M. Shayne Bell

Last updated
M. Shayne Bell
BornMichael Shayne Bell
1957 (age 65–66)
Rexburg, Idaho
Occupation
  • Writer
  • Editor
  • Poet
EducationBachelor's, Master's
Alma mater Brigham Young University
Genres
Years active1981-2003
Notable awards
Website
Official website

Michael Shayne Bell (born 1957 in Idaho) is an American science fiction writer, editor, and poet. He won the second quarter of the 1986 Writers of the Future contest with his story, "Jacob's Ladder". His short works have been nominated for the Hugo and the Nebula Awards. The Association for Mormon Letters awarded him for editorial excellence with his Washed by a Wave of Wind: Science Fiction from the Corridor anthology in 1994. Baen Books published Nicoji, a novel based on his short story of the same name, in 1991.

Contents

Biography

Michael Shayne Bell was born in Rexburg, Idaho in 1957. [1] [2] He earned both a Bachelor's and a Master's degree (English Literature) from Brigham Young University. [2] [3] He served as a volunteer missionary in Brazil for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. [2] His first published work was "Earthlonging" in the first issue of The Leading Edge in April 1981. [4] He published at least one story in each of the first fifteen issues of The Leading Edge, from 1981 until 1987. [lower-alpha 1] "Jacob's Ladder", won the first prize for the second quarter in the 1986 Writers of the Future contest. [5] His 1989 poem, "One Hundred Years of Russian Revolution, 7 November 1917 to 7 November 2017: Novaya Moskva, Mars", was nominated for a Rhysling Award. [3] [6]

Baen Books published Nicoji in 1991, which remains his sole novel as of 2022. He was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1995 for "Mrs. Lincoln's China", [7] and nominated for a Nebula Award for Best Novelette in 2003 for "The Pagodas of Ciboure". [8] He won an award for editorial excellence from the Association for Mormon Letters (AML) for Washed by a Wave of Wind: Science Fiction from the Corridor , a collection of science fiction short stories by people who lived or had lived in Utah. [9] His 2000 story, "The Thing About Benny", was selected for The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual Collection , [10] and his 2003 story "Anomalous Structures Of My Dreams" was selected for The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection . [11]

Bell worked for six years as the poetry editor for Sunstone Magazine. [12] He holds a master's degree in English from Brigham Young University. [13] He lives in Rexburg with his cats. [3]

Bibliography

Short fiction

Poetry

Reception

Chris Moriarty called Bell "one of the central figures in GLBT and AIDS-related science fiction", and Orson Scott Card called him "one of the most wise and decent human beings it's been my pleasure to know on this planet". [34] [35] Jonathan Langford, writing on the Association for Mormon Letters site, described Bell as "one of the best short fiction writers in the Mormon literary world" during the late 1980s and 1990s. He goes on to describe the writing as containing "deft craftsmanship, careful worlduilding, superb characterization, and heartwarming emotional impact". [33]

Awards and honors

Bell has received the following awards and honors for his various works.

YearOrganizationAward title,
Category		WorkResultRefs
1986 Writers of the Future 2nd Quarter"Jacob's Ladder"Won [5]
1989Readers of Asimov's Science Fiction Asimov's Readers' Poll,
Best Novelette		"Nicoji"5 [36]
1990 Science Fiction Poetry Association Rhysling Award,
Best Fantastic Short Poetry		"One Hundred Years of Russian Revolution"Nominated [6]
1993 Association for Mormon Letters AML Award,
Editorial Excellence		Washed by a Wave of WindWon [9]
Locus Locus Award,
Best Short Story		"The Sound of the River"28 [37]
1995Readers of Asimov's Science Fiction Asimov's Readers' Poll,
Short Story		"Mrs. Lincoln's China"6 [38]
Worldcon Hugo Award,
Best Short Story 		6 [7]
Locus Locus Award,
Best Short Story		7 [39]
2001 Gardner Dozois / St. Martin's Griffin The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual Collection "The Thing About Benny"Selected [10]
2003 Science Fiction Writers of America Nebula Award,
Best Novelette 		"The Pagodas of Ciboure"Nominated [8]
2004 Locus Locus Award,
Best Novelette		"Anomalous Structures of My Dreams"30 [40]
Gardner Dozois / St. Martin's Griffin The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection Selected [11]

