Ian Whates is a British speculative fiction author and editor. In 2006 he launched the independent

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NewCon Press. He lives with his partner Helen in Cambridgeshire. As of 2009 Whates is currently a director of both the

Science Fiction Writers of America The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, doing business as Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association, commonly known as SFWA ( or ) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization of professional science fiction and fantasy writers. Whil ...

(SFWA) and the

British Science Fiction Association The British Science Fiction Association Limited is an organisation founded in 1958 by a group of British academics, science fiction fans, authors, publishers and booksellers, in order to promote the writing, criticism, and study of science fiction ...

(BSFA). He has had short fiction published in ''

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'', '' Hub'' and ''TQR''. In 2007 his short story The Gift of Joy was nominated for the British Science Fiction Award. His space opera novel, Pelquin's Comet (The Dark Angels Book 1), was published in 2015.

Bibliography

City of a Hundred Rows

# City of Dreams & Nightmare (2010) # City of Hope & Despair (2011) # City of Light & Shadow (2012)

Noise

# The Noise Within (2010) # The Noise Revealed (2011)

The Dark Angels

# Pelquin's Comet (2015) # The Ion Raiders (2017) # Dark Angels Rising (2020)

Collections

* The Gift of Joy (2009)

Short stories and essays

* ''The Gun'' published in Speculative Realms Anthology, 2008; ebook re-released by Kayelle Press in 2013 * ''In Praise of Short Stories'' by Ian Whates published in ''Story Behind the Book : Volume 1'', 2013; * ''Return to Arden Falls'' in the 2013's "Legends", a collection of short stories in honor of David Gemmell.

As editor

* Solaris Rising (2011) * Solaris Rising 1.5 (2012) * Solaris Rising 2 (2013) * Solaris Rising 3

References

External links

NewCon press website
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Solaris Rising 2 review at Upcoming4.meIan Whates official forum
Living people English science fiction writers Science fiction editors Year of birth missing (living people) Male speculative fiction editors {{sf-writer-stub