Freelance Traveller

Traveller has taken inspiration from a wide variety of published fiction, and there is no question that fiction published since the release of the game has influenced referees in developing and running their campaigns. This section is for reviews of such fiction, with an emphasis on the reviewer's perception of links between the reviewed fiction and Traveller.

• Space Viking (Shannon Appelcline) A 1960s classic with some clear connections to Traveller (#1 in the author's series of RPG.Net fiction reviews)
• Dumarest of Terra (Shannon Appelcline) One of the key series in Traveller's genesis (#2 in the author's series of RPG.Net fiction reviews)
• Retief: Envoy to New Worlds (Shannon Appelcline) Satire and comedy in a space-operatic setting (#3 in the author's series of RPG.Net fiction reviews)
• Dorsai! (Shannon Appelcline) One of the defining novels of the Military SF genre (#4 in the author's series of RPG.Net fiction reviews)
• Retief's Peace (Shannon Appelcline) Noted Traveller author William Keith writes in Keith Laumer's "Retief" universe (#5 in the author's series of RPG.Net fiction reviews)
• Not In Our Stars (Shannon Appelcline) One of the earliest Traveller novels. (#6 in the author's series of RPG.Net fiction reviews)
• Force of Destiny (Shannon Appelcline) A companion novel to go with the FASA Far Frontiers adventures (#7 in the author's series of RPG.Net fiction reviews)
• Become the Hunted (Shannon Appelcline) One of the earliest Traveller novels, the second in Swycaffer's Concordiat series. (#8 in the author's series of RPG.Net fiction reviews)
• The Death of Wisdom (Shannon Appelcline) Gaming fiction, set in the New Era of the Traveller RPG. (#9 in the author's series of RPG.net fiction reviews)
• The Universal Prey (Shannon Appelcline) The third of Jefferson Swycaffer's novels set in a Travelleresque universe. (#10 in the author's series of RPG.net fiction reviews)
• To Dream of Chaos (Shannon Appelcline) The second of the Traveller: The New Era novels. (#11 in the author's series of RPG.net fiction reviews)
• The Praesidium of Archive (Shannon Appelcline) The fourth Swycaffer book set in a Traveller-like universe (#12 in the author's series of RPG.net fiction reviews)
• Traveller Chronicle Short Fiction (Shannon Appelcline) An early Traveller fanzine, with early Traveller shorts (#13 in the author's series of RPG.net fiction reviews)
• The Empire's Legacy (Shannon Appelcline) The fifth of seven Jefferson Swycaffer novels set in a Traveller milieu. (#14 in the author's series of RPG.net fiction reviews)