Robert Reed (author)
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Born | Omaha, Nebraska |
October 9, 1956
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | American |
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]
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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
- Mere (2004) (Set in the world of the Great Ship/Marrow)
- Flavors of My Genius (2006)
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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
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External links
- Official website
- Robert Reed's online fiction
- Fantastic Fiction Author Page
- April 1998 interview in Locus
- October 2003 interview[dead link] 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
- Articles with dead external links from August 2009
- Articles with dead external links from December 2013
- Official website not in Wikidata
- Pages using authority control with parameters
- 20th-century American novelists
- 21st-century American novelists
- American alternate history writers
- American fantasy writers
- American male novelists
- American science fiction writers
- American short story writers
- Hugo Award winning writers
- Writers from Nebraska
- People from Lincoln, Nebraska
- Nebraska Wesleyan University alumni
- 1956 births
- Living people
- American male short story writers