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Chronological list of publication

pre-1900 1900:1920 1921:1930
1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940
1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950
1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970
1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980
1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Where the story refers specifically to naturism or nudism, the title is in bold.

New and updated entries in this sixth issue of Yarns Without Threads are listed at the end

Year Month DayAuthorTitle
1876Mark TwainThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1884Mark TwainHuckleberry Finn
1912Edgar Rice BurroughsTarzan of the Apes
1914Feodor SologubThe Created Legend
1917Edgar Rice BurroughsA Princess of Mars
Son of Tarzan
1921D H LawrenceWomen in Love
1923H G WellsMen Like Gods
1932Thorne SmithThe Bishop's Jaegers
James LaverNymph Errant
Ellery Queen
(Frederic Dannay and Manfred Lee)
The Egyptian Cross Mystery
1933Elmer Davis and Guy HoltBare Living
1934May 25Peter HuntMurder Among The Nudists
???H E BatesThe Revelation
Anthony GibbsThe New Crusade
H A KellerYesterday's Sin
reprinted as Her Day of Sin
E. R. PunshonDeath Among the Sunbathers
Thorne SmithThe Glorious Pool
1935John Wyndham (writing as John Beynon)The Secret People
1937H E BatesBreeze Anstey
1939Gladys MitchellPrinter's Error
Dr SeussThe Seven Lady Godivas
1940Erskine CaldwellJackpot
1943Louise DardanelleWorld Without Raiment
1946Earl WilsonPike's Peek or Bust
1949Dodie SmithI Capture the Castle
1950JulyEric Frank RussellExposure
1951Robert HeinleinThe Puppet Masters
William L RohdeMurder on the Line - reprinted
1956 as High Red for Dead
1952???Donald A Wollheim (editor)Let's Go Naked
NovemberWalter M Miller JrCommand Performance
aka Anybody Else Like Me
1953Theodore SturgeonMore Than Human
William VaneerScandals At A Nudist Colony
1955Patrick Dennis
pen-name of Edward Everrett Tanner III
Auntie Mame
Erle Stanley GardnerThe Case Of The Sunbather's Diary
Edward KiernanGod's Hitchhiker
Richard S PratherStrip For Murder
1956JanuaryLeslie CharterisThe Reluctant Nudist
1957Leslie A. FiedlerNude Croquet
Robert HeinleinThe Door Into Summer
Orrie HittNudist Camp
1958Patrick Dennis
pen-name of Edward Everrett Tanner III
Around the World with Auntie Mame
Ian FlemingDr No
Mary RenaultThe King Must Die
1959Cecil BiffinNot Even A Fig Leaf (date uncertain)
John BrunnerThe World Swappers
Howard FastThe Trap (aka The First Men)
James Vance MarshallWalkabout
1960Howard FastThe Sight Of Eden
1961Ian FlemingThunderball
Robert HeinleinStranger in a Strange Land
E E 'Doc' SmithMasters of Space
Irving WallaceThe Prize
1962???J F BoneThe Lani People
???Eric Frank RussellThe Great Explosion
1963Robert HeinleinGlory Road
1964Harry HarrisonFinal Encounter
1965JulyRobert HeinleinFarnham's Freehold
???Poul AndersonThe Corridors of Time
1966???John BallThe Cool Cottontail
AprilAllen Kim LangMurder in a Nudist Camp
MayRobert H RimmerThe Harrad Experiment
1967June 1Colin FletcherThe Man who walked through Time
1968MarchAlice Sheldon (writing as James Tiptree Jr)Birth Of A Salesman
???John BaxterThe Beach
???John BrunnerBedlam Planet
???Robert H RimmerProposition 31
1969JanuaryAlice Sheldon (writing as James Tiptree Jr)Faithful To Thee, Terra, In Our Fashion
originally Parimutuel Planet
AugustJohn BrunnerQuicksand
SeptemberAlice Sheldon (writing as James Tiptree Jr)Your Haploid Heart
NovemberAlice Sheldon (writing as James Tiptree Jr)The Snows Are Melted, The Snows Are Gone
1970July 27John BrunnerGood Men Do Nothing
September 24David LodgeOut Of The Shelter
1971???Philip José FarmerTo Your Scattered Bodies Go
The Fabulous Riverboat
September 16Colin GibsonThe Pepper Leaf
???Sam Merwin JrThe Time Shifters
???Poul AndersonThe Dancer from Atlantis
1972???Alice Sheldon (writing as James Tiptree Jr) Through A Lass, Darkly
May 1Isaac AsimovThe Gods Themselves
NovemberAlice Sheldon (writing as James Tiptree Jr)Forever to a Hudson Bay Blanket
On The Last Afternoon
1973June 1Robert HeinleinTime Enough for Love
???Petra ChristianThe Sexploiters
???Poul AndersonThe Merman's Children
1974JanuaryMack ReynoldsCommune 2000 A.D.
???Piers AnthonyRings of Ice
1975Robert H RimmerThe Premar Experiments
1976July 22Timothy Lea
(pen name of Christopher Wood)
Confessions from a Nudist Colony
???Poul AndersonThe Winter of the World
1977MarchJo ClaytonDiadem from the Stars
September 1Philip José FarmerThe Dark Design
