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Damien Broderick
Damien Francis Broderick (born 22 April 1944) is an Australian science fiction and popular science writer and editor of some 74 books. His science fiction novel ''The Dreaming Dragons'' (1980) introduced the trope of the generation time machine, his ''The Judas Mandala'' (1982) contains the first appearance of the term "virtual reality" in science fiction, and his 1997 popular science book '' The Spike'' was the first to investigate the technological singularity in detail. Life Broderick holds a Ph.D. in Literary Studies from Deakin University, Australia, with a dissertation (''Frozen Music'') comparing the semiotics of scientific, literary, and science fictional textuality. He was for several years a Senior Fellow in the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne. Broderick lives in San Antonio, Texas, with his wife, tax attorney Barbara Lamar. He was the founding science fiction editor of the Australian popular-science magazin''Cosmos''from mid-200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Gardner Dozois
Gardner Raymond Dozois ( ; July 23, 1947 – May 27, 2018) was an American science fiction author and editor. He was the founding editor of ''The Year's Best Science Fiction'' anthologies (1984–2018) and was editor of '' Asimov's Science Fiction'' magazine (1986–2004), garnering multiple Hugo and Locus Awards for those works almost every year. He also won the Nebula Award for Best Short Story twice. He was inducted to the Science Fiction Hall of Fame on June 25, 2011. Biography Dozois was born July 23, 1947, in Salem, Massachusetts. He graduated from Salem High School with the Class of 1965. From 1966 to 1969 he served in the Army as a journalist, after which he moved to New York City to work as an editor in the science fiction field. One of his stories had been published by Frederik Pohl in the September 1966 issue of '' If'' but his next four appeared in 1970, three in Damon Knight's anthology series ''Orbit''. Dozois said that he turned to reading fiction partially as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Zebrowski
George Zebrowski (born December 28, 1945) is an American science fiction writer and editor who has written and edited a number of books, and is a former editor of The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America. He lives with author Pamela Sargent, with whom he has co-written a number of novels, including '' Star Trek'' novels. Zebrowski won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award in 1999 for his novel ''Brute Orbits''.The Locus Guide to SF Awards: Index of Literary Nominees Three of his short stories, "Heathen God," "The Eichmann Variations," and "Wound the Wind," have been nominated for the Nebula Award, and "The Idea Trap" was nominated for the |
Cosmos Magazine
''Cosmos'' (subtitled The Science of Everything) is a science magazine published in Adelaide, South Australia, by the Royal Institution of Australia that covers science globally. It appears four times a year in print as ''Cosmos Magazine'', and the online edition is updated daily with news as well as long features and multi-media content, and includes the print magazine content. ''Cosmos Weekly'' is a subscription-based weekly online edition published on Fridays, and a podcast was launched in April 2022. History The magazine was established in Sydney in November 2004 by the Sydney magazine publishing executive Kylie Ahern and science journalist Wilson da Silva. with the first issue published in 2005. In June 2006, the magazine launched a daily Internet news and features service. The magazine was the originator of '' Hello from Earth'', a web-based initiative to send messages from the public, each just 160 characters in length, to Gliese 581d, the (then) nearest Earth-like p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
K-Machines
''K-Machines'' is a 2006 science fiction novel by Australian writer Damien Broderick. It is the sequel to Broderick's 2005 novel '' Godplayers''. It follows the story of August Seebeck who is empowered with a killing device and finds himself moving world to world in a brutal and confusing game. Background ''K-Machines'' was first published in the United States on February 22, 2006 by Thunder's Mouth Press in trade paperback format. It won the 2006 Aurealis Award The Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction is an annual literary award for Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction. Only Australians are eligible for the award. History The Aurealis Award was established in 1995 by ... for best science fiction novel. References 2006 novels 2006 science fiction novels Australian science fiction novels Aurealis Award-winning works {{2000s-sf-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transcension (Broderick Novel)
''Transcension'' is a 2002 science fiction novel by Damien Broderick. It follows the story of lawyer Mohammed Kasim Abdel-Malik who after being killed his body is placed in cryonic suspension his mind is used as a source for an artificial intelligence, Aleph. Background ''Transcension'' was first published in the United States on 19 February 2002 by Tor Books in hardback format. In March 2003 it was republished in paperback format. ''Transcension'' won the 2002 Aurealis Award for best science fiction novel and was a short-list nominee for the 2003 Ditmar Award The Ditmar Award (formally the Australian SF ("Ditmar") Award; formerly the "Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award") has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention (the "Natcon") to recognise a ... for best Australian novel but lost to Sean Williams' and Shane Dix's '' Echoes of Earth''. References External links * 2002 Australian novels 2002 science fiction n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuck In Fast Forward
