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Year's Best SF 14
''Year's Best SF 14'' is a science fiction anthology edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer that was published in 2009. It is the fourteenth in the Year's Best SF series. Contents The book itself, as well as each of the stories, has a short introduction by the editors. * Carolyn Ives Gilman: "Arkfall" (Originally in ''F&SF'', 2008) * Neil Gaiman: "Orange" (Originally in '' The Starry Rift'', 2008) * Kathleen Ann Goonan: "Memory Dog" (Originally in '' Asimov's'', 2008) * Paolo Bacigalupi: "Pump Six" (Originally in ''Pump Six and Other Stories'', 2008) * Elizabeth Bear & Sarah Monette: "Boojum" (Originally in ''Fast Ships, Black Sails'', 2008) * Ted Chiang: "Exhalation" (Originally in ''Eclipse 2'', 2008) * M. Rickert: "Traitor" (Originally in ''F&SF'', 2008) * Cory Doctorow: "The Things that Make Me Weak and Strange Get Engineered Away" (Originally published online by Tor Books, 2008) * Vandana Singh: "Oblivion: A Journey" (Originally in ''Clockwork Phoenix'', 2008) * Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Novels
A WikiProject, or Wikiproject, is a Wikimedia movement affinity group for contributors with shared goals. WikiProjects are prevalent within the largest wiki, Wikipedia, and exist to varying degrees within sister projects such as Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikidata, and Wikisource. They also exist in different languages, and translation of articles is a form of their collaboration. During the COVID-19 pandemic, CBS News noted the role of Wikipedia's WikiProject Medicine in maintaining the accuracy of articles related to the disease. Another WikiProject that has drawn attention is WikiProject Women Scientists, which was profiled by '' Smithsonian'' for its efforts to improve coverage of women scientists which the profile noted had "helped increase the number of female scientists on Wikipedia from around 1,600 to over 5,000". On Wikipedia Some Wikipedia WikiProjects are substantial enough to engage in cooperative activities with outside organizations relevant to the field at issue. For e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Monette
Sarah Elizabeth Monette (born November 25, 1974) is an American novelist and short story author, writing mostly in the genres of fantasy and horror. Under the name Katherine Addison, she published the fantasy novel '' The Goblin Emperor'', which received the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel and was nominated for the Nebula, Hugo and World Fantasy Awards. Early life Monette was born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee on November 25, 1974. She began writing at the age of 12. Monette studied Classics, English, and French at Case Western Reserve University and graduated summa cum laude in 1996. She received her master's degree in 1997 and her Ph.D. in 2004, both in English literature at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She specialized in Renaissance Drama and writing her dissertation on ghosts in English Renaissance revenge tragedy. Career Monette won the Spectrum award in 2003 for her short story "Three Letters from the Queen of Elfland". Her first novel '' Mélusine'' was publish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Rosenblum
Mary Rosenblum (born Mary Freeman; June 27, 1952 – March 11, 2018) was an American science fiction and mystery author. Biography Rosenblum was born in Levittown, New York and grew up in Allison Park, Pennsylvania. She earned a biology degree from Reed College in Oregon. Rosenblum attended the Clarion West Writers Workshop in 1988. Her first story came out in 1990 and her first novel in 1993. Her career began in, and largely returned to, science fiction. However, from 1999 to 2002 she wrote the "Gardening Mysteries" novel series under the name "Mary Freeman." Her gardening-involved mystery novels are said to be significantly different from her science fiction and so her two followings do not necessarily overlap. In 1994, she won the Compton Crook Award for Best First Novel for the novel, ''The Drylands''. In 2009 she won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History Short Form for her story, "Sacrifice." Rosenblum was also an accomplished cheesemaker who taught the craft at se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interzone (magazine)
''Interzone'' is a British fantasy and science fiction magazine. Published since 1982, ''Interzone'' is the eighth-longest-running English language science fiction magazine in history, and the longest-running British science fiction (SF) magazine. Stories published in ''Interzone'' have been finalists for the Hugo Awards and have won a Nebula Award and numerous British Science Fiction Awards. History ''Interzone'' was initially produced by an unpaid collective of eight peopleJohn Clute, Alan Dorey, Malcolm Edwards, Colin Greenland, Graham James, Roz Kaveney, Simon Ounsley and David Pringle. According to Dorey, the group had been fans of the science fiction magazine ''New Worlds'' and wanted to create a "''New Worlds'' for the 1980s, something that would publish only great fiction and be a proper outlet for new writers." While the magazine started as an editorial collective, soon editor David Pringle was the driving force behind ''Interzone''. In 1984 ''Interzone'' received a ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Sanford
Jason Sanford is an American science fiction author best known for his short story writing. His fiction has been published in '' Interzone, Asimov's Science Fiction, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Year's Best SF 14'', ''InterGalactic Medicine Show'' and other magazines and anthologies. He also founded the literary magazine ''storySouth'' and ran their annual Million Writers Award for best online short stories. Sanford is a three-time winner of the ''Interzone'' Readers' Poll and a three-time finalist for the Nebula Award in the categories of novella, novelette, and short story. ''Interzone'' published a special issue on his fiction in 2010. He is also a finalist for the 2021 Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer. His first novel ''Plague Birds'' will be published in 2021 by Apex Books. His fiction has been reprinted into a number of languages, including Czech, French, Russian, and Chinese. Life Sanford was born in Alabama and raised outside of Wetumpka. He attended Auburn Universit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Halam
Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie. Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the Netherlands, particularly in the Frisian speaking part (for example, author Anne de Vries). In this incarnation, it is related to Germanic arn-names and means 'eagle'.See entry on "Anne" in th''Behind the Name'' databaseand th"Anne"an"Ane"entries (in Dutch) in the Nederlandse Voornamenbank (Dutch First Names Database) of the Meertens Instituut (23 October 2018). It has also been used for males in France (Anne de Montmorency) and Scotland (Lord Anne Hamilton). Anne is a common name and the following lists represent a small selection. For a comprehensive list, see instead: . As a feminine name Anne * Saint Anne, Mother of the Virgin Mary * Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1665–1714), Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1702–07) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |