David Moles is an American
science fiction
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and
fantasy
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writer. He won the 2008
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award
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for his novelette "
Finisterra
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In Roman times it was believed to be an end of the known world. The name Finisterre, lik ...
," which was also a finalist for the 2008
Hugo Award for Best Novelette
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. He was a finalist for the 2004
John W. Campbell Award.
Life
Moles was born in California and raised in a number of cities, including San Diego, Athens, Tehran, and Tokyo. He attended the American School in Japan before receiving undergraduate and advanced degrees from the
University of California at Santa Cruz
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and
Oxford University
Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ...
.
Writing
Moles began writing science fiction and fantasy in 2002. He is best known for his short fiction, which has been published in a number of book anthologies and magazines including
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 ...
,
Fantasy & Science Fiction
''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' (usually referred to as ''F&SF'') is a U.S. fantasy fiction magazine, fantasy and science fiction magazine first published in 1949 by Mystery House, a subsidiary of Lawrence E. Spivak, Lawrence Spiva ...
,
Strange Horizons
''Strange Horizons'' is an online speculative fiction magazine. It also features speculative poetry and nonfiction in every issue, including reviews, essays, interviews, and roundtables.
History and profile
It was launched in September 2000, and ...
, and many more. Moles has won the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award and been finalists for the Hugo Award, the World Fantasy Award, and 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 2006, after
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'' ...
groped award-winning novelist
Connie Willis
Constance Elaine Trimmer Willis (born December 31, 1945), commonly known as Connie Willis, is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. She has won eleven Hugo Awards and seven Nebula Awards for particular works—more major SF awards than ...
' breast while on stage at the Anaheim Worldcon
Hugo Awards
The Hugo Award is an annual literary award for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year, given at the World Science Fiction Convention and chosen by its members. The Hugo is widely considered the premier a ...
ceremony,
Moles condemned fellow SF authors who defended Ellison's actions.
However, the quotes Moles used in his blog post were from a private
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
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newsgroup, and members attempted to expel Moles from the organization for "breaking the SFWA code of silence." Moles credits then SFWA president
Robin Wayne Bailey
Robin Wayne Bailey (born 1952) is an American writer of speculative fiction, both fantasy and science fiction. He is a founder of the Science Fiction Hall of Fame (1996) and a past president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America ...
for reducing his expulsion to censure, "a new process that had to be invented for the occasion."
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Bibliography
Chapterbook
* ''Seven Cities of Gold'', PS Publishing, 2010. Reprinted in ''The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection'', edited by Gardner Dozois
Gardner Raymond Dozois ( ; July 23, 1947 – May 27, 2018) was an American people, American science fiction author and editing, editor. He was the founding editor of ''The Year's Best Science Fiction'' anthologies (1984–2018) and was editor of ...
.
Anthologies
* ''All-Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories'' (2004), editor, with Jay Lake
Joseph Edward "Jay" Lake, Jr. (June 6, 1964 – June 1, 2014) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. In 2003 he was a quarterly first-place winner in the Writers of the Future contest. In 2004 he won the John W. Campbell Award for Be ...
* ''Twenty Epics'' (2006), editor, with Susan Marie Groppi
Susan is a feminine given name, from Persian "Susan" (lily flower), from Egyptian '' sšn'' and Coptic ''shoshen'' meaning "lotus flower", from Hebrew ''Shoshana'' meaning "lily" (in modern Hebrew this also means "rose" and a flower in general), ...
. Finalist for the 2007 World Fantasy Award
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for best anthology.
Short stories
* "Theo's Girl" - ''Polyphony 2'' (2003)
* "Fetch" - ''Strange Horizons
''Strange Horizons'' is an online speculative fiction magazine. It also features speculative poetry and nonfiction in every issue, including reviews, essays, interviews, and roundtables.
History and profile
It was launched in September 2000, and ...
'' (2003)
* "The Memory of Water" - ''Strange Horizons'' (2003)
* "Five Irrational Histories" - ''Rabid Transit: Petting Zoo'' (2004)
* "The Ideas" - ''Flytrap #2'', 2004
* "The Third Party" - ''Asimov's Science Fiction'' (September 2004). Reprinted in '' The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection'', edited by Gardner Dozois
Gardner Raymond Dozois ( ; July 23, 1947 – May 27, 2018) was an American people, American science fiction author and editing, editor. He was the founding editor of ''The Year's Best Science Fiction'' anthologies (1984–2018) and was editor of ...
.
* "Planet of the Amazon Women" - ''Strange Horizons'' (2005). Reprinted in '' The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection'', edited by Gardner Dozois.
* "Finisterra" - ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' (December 2007). Finalist for the 2008 Hugo Award, Best Novelette, and winner of the 2008 Sturgeon Award. Reprinted in ''The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection'', edited by Gardner Dozois.
* "Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom" - ''Eclipse Two: New Science Fiction and Fantasy'' (2010), edited by Jonathan Strahan
Jonathan Strahan (born 1964, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an editor and publisher of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. His family moved to Perth, Western Australia in 1968, and he graduated from the University of Western Australia with a ...
.
* "A Soldier of the City" - ''Engineering Infinity
''Engineering Infinity'' is a science fiction anthology edited by Jonathan Strahan. It was nominated for a Locus Award for Best Anthology in 2012.
Contents
The anthology includes 15 stories:
* "Beyond the Gernsback Continuum ..." by Jonathan Stra ...
'' (December 2010), edited by Jonathan Strahan. Reprinted in ''The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection'', edited by Gardner Dozois, and ''War & Space: Recent Combat'', edited by Rich Horton and Sean Wallace.
* "Chitai Heiki Koronbin" - ''The Future Is Japanese'' (2012), edited by Nick Mamatas
Nick Mamatas ( el, Νίκος Μαμματάς) (born February 20, 1972) is an American horror, science fiction and fantasy author and editor for Haikasoru's line of translated Japanese science fiction novels for Viz Media. His fiction has been ...
and Masumi Washington.
References
External links
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American science fiction writers
American short story writers
Writers from California
Living people
American male short story writers
American male novelists
Year of birth missing (living people)