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Yarns Without Threads |
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
| Title - and first publication, where known | Author |
|---|---|
| Anybody Else Like Me - 1952 alternative title of Command Performance | Walter M Miller Jr |
| The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - 1876 | Mark Twain |
| Any Kind of Luck - 2001 | William Jack Sibley |
| Around the World with Auntie Mame - 1958 | Patrick Dennis pen-name of Edward Everrett Tanner III |
| Atomised - 1999 | Michel Houellebecq |
| Auntie Mame - 1955 | Patrick Dennis pen-name of Edward Everrett Tanner III |
| Backward, Turn Backward - 1988 | Alice Sheldon (writing as James Tiptree Jr) |
| Bare Living - 1933 | Elmer Davis and Guy Holt |
| The Beach - 1968 | John Baxter |
| Bedlam Planet - 1968 | John Brunner |
| Bill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of Robot Slaves - 1989 | Harry Harrison |
| Birth Of A Salesman - 1968 | Alice Sheldon (writing as James Tiptree Jr) |
| The Bishop's Jaegers - 1932 | Thorne Smith |
| Blue Adept - 1981 | Piers Anthony |
| Boat of a Million Years - 1989 | Poul Anderson |
| Body Freedom Day - 2004 | Stuart Ward |
| Breeze Anstey - 1937 | H E Bates |
| Brightness Falls From The Air - 1985 | Alice Sheldon (writing as James Tiptree Jr) |
| Captains Outrageous - 2001 | Joe R Lansdale |
| The Case Of The Sunbather's Diary - 1955 | Erle Stanley Gardner |
| Castaway - 1983 | Lucy Irvine |
| Command Performance - 1952 aka Anybody Else Like Me | Walter M Miller Jr |
| Commune 2000 A.D. - 1974 | Mack Reynolds |
| Confessions from a Nudist Colony - 1976 | Timothy Lea (pen name of Christopher Wood) |
| Continental Drifter aka The Grand Tour - 2001 | Tim Moore |
| The Cool Cottontail - 1966 | John Ball |
| The Corridors of Time - 1965 | Poul Anderson |
| The Created Legend - 1914 | Theodor Sologub |
| The Dancer from Atlantis - 1971 | Poul Anderson |
| Daniel and Esther - 1989 | Patrick Raymond |
| The Dark Age Of Enya - 2004 | Nick Alimonos |
| The Dark Design - 1977 | Philip José Farmer |
| Death Among the Sunbathers - 1934 | E. R. Punshon |
| Diadem from the Stars - 1977 | Jo Clayton |
| Divining Women - 2004 | Kaye Gibbons |
| Doctors and Nurses - 2006 | Lucy Ellmann |
| The Door Into Summer - 1956 | Robert Heinlein |
| Dr No - 1958 | Ian Fleming |
| Dressing Down - 2000 | Carol Shields |
| The Earth Doth Like A Snake Renew - 1973 | Alice Sheldon (writing as Raccoona Sheldon) |
| The Egyptian Cross Mystery - 1932 | Ellery Queen (Frederic Dannay and Manfred Lee) |
| Eleven Karens - 2003 | Peter Lefcourt |
| The Emperor's Underwear - 1996 | Laurence Anholt and Arthur Robins |
| Exposure - 1950 | Eric Frank Russell |
| The Fabulous Riverboat - 1971 | Philip José Farmer |
| Faithful To Thee, Terra, In Our Fashion - 1968 | Alice Sheldon (writing as James Tiptree Jr) |
| Farnham's Freehold - 1965 | Robert Heinlein |
| Final Encounter - 1964 | Harry Harrison |
| The First Men (aka The Trap) - 1959 | Howard Fast |
| Forever to a Hudson Bay Blanket - 1972 | Alice Sheldon (writing as James Tiptree Jr) |
| Frat Brats - 2004 | Jay Dubya |
| Friday - 1982 | Robert Heinlein |
| The Furtive Nudist - 1992 | Ken Campbell |
| The Glorious Pool - 1934 | Thorne Smith |
| Glory Road - 1963 | Robert Heinlein |
| God's Hitchhiker - 1955 | Edward Kiernan |
| Gods of Riverworld - 1983 | Philip José Farmer |
| The Gods Themselves - 1972 | Isaac Asimov |
