Edward M. Lerner

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Edward M. Lerner
Born1949 (age 7475)
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.

Contents

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 [lower-alpha 1]
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 [lower-alpha 2]

(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.

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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