Edward M. Lerner

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Edward M. Lerner
Born1949 (age 75–76)
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

  • Probe, 1991, ISBN   978-0595011391.
  • Moonstruck, 2005, ISBN   978-0743498852.
  • Fools' Experiments, 2008, ISBN   0765319012.
  • Small Miracles, 2009, ISBN   978-0765320940.
  • Energized, 2012, ISBN   978-0765328496.
  • Dark Secret, 2016, ISBN   978-1612423227.
  • The Company Man, 2019, ISBN   978-1948818537 (novelization of four stories previously published in the Grantville Gazette).
  • Déjà Doomed, 2021, ISBN   978-1647100278.
  • On the Shoals of Space-Time, 2023, ISBN   978-1649731395
  • Life and Death on Mars, 2023, ISBN   978-1647100889
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"
  • Countdown to Armageddon / A Stranger in Paradise, published 2010, Wildside Press, ISBN   978-1434406743.
  • Frontiers of Space, Time, and Thought: Essays and Stories on The Big Questions, published 2012, FoxAcre Press, ISBN   978-1936771370.
  • Muses & Musings: A Science Fiction Collection, published 2019, Phoenix Pick, ISBN   978-1612424408.
  • The Sherlock Chronicles & The Paradise Quartet, published 2021, Eric Flint Ring of Fire Press, ISBN   978-1953034809.
  • The Best of Edward M. Lerner, published 2022, ReAnimus Press, ISBN   979-8447246174.
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
  • "Settlement", Analog, January 2001.
  • "Grandpa?", Analog, July/August 2001.
  • "Presence of Mind", Analog, February 2002.
  • "Iniquitous Computing", Analog, July/August 2002. Also contained in the collection Creative Destruction.
  • "Survival Instinct", Analog, October/November 2002. Also contained in the collection Creative Destruction. This story is a sequel to Presence of Mind.
  • "By the Rules", Analog, June 2003.
  • "A Matter of Perspective", Artemis, Winter 2003.
  • "Moonstruck", Analog, September – December 2003. Published in book form in 2005.
  • "The Day of the RFIDs", Future Washington (2005).
  • "Great Minds", Jim Baen's Universe, October 2006.
  • "RSVP", Darker Matter, March 2007.
  • "Chance of Storms", Jim Baen's Universe, April 2007.
  • "Copywrong", Darker Matter, June 2007.
  • "At the Watering Hole", Jim Baen's Universe, August 2007.
  • "Countdown to Armageddon", Jim Baen's Universe, October 2007 through October 2008. Published in book form in 2010.
  • "Inside the Box", Asimov's, February 2008.
  • "The Night of the RFIDs", Analog, May 2008.
  • "Where Credit is Due". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 128 (10): 74–75. October 2008.
  • "Small Business". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 129 (1&2): 84–95. January–February 2009.
  • "No GUTs, No Glory", Jim Baen’s Universe, August, 2009.
  • "A Time for Heroes". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 130 (6): 73–77. June 2010.
  • "Blessed Are the Bleak", Analog, April 2011.
  • "Energized", Analog, June – October 2011. Published in book form in 2012.
  • "Unplanned Obsolescence". Probability Zero. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 133 (1&2): 104–105. January–February 2013.
  • "Time out". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 133 (1&2): 152–179. January–February 2013.
  • "Dark Secret – part I of IV". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 133 (4): 8–38. April 2013. Published in book form (all four parts) in 2016.
  • "Dark Secret – part II of IV". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 133 (5): 66–103. May 2013.
  • "Dark Secret – part III of IV". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 133 (6): 72–104. June 2013.
  • "Dark Secret – part IV of IV". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 133 (7&8): 158–184. July–August 2013.
  • "Tour de Force", Impossible Futures (2013).
  • "There's an App for That", Sci Phi Journal, July 2015.
  • "I Clink, Therefore I Am", Sci Phi Journal, November 2015.
  • "Judy Garland Saves the World (And I Don’t Mean Oz)", Deco Punk (2015).
  • "Turing de Force", Science Fiction by Scientists (2016).
  • "The Torchman's Tale", Galaxy's Edge, January 2017.
  • "Nothing to Lose?", Galaxy's Edge, May 2017.
  • "A Visit to the Network Control Center", Sci Phi Journal, May 2017.
  • "Too Deep Thought", Galaxy's Edge, July 2017.
  • "My Fifth and Most Exotic Voyage", Analog, September/October 2017.
  • "The Pilgrimage", Analog, November/December 2017.
  • "Harry and the Lewises", Analog, September/October 2018.
  • "Clockwork Cataclysm", Analog, January/February 2019.
  • "I've Got the World on a String", Galaxy's Edge, January 2019.
  • "Sock It to Me", Grantville Gazette, March 2021.
  • "Relatively Speaking", Galaxy's Edge, January 2022.
  • "Soldier of Fortune", Shapers of Worlds IV, (2024).
  • "The Dark at the End of the Tunnel", Analog, May/June 2024.
  • "In the Slime of Life", Tales of Galactic Pest Control, (2025).
InterstellarNet stories [b]

