Alexis Arnaldus Gilliland (born August 10, 1931 in
Bangor, Maine
Bangor ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Maine and the county seat of Penobscot County. The city proper has a population of 31,753, making it the state's 3rd-largest settlement, behind Portland (68,408) and Lewiston (37,121).
Modern Bangor ...
) is an American
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 unive ...
writer and cartoonist. He resides in Arlington, Virginia.
Gilliland won the
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer
The ''Astounding'' Award for Best New Writer (formerly the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer) is given annually to the best new writer whose first professional work of science fiction or fantasy was published within the two previous ...
in 1982, notably beating
David Brin
Glen David Brin (born October 6, 1950) is an American scientist and author of science fiction. He has won the Hugo,[Michael Swanwick
Michael Swanwick (born 18 November 1950) is an American fantasy and science fiction author who began publishing in the early 1980s.
Writing career
Swanwick's fiction writing began with short stories, starting in 1980 when he published "Ginungagap ...]
for the honor. Gilliland also won four
Hugo Awards for Best Fan Artist (1980, 1983, 1984, 1985), the Rotsler Award (Lifetime Achievement in Fan Cartooning) in 2006, and the Tucker Award (for Excellence in Partying) in 1988.
He and his first wife Dolly (died 1991) hosted meetings of science fiction fans in his home approximately once a month from November 1967 until July 2006, and twice monthly since. In 1993 he married Lee Uba (née Elisabeth Swanson).
Alexis Gilliland's personal Web site
Accessed 16 November 2008.
Bibliography
Novels
* Rosinante
** ''Revolution from Rosinante'' (1981)
** '' Long Shot for Rosinante'' (1981)
** ''The Pirates of Rosinante'' (1982)
*''The End of the Empire'' (1983)
* Wizenbeak (a fantasy trilogy)
** ''Wizenbeak'' (1986)
** ''The Shadow Shaia'' (1990)
** ''The Lord of the Troll-Bats'' (1992)
Short-stories
* ''Demarche to Iran'' (1992) (collected in Mike Resnick
Michael Diamond Resnick (; March 5, 1942 – January 9, 2020) was an American science fiction writer and editor. He won five Hugo awards and a Nebula award, and was the guest of honor at Chicon 7. He was the executive editor of the defunct ...
's alternate history anthology Alternate Presidents
''Alternate Presidents'' is an alternate history anthology edited by Mike Resnick, published in the United States by Tor Books. There are 28 stories in the anthology, including Resnick's own "The Bull Moose at Bay". The other remaining stories a ...
)
References
External links
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1931 births
Living people
20th-century American novelists
American male novelists
American science fiction writers
Hugo Award-winning artists
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer winners
Writers from Bangor, Maine
20th-century American male writers
Novelists from Maine
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