| Going Crazy in Public - 1996 | Earl Emerson |
| Gone Wild - 2002 | Maria Eppie |
| Good Men Do Nothing - 1970 | John Brunner |
| The Grand Tour alternative title of Continental Drifter - 2001 | Tim Moore |
| The Great Explosion - 1962 | Eric Frank Russell |
| The Harrad Experiment - 1966 | Robert H Rimmer |
| A Healthy Body - 1984 | Gillian Linscott |
| Her Day of Sin - reprinting of Yesterday's Sin - 1934 | H A Keller |
| High Red for Dead -1956 reprint of Murder on the Line - 1951 | William L Rohde |
| Huckleberry Finn - 1884 | Mark Twain |
| I Capture the Castle - 1949 | Dodie Smith |
| Irsud - 1978 | Jo Clayton |
| Island of the Aunts / Monster Mission - 1999 | Eva Ibbotson |
| It's a Love Thang - 2002 | Reon Laudat |
| Jackpot - 1940 | Erskine Caldwell |
| Juxtaposition - 1982 | Piers Anthony |
| The King Must Die - 1958 | Mary Renault |
| The Koala Bares - 2002 | Stephen Crowley |
| Lamarchos - 1978 | Jo Clayton |
| The Lani People- 1962 | J F Bone |
| Leaving Flat Iron Creek - 1999 | John S Lloyd |
| Let's Go Naked - 1952 | Donald A Wollheim (editor) |
| Life-One - 2003 | John Doan |
| The Light Of Other Days - 2000 | Stephen Baxter and Arthur C Clarke |
| Maeve - 1979 | Jo Clayton |
| The Magic Labyrinth - 1980 | Philip José Farmer |
| The Man who walked through Time - 1967 | Colin Fletcher |
| Masters of Space - 1961 | E E 'Doc' Smith |
| Men Like Gods - 1923 | H G Wells |
| Merde Actually - 2005 | Stephen Clarke |
| The Merman's Children - 1979 | Poul Anderson |
| The Metaphysics of Nudity - 1996 | Eric James Miller |
| The Mists of Avalon - 1983 | Marion Zimmer Bradley |
| Monkey Food - 1999 | Ellen Forney |
| Monster Mission / Island of the Aunts - 1999 | Eva Ibbotson |
| More Than Human - 1953 | Theodore Sturgeon |
| Murder Among The Nudists - 1934 | Peter Hunt |
| Murder in a Nudist Camp - 1966 | Allen Kim Lang |
| Murder on the Line -1951 reprinted as High Red for Dead - 1956 | William L Rohde |
| Naked - 1997 | David Sedaris |
| The Naked - 2001 | Manoj Das |
| Naked Beach - 1979 | Max Ehrlich |
| The Naked Hunchback - 2001 | John Elder |
| The New Crusade - 1934 | Anthony Gibbs |
| Not Even A Fig Leaf - 1959? | Cecil Biffin |
| Nude Croquet - 1957 | Leslie A. Fiedler |
| Nudist Camp - 1957 | Orrie Hitt |
| The Nudists - 1986 | Guy Bellamy |
| Nudists Die Too - 2005 | Louise Lang |
| Nudists May Be Encountered - 1991 | Mary Scott |
| Nymph Errant - 1932 | James Laver |
| The Number of the Beast - 1980 | Robert Heinlein |
| On The Last Afternoon - 1972 | Alice Sheldon (writing as James Tiptree Jr) |
| Our Resident Djinn - 1986 | Alice Sheldon (writing as James Tiptree Jr) |
| Out Of Sheer Rage - 1997 | Geoff Dyer |
| Out Of The Everywhere - 1981 | Alice Sheldon (writing as James Tiptree Jr) |
| Out Of The Shelter - 1970 | David Lodge |
| Pennterra - 1987 | Judith Moffett |
| The Pepper Leaf - 1971 | Colin Gibson |
| Pike's Peek or Bust - 1946 | Earl Wilson |
| The Planets - 1991 | Jennifer (James) Finney Boylan |
| The Premar Experiments - 1975 | Robert H Rimmer |
| A Princess of Mars - 1912 | Edgar Rice Burroughs |
| Printer's Error - 1939 | Gladys Mitchell |
| The Prize - 1962 | Irving Wallace |
| Proposition 31 - 1968 | Robert H Rimmer |
| The Puppet Masters - 1951 | Robert Heinlein |
| Quester's Endgame - 1986 | Jo Clayton |
| Quicksand - 1969 | John Brunner |
| The Reluctant Nudist - 1957 | Leslie Charteris |
| The Reluctant Nudist - 2005 | A W Palmer |
| The Revelation - 1934 | H E Bates |
