Stanley Albert Schmidt (born March 7, 1944) is an American science fiction author and editor. Between 1978 and 2012 he served as editor of ''

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'' magazine.

Biography

Schmidt was born in

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, Ohio and graduated from the

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in 1966. He then attended Case Western Reserve University, where he completed his PhD in physics in 1969. After receiving his degree, he became a professor at

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, and science fiction. Schmidt was editor of ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'' magazine from 1978 to his retirement on 29 August 2012. Additionally, he has served as a member of the Board of Advisers for the

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and the

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and was Guest of Honor at BucConeer, the 1998

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, Maryland.

Fiction

His first publication was "A Flash of Darkness" (''Analog'', September 1968); his first novel was ''The Sins of the Fathers'' (serialized in ''Analog'' from November 1973 to January 1974); and his first book was ''Newton and the Quasi-Apple'' in 1975. One of his most recent novels, ''Argonaut'' (2002), shows an alien invasion from a new angle.

Hugo Award nominations

He was nominated for the

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every year from 1980 through 2006 (its final year), and for the

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every year from 2007 (its first year) through 2013. He won the Hugo for the first time in 2013. In 2013 he was awarded a Special Committee Award for his editorial work.

Bibliography

Novels

* * * * ;Kyyra series * * ollected short fiction; see below

Short fiction

;Collections * * ''Generation Gap and Other Stories'' (2002) ;StoriesShort stories unless otherwise noted. * The Reluctant Ambassadors (1968) * . . . And Comfort to the Enemy (1969) * Lost Newton (1970) * May the Best Man Win (1971) * The Unreachable Stars (1971) * The Prophet (1972) * His Loyal Opposition (1976) * Panic (1978) * A Midsummer Newt's Dream (1979) * Camouflage (1981) * Tweedlioop (1981) * Mascots (1982) * War of Independence (1982) * The Folks Who Live on the Hill (1984) * Floodgate (1988) * The Man on the Cover (1990) * Worthsayer (1992) * Not Even a Chimney (1993) * Johnny Birdseed (1993) * The Parallels of Penzance (1998) with Michael A. Burstein * Good Intentions (1998) with

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* Generation Gap (2000) * The Emperor's Revenge (2002) ;Lifeboat Earth series * A Thrust of Greatness (1976) * Caesar Clark (1977) * Pinocchio (1977) * Dark Age (1977) * The Promised Land (1978) * Second Interlude (1978) * First Interlude (1978) * Third Interlude (1978) * Fourth Interlude (1978)

Anthologies (edited)

* ''

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'' (1988) * '' Unknown Worlds: Tales from Beyond'' (1988) with

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* ''Islands in the Sky: Bold New Ideas for Colonizing Space'' (1996) with Robert M. Zubrin * '' Roads Not Taken: Tales of Alternate History'' (1998) with

Gardner Dozois Gardner Raymond Dozois ( ; July 23, 1947 – May 27, 2018) was an American science fiction author and editor. He was the founding editor of ''The Year's Best Science Fiction'' anthologies (1984–2018) and was editor of '' Asimov's Science Fictio ...

;''Analog'' anthologies * ''Analog Yearbook II'' (1981) * '' The Analog Anthology #1'' (1980) also appeared as: ''Analog's Golden Anniversary Anthology'' (1981) and ''Fifty Years of the Best Science Fiction From Analog'' (1981) * '' The Analog Anthology #2'' (1982) also appeared as: ''Analog: Readers' Choice'' (1982) * ''

Analog's Children of the Future ''Analog's Children of the Future'' is the third in a series of anthology, anthologies of science fiction stories drawn from ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Analog'' magazine and edited by then-current ''Analog'' editor Stanley Schmidt. It was f ...

'' (1982) * '' Analog's Lighter Side'' (1982) * '' Analog: Writers' Choice'' (1983) * '' Analog's War and Peace'' (1983) * ''

Aliens from Analog ''Aliens from Analog'' is the seventh in a series of anthology, anthologies of science fiction stories drawn from ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Analog'' magazine and edited by then-current ''Analog'' editor Stanley Schmidt. It was first publis ...

'' (1983) * '' Analog: Writers' Choice, Volume II'' (1984) * '' Analog's From Mind to Mind: Tales of Communication'' (1984) * ''

Analog's Expanding Universe ''Analog's Expanding Universe'' is the tenth in a series of anthologies of science fiction stories drawn from '' Analog'' magazine and edited by then-current ''Analog'' editor Stanley Schmidt. It was first published in hardcover by Davis Publicatio ...

'' (1986) * ''6 Decades: The Best of Analog'' (1986)

Nonfiction

* ''Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy'' (1991) with Ian Randal Strock and Gardner Dozois and Tina Lee and

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* ''Aliens and Alien Societies: A Writer's Guide to Creating Extraterrestrial Life-Forms'' (1996) * ''Which Way to the Future?: Selected Essays From Analog'' (2001) * * * * * * *

Notes

External links

Stanley Schmidt's SFWA biography''Analog'' Science Fiction and Fact magazine2012 interview at ''Locus''20-minute interview with Stanley Schmidt, 12/08
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