Paul Di Filippo (born October 29, 1954) is an American

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writer. He is a regular reviewer for print magazines ''

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'', '' Science Fiction Eye'', ''

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'', '' Interzone'', and ''

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'', as well as online at ''

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''. He is a member of the Turkey City Writer's Workshop. Along with Michael Bishop, Di Filippo has published a series of novels under the

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Philip Lawson. Antonio Urias writes that Di Filippo's writing has a "tradition of the bizarre and the weird". His novella '' A Year in the Linear City'' was nominated for a Hugo award.

Early life

Di Filippo was born in

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Critical reception

Antonio Urias praised the collection ''The Steampunk Trilogy'' (1995) in a brisk review, writing in summary that the tripartite book "contains three bizarre and occasionally humorous novels taking the reader from

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's amphibian doppelganger to racist naturalists and black magic, and finally the interdimensional love story of

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Bibliography

References

External links

*
Paul Di Filippo: author's page at 40kBooks.com
* Weird Univers
created by Di Filippo, Alex Boese & Chuck Shepherd
*
Paul Di Filippo
at ''

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Paul Di Filippo's online fiction
at Free Speculative Fiction Online

for ''Strange Trades''
2006 interview with Paul Di Filippo at small WORLD podcast
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