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Dangerous Games (anthology)
''Dangerous Games'' (2007) is a science fiction anthology edited by American writers Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois. It was published in 2007, and includes stories on the theme of "dangerous games" that were originally published from 1958 to 2005. It is the 35th book in their anthology series for Ace Books. Contents The book itself, as well as each of the stories, has a short preface by the editors. *Robert Sheckley: "The Prize of Peril" (First published in ''F&SF'', 1958) *Cory Doctorow: "Anda's Game" (First published in ''Salon'', 2004) *Kate Wilhelm: "Ladies and Gentlemen, This Is Your Crisis!" (First published in ''Orbit 18'', 1976) *Alastair Reynolds: "Stroboscopic" (First published in '' Interzone'', 1998) *Vernor Vinge: "Synthetic Serendipity" (First published in ''IEEE Spectrum'', 2005) *Jonathan Lethem: "How We Got in Town and Out Again" (First published in '' Asimov's'', 1996) * Gwyneth Jones: "Red Sonja and Lessingham in Dreamland" (First published in '' Off Limits'', 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Novels
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Interzone (magazine)
''Interzone'' is a British fantasy and science fiction magazine. Published since 1982, ''Interzone'' is the eighth-longest-running English language science fiction magazine in history, and the longest-running British science fiction (SF) magazine. Stories published in ''Interzone'' have been finalists for the Hugo Awards and have won a Nebula Award and numerous British Science Fiction Awards. History ''Interzone'' was initially produced by an unpaid collective of eight peopleJohn Clute, Alan Dorey, Malcolm Edwards, Colin Greenland, Graham James, Roz Kaveney, Simon Ounsley and David Pringle. According to Dorey, the group had been fans of the science fiction magazine ''New Worlds'' and wanted to create a "''New Worlds'' for the 1980s, something that would publish only great fiction and be a proper outlet for new writers." While the magazine started as an editorial collective, soon editor David Pringle was the driving force behind ''Interzone''. In 1984 ''Interzone'' received a ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Anthologies
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Terry Dowling
Terence William (Terry) Dowling (born 21 March 1947), is an Australian writer and journalist. He writes primarily speculative fiction though he considers himself an "imagier" – one who imagines, a term which liberates his writing from the constraints of specific genres. He has been called "among the best-loved local writers and most-awarded in and out of Australia, a writer who stubbornly hews his own path (one mapped ahead, it is true, by Cordwainer Smith, J. G. Ballard and Jack Vance)." He has been Guest of Honour at several Australian science fiction conventions (including Syncon 87 and Swancon 15) and regularly tutors workshops on fantasy writing at venues including the New South Wales Writers' Centre, University of Sydney's Centre for Continuing Education, the Powerhouse Museum, the University of Canberra's Centre for Creative Writing, the Perth Writer's Festival and the University of Western Australia Perth International Arts Festiva (for example, "Marvellous Journeys: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Analog Science Fiction And Fact
''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'' is an American science fiction magazine published under various titles since 1930. Originally titled ''Astounding Stories of Super-Science'', the first issue was dated January 1930, published by William Clayton, and edited by Harry Bates. Clayton went bankrupt in 1933 and the magazine was sold to Street & Smith. The new editor was F. Orlin Tremaine, who soon made ''Astounding'' the leading magazine in the nascent pulp science fiction field, publishing well-regarded stories such as Jack Williamson's '' Legion of Space'' and John W. Campbell's "Twilight". At the end of 1937, Campbell took over editorial duties under Tremaine's supervision, and the following year Tremaine was let go, giving Campbell more independence. Over the next few years Campbell published many stories that became classics in the field, including Isaac Asimov's ''Foundation'' series, A. E. van Vogt's ''Slan'', and several novels and stories by Robert A. Heinle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allen Steele
Allen Mulherin Steele, Jr. (born January 19, 1958) is an American journalist and science fiction author. Background Steele was born in Nashville, Tennessee on January 19, 1958. He was introduced to science fiction fandom attending meetings of Nashville's science fiction club. He graduated high school from the Webb School in Bell Buckle, Tennessee, received a bachelor's degree from New England College and a master's from the University of Missouri. Writing Before he established himself as a science fiction author, he spent several years working as a journalist. Steele began publishing short stories in 1988. His early novels formed a future history beginning with ''Orbital Decay'' and continuing through ''Labyrinth of Night''. Some of his early novels such as ''Orbital Decay'' and ''Lunar Descent'' were about blue-collar workers working on future construction projects in space. Since 1992, he has tended to focus on stand-alone projects and short stories, although he has wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Of The Fantastic
