.”
― John Gregory Betancourt, The Seventh Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®: 25 Modern and Classic Stories

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JUNE 2015: For June, we venture into the far reaches of the galaxy and go where no book club has gone before. This month, our theme is STAR TREK!!

Star Trek Stargazer:
Gauntlet by Michael Jan Friedman

Gauntlet (Star Trek Stargazer, #1) by Michael Jan Friedman

Before he came aboard the Enterprise-D, Captain Picard's first ship was Stargazer. Meet his first crew aboard his first ship. This takes place before Next Generation.

3 votes, 42.9%

Star Trek Q Continuum:
Q-Space by Greg Cox

Q-Space (Star Trek The Next Generation #47; The Q Continuum, #1) by Greg Cox

Little is known of the unearthly realm from which Q hails. Now Picard must learn Q's secrets -- or all of reality may perish!

2 votes, 28.6%

I don't care

2 votes, 28.6%

Star Trek New Frontier:
House of Cards by Peter David

House of Cards (Star Trek New Frontier, #1) by Peter David

Takes place aboard the U.S.S. Excalibur, a newly refit Ambassador-class starship commanded by Captain Mackenzie Calhoun. New adventures await!

0 votes, 0.0%

Star Trek: Double Helix
Infection by John Gregory Betancourt

Infection (Star Trek Double Helix, #1) by John Gregory Betancourt

This series follows an insidious disease infecting the Alpha Quadrant of the Galaxy beginning when Picard takes command of the Enterprise D.

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