1978JanuaryJo ClaytonLamarchos
???Bob HymerSmarty Pants Snake and the Chinese Button Knot
SeptemberJo ClaytonIrsud
1979???Jo ClaytonMaeve
MayMax EhrlichNaked Beach
NovemberPhilip José FarmerRiverworld and Other Stories
1980March 1Robert HeinleinThe Number of the Beast
AprilPiers AnthonySplit Infinity,
first of the Adept series
Philip José FarmerThe Magic Labyrinth
???Jo ClaytonStar Hunters
October 1Alice Sheldon (writing as James Tiptree Jr)Slow Music
OctoberRobyn DavidsonTracks
1981???Alice Sheldon (writing as James Tiptree Jr)Out Of The Everywhere
May 1Piers AnthonyBlue Adept
1982March 1Piers AnthonyJuxtaposition
April 1Robert HeinleinFriday
1983May 23Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Mists of Avalon
October 1Philip José FarmerGods of Riverworld
October 3Lucy IrvineCastaway
1984???Jo ClaytonThe Snares of Ibex
April 26Gillian LinscottA Healthy Body
1985   February 1Alice Sheldon (writing as James Tiptree Jr)Brightness Falls From The Air
1986February 3Guy BellamyThe Nudists
JuneJudith MoffettSurviving
July 1Jo ClaytonQuester's Endgame
Alice Sheldon (writing as James Tiptree Jr)The Starry Rift
OctoberAlice Sheldon (writing as James Tiptree Jr)Our Resident Djinn
1987   October 1Judith MoffettPennterra
1988AprilAlice Sheldon (writing as James Tiptree Jr)Backward, Turn Backward
MayAlice Sheldon (writing as Raccoona Sheldon)The Earth Doth Like A Snake Renew
August 14Adam Mars-JonesSummer Lightning
???Stephen SpenderThe Temple
1989August 1Harry HarrisonBill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of Robot Slaves
August 3Patrick RaymondDaniel and Esther
October 1Ken CampbellThe Furtive Nudist
November 1Poul AndersonBoat of a Million Years
1991February 14Mary ScottNudists May Be Encountered
April 1Jennifer (James) Finney BoylanThe Planets
1992   July 1John VarleySteel Beach
1993   February 25Helen DunmoreZennor In Darkness
1996June 1Earl EmersonGoing Crazy in Public
???Eric James MillerThe Metaphysics of Nudity
October 17Laurence Anholt and Arthur RobinsThe Emperor's Underwear
1997March 1David SedarisNaked
April 3Geoff DyerOut Of Sheer Rage
September 4Eva IbbotsonA Song for Summer
1998August 1Nicola BarkerWide Open
Harold StephensThe Tower and the River
October 15Michel HouellebecqAtomised
1999January 3John S LloydLeaving Flat Iron Creek
SeptemberEllen ForneyMonkey Food
November 12Eva IbbotsonMonster Mission / Island of the Aunts
2000February 24Carol ShieldsDressing Down
March 1Stephen Baxter
and Arthur C Clarke
The Light Of Other Days
July 29John ElderThe Naked Hunchback
2001JanuaryManoj DasThe Naked
February 1Henry Cobbold
illustrator Tim Major
Wearing a Smile
February 22Tim MooreContinental Drifter
aka The Grand Tour
August 1William Jack SibleyAny Kind of Luck
September 1Joe R LansdaleCaptains Outrageous
2002March 1Maria EppieGone Wild
August 4Stephen CrowleyThe Koala Bares
September 16Reon LaudatIt's a Love Thang
2003January 2Peter LefcourtEleven Karens
April 26John DoanLife-One
2004March 30Stacy SimsSwimming Naked
April 1Stella GibbonsDivining Women
April 9Nick AlimonosThe Dark Age Of Enya
June 1Leslie MeierStar Spangled Murder
JuneStuart WardBody Freedom Day
June 30Jay DubyaFrat Brats
2005September 1Stephen ClarkeMerde Actually
September 20Byron & Kay McAllisterUndercover Nudist
September 26Louise LangNudists Die Too
OctoberA W PalmerThe Reluctant Nudist
2006February 20Lucy EllmannDoctors and Nurses

New/Updated Year Month DayAuthorTitle
1934E. R. PunshonDeath Among the Sunbathers
1939Dr SeussThe Seven Lady Godivas
1951William L RohdeMurder on the Line - reprinted
1956 as High Red for Dead
1957Orrie HittNudist Camp
1973???Petra ChristianThe Sexploiters
???Poul AndersonThe Merman's Children
1976Poul AndersonThe Winter of the World
1978Bob HymerSmarty Pants Snake and the Chinese Button Knot
1988Stephen SpenderThe Temple
1996Eric James MillerThe Metaphysics of Nudity
1998August 1Harold StephensThe Tower and the River
1999January 3John S LloydLeaving Flat Iron Creek
2001February 1Henry Cobbold
illustrator Tim Major
Wearing a Smile
April 26John DoanLife-One
2004March 30Stacy SimsSwimming Naked
JuneStuart WardBody Freedom Day
June 30Jay DubyaFrat Brats
2005September 1Stephen ClarkeMerde Actually
September 20Byron & Kay McAllisterUndercover Nudist
September 26Louise LangNudists Die Too
2006February 20Lucy EllmannDoctors and Nurses

Suggestions for additional material to be included in Yarns Without Threads are most welcome, as are your own views and reviews. Please email these to me.

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