Robert Reed (author)
Not to be confused with Robert Reid (author).
Robert Reed | |
---|---|
Born |
Omaha, Nebraska | October 9, 1956
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | American |
Period | 1986–present |
Genre | Science Fiction, Fantasy |
Website | |
www |
Robert David Reed (born October 9, 1956 in Omaha, Nebraska) is a Hugo Award-winning American science fiction author.[1] He has a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the Nebraska Wesleyan University.[1] Reed is an "extraordinarily prolific"[1] genre short-fiction writer with "Alone" being his 200th professional sale. His work regularly appears in Asimov's, Fantasy & Science Fiction, and Sci Fiction. He has also published eleven novels.
As of 2010, Reed lived in Lincoln, Nebraska with his wife and daughter.[1]
Awards
- "Mudpuppies" (1986) (First Writers of the Future Grand Prize winner)[2]
- la Voie terrestre (1994), the French translation of Down the Bright Way (1991) (Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for foreign novel)
- "Decency" (1996) (Asimov's Science Fiction reader poll, short story)
- "Marrow" (1997) (Science Fiction Age reader poll, novella)
- "She Sees My Monsters Now" (2002) (Asimov's Science Fiction reader poll, short story)
- "A Billion Eves" (2006): Hugo Award for Best Novella, 2007
He was nominated for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in Science Fiction in 1987.
Bibliography
Marrow Series
- Marrow (2000)
- The Well of Stars (2004)
- The Greatship (2013) (collection)
- The Memory of Sky (2014)
Novels
- The Leeshore (1987)
- The Hormone Jungle (1987)
- Black Milk (1989)
- Down the Bright Way (1991). Review by Jo Walton.
- The Remarkables (1992)
- Beyond the Veil of Stars (1994)
- An Exaltation of Larks (1995)
- Beneath the Gated Sky (1997)
- Sister Alice (2003)
Collections
- The Dragons of Springplace (1999)
- Chrysalide (2002) (French-language translations)
- The Cuckoo's Boys (2005)
Chapbooks
Stories
1986 |
|
---|---|
1987 |
|
1988 |
|
1989 |
|
1990 |
|
1991 |
|
1992 |
|
1993 |
|
1994 |
|
1995 |
|
1996 |
|
1997 |
|
1998 |
|
1999 |
|
2000 |
|
2001 |
|
2002 |
|
2003 |
|
2004 |
|
2005 |
|
2006 |
|
2007 |
|
2008 |
|
2010 |
|
2011 |
|
Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
The armistice | 1986 | Reed, Robert (1986). "The armistice". In Pournelle, Jerry; Baen, Jim. Far frontiers VII. Baen. | ||
Salad for two | 2008 | Reed, Robert (Sep 2008). "Salad for two". F&SF. 115 (3): 137–152. | ||
The pipes of Pan | 2012 | Reed, Robert (December 2012). "The pipes of Pan". Asimov's Science Fiction. 36 (12): 66–73. | ||
The Golden Age of Story | 2013 | Reed, Robert (February 2013). "The Golden Age of Story". Asimov's Science Fiction. 37 (2): 56–67. | ||
Nonfiction
- "Read This" in The New York Review of Science Fiction, July 1992.
- "Improbable Journeys" (2004), the afterword to Mere, which detailed the development of the stories set in the Marrow universe.
- "Afterword" to The Cuckoo's Boys, a short fiction collection.
References
Sites of more general interest that were used as references are listed in the "External links" section.
- Robert Reed at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- The Locus Index to Science Fiction
- Robert Reed at The Locus Index to Science Fiction Awards
- Hugo Awards 2007 at the World Science Fiction Society's official Hugo Awards site
- The Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award official page at the website of the Center for the Study of Science Fiction
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 5 Strahan, Jonathan, ed. (2010), Godlike Machines, Garden City, New York: Science Fiction Book Club, p. 343, ISBN 978-1-61664-759-9
- ↑ "Contest History". Writers of the Future. Los Angeles, California: L. Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future Contest. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
- ↑ Tilton, Lois (December 7, 2010). "Lois Tilton reviews Short Fiction, early December". Locus. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
- ↑ Seel, Nigel (April 11, 2011). "Book Review: Engineering Infinity (ed) Jonathan Strahan". ScienceFiction.com. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
- ↑ Waters, Robert E. (March 8, 2011). "Engineering Infinity, edited by Jonathan Strahan". Tangent. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
External links
- Official website
- Robert Reed's online fiction
- Fantastic Fiction Author Page
- April 1998 interview in Locus
- October 2003 interview in Science Fiction Weekly
- Nebraska Center for Writers
- Audio review and discussion of Down the Bright Way at The Science Fiction Book Review Podcast
- Story behind Marrow — Online Essay at Upcoming4.me
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/17/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.