Science Fiction and Fantasy Filk (A-L)

Updated January 18, 2001

Adams, Douglas:

• The Original 20-Second Filk by Jeffrey Hitchin
• Does Your Matter Lose Its Cohesion? by Jordan Mann
• Hi Ho (On the Heart of Gold) by Chris Malme (Minstrel)
• Marvin the Android's Ghost by Dave Weingart
• Marvin's hit singles
• Painted Black by Chris Malme (Minstrel)

Anderson, Poul

• Song of the Galactic Trader by Zander Nyrond

Asimov, Isaac:

• The Caves of Steel by Randall Garrett
• Asimov's Foundation and Empire, Part 2 by Kevin Wald
• Liar! by Bob Kanefsky
• Little Lost Robot by Rich Brown
• Meltdown by Bob Kanefsky
• Robots by Conrad Leviston

  Poetry

  • In memoriam: Asimov by Marguerite Petersen

Barnes, Steven

Forever Gone by Minstrel (Chris Malme). Based on Legacy of Heorot.

Bradbury, Ray:

• The Bradbury Hate Song by Ray Beam, Jack Nation, and others. A little too much assigned reading, eh?
• Homecoming by Debbie Ridpath Ohi. Based on "The Rocket Man".
• The Jar by Erica Neely
• Lavender Wine by Dan Bennett. Based on "The Silver Locusts"
• The Million Year Day by Darren Zieger CURRENTLY DEAD LINK
• Shades of Grey by Minstrel (Chris Malme). Based on "The Rocket Man".

Bradley, Marion Zimmer:

• Arilinn Tower by Bettina Helms, Alsohere.
• An Exile's Lament. by Roberta Rogow. Scroll down from "I Had No Laran at All".
• I Had No Laran at All Author unknown.
• The Horse-Tamer's Daughter by Leslie Fish. Scroll down to get the mp3. It's worth it.
• Laran song by Roberta Rogow
• Leronis' Dilemma by Maureen S. O'Brien

Brin, David

• In the Autopark at Kazzkark by Steve Sloan
• The Postman by Bob Kanefsky
• We Are the Tytlal Folk, We! by Steve Sloan

Brunner, John:

• The Sheep Look Up by Kathy Mar

Brust, Steven:

• Jhereg by Mike Richards and Erica Neely

Bujold, Lois McMaster:

• The Bujold Filk Archive: many excellent filks, including Cordelia: The Musical and Ol' Miles' Book of Practical Mercs!
• Bujold Filks on & off the Web: my incomplete list of Bujold filks.
• Vor by Bill Sutton.

Card, Orson Scott:

• The Boy in the Room by Minstrel (Chris Malme). Based on Ender's Game.
• Here Stands a Man by Minstrel (Chris Malme). Based on Speaker for the Dead.
• Songbird by Kathy Mar. Based on the book.

Chalker, Jack

• Midnight at the Well by Bill Sutton

Chandler, A. Bertram

• Chandler's Tales by Roberta Rogow. Scroll on down.

Cherryh, C.J.:

Alliance/Union --

• Azi Workforce by Bob Kanefsky
• Signy's Mad at Me by Judith Hayman
• We Are the Same by Erica Neely
• The Cherryh filk album Finity's End: Songs of the Station Trade album (Off-Centaur Press, 1985) is way out of print, unfortunately. It includes songs by Cherryh.
• Other albums including Cherryh-inspired songs are: Mercedes Lackey'sMurder, Mystery and Mayhem, Mercedes Lackey...Live! ;Magic, Moondust and Melancholy, and Freedom, Flight and Fantasy; the old Off Centaur Press sampler Quarks and Quests; Mike Whitaker'sThe Oak, the Rowan and the Wild Rose and Shattered Dreams; and numerous anthology and convention tapes.

Merovingen Nights --

• Black Molly by Cat Faber; and music in ABC notation
• The Merovingen Nights album (FAM, 1994) is out of print. Consult your local or on-line filk dealer.

Clarke, Arthur C.:

• Childhood's End by Kathy Mar
• The Devil in Disguise by Sibylle
• Rama's Company by Bob Kanefsky
• Solar Sailors by Rhodri James

Crichton, Michael:

• Hunter by Andrea D. Dale
• Jurassic Picnic by Joe Bethancourt

Crossovers:

• The Outer Space Marines at Jeff Duntemann's, and at Swarthmore.

Cyberpunk

• Cyberpunk by Sherman Dorn

Davidson, Avram

• Safety Pins Lost by Bob Kanefsky

Dick, Philip K.

