Andrew Weiner (17 June 1949 – 3 December 2019) was a Canadian

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. He published three novels and over forty short stories. Weiner was born in

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, where he graduated in social psychology from the

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. He emigrated to Canada in 1974.

Bibliography

Novels

*''Station Gehenna'' (1987) *''Getting Near the End'' (2004, first publication in French under the title ''En approchant de la fin'', 2000) *''Among the Missing'' (2006, only published in French, under the title ''Boulevard des disparus'')

Short story collections

*''Distant Signals: And Other Stories'' (1989) *''This is the Year Zero'' (1998)

Anthologized short stories

His short story "Empire of the Sun"—his first professional sale—was included in ''

Again, Dangerous Visions ''Again, Dangerous Visions'' (1972) is a science fiction short story anthology, edited by American author Harlan Ellison. It is the follow-up to '' Dangerous Visions'' (1967), also edited by Ellison. Cover art and interior illustrations are by E ...

'' (1972) edited by

Harlan Ellison Harlan Jay Ellison (May 27, 1934 – June 28, 2018) was an American writer, known for his prolific and influential work in New Wave speculative fiction and for his outspoken, combative personality. Robert Bloch, the author of '' Psycho'' ...

, and his "Klein's Machine" appeared in ''

Future on Ice ''Future on Ice'' (1998) is a science fiction anthology edited by American writer Orson Scott Card, belated companion to '' Future on Fire'' (1991). It contains eighteen stories written in the 1980s by different writers including " The Fringe" ...

'' (1998) edited by

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 ...

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* 1949 births 2019 deaths Canadian science fiction writers Canadian fantasy writers English emigrants to Canada Writers from London {{Canada-writer-stub