David R. Palmer (born 1941) is an American

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. His works have been nominated three times for

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Biography

Palmer was born at

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and studied at Highland Park High School. He is married and lives in Florida, where he had worked as a court reporter.

Writing career

Palmer's first novel, ''

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'', won the

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in 1985. It arose from a novella by the same title featured in the January 1981, issue of ''

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''. This was followed by the February 1983, ''Analog'' publication of the ''Seeking'' novella, which ultimately became part two of the novel. Thereafter the ''Emergence'' novella appeared in an

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called ''

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''. Both novellas also won reader's choice awards from ''Analog''. Both were nominated for the

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in their respective years, and the novel for Best Novel in 1985. A sequel to ''Emergence,'' ''Tracking,'' was serialized in three parts, beginning in the July/August 2008 issue of ''Analog''. ''Tracking'' was continued in the September issue and concluded in the October issue of the magazine. His second novel, '' Threshold'' (), was published as the first book in the ''To Halt Armageddon'' trilogy in 1985. The "About the Author" section of ''Threshold'' states that David is "currently working on the sequel to ''Threshold'', also to be published by Bantam", to be called ''Spēcial Education'', which was eventually published in 2019 by

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. He stated in the afterword to the 1990 edition of ''

'' that any future writing would depend upon his finances. Palmer has another completed but unpublished novel, ''Schrödinger's Frisbee,'' which is not related to either of his first two novels. After sitting on his desk for almost 13 years, this book was finally released by Ring of Fire Press in 2021. Wormhole Press had been indicated as a possible publisher for the new novels and for a reprinting of both ''Emergence'' and ''Threshold''. The author had stated on Facebook (19 Dec 2014) that cover illustrations were in production and following that Wormhole Press will move into hardcover and e-book publication. After his works being

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and hard to find for over a decade, Palmer later made arrangements with

in 2018 to have his works reprinted starting with the reissue of ''Emergence'' in June 2018.

Bibliography

Emergence series

* ''

'' (1984), * ''Tracking'', (2008), published as single volume, ** ** **

To Halt Armageddon series

* '' Threshold'' (1985), * ''Spēcial Education'' (2019)

Other novels

* ''Schrödinger's Frisbee'' (2021)

References

Sources

*Jay Kay Kline's "Biolog" for David R. Palmer appeared in the February 1983 ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'' with the novella "Seeking", p 61.
Locus Online's list of awards and nominations

External links

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Author profile page

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