''Lord of the Fantastic'' is a 1998 anthology honoring the work of science fiction writer Roger Zelazny. The title is both a play off his novel ''Lord of Light'' and an homage to Zelazny. Many authors and friends of Roger's came together to write this book; it also includes personal comments by many of the contributors. The book was edited by Martin H. Greenberg. Contents * "Introduction" by Fred Saberhagen * "Lethe" by Walter Jon Williams * "The Story Roger Never Told" by Jack Williamson * "The Somehow Not Yet Dead" by Nina Kiriki Hoffman * "Calling Pittsburgh" by Steven Brust * "If I Take the Wings of Morning" by Katharine Eliska Kimbriel * "Ki'rin and the Blue and White Tiger" by Jane Lindskold * "The Eryx" by Robert Sheckley * "Southern Discomfort" by Jack C. Haldeman II * "Suicide Kings" by John J. Miller (science-fiction author), John J. Miller * "Changing of the Guard" by Robert Wayne McCoy and Thomas F. Monteleone * "The Flying Dutchman" by John Varley (author), John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Browning Spencer
William Browning Spencer (born 1946) is an American novelist and short story writer living in Austin, Texas. His science fiction and horror (genre), horror stories are often darkly and surrealistically humorous. Awards and honors His novel ''Résumé With Monsters'' won the International Horror Critics Guild Award for Best Novel in 1995. His first novel, ''Maybe I'll Call Anna'', was a National Endowment of the Arts New American Writing Award winner. His novels and short stories have been finalists for the Bram Stoker Award, the World Fantasy Award, and the Shirley Jackson Award. His short stories have been anthologized numerous times, including twice in ''Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror'' and twice in ''The Year's Best Science Fiction''. In 1995, he was Toastmaster of ArmadilloCon 21 in Austin, TX. Bibliography Novels *''Maybe I'll Call Anna'', Permanent Press (1990) *''Résumé With Monsters'', Permanent Press (1995). Reprint: Dover Publica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Off Limits (anthology)
''Off Limits'' (1997, ) is a science fiction anthology edited by Ellen Datlow. It was published in 1996 by St. Martin's Press. It includes four previously published stories and 14 new ones. Contents ''partial listing:'' *Neil Gaiman: "Eaten" * Gwyneth Jones: "Red Sonja and Lessingham in Dreamland" * Simon Ings:"Grand Prix" *Richard Christian Matheson: "Oral" *Bruce McAllister: "Captain China" *Susan Wade: "The Tattooist" *Joyce Carol Oates: *Samuel R. Delany: *Elizabeth Hand Elizabeth Hand (born March 29, 1957) is an American writer. Life and career Hand grew up in Yonkers and Pound Ridge, New York. She studied drama and anthropology at The Catholic University of America. Since 1988, Hand has lived in coastal Maine ...: * Robert Silverberg: * Joe Haldeman: * Jane Yolen: * Brian Stableford: 1997 anthologies Science fiction anthologies St. Martin's Press books {{1990s-sf-story-collection-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwyneth Jones (novelist)
Gwyneth Jones (born 14 February 1952) is an English science fiction and fantasy writer and critic, and a young adult/children's writer under the pen name Ann Halam. Biography and writing career Jones was born in Manchester, England. Education at a convent school was followed by an undergraduate degree in European history of ideas at the University of Sussex. She has written for younger readers since 1980 under the pseudonym Ann Halam and, under that name, has published more than twenty novels. In 1984 ''Divine Endurance'', a science fiction novel for adults, was published under her own name and in which she created the term gynoid. She continues to write using these two names for the respective audiences. Jones' works are mostly science fiction and near future high fantasy with strong themes of gender and feminism. She is the winner of two World Fantasy Awards, BSFA short story award, Children of the Night Award from the Dracula Society, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Philip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asimov's Science Fiction
''Asimov's Science Fiction'' is an American science fiction magazine which publishes science fiction and fantasy named after science fiction author Isaac Asimov. It is currently published by Penny Publications. From January 2017, the publication frequency is bimonthly (six issues per year). Circulation in 2012 was 22,593, as reported in the annual ''Locus Magazine survey. History ''Asimov's Science Fiction'' began life as the digest-sized ''Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'' (or ''IASFM'' for short) in 1977. Joel Davis of Davis Publications approached Asimov to lend his name to a new science fiction magazine, after the fashion of ''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'' or ''Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine''. Asimov refused to act as editor, but served instead as editorial director, writing editorials and replying to reader mail until his death in 1992. At Asimov's request George Scithers, the first editor, negotiated an acquisitions contract with the Science Fiction Writ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Allen Lethem (; born February 19, 1964) is an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. His first novel, ''Gun, with Occasional Music'', a genre work that mixed elements of science fiction and detective fiction, was published in 1994. In 1999, Lethem published '' Motherless Brooklyn'', a National Book Critics Circle Award-winning novel that achieved mainstream success. In 2003, he published '' The Fortress of Solitude'', which became a ''New York Times'' Best Seller. In 2005, he received a MacArthur Fellowship. Since 2011, he has taught creative writing at Pomona College. Early life Lethem was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Judith Frank Lethem, a political activist, and Richard Brown Lethem, an avant-garde painter. He was the eldest of three children. His father was Protestant (with Scottish and English ancestry) and his mother was Jewish, from a family with roots in Germany, Poland, and Russia. His brother Blake became an artist involved in the early New Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
