Robert Reed (author)
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Born | Robert David Reed October 9, 1956 Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | American |
Education | Nebraska Wesleyan University (BS) |
Period | 1986–present |
Genre | Science Fiction, Fantasy |
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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[update], Reed lived in Lincoln, Nebraska with his wife and daughter.[1]
Awards
[edit]- "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
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Marrow Series
[edit]- Marrow (2000)
- The Well of Stars (2004)
- The Greatship (2013) (collection)
- The Memory of Sky (2014)
- The Dragons of Marrow (2018)
- Hammerwing (2023)
Novels
[edit]- 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
[edit]- The Dragons of Springplace (1999)
- Chrysalide (2002) (French-language translations)
- The Cuckoo's Boys (2005)
Chapbooks
[edit]- Mere (2004) (Set in the world of the Great Ship/Marrow)
- Flavors of My Genius (2006)
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Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected | Notes |
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The armistice | 1986 | Reed, Robert (1986). "The armistice". In Pournelle, Jerry & Jim Baen (eds.). Far frontiers VII. Baen. | ||
The bird looking in | 1988 | |||
Mudpuppies | 1986 | |||
Treading in the afterglow | 1986 | |||
Aeries | 1987 | |||
Goodness | 1988 | |||
Oort Cloud | 1989 | |||
Busybody | 1990 | |||
Treasure buried | 1994 | Reed, Robert (February 1994). "Treasure buried". F&SF. 86 (2). | Novelette | |
Hybrid | 2000 | Reed, Robert (Jul 2000). "Hybrid". F&SF. 99 (1): 110–128. | Novelette | |
Crooked Creek | 2001 | Reed, Robert (Jan 2001). "Crooked Creek". F&SF. 100 (1): 42–58. | ||
Market Day | 2001 | Reed, Robert (March 2001). "Market Day". F&SF. 100 (3): 89–103. | ||
Season to taste | 2001 | Reed, Robert (April 2001). "Season to taste". F&SF. 100 (4): 104–111. | ||
Salad for two | 2008 | Reed, Robert (Sep 2008). "Salad for two". F&SF. 115 (3): 137–152. | ||
The visionaries | 2008 | Reed, Robert (October–November 2008). "The visionaries". F&SF. 115 (4&5): 126–148. | Novelette | |
Firehorn | 2009 | Reed, Robert (June–July 2009). "Firehorn". F&SF. 116 (6&7): 6–32. | Novelette | |
Mantis | 2010 | Reed, Robert (2010). "Mantis". In Strahan, Jonathan (ed.). Engineering infinity. Solaris. | ||
The long retreat | 2010 | Reed, Robert (January–February 2010). "The long retreat". F&SF. 118 (1&2): 5–27. | ||
The ants of Flanders : a tale of five adventures | 2011 | Reed, Robert (July–August 2011). "The ants of Flanders : a tale of five adventures". F&SF. 121 (1&2): 84–135. | Novella | |
Swingers | 2011 | |||
Noumenon | 2012 | Reed, Robert (Sep 2012). "Noumenon". Asimov's Science Fiction. 36 (9): 56–69. | ||
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. | ||
Precious mental | 2013 | Reed, Robert (Jun 2013). "Precious mental". Asimov's Science Fiction. 37 (6): 62–106. | Novella | |
The principles | 2014 | Reed, Robert (April–May 2014). "The principles". Asimov's Science Fiction. 38 (4&5): 142–185. | Novella | |
Blood wedding | 2014 | Reed, Robert (July 2014). "Blood wedding". Asimov's Science Fiction. 38 (7): 10–28. | Novelette | |
The Cryptic Age | 2014 | Reed, Robert (December 2014). "The Cryptic Age". Asimov's Science Fiction. 38 (12): 10–24. |
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What I intend | 2015 | Reed, Robert (April–May 2015). "What I intend". Asimov's Science Fiction. 39 (4–5): 83–95. |
Nonfiction
[edit]- "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
[edit]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 Archived 2012-07-07 at the Wayback Machine official page at the website of the Center for the Study of Science Fiction
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c d e 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 7 June 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
External links
[edit]- Amazon Author Page
- 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
- Story behind Marrow — Online Essay at Upcoming4.me
- 1956 births
- Living people
- 20th-century American novelists
- 21st-century American novelists
- American alternate history writers
- American fantasy writers
- American male novelists
- American male short story writers
- American science fiction writers
- Asimov's Science Fiction people
- Hugo Award-winning writers
- The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction people
- Nebraska Wesleyan University alumni
- Writers from Lincoln, Nebraska
- 20th-century American short story writers
- 21st-century American short story writers
- 20th-century American male writers
- 21st-century American male writers