| Riverworld and Other Stories - 1979 | Philip José Farmer |
| Scandals At A Nudist Colony - 1953 | William Vaneer |
| The Secret People - 1935 | John Wyndham (writing as John Beynon) |
| The Seven Lady Godivas - 1939 | Dr Seuss |
| The Sexploiters - 1973 | Petra Christian |
| The Sight Of Eden - 1960 | Howard Fast |
| Slow Music - 1980 | Alice Sheldon (writing as James Tiptree Jr) |
| Smarty Pants Snake and the Chinese Button Knot - 1978 | Bob Hymer |
| The Snares of Ibex - 1984 | Jo Clayton |
| The Snows Are Melted, The Snows Are Gone - 1969 | Alice Sheldon (writing as James Tiptree Jr) |
| Son of Tarzan - 1917 | Edgar Rice Burroughs |
| A Song for Summer - 1997 | Eva Ibbotson |
| Split Infinity - 1980 | Piers Anthony |
| Star Hunters - 1980 | Jo Clayton |
| Star Spangled Murder - 2004 | Leslie Meier |
| The Starry Rift - 1986 | Alice Sheldon (writing as James Tiptree Jr) |
| Steel Beach - 1992 | John Varley |
| Stranger in a Strange Land - 1961 | Robert Heinlein |
| Strip For Murder - 1955 | Richard S Prather |
| Summer Lightning - 1988 | Adam Mars-Jones |
| Surviving - 1986 | Judith Moffett |
| Swimming Naked - 2004 | Stacy Sims |
| Tarzan of the Apes - 1912 | Edgar Rice Burroughs |
| The Temple - 1988 | Stephen Spender |
| Time Enough for Love - 1973 | Robert Heinlein |
| The Time Shifters - 1971 | Sam Merwin Jr |
| The Tower and the River - 1998 | Harold Stephens |
| To Your Scattered Bodies Go - 1971 | Philip José Farmer |
| Tracks - 1980 | Robyn Davidson |
| The Trap (aka The First Men) - 1959 | Howard Fast |
| Through A Lass, Darkly - 1972 | Alice Sheldon (writing as James Tiptree Jr) |
| Thunderball - 1961 | Ian Fleming |
| Undercover Nudist - 2005 | Byron & Kay McAllister |
| Walkabout - 1959 | James Vance Marshall |
| Wearing a Smile - 2001 | Henry Cobbold illustrator Tim Major |
| Wide Open - 1998 | Nicola Barker |
| The Winter of the World - 1976 | Poul Anderson |
| Women in Love - 1921 | D H Lawrence |
| The World Swappers - 1959 | John Brunner |
| World Without Raiment - 1943 | Louise Dardanelle |
| Yesterday's Sin - 1934 reprinted as Her Day of Sin | H A Keller |
| Your Haploid Heart - 1969 | Alice Sheldon (writing as James Tiptree Jr) |
| Zennor In Darkness - 1993 | Helen Dunmore |
| New/Updated Title - and first publication, where known | Author |
|---|---|
| Body Freedom Day - 2004 | Stuart Ward |
| Death Among the Sunbathers - 1934 | E. R. Punshon |
| Doctors and Nurses - 2006 | Lucy Ellmann |
| Frat Brats - 2004 | Jay Dubya |
| High Red for Dead -1956 reprint of Murder on the Line - 1951 | William L Rohde |
| Leaving Flat Iron Creek - 1999 | John S Lloyd |
| Life-One - 2003 | John Doan |
| Merde Actually - 2005 | Stephen Clarke |
| The Merman's Children - 1973 | Poul Anderson |
| The Metaphysics of Nudity - 1996 | Eric James Miller |
| Murder on the Line -1951 reprinted as High Red for Dead - 1956 | William L Rohde |
| Nudist Camp - 1957 | Orrie Hitt |
| Nudists Die Too - 2005 | Louise Lang |
| The Seven Lady Godivas - 1939 | Dr Seuss |
| The Sexploiters - 1973 | Petra Christian |
| Smarty Pants Snake and the Chinese Button Knot - 1978 | Bob Hymer |
| The Temple - 1988 | Stephen Spender |
| The Tower and the River - 1998 | Harold Stephens |
| Undercover Nudist - 2005 | Byron & Kay McAllister |
| Wearing a Smile - 2001 | Henry Cobbold illustrator Tim Major |
| The Winter of the World - 1976 | Poul Anderson |
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