Ronald N. Drummond (born 1959 in
Seattle
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,
Washington
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) is a
writer
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, editor, and
independent scholar.
Writer
Ron Drummond is the author of "The Sonic Rituals of
Pauline Oliveros
Pauline Oliveros (May 30, 1932 – November 24, 2016) was an American composer, accordionist and a central figure in the development of post-war experimental and electronic music.
She was a founding member of the San Francisco Tape Music Center ...
"; "The Frequency of Liberation", a critical fiction about the novels of
Steve Erickson; "Ducré in Euphonia: Ideal and Influence in
Berlioz"; "Broken Seashells,", an essay/meditation on ancestral memory and the music of
Jethro Tull; and the introductory essays for the 8-volume edition in score and parts of ''The Vienna String Quartets of
Anton Reicha
Anton (Antonín, Antoine) Joseph Reicha (Rejcha) (26 February 1770 – 28 May 1836) was a Czech-born, Bavarian-educated, later naturalized French composer and music theorist. A contemporary and lifelong friend of Beethoven, he is now best reme ...
''; and other essays, fictions, poems, reviews, and interviews. More recent publications include a short story, "Troll," published in
Black Clock
''Black Clock'' was an American literary magazine that published twenty-one issues over twelve years. Edited by Steve Erickson, the magazine was "dedicated to fiction, poetry and creative essays that explore the frontier of constructive anarchy.. ...
, and a performance essay on the
Tokyo String Quartet.
Editor
As an editor, Drummond worked with the novelist and critic
Samuel R. Delany
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on the essay collections ''The Straits of Messina'' (1989), ''Longer Views'' (1996), the novel ''They Fly at Çiron'' (1993), collection ''Atlantis: Three Tales'' (1995), a novel-in-progress, ''Shoat Rumblin'' (2002), and ''Dark Reflections'' (2007); he was the publisher of ''Çiron'' and ''Atlantis''. Drummond is also a proofreader and editorial redactor of Delany's most famous novel, ''
Dhalgren
''Dhalgren'' is a 1975 science fiction novel by American writer Samuel R. Delany. It features an extended trip to and through Bellona, a fictional city in the American Midwest cut off from the rest of the world by an unknown catastrophe.
Plot o ...
'' (Bantam Books, 1974; Wesleyan University Press, 1996; Vintage Books, 2001). Delany wrote, "Ron's editorial acumen is the highest I have encountered in a professional writing career of more than thirty years." In March 2006, Drummond gave a talk on "Editing Samuel R. Delany" at an international academic conference on Delany's life and work held at SUNY Buffalo.
Drummond also worked with novelist
John Crowley John Crowley may refer to:
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, publishing Crowley's short story collection ''Antiquities'' (1993), editing the novels ''
Dæmonomania
''Daemonomania'' is a 2000 fantasy novel by John Crowley. It is Crowley's seventh novel, and as the third novel in Crowley's Ægypt Sequence, a sequel to Crowley's 1994 novel ''Love & Sleep''. The novel follows protagonist Pierce Moffett as h ...
'' (2000) and ''
Endless Things'' (2007), and the electronic versions of ''
Ægypt
''Ægypt '' is a fantasy tetralogy written by American author John Crowley. The series describes the life and work of Pierce Moffett, a history professor who prepares a manuscript for publication even as it prepares him for some as-yet unknown d ...
'' and ''
Love & Sleep
''Love & Sleep'' is a 1994 fantasy novel by John Crowley. It is the second novel in Crowley's Ægypt Sequence and a sequel to Crowley's 1987 novel '' The Solitudes''. In it, the protagonist Pierce Moffett continues his book project begun in ''Th ...
'' (ElectricStory.com, 2002). He sold subscriptions for a deluxe 25th anniversary editio
of Crowley's 1981 novel ''
Little, Big
''Little, Big: or, The Fairies' Parliament'' is a contemporary fantasy novel by John Crowley, published in 1981. It won the World Fantasy Award in 1982.
Plot
Turn-of-the-century American architect John Drinkwater begins to suspect that within ...
,'' slated for publication in 2007, and finally published in October 2022.
Designer
From September 2002 through June 2003, Drummond created an original design for the
World Trade Center Memorial
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called 'A Garden Stepping into the Sky'. The design was the focus of a documentary by independent filmmaker Gregg Lachow
[A brie]
review
was published in Seattle's independent weekly newspaper ''The Stranger''. and was featured o
CNN.comand Seattle'
KOMO-TV News
See also
*
Albacon
Albacon is the Albany science fiction convention, held each year in the Albany, New York area, also called the Capital District.
Albacon is the largest "Con" in upstate New York, United States. It is hosted by LASTSFA, or Latham-Albany-Schene ...
References
External links
Dreaming of Dao GaiaLunar SacramentBroken SeashellsJupiter in the Age of EnlightenmentAperçu of ApotheosisBeethoven dancing
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ttps://web.archive.org/web/20060819201904/http://www.tentacle.org/archives/articles0600.html#dumpster The Dumpster ConcertoMerton Music String Chamber Music Catalog 2006/2007The 25th Anniversary Edition of John Crowley's ''Little, Big''
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American musicologists
American print editors
American science fiction writers
American short story writers
1959 births
Living people
Writers from Seattle
Writers from Troy, New York
Independent scholars
American male short story writers
American male novelists
Novelists from New York (state)
Novelists from Washington (state)