Editing David Gerrold (section)

=== ''The War Against the Chtorr'' ===
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Gerrold is the author of the ''[[War Against the Chtorr]]'' series of books, about an invasion of Earth by mysterious aliens: ''A Matter for Men'' (1983), ''A Day for Damnation'' (1985), ''A Rage for Revenge'' (1989), and ''A Season for Slaughter'' (1993). He eventually announced that what was initially supposed to be a trilogy would in fact require seven books.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gerrold.com/chtorr-index.htm |title=The War Against the Chtorr |publisher=gerrold.com |access-date=April 8, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517061554/http://www.gerrold.com/chtorr-index.htm |archive-date=May 17, 2014 }}</ref> In approximately 2010 Gerrold was reputed to have a considerable amount of work completed on the remainder of the series, and the fifth book, ''A Method for Madness'', was listed on Amazon with a publication date. The publication date has been updated several times since; the last was January 1, 2014.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Method for Madness |date=November 2012 |publisher=Amazon |isbn = 978-0765340382}}</ref> At that time the remaining books in the series were tentatively titled ''A Method For Madness'', ''A Time For Treason'', and ''A Case For Courage''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.iswintercoming.com/david-gerrold-t1658.html|title=Is Winter Coming?: blog post enumerating published and tentative Chtorr series titles|access-date=23 April 2017}}</ref> In 2017, he announced that the fifth book, now tentatively titled ''A Nest for Nightmares'', and the sixth book, ''A Method For Madness'', are nearing completion, over two decades after the last book came out.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/david.gerrold/posts/10210892332156677 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/1003624962/10210892332156677 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|title=David Gerrold Facebook Timeline |last=Gerrold |first=David |publisher=Facebook |access-date=17 March 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=October 2019}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/david.gerrold/posts/10210882475190259  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/1003624962/10210882475190259 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|title=David Gerrold Facebook timeline |last=Gerrold |first=David |publisher=Facebook |access-date=17 March 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=October 2019}} Whether a seventh Chtorr book is still planned, or what its title will be if it is, are unknown. Gerrold is considering crowdfunding and other ways to raise money to fund completion of organization of the material and final writing for the two books.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/david.gerrold/posts/10210863480595406 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/1003624962/10210863480595406 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|title=David Gerrold Facebook timeline|last=Gerrold|first=David |publisher=Facebook |access-date=17 March 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=October 2019}}

The alien invasion is an ecological one. Instead of Earthlings [[terraforming]] another planet, the aliens are "Chtorraforming" Earth. Instead of armies, the unseen aggressors gradually unleash plants and animals from their older, more evolved planet (which is indicated as being perhaps a half billion years older than Earth, and evolved into a higher effective competitiveness). These outcompete and displace their terrestrial counterparts and Earth becomes more and more Chtorr-like as the "war" progresses.

Portions of the remaining books have made it into print, however. Gerrold released to fans a cliffhanger teaser chapter from ''Method for Madness''. In his collection ''[[The Involuntary Human]]'' ({{ISBN|978-1-886-77869-6}}), he included "It Needs Salt" (as a portion of the planned but not formally scheduled ''Time for Treason''). Finally, he also published the story "Enterprise Fish" in a volume of ''[[Thrilling Wonder Stories]]'', ({{ISBN|978-0-9796718-1-4}}; edited by Winston Engle). "Enterprise Fish" is described as an excerpt from ''Time for Treason''. The Chtorr series and its central character have moved through stages of development with each book in the series, with another layer of the Chtorran ecology explained and understanding of it unveiled with each successive book. Since "It Needs Salt" and "Enterprise Fish" are short stories from planned future layers of plot and character development, fans of the series are forewarned that they contain "spoilers".