Theodore Andrus Reynolds (born October 8, 1938) is an American

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writer. Two of his works were nominated for

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s in 1980: "Can These Bones Live?" for Best Short Story, and '' Ker-Plop'' for Best Novella. His only novel, ''The Tides of God'' (1989), concerns

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being inspired by extraterrestrials. He was one of the winners of ''

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''s "Sci-Fi Scenes" writing contest, held in 1980–81; the newspaper published his untitled story of (as the contest rules demanded) exactly 250 words. He largely stopped writing in 1996 but, after retirement, resumed in 2010.

Bibliography

Short fiction

;StoriesShort stories unless otherwise noted.

References

*''The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction'', page 1007

External links

Audiobook of KER-PLOP
* 1938 births Living people 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American short story writers American male novelists American male short story writers American science fiction writers Analog Science Fiction and Fact people Asimov's Science Fiction people Place of birth missing (living people) {{US-novelist-1930s-stub