• Do Paranoids Scream in Their Hectic Sleep? by Chris Malme (Minstrel)
• Also see Blade Runner

Dickson, Gordon R.:

• Call Him Lord by Kathy Mar

  Childe Cycle

  The Dorsai

  • The Dorsai Irregular Songbook, which endeavors to collect all known songs about the Dorsai and their world (and the DI and theirs). Also, the essay Filk Music and the Dorsai Irregulars by John Hall.
  • Black and Green Sleepers by Judith Hayman
  • Debt by Mercedes Lackey. To the tune of "Shule Aroon", aka "Siul a Run", aka "Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier".
  • The Destroyer by Bill Roper.
  • The Dorsai Cadet's Song by Clif Flynt and Gail Hormats
  • The Dorsai National Anthem by Robert Asprin
  • A Dorsai Soldier by Tracy Rogalla
  • Drill, Ye Dorsai, Drill by Harold Groot
  • Drink to the Health of the Dorsai by Marty Burke
  • Drinking Tullamore Dew by Margaret Middleton
  • The Exotics' Song by Margaret Middleton
  • Fal Morgan by Kathryn Kurtz.
  • Fal Morgan by Pat Silver and Gordon R. Dickson. The British filkers' version.
  • Final Harmony by Nonie Rider
  • Green Hills of Harmony by Hal Frank
  • Hello, Gordy Dickson by Robert Asprin
  • Jacques Chretien by Gordon R. Dickson, and its sequel Joke Chretien by the late Michael Rubin -- also at his page. CURRENTLY DEAD LINK
  • Lament for the Last Dorsai by Sandra Miesel
  • Man of War by Kathy Mar and inthe DI Songbook
  • Paid Soldiers of Dorsai by Robert Asprin
  • Rise and Strike for Dorsai by Marty Burke
  • The Rooftrees by Margaret Middleton
  • Shai Dorsai by Steve Simmons and Steve MacDonald. Also atSMac's page
  • Shanagolden by Margaret Middleton
  • A Shieldmaid's Lament by Tracy Holland
  • Soldier of Space by Bill Maraschiello
  • Song for Foralie by Mark Osier
  • Stone Are My Walls by Ann Cass
  • The Tarbird by "Zilch", with its sequelsThe Tardog by 'Irving Quiznowski' andSomebody Shoot That Bird by Gretchen and Bill Roper
  • Those Who Wait by Teri Lee and Catherine Cook
  • Warrior by Mark Bernstein
  • What Does a Dorsai Do? by Chris Weber
  • Will by Steve Macdonald

    Ian and Kensie

    • Ballad for Kensie Graeme by Shelly Rabinovitch
    • Brothers by Hal Frank
    • Counterpoint by Margaret Middleton
    • Ian and Kensie by Margaret Middleton
    • Ian and Kensie by Clif Flynt

    The Irregulars (in continuity)

    • Divine Irregularity by Tom Smith
    • Dorsai Irregulars by Margaret Middleton
    • The Irregulars by Robert Asprin

    Michael de Sandoval

    • The Short Happy Life of Michael de Sandoval by Margaret Middleton and Michelle Cox
    • Su Madre by Murray Porath

  Friendlies

  • The Ballad of Constant Roberts by Hal Frank
  • Contract Dodger Rag by Mark Bernstein
  • The Friendlies' Recruiting Song by Robert Asprin

  Silly Stuff

  • The Academy by Clif Flynt and Gail Hormats
  • Amanda Yaga's Dorsai Hut by 'Irving Quiznowski'
  • Brothers by Robert Asprin
  • Don't Ask by Frank Hayes
  • Dorsai Non-Essentials by "Lester J. Esterhazy"
  • The Dorsai Label by Margaret Middleton
  • The Dorsai's One Foundation by Frieda Murray
  • Dorsai Laundryman by Robert K. Rose & Paul J. Willett
  • Dorsai Rover by Mark Bernstein
  • Dorsai's Death by Clif Flynt
  • Fightin' Dorsai Girls by Robert Asprin

Dockrey, Matthew

• The Collars by Michelle Hansard

Doyle, Debra (Malkin Grey) and James D. MacDonald

• Ladies' Night by Mike Richards (scroll down)

Elgin, Suzette Haden:

• Ozark Trilogy Filksongs by Suzette Haden Elgin.
• Sister-Wife by Kathy Mar. I think it's based on Elgin....

Farmer, Philip José:

• Riverworld by Bettina Helms.

Feintuch, David

• Hope and Honour by Rhodri James

Fish, Leslie (Firestorm future history):


Leslie Fish's filksongs include:
• Black Powder and Alcohol by Leslie Fish
• Desolation Valley by Leslie Fish
• Eyes of Eagles by Leslie Fish, and its sequelEyes of Night Owls by Bob Kanefsky
• Firestorm, Fish's concept album, is currently out of print. Ask your local filk dealer.

Forward, Robert

• We Are the Cheela (Cheela Marching Song by Duane Elms

Frezza, Robert A.

• Excerpts from "The Whistling Pig" Scroll and learn. (Personally, I like his good guy vampires in space novels, McLendon's Syndrome and The VMR Factor, but the others are good, too.)