''Stuck in Fast Forward'', also known as ''The Hunger of Time'' in an expanded edition, is a 1999 young adult science fiction novel by Damien Broderick Damien Francis Broderick (born 22 April 1944) is an Australian science fiction and popular science writer and editor of some 74 books. His science fiction novel ''The Dreaming Dragons'' (1980) introduced the trope of the generation time machin ... and Rory Barnes. It follows the story of Donald and his family who decide to travel forward in time in order to wait out the disaster and destruction that the world has become. Background ''Stuck in Fast Forward'' was first published in 1999 by HarperCollins in paperback format. In 2003, it was expanded and released in the United States by E-Reads under the title ''The Hunger of Time''. It was a short-list nominee for the 1999 Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel but lost to Dave Luckett's '' A Dark Victory''. Reception '' The Courier-Mail'' (Brisbane, Australia) praised ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zones (novel)
''Zones'' is a 1997 young adult science fiction novel by Damien Broderick and Rory Barnes. It follows the story of Jenny who receives a phone call from another year. Publishing history ''Zones'' was first published in Australia in 1997 by Moonstone, a division of HarperCollins Australia, in trade paperback format. In 2004 it was released as a braille book by Vision Australia Information and Library Service. In 2012, it appeared in print in the US for the first time, from Borgo/Wildside. Synopsis The protagonist is a teenager called Jenny who lives in Melbourne with her father and enjoys physics. She has a typical life until receiving a phone call from a boy from the year 1965. Awards ''Zones'' was a short-list nominee for the 1997 Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel and best science fiction novel but lost to Catherine Jinks' '' Eye to Eye'' and ''Greylands ''Greylands'' is a 1997 young adult novel by Isobelle Carmody. It follows the story of Jack who in o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The White Abacus
''The White Abacus'' is a 1997 science fiction novel by Damien Broderick. It follows the story of Telmah Lord Cima who travels to Earth from a far-off world and becomes friends with a computer-augmented being called Ratio. Background ''The White Abacus'' was first published in the United States in March 1997 by Avon Eos in hardback and trade paperback formats. In April 1998 it was republished in mass market paperback format. ''The White Abacus'' won the 1997 Aurealis Award for best science fiction novel and the 1998 Ditmar Award The Ditmar Award (formally the Australian SF ("Ditmar") Award; formerly the "Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award") has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention (the "Natcon") to recognise a ... for best Australian long fiction. References External links * 1997 novels 1997 science fiction novels Australian science fiction novels Aurealis Award-winning works HarperCollins books {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rory Barnes
Rory Barnes (born 1946) is an Australian writer of popular fiction. Although born in London, he has lived most of his life in Australia. Bibliography *''Valencies'' (1983 with Damien Broderick) *''The Bomb-Monger's Daughter'' (1984) *''Water From The Moon'' (1989 with James Birrell) *''Zones'' (1997 with Damien Broderick) *''The Book of Revelation'' (1998 with Damien Broderick) Reprinted in the US as ''Dark Gray'' (2010) *''Horsehead Boy'' (1998) *''Horsehead Man'' (1999) *'' Stuck in Fast Forward'' (1999 with Damien Broderick, revised and extended as ''The Hunger of Time'') *''Horsehead Soup'' (2000) *''Night Vision'' (2006) *''I'm Dying Here'' (2009 with Damien Broderick, also known as ''I Suppose a Root's Out of the Question'') *''The Dragon Raft'' (2010) *''Human's Burden'' (2010 with Damien Broderick Damien Francis Broderick (born 22 April 1944) is an Australian science fiction and popular science writer and editor of some 74 books. His science fiction novel ''The Dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John W
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Silverberg
Robert Silverberg (born January 15, 1935) is an American author and editor, best known for writing science fiction. He is a multiple winner of both Hugo and Nebula Awards, a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, and a Grand Master of SF. He has attended every Hugo Awards ceremony since the inaugural event in 1953. Biography Early years Silverberg was born to Jewish parents in Brooklyn, New York. A voracious reader since childhood, he began submitting stories to science fiction magazines during his early teenage years. He received a BA in English Literature from Columbia University, in 1956. While at Columbia, he wrote the juvenile novel '' Revolt on Alpha C'' (1955), published by Thomas Y. Crowell with the cover notice: "A gripping story of outer space". He won his first Hugo in 1956 as the "best new writer". That year Silverberg was the author or co-author of four of the six stories in the August issue of '' Fantastic'', breaking his record set in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
