He was the author of several books including "Dead Men Tell Tales", "Harmony of Science and Scripture", and "Modern Science and the Genesis Record". His books sold well; some in the hundreds of thousands. However his books came under considerable scientific scrutiny and criticism. When the Christian American Scientific Affiliation's publisher, Van Kampen Press, contemplated republishing them, the ASA performed an evaluation of a representative sample which was highly critical, with even recommending against publication. Edwin Y. Monsma (who would later become one of the co-founders of the Young Earth creationist Creation Research Society) gave the opinion that Rimmer's "The Theory of Evolution and the Facts of Science" should not have been published in the first place, contained "inaccuracies and overstatements" and relied upon ridicule.