Gibson, William

• Biosoft by Minstrel (Chris Malme)
• Count Zero's Lament by Minstrel (Chris Malme)
• Lord of the Roads by Minstrel (Chris Malme).

Haldeman, Joe:

Robot Jox screenplay --

• Crash and Burn by Andy Wheeler

Harrison, Harry:

• Soylent Green by David Weingart. Just keep scrolling down.

Heinlein, Robert A.:

• Brush Up Your Heinlein by Hildebaby
• The Future History by Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss
• Glory Road by Clement Wood. (Okay, so it's not a filk, exactly. But it's why the book's called that. So there.)
• The Grand Canal by Robert A. Heinlein
• The Green Hills of Earth by Robert A. Heinlein, with verses by Chuck Rein and others. AlsoJacob Sommers' verse arrangement and The Hills of My Dreams by Francis A. Parker, Jr.
• Ladies' Night by Mike Richards (scroll down)
• The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Minstrel (Chris Malme)
• Stranger in a Strange Land by the Boskone Filksong Seminar 1973.

  Filk about him:

  • The Day That SF Died by Arlan Andrews, Sr.
  • "Not Formica, nor the gilded monuments of princes...." by Plorkwort

Herbert, Frank:

• Crystal Gayle Killed Frank Herbert by Tom Smith
• I've Never Been to Dune by SurrDave (David Rood)
• Just Say No by Bob Kanefsky
• The Sands of Arrakis by Doris, Dee, Rose and Bonnie Beetem
• Song of the Fremen by Minstrel (Chris Malme). Appears on Phoenix's new albumInto the Fire.
• Spice Has Made My Green Eyes Blue by Jeremy Buhler. Not to be confused with Tom Smith's, above.

Hoffman, E.T.A.:

• Les oiseux dans la charmille, aka "The Doll's Song" from the opera Les Contes de Hoffman. Olympia is actually an automaton, or robot, designed to be the perfect obedient daughter. Yah, like that was gonna work....

Keyes:

• Flowers for Algernon by Kathy Mar.

Kuttner, Henry

• Mimsy Were the Borogoves by Zander Nyrond

L'Engle, Madeleine

• Camazotz by Bob Kanefsky

Lovecraft, H.P.:

• Ai Cthulhu by Brian Biddle
• Banned from Arkham by Terence Chua
• Big Halls by Dave Roberts
• The Call of Cthulhu by Ray Lambert and Bull Mullis
• Cthulhu by John Taylor
• Cthulhu Carols and More Cthulhu songs
• Cthulhu Christmas Chorale by Terence Chua
• Cthulhu Fhtagn by Arthur Levesque
• Cthulhu He Knows Me by Jacob Sommer
• Cthulhu Lite FM by Tom Smith, with MIDI file
• Cthulhu-Maniacs by Arthur Levesque. Also atThe Illuminati FAQ. Scroll on down.
• The Cthulhu Mythos on the Internet, including many filk links.
• Cthulhu's Garden by Abner J. Mintz and Sean Roberts
• Cthulhu's Song by Cuthulu
• Cthuloid Toon Adventures Author unknown.
• The Darkest of The Hillside Thickets has MP3 files and a video.
• Do You Hear the Pipes, Cthulhu? by Terence Chua, with MP3 file.
• Elder Gods, or The True Story of Jack and Jill by Merav B. Hoffman
• Ia, Ia (You Will Never Let Me Go) by Terence Chua
• In the Key of Cthulhu at Krikkit's Sangbogen. In Danish.
• I've Just Seen the Great Cthulhu by Rich Brown
• The Lair of Great Cthulhu by Joan Carruth and Larry Press. The famous song from the makers of Call of Cthulhu. Also at Isaac Bonewits'.
• Lovecraft by Nick Pollotta
• The Night of the Black Mass by Mike Slater
• No More, No More Cthulhu, Brave Boys by ottercat (Matt Williams)
• Oh, Cthulhu Dear by Bill Fesselmeyer
• The Other Lord of the Dance by Jeremy Buhler
• Old Time Religion verse by the late Michael Rubin. CURRENTLY DEAD LINK
• The Song That Cannot Be Named by Terence Chua
• Sung from under the Bed by Kay Shapero. Really. Scroll on down and you'll see. Of course, it might be easier to get it at Kay's page, A Cthulhu Hymnal, or Negative Space.
• These Cthulhish Things by Terence Chua
• Twas the Night of the Black Mass by Mike Slater
• Walk Like a Deep One by Terence Chua
• Wendigoes by Terence Chua
• Whatever Became of Cthulhu? by Joe Bethancourt
• With the Necronomicon Author Unknown

  Songbooks:

  • A Cthulhu Hymnal Includes...well, lotsa stuff.
  • Cthulhu Songbook: includes "Calling on the Wind", "Onward, Cthulhu Cultists", "The Cthulhu Song", and "Yog-Sothoth Is Coming to Town".

  Poetry

• The Lair of the Mythos Haiku
• Limericks

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