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Robert Reed (author)
Robert David Reed (born October 9, 1956 in Omaha, Nebraska) is a Hugo Award-winning American science fiction author. He has a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the Nebraska Wesleyan University. Reed is an "extraordinarily prolific" genre short-fiction writer with "Alone" being his 200th professional sale. His work regularly appears in '' Asimov's'', ''Fantasy & Science Fiction'', and ''Sci Fiction''. He has also published eleven novels. , Reed lived in Lincoln, Nebraska with his wife and daughter. Awards * "Mudpuppies" (1986) (First Writers of the Future Grand Prize winner) * ''la Voie terrestre'' (1994), the French translation of ''Down the Bright Way'' (1991) ( Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for foreign novel) * "Decency" (1996) (''Asimov's Science Fiction'' reader poll, short story) * "Marrow" (1997) (''Science Fiction Age'' reader poll, novella) * "She Sees My Monsters Now" (2002) (''Asimov's Science Fiction'' reader poll, short story) * "A Billion Eves" (2006): Hugo Awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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The Well Of Stars
''The Well of Stars'' is a science fiction novel written by Robert Reed. It was published in 2004 () and is the sequel to '' Marrow'', published in 2000. Synopsis ''The Well of Stars'' features the same universe and the same characters as the earlier novel ''Marrow''. In ''The Well of Stars'', the ship is entering a dark nebula A nebula ('cloud' or 'fog' in Latin; pl. nebulae, nebulæ or nebulas) is a distinct luminescent part of interstellar medium, which can consist of ionized, neutral or molecular hydrogen and also cosmic dust. Nebulae are often star-forming regio ..., dubbed the Ink Well, which turns out to be inhabited by an intelligent and hostile entity which calls itself "polyponds". The ship fights for its existence, while at the same time it is suggested that the enemies of the ship's creators are in pursuit. Translations * French: ''""'' Bragelonne, 2007 References External links Short review in the ''New York Times''Retrieved 2009-10-19 Short review i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sister Alice
''Sister Alice'' is a science fiction novel by American writer Robert Reed, first published in 2003. It was a finalist for the 2004 John W. Campbell Memorial Award. The five sections of the novel originally appeared in a different form in the magazine ''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 ...'': *"Sister Alice" (November 1993) *"Brother Perfect" (September 1995) *"Mother Death" (January 1998) *"Baby's Fire" (July 1999) *"Father to the Man" (September 2000) Story The story is about a child growing up in a cold planet Earth around 10 million years from now. He travels from being a young boy playing war with his friends to a semi-god still playing war, but with a universe at stake. Godlike powers were withdrawn from most humans after a catastroph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1997. Events * February 20 – Allen Ginsberg makes a final public appearance at the NYU Poetry Slam. He continues to write through his final illness, his last poem being "Things I'll Not Do (Nostalgias)" written on March 30. * May 27 – Shakespeare's Globe in London, a reconstruction of the Elizabethan Globe Theatre, opens with a production of Shakespeare's ''Henry V''. *June 3 – The supposed climax of Max Beerbohm's 1916 short story ''Enoch Soames'' occurs at the old British Museum Reading Room in London. *June 26 – J. K. Rowling's first '' Harry Potter'' novel, ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published in London by Bloomsbury Publishing, in an edition of 500 copies. *July 13 – The release occurs in Ireland of the film of Patrick McCabe's 1992 novel '' The Butcher Boy''. The author plays Jimmy The Skite, the town drunk. *September 1 – ''The Adventures of Captain Underp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beneath The Gated Sky
Beneath the Gated Sky is a science-fiction novel by Robert Reed, first published in 1997. It describes a world in which the sky undergoes a transformation that prevents people from seeing the stars, giving them instead a view of the other side of the world, as if the Earth had been turned inside out. The entire universe seems to have been rebuilt by an intelligence so that each body of matter exists in a structure that connects all matter together allowing travel between worlds using "quantum intrusions". The intrusions only allow minds, or as some would maintain, souls to pass through, emerging on the other side as a fully formed member of whatever species exists on the new world. The novel is a sequel to Beyond the Veil of Stars, and follows that novel's protagonists, Cornell Novak and Porsche Neal, as they deal with their new relationship, the secret activities of the government agency that they worked for, and the possibility that some visitors from other worlds are workin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 In Literature
File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake strikes Kobe, Japan, killing 5,000-6,000 people; The Unabomber Manifesto is published in several U.S. newspapers; Gravestones mark the victims of the Srebrenica massacre near the end of the Bosnian War; Windows 95 is launched by Microsoft for PC; The first exoplanet, 51 Pegasi b, is discovered; Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with the Space station Mir in a display of U.S.-Russian cooperation; The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City is bombed by domestic terrorists, killing 168., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 O. J. Simpson murder case rect 200 0 400 200 Kobe earthquake rect 400 0 600 200 Unabomber Manifesto rect 0 200 300 400 Oklahoma City bombing rect 300 200 600 400 Srebrenica massacre rect 0 400 200 600 Space Shuttle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Exaltation Of Larks (novel)
