Author:A. Bertram Chandler

At present the John Grimes series order is confusing and everywhere we look there's a different ordering and/or organization to the list


 * Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Bertram_Chandler#Bibliography
 * Fantastic Fiction - http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/c/a-bertram-chandler/
 * A Bertram Chandler - John Grimes Stories - http://www.bertramchandler.com/johngrimes.htm
 * ISFDB
 * Rim World
 * John Grimes Rimworld Numbers the books 1 to 28
 * Commodore John Grimes Set of omnibus books
 * John Grimes: SFBC Set Set of omnibus books

I suspect in ISFDB the main series, Rim World, should be renamed to "John Grimes" as the Rim World part only covers the latter third of the series.

Commodore John Grimes (series)
The Commodore John Grimes sub-series was published by Ace Books and probably should be renamed "Commodore John Grimes: Ace Books". It lays the stories out as:
 * The Road to The Rim / The Hard Way Up (ordering of sub-stories is not correct as ISFDB does not have page numbers)
 * The Wandering Buoy (1970) shortstory
 * The Mountain Movers (1971) novelette
 * What You Know (1971) novelette
 * The Sleeping Beauty (1970) novelette
 * With Good Intentions (1972) shortstory
 * The Tin Messiah (1972) shortstory
 * The Subtracter (1972) novelette
 * The Inheritors / Gateway to Never (ordering of sub-stories is not correct as ISFDB does not have page numbers)
 * The Inheritors
 * Gateway to Never
 * The Dark Dimensions (1971)
 * The Dark Dimensions / The Rim Gods (OMNIBUS)
 * The Rim Gods (1968) novelette
 * The Bird-Brained Navigator (1968) novelette
 * Last Dreamer (1968) novelette
 * The Tin Fishes (1968) shortfiction
 * Into the Alternate Universe / Contraband from Otherspace
 * Into the Alternate Universe (1964)
 * Contraband from Otherspace (1967)
 * The Commodore at Sea / Spartan Planet
 * The Commodore at Sea (1971)
 * Spaetan Planet (1969)
 * The Rim of Space / The Ship from Outside
 * The Rim of Space (1958)
 * The Ship From Outside (1963)

John Grimes: SFBC Set (series)
The John Grimes: SFBC Set sub-series looks ok and is a single publisher's series that lays the stories out as:
 * John Grimes: Lieutenant of the Survey Service
 * The Road to the Rim (1967)
 * To Prime the Pump (1971)
 * The Hard Way Up (1972) collection
 * Spartan Planet (1968) (aka False Fatherland)
 * The Inheritors (1972)
 * John Grimes: Survey Captain
 * The Broken Cycle (1975)
 * The Big Black Mark (1975)
 * The Far Traveler (1979)
 * Star Courier (1977)
 * John Grimes: Tramp Captain
 * To Keep the Ship (1978)
 * Matilda's Stepchildren (1983)
 * Star Loot (1980)
 * The Anarch Lords (1981)
 * John Grimes: Reserve Commodore
 * The Last Amazon (1984)
 * The Wild Ones (1984)
 * Grimes at Glenrowan (1978) shortstory
 * Grimes and the Great Race (1980) novelette
 * Grimes Among the Gourmets (1978) shortstory
 * Grimes and the Odd Gods (1983) novelette
 * Grimes and the Jailbirds (1984) shortstory
 * Chance Encounter (1959) shortstory
 * Catch the Star Winds (1969)
 * John Grimes: Rim Runner
 * Into the Alternate Universe (1964)
 * Contraband from Otherspace (1967)
 * The Rim Gods (1968) collection
 * The Commodore at Sea (1979) (1971) (aka Alternate Orbits)
 * John Grimes: Rim Commander
 * The Gateway to Never (1972)
 * The Dutchman (1972) novelette
 * The Last Hunt (1973) shortstory
 * On the Account (1973) novelette
 * Rim Change (1975) novella
 * The Dark Dimensions (1971)
 * The Way Back (1978)