Jim Aikin

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Jim Aikin
BornJames Douglas Aikin
1948 (age 7273)
Occupation
CitizenshipUnited States
Notable worksMusic Technology
  • Software Synthesizers: The Definitive Guide to Virtual Musical Instruments
  • Power Tools for Synthesizer Programming

Science fiction

  • Walk the Moons Road
  • The Wall at the Edge of the World
Website
www.musicwords.net

James Douglas Aikin (born 1948) [1] [2] is an American science fiction writer based in Livermore, California. He is also a music technology writer, an interactive fiction writer, freelance editor and writer, cellist, and teacher. He frequently writes articles for various music industry magazines, including Electronic Musician , Keyboard Magazine , and Mix. [3] [4]

Contents

Aikin sold his first fiction story to Fantasy & Science Fiction where it appeared in the February 1981 issue. [3]

Bibliography

All titles listed chronologically.

Short works

Collections

  • Beyond Armageddon (1985, "My Life in the Jungle")
  • The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories 13 (1987, "A Place to Stay for a Little While")
  • The Omni Book of Science Fiction 6 (1989, "Dance for the King")
  • The Year’s Best Fantasy: Second Annual Collection (1989, "Dancing Among Ghosts")

Novels

Interactive fiction

Non-fiction works

As editor

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Stories, Listed by Author: Aikin, Jim". Locus Magazine. Archived from the original on 2007-02-23. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
  2. 1 2 "Jim Aikin". SFBook.com. Archived from the original on 2006-05-19.
  3. 1 2 3 Van Gelder, Gordon (September 2008). "Run! Run! (headnote)". Fantasy & Science Fiction . 115 (3): 153–160.
  4. 1 2 "Articles by Jim Aikin". Electronic Musician . Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
  5. "Jim Aikin (bibliography, books, series, web links)". SciFan. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-06-17.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. "Jim Aikin's Resume". Archived from the original on 2007-06-12. Retrieved 2007-06-17.