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

  • "Dangling Conversations", Analog , November 2000.
  • "Creative Destruction", Analog, March 2001. Also included in the collection Creative Destruction.
  • "Hostile Takeover", Analog, May 2001.
  • "Strange Bedfellows", Artemis, Science and Fiction for a Space-Faring Age, Winter 2001.
  • "A New Order of Things", Analog, May–September 2006.
  • "Calculating Minds", Jim Baen's Universe, April 2009.
Company Man stories
  • "The Company Man", Grantville Gazette (Universe Annex), May 2017.
  • "The Company Dick", Grantville Gazette (Universe Annex), September 2017.
  • "The Company Mole", Grantville Gazette (Universe Annex), November 2018 thru January 2019.
  • "The Company Bane", Grantville Gazette (Universe Annex), March 2019 thru May 2019.
Paradise stories
  • "A Stranger in Paradise", Jim Baen's Universe, February 2007.
  • "Paradise Regained", Analog, January/February 2017.
  • "The Gates of Paradise", Analog, May/June 2019.
  • "Paradise Unbound", Analog, September/October 2019.
AI PI stories
  • "A Case of Identity", Analog, December 2015.
  • "The Satellites of Damocles", Future Science Fiction Digest, June 2019.
  • "The Adventure of the Meat Interpreter", Grantville Gazette, January 2020.
  • "The Final Problem", Grantville Gazette, March 2020.
Shoals of Space-Time stories

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

  • "On the Shoals of Space-Time", Grantville Gazette (Universe Annex), September 2020.
  • "Marooned in Space-Time", Grantville Gazette (Universe Annex), November 2020.
  • "Adrift in Space-Time", Grantville Gazette (Universe Annex), January 2021.
  • "Ill-Met in Space-Time", Grantville Gazette (Universe Annex), May / July / September 2021.

Non-fiction

Books
  • Trope-ing the Light Fantastic: The Science Behind the Fiction, 2018, ISBN   978-1612424019.
Articles
  • "InterstellarNet". The Science Behind the Story. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 2006. Archived from the original on July 8, 2012. [c]
  • "Beyond this point be RFIDs". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. September 2007.
  • "The Old Gray Goo, It Ain't What It Used To Be", The Bulletin of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Fall 2007.
  • "Follow the Nanobrick Road", Analog, September 2008.
  • "Rock! Bye-Bye, Baby", Analog, November 2009.
  • "Say, What? Ruminations about Language, Communications, and Science Fiction", Analog, March 2011.
  • "Lost in Space? Follow the Money", Analog, October 2011.
  • "Faster than a Speeding Photon", Analog, January/February 2012
  • "Alien Aliens: Beyond Rubber Suits", Analog, April 2013.
  • "Victory lapse". Guest Editorial. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 133 (5): 4–7. May 2013.
  • "Alien worlds: not in Kansas any more". Science Fact. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 133 (10): 23–32. October 2013.
  • "Hacked off". Guest Editorial. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 133 (12): 4–7, 104. December 2013.
  • "Alien dimensions : the universe next door". Science Fact. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 134 (4): 24–30. April 2014.
  • "Are we there yet?". Guest Editorial. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 134 (5): 4–7. May 2014.
  • "Alternate abilities : the paranormal". Science Fact. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 134 (6): 19–28. June 2014.
  • "Alien AWOLs : the great silence". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. October 2014.
  • "Alien altercations : star (spanning) wars". Science Fact. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 135 (7–8): 44–55. July–August 2015.
  • "Alien adventures : rising to the challenge". Science Fact. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 135 (10): 26–35. October 2015.
  • "Human 2.0 : being all we can be, part I". Science Fact. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 136 (1&2): 42–50. January–February 2016.
  • "Human 2.0: Being All We Can Be (Part II)", Analog, March 2016.
  • "A certain uncertainty". The Alternate View. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 136 (4): 62–64. April 2016.
  • "The dread question". Guest Editorial. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 136 (5): 4–6. May 2016.
  • "Here we go loopedy loop : a brief history of time travel (part I)". Science Fact. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 136 (5): 34–43. May 2016.
  • "Here we go loopedy loop : a brief history of time travel (part II)". Science Fact. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 136 (6). June 2016.
  • "A Mind of Its Own (Part I)", Analog, September 2016.
  • "A Mind of Its Own (Part II)", Analog, October 2016.
  • "Dystopic? Or myopic?". Guest Editorial. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 138 (11–12): 4–7. November–December 2018.

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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". Archived from the original on August 10, 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
  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
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