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The Phobos Science Fiction Anthology Volume 2
''The Phobos Science Fiction Anthology Volume 2 - Hitting the Skids in Pixeltown'' (2003) is an anthology edited by Orson Scott Card and Keith Olexa. It contains thirteen stories by different writers. All of them were winners of the 2nd Annual Phobos Fiction Contest for new writer, with the exception of Larry Niven, author of "The Coldest Place". Story list The short stories in this book are: *"The Takers" by Rosemary Jones *"Hidden Scars" by Kyle David Jelle *"RUWattU8" by Harold Gross *"Hitting the Skids in Pixeltown" by Matthew S. Rotundo *"The Beast of All Possible Worlds" by Carl Frederick *"Callus Redux" by Rebecca Carmi *"All in My Mind" by Eugie Foster *"The Bear Eater" by Paul Pence *"His Untrue Colors" by Jake West *"If Thy Right Hand Offend Thee..." by Christine Watson *"Ukaliq and the Great Hunt" by David D. Levine *"Warrior Heart" by David John Baker *"The Coldest Place" by Larry Niven Related works *''The Phobos Science Fiction Anthology Volume 1 ''The Ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephan Martiniere
Stephan may refer to: * Stephan, South Dakota, United States * Stephan (given name), a masculine given name * Stephan (surname), a Breton-language surname See also * Sankt-Stephan * Stefan (other) * Stephan-Oterma * Stephani * Stephen (other) Stephen is a masculine given name. Stephen may also refer to: People * Stephen (surname), including a list of people with the surname * Stephen (honorific), a South Slavic medieval honorific Places * Stephen, Minnesota, United States * Mount S ... * von Stephan {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, extraterrestrial life, sentient artificial intelligence, cybernetics, certain forms of immortality (like mind uploading), and the singularity. Science fiction predicted several existing inventions, such as the atomic bomb, robots, and borazon, whose names entirely match their fictional predecessors. In addition, science fiction might serve as an outlet to facilitate future scientific and technological innovations. Science fiction can trace its roots to ancient mythology. It is also related to fantasy, horror, and superhero fiction and contains many subgenres. Its exact definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, scholars, and readers. Science fiction, in literature, film, television, and other media, has beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2003. Events *February 12 – An invitation from the First Lady of the United States, Laura Bush, for some poets to attend a conference at the White House is postponed when one of them, Sam Hamill, organizes a "Poets Against the War" group for poetry readings across the United States on the same date. *February 15 – Anti-war protests occur in London. They are later used as the setting for Ian McEwan's 2005 novel ''Saturday''. *March – The University of Mosul library is damaged and looted during the Iraq War, but many volumes are removed for protection by staff. *April 14 – The Iraq National Library and Archive is burned down during the Battle of Baghdad. *April – Nicholas Hytner succeeds Sir Trevor Nunn as artistic director of London's Royal National Theatre. * November 7 – UNESCO places among the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity ''wayang kulit'', a shadow pupp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Phobos Science Fiction Anthology Volume 1
''The Phobos Science Fiction Anthology Volume 1 - Empire of Dreams and Miracles'' (2002) is an anthology edited by Orson Scott Card and Keith Olexa. It contains twelve stories by different writers. All of them were winners of the 1st Annual Phobos Fiction Contest for new writer. Story list The short stories in this book are: *"They Go Bump" by David Barr Kirtley *"Twenty-Two Buttons" by Rebecca Carmi *"The Hanged Man, the Lovers and the Fool" by Justin Stanchfield *"Empire of Dreams and Miracles" by James Maxey *"The Messiah" by Carl Frederick *"Eula Makes Up Her Mind" by Daniel Conover *"Carthaginian Rose" by Ken Liu *"Rippers" by Chris Leonard *"The Compromise" by Rick Sabian *"Who Lived in a Shoe" by Andrew Rey *"The Prize" by David Barr Kirtley David Barr Kirtley (born 1977) is an American short story writer and the host of the ''Geek's Guide to the Galaxy'' podcast. Writing His short fiction appears in magazines such as ''Realms of Fantasy'' and ''Weird Tales'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Phobos Science Fiction Anthology Volume 3
''The Phobos Science Fiction Anthology Volume 3 - All the Rage This Year'' (2004) is an anthology edited by Keith Olexa. It contains twelve stories by different writers. All of them were winners of the 3rd Annual Phobos Fiction Contest for new writer. Story list The short stories in this book are: *"Veil of Ignorance" by David Barr Kirtley *"The Man Who Murdered Himself" by Nancy Fulda *"All the Rage This Year" by David Walton *"And Cry the Name of David" by Virginia Baker *"GoldenTown" by Daniel Conover *"The Second Chance of Clevon Walker" by Eric B. Griffin *"The Man Who Moved the Moon" by Eric James Stone *"The Big Shot" by Susan Fry *"Two Rooms and All the Electricity You Can Eat" by M. T. Reiten *"Dissident" by Julie Hyzy *"The Walls Within" by Lane Robbins *"Earl Billings and the Angels of the Lord" by James Maxey Related works *''The Phobos Science Fiction Anthology Volume 1'' *''The Phobos Science Fiction Anthology Volume 2 ''The Phobos Science Fiction Anthol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card (born August 24, 1951) is an American writer known best for his science fiction works. He is the first and (as of 2022) only person to win both a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award in consecutive years, winning both awards for both his novel ''Ender's Game'' (1985) and its sequel ''Speaker for the Dead'' (1986). A feature film adaptation of ''Ender's Game'', which Card co-produced, was released in 2013. Card also wrote the Locus Fantasy Award-winning series ''The Tales of Alvin Maker'' (1987–2003). Card's works were influenced by classic literature, popular fantasy, and science fiction; he often uses tropes from genre fiction. His background as a screenwriter has helped Card make his works accessible. Card's early fiction is original but contains graphic violence. His fiction often features characters with exceptional gifts who make difficult choices with high stakes. Card has also written political, religious, and social commentary in his columns and other writi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthology
