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The LaNague Chronicles

What are the LaNague books?

These are F. Paul Wilson’s earliest novels and are science fiction. The four main novels are:

There are also other novels and short stories that tie into the LaNague universe. For more information on the LaNague Mythos, descriptions of the books and where to buy them, please visit our WORKS page-La Nague Series section.

In what order should all of the LaNague stuff be read?

At the beginning of the paperback that combines the three main novels into one volume titled The LaNague Chronicles (BAEN, 1992), F. Paul Wilson was kind enough to include a chronology of all of his writings in the LaNague universe:

“Lipidleggin'“
AN ENEMY OF THE STATE
DYDEETOWN WORLD
THE TERY
Healer I
“To Fill The Sea and Air”
Healer II
“The Man With The Anteaters”
Healer III
“Higher Centers”
WHEELS WITHIN WHEELS
“Ratman”
Healer IV
Healer V

Okay, this may seem a bit confusing. The different parts to HEALER are all in the same book. There are not five healer books, but five sections in one novel that span a great deal of time in the LaNague universe. Some of the short stories you can find in the Soft and
Others short story collection. The Stealth Press release of Healer contains “To Fill the Sea and Air” and An Enemy of the State contains “Lipidleggin'“ and “Ratman”. For everything else, check the Bibliography.

The LaNague writings do not have to be read in the order stated above to be fully understood. This is just in case you want to read them to maximize the effect and follow the story as it progresses chronologically.

Also, the novel MASQUE (co-written with Matthew Costello) is also part of the LaNague universe. F. Paul Wilson mentioned that it was never really decided where it would fit in. DYDEETOWN WORLD is much the same, there isn't a definite place that it lands in the chronology, so it was just thrown in where it felt right.

Do the LaNague books have any connection back to the rest of his fiction/the AC?

F. Paul Wilson had this to say:

A verrrrrrry tenuous connection. Gurney from “Lipidleggin' “ is a distant ancestor of Peter LaNague (alluded to in AN ENEMY OF THE STATE). Gurney is also Jack's uncle on his mother's side. I'd planned to mention this in HOSTS but I think I forgot. (I'll work it in somewhere in the future, maybe have Jack's father say, “You're as stubborn as your damn Uncle Gurney!” or something like that).

Also, F. Paul Wilson has never stated where Masque sits in the LaNague universe, but it’s pretty obvious that it is out there somewhere. Yoshio (in Legacies) works for the Kaze group. In Masque the organization seems to still exist, in a very big way (Kaze Glom).