Conlangers Bibliography
An increasing number of conlangers and world builders have now published works based on their constructed languages and cultures. Some of these are collections of short fiction, while others are series of novels, while still others are works about the art of conlanging itself. This Article is intended to be a directory of the conlang-related published works of any member of the community who wishes to advertise the fact. Be it book, e-book, short movie, song, comic, anthology or scholarly work, we want to know what it is and how we can get hold of it! Also of interest here are works about the construction of languages and alternate worlds, but written by folks outside our immediate community.
The Book Nook!
Michael Adams. Michael has published a book that explores a wide variety of invented languages: From Elvish to Klingon: Exploring Invented Languages.
Jesse BangsJesse Bangs is the author of Storm Bride.
William BartonWilliam Baron is the author of Crimson Darkness which mainly focuses on his invented language Semkanya, set on another planet, in a different dimension, 15,500 years in the future.
Chris BrownChris has published a book of short stories which are set in The World and Ill Bethisad, Theatre of the Mind. Also available through Lulu (print) and as an ebook.
John Woldemar CowanJohn has published the grammar of the Lojban language: The Complete Lojban Language.
J.M. DeSantisJ.M. has published a comic book about his other world, Chadhiyana.
Scott HamiltonScott is the creator of the language used by the Riddlesbrood Touring Theater Company.
Daniel HickenDan has produced a series of short stories derived from Ill Bethisad's Space Voyage series. (No longer available).
Sarah L. HigleySarah has published a work on St. Hildegard of Bingen: Hildegard of Bingen's Unknown Language.
Jim HopkinsJim has published a book of poetry featuring his conlang Itlani: Eden's Day.
James LandauJames has published the Kankonian edition of the CBB Multilingual Life-form Picture Dictionary
D. R. MerrillD. R. Merrill is the author of Lamiskorda, which won a spot on the 2014 Book Of The Year list for SciFi365.net and features the Kiitra language.
MonobaMonoba (of CBB) has published a grammar of Siwa.
Ruth S. NoelRuth has published a work of Tolkien scholarship: The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-Earth.
Arika OkrentArika has published a book about the making of languages: In the Land of Invented Languages.
David PetersonLiving Language: Dothraki was written by David, the creator of Dothraki, the language that made the television series Game of Thrones quite famous.
John QuijadaJohn is the author of the novel Beyond Antimony which features Ithkuil as a "paralinguistic interface" to a quantum computer. The novel is a sci-fi / political thriller exploring the philosophical implications of quantum physics. It is available at the bottom of any page on the Ithkuil website.
ReyzadrenReyzadren published many books, written entirely in griuskant. Here are some of them.
Stephen D. RogersA Dictionary of Made-Up Languages was published by Stephen. It is a handy little dictionary that lists a large number of invented languages with short descriptions.
Mark RosenfelderMark has published several guides to the construction of languages and worlds, for those looking for a more step-by-step approach. The Language Construction Kit (book) The Language Construction Kit (ebook) and its condensed version. Advanced Language Construction
David TaitDavid has published an engaging collection of essays on the art of glossopoetry. On Glossopoetics: A Collection of Essays on Language As Art is available in paperback and kindle. Lorinda J. TaylorLorinda has published a series of novels detailing the adventures of an exo-linguist making first contact with a race of intelligent termites. They are available through Amazon and also Smashwords. The Termite Queen vol 1: The Speaking of the Dead The Termite Queen vol 2: The Wound that Has No Healing. The Labors of Ki'shto'ba Huge-Head vol 1: The War of the Stolen Mother. Monster Is in the Eye of the Beholder (book); and Monster Is in the Eye of the Beholder (ebook).
Alistair YoungAlistair has published two books about his Eldraeverse: Vignettes of the Star Empire (book) and [[1] ebook]. A work of (short fiction & metafiction). The Core War and Other Stories (book) and [2] (as Kindle e-book)]
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