In book publishing, an anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler; it may be a collection of plays, poems, short stories, songs or excerpts by different authors. In genre fiction, the term ''anthology'' typically categorizes collections of shorter works, such as short stories and short novels, by different authors, each featuring unrelated casts of characters and settings, and usually collected into a single volume for publication. Alternatively, it can also be a collection of selected writings (short stories, poems etc.) by one author. Complete collections of works are often called "complete works" or "" (Latin equivalent). Etymology The word entered the English language in the 17th century, from the Greek word, ἀνθολογία (''anthologic'', literally "a collection of blossoms", from , ''ánthos'', flower), a reference to one of the earliest known anthologies, the ''Garland'' (, ''stéphanos''), the introduction to which compares each of its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Niven
Laurence van Cott Niven (; born April 30, 1938) is an American science fiction writer. His best-known works are ''Ringworld'' (1970), which received Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards, and, with Jerry Pournelle, ''The Mote in God's Eye'' (1974) and ''Lucifer's Hammer'' (1977). The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America named him the 2015 recipient of the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award. His work is primarily hard science fiction, using big science concepts and theoretical physics. It also often includes elements of detective fiction and adventure stories. His fantasy includes the series ''The Magic Goes Away'', rational fantasy dealing with magic as a non-renewable resource. Biography Niven was born in Los Angeles. He is a great-grandson of Edward L. Doheny, an oil tycoon who drilled the first successful well in the Los Angeles City Oil Field in 1892, and also was subsequently implicated in the Teapot Dome scandal. Niven briefly attended the Califor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Frederick
Carlton Frederick, better known as Carl Frederick, or Frithrik, is a science fiction author, theoretical physicist, and American business man living in Ithaca, New York. He has written numerous short stories that have appeared in '' Analog Science Fiction and Fact'', ''Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine'', ''Asimov's Science Fiction'', '' Flash Fiction Online'', ''Jim Baen's Universe'', ''Space and Time'', and other publications. Frederick has been nominated for the Anlab, '' Analog's'' Reader's Choice Award, award six times. He is a graduate of Odyssey Writing Workshop and a first-place winner of Writers of the Future. Frederick owns a website called Darkzoo where one can read his interactive novel "Darkzoo - Second Edition", read about his physics endeavors, his bio, The Omnivor Robot, and more. Bibliography Carl Frederick is a theoretical physicist. After a post-doc at NASA and a stint at Cornell University, he left theoretical astrophysics and quantum relativity theo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugie Foster
Eugie Foster (December 30, 1971 – September 27, 2014) was an American short story writer, columnist, and editor. Her stories were published in a number of magazines and book anthologies, including '' Fantasy Magazine'', ''Realms of Fantasy'', ''Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show'', and '' Interzone.'' Her collection of short stories, ''Returning My Sister's Face and Other Far Eastern Tales of Whimsy and Malice'', was published in 2009. She won the 2009 Nebula Award and was nominated for multiple other Nebula, BSFA, and Hugo Awards. The Eugie Foster Memorial Award for Short Fiction is given in her honour. Life and career Born December 30, 1971 in Urbana, Illinois, Foster lived in Atlanta, Georgia. She earned a master's degree in developmental psychology at Illinois State University and worked as an editor of legislation for the Georgia General Assembly. In 1992 she married Matthew M. Foster. In the science fiction and fantasy field Foster worked as the managing ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David D
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the third king of the United Kingdom of Israel. In the Books of Samuel, he is described as a young shepherd and harpist who gains fame by slaying Goliath, a champion of the Philistines, in southern Canaan. David becomes a favourite of Saul, the first king of Israel; he also forges a notably close friendship with Jonathan, a son of Saul. However, under the paranoia that David is seeking to usurp the throne, Saul attempts to kill David, forcing the latter to go into hiding and effectively operate as a fugitive for several years. After Saul and Jonathan are both killed in battle against the Philistines, a 30-year-old David is anointed king over all of Israel and Judah. Following his rise to power, David ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 Anthologies
3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societies. Evolution of the Arabic digit The use of three lines to denote the number 3 occurred in many writing systems, including some (like Roman and Chinese numerals) that are still in use. That was also the original representation of 3 in the Brahmic (Indian) numerical notation, its earliest forms aligned vertically. However, during the Gupta Empire the sign was modified by the addition of a curve on each line. The Nāgarī script rotated the lines clockwise, so they appeared horizontally, and ended each line with a short downward stroke on the right. In cursive script, the three strokes were eventually connected to form a glyph resembling a with an additional stroke at the bottom: ३. The Indian digits spread to the Caliphate in the 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
