Edward M. Lerner

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Edward M. Lerner
Born1949 (age 7576)
United States
OccupationWriter, novelist
LanguageEnglish
Period1991–present
Genre Science fiction, techno-thriller, popular science, hard science fiction
Notable awardsCanopus Award (2015)
Website
edwardmlerner.com

Edward M. Lerner (born 1949) is an American author of science fiction, techno-thrillers, and popular science.

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As of 2023 he has twenty-five published books: thirteen solo novels (three in his InterstellarNet universe), six collections, five novels co-authored with Larry Niven in the Known Space universe, and one popular-science book. The majority of Lerner's shorter works were originally published in Analog , The Grantville Gazette, and (until it ceased publication) Jim Baen's Universe.

His 2001 short story "Grandpa?" was made into a short film, The Grandfather Paradox, and shown at the 2006 Balticon Science Fiction convention where it won the Best Film Award. It was also a semi-finalist at the 2006 Science Fiction Short Film Festival. [1]

Biography

For over thirty years Edward M. Lerner worked in the aerospace and information technology industries while writing science fiction part-time. He held positions at numerous companies such as Bell Labs, Hughes Aircraft, Honeywell, and Northrop Grumman. In February 2004, after receiving a book deal for Moonstruck, he decided to write science fiction full-time. [2]

Recognition

Lerner's novel InterstellarNet: Enigma won the inaugural (2015) Canopus Award for long-form fiction (i.e., novels) "honoring excellence in interstellar writing." [3] He also won the annual "Anlab" (Analog Readers Poll) for nonfiction in 2013, for "Faster Than a Speeding Photon: The Why, Where, and (Perhaps the) How of Faster-Than-Light Technology" and for short story in 2018, for "Paradise Regained"," among his many Anlab nominations. His fiction has also been nominated for Locus, Prometheus, and Hugo awards. [4]

Bibliography

Novels

Fleet of Worlds series (with Larry Niven)
InterstellarNet series

Short fiction

Collections
  • Contents: "The Day of the RFIDs"
  • "Survival Instinct"
  • "What a Piece of Work Is Man"
  • "By the Rules"
  • "Iniquitous Computing"
  • "Catch a Falling Star"
  • "Settlement"
  • "Creative Destruction"
List of stories [a]
TitleYearFirst publishedReprinted/collectedSeriesNotes
What a piece of work is Man1991"What a piece of work is Man". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. February 1991.
Unplanned-for Flying Object1994"Unplanned-for Flying Object". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. September 1994.
The Matthews Conundrum2013"The Matthews Conundrum". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 133 (11): 73–103. November 2013.InterstellarNetNovella
Championship b'tok2014"Championship b'tok". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 134 (9): 80–103. September 2014.InterstellarNetNovelette
Soap opera2016"Soap opera". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 136 (4): 37–49. April 2016.Novelette
InterstellarNet stories [b]

(Following are the original short-fiction and serial appearances; see above for subsequent novelizations.)

Company Man stories
Paradise stories
AI PI stories
Shoals of Space-Time stories

(Following are the original short-fiction and serial appearances; see above for subsequent novelization.)

Non-fiction

Books
Articles

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Bibliography notes
  1. Short stories unless otherwise noted.
  2. See additional entries in table of stories above.
  3. Updated in 2010.

References

  1. Redheadproductions.com
  2. Lerner, Edward (2006). Creative Destruction. Wildside Press. ISBN   9780809557486.
  3. Previous Award Winners at canopus.100yss.org
  4. Award Bibliography: Edward M. Lerner at isfdb.org