An, AN, aN, or an may refer to: Businesses and organizations * Airlinair (IATA airline code AN) * Alleanza Nazionale, a former political party in Italy * AnimeNEXT, an annual anime convention located in New Jersey * Anime North, a Canadian anime convention * Ansett Australia, a major Australian airline group that is now defunct (IATA designator AN) * Apalachicola Northern Railroad (reporting mark AN) 1903–2002 ** AN Railway, a successor company, 2002– * Aryan Nations, a white supremacist religious organization * Australian National Railways Commission, an Australian rail operator from 1975 until 1987 * Antonov, a Ukrainian (formerly Soviet) aircraft manufacturing and services company, as a model prefix Entertainment and media * Antv, an Indonesian television network * ''Astronomische Nachrichten'', or ''Astronomical Notes'', an international astronomy journal * ''Avisa Nordland'', a Norwegian newspaper * ''Sweet Bean'' (あん), a 2015 Japanese film also known as ''An'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1994. Events *October 11 – The choice of James Kelman's book ''How Late It Was, How Late'' as the year's Booker Prize winner proves controversial. One of the judges, Rabbi Julia Neuberger, declares it "a disgrace" and leaves the event, later calling the book "crap"; WHSmith's marketing manager calls the award "an embarrassment to the whole book trade"; Waterstone's in Glasgow (where it is set) sells a mere 13 copies of Kelman's "Mogadon" the following week. *November 26 – Poland's Ministry of Culture and Art orders the exhumation of the presumed grave of the absurdist painter, playwright and novelist Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (suicide 1939) in Zakopane. Genetic tests on the remains show they belonged to an unknown woman. *December 1 – Iceland's National and University Library of Iceland (Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn) is founded in Reykjavík by merging the former national ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beyond The Veil Of Stars
''Beyond the Veil of Stars'' is a science-fiction novel by Robert Reed, first published in 1994. It describes a world in which the sky undergoes a transformation that prevents people from seeing the stars, giving them instead a view of the other side of the world, as if the Earth had been turned inside out. Accompanying this transformation are increased reports of UFO activity and the appearance of large circles of black glass at thousands of locations across the planet. Once the panic dies down, people resume their normal lives. Meanwhile, a shadowy government agency begins experiments using "quantum intrusions" to travel to other worlds. Plot summary Cornell Novak grows up with his father, a UFO investigator, who travels frequently to investigate reports of lights in the sky, alien abductions, and the continuing appearances of circles of black glass at random locations, including Central Park in New York City. Cornell's mother disappeared when he was four, an event that his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1992. Events *August – An attempt is made to set fire to the National Library of Abkhazia in Sukhumi during the War in Abkhazia by Georgian forces. *August 25 – The National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina is annihilated during the Siege of Sarajevo by the Army of Republika Srpska. *September – Michael Ondaatje's historiographic metafiction ''The English Patient'' is published in Canada. It will win The Golden Man Booker in 2018. *''unknown date'' – The ''Goosebumps'' series of children's horror fiction, penned by R. L. Stine, is first published in the United States. New books Fiction *Ben Aaronovitch – ''Transit'' *Tariq Ali – '' Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree'' *Paul Auster – ''Leviathan'' *Iain Banks – ''The Crow Road'' *Clive Barker – ''The Thief of Always'' *Julian Barnes – '' The Porcupine'' *Greg Bear – ''Anvil of Stars'' * Thomas Berger – ''Meetin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Remarkables (novel)
The Remarkables ( mi, Kawarau) are a mountain range and skifield in Otago in the South Island of New Zealand. Located on the southeastern shore of Lake Wakatipu, the range lives up to its name by rising sharply to create a remarkable backdrop for the waters. The range is clearly visible from the nearby town of Queenstown. The highest point in the range is Single Cone (2319 metres). The adjacent Tapuae-o-Uenuku / Hector Mountains southeast of the Remarkables culminate in Mount Tūwhakarōria (2307 m). There are a number of small lakes on the mountains including Lake Alta which forms part of the Remarkables Skifield. Name The original Ngāi Tahu inhabitants called the mountains , and gave the same name to the Kawarau River which starts beneath them. The mountains were named The Remarkables by Alexander Garvie in 1857-58, allegedly because they are one of only two mountain ranges in the world which run directly north to south. An alternate explanation for the name given by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Walton
Jo Walton (born 1964) is a Welsh and Canadian fantasy and science fiction writer and poet. She is best known for the fantasy novel ''Among Others'', which won the Hugo Award, Hugo and Nebula Awards in 2012, and ''Tooth and Claw (novel), Tooth and Claw'', a Victorian era novel with dragons which won the World Fantasy Award in 2004. Other works by Walton include the ''Small Change'' series, in which she blends alternate history with the cozy mystery genre, comprising ''Farthing (novel), Farthing'', ''Ha'penny (novel), Ha'penny'' and ''Half a Crown (novel), Half a Crown''. Her fantasy novel ''Lifelode'' won the 2010 Mythopoeic Award, and her alternate history ''My Real Children'' received the 2015 Tiptree Award. Walton is also known for her non-fiction, including book reviews and SF commentary in the magazine ''Tor.com''. A collection of her articles were published in ''What Makes This Book So Great'' (2014), which won the Locus Award for Best Non-Fiction. Background Walton w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