Notes

  1. ↑ See the list of short fiction for specific stories and issues.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gardner Dozois</span> American science fiction author and editor (1947–2018)

Gardner Raymond Dozois was an American science fiction author and editor. He was the founding editor of The Year's Best Science Fiction anthologies (1984–2018) and was editor of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine (1986–2004), garnering multiple Hugo and Locus Awards for those works almost every year. He also won the Nebula Award for Best Short Story twice. He was inducted to the Science Fiction Hall of Fame on June 25, 2011.

The Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB) is a database of bibliographic information on genres considered speculative fiction, including science fiction and related genres such as fantasy, alternate history, and horror fiction. The ISFDB is a volunteer effort, with the database being open for moderated editing and user contributions, and a wiki that allows the database editors to coordinate with each other. As of April 2022, the site had catalogued 2,002,324 story titles from 232,816 authors.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dave Wolverton</span> American speculative fiction writer (1957–2022)

John David Wolverton, better known by his pen names Dave Wolverton and David Farland, was an American author, editor, and instructor of online writing workshops and groups. He wrote in several genres but was known best for his science fiction and fantasy works. Books in his Runelords series hit the New York Times bestsellers list.

Edward Lewis Ferman is an American science fiction and fantasy editor and magazine publisher, known best as the editor of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (F&SF).

<i>Nightfall and Other Stories</i> Short story collection by Isaac Asimov

Nightfall and Other Stories (1969) is a collection of 20 previously published science fiction short stories by Isaac Asimov. Asimov added a brief introduction to each story, explaining some aspect of the story's history and/or how it came to be written.

Richard M. Powers was an American science fiction and fantasy fiction illustrator. He was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2008 and the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame in 2016.

Martin Harry Greenberg was an American academic and anthologist in many genres, including mysteries and horror, but especially in speculative fiction. In all, he compiled 1,298 anthologies and commissioned over 8,200 original short stories. He founded Tekno Books, a packager of more than 2000 published books. He was also a co-founder of the Sci-Fi Channel. Greenberg was also an expert in terrorism and the Middle East. He was a longtime friend, colleague and business partner of Isaac Asimov.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dennis Etchison</span> American writer (1943–2019)

Dennis William Etchison was an American writer and editor of fantasy and horror fiction. Etchison referred to his own work as "rather dark, depressing, almost pathologically inward fiction about the individual in relation to the world". Stephen King has called Dennis Etchison "one hell of a fiction writer" and he has been called "the most original living horror writer in America".

<i>Leading Edge</i> (magazine) Speculative fiction magazine

Leading Edge, formerly The Leading Edge Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy, is a semi-professional speculative fiction magazine first published in April 1981 and published at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. The magazine is known for its high quality fiction and has published stories by authors such as Dave Wolverton, M. Shayne Bell, Dan Wells, and Orson Scott Card, articles by Algis Budrys, as well as poetry and articles by poet and literary critic Michael R. Collings. Several former Leading Edge staff members have become speculative fiction authors in their own right. Other notable former staff members include Anne Sowards, senior editor at Roc Books and Ace Books, and literary agent Michael Carr.

<i>Infinity Science Fiction</i> 1950s US science fiction magazine

Infinity Science Fiction was an American science fiction magazine, edited by Larry T. Shaw, and published by Royal Publications. The first issue, which appeared in November 1955, included Arthur C. Clarke's "The Star", a story about a planet destroyed by a nova that turns out to have been the Star of Bethlehem; it won the Hugo Award for that year. Shaw obtained stories from some of the leading writers of the day, including Brian Aldiss, Isaac Asimov, and Robert Sheckley, but the material was of variable quality. In 1958 Irwin Stein, the owner of Royal Publications, decided to shut down Infinity; the last issue was dated November 1958.

<i>Tales of the Quintana Roo</i>

Tales of the Quintana Roo is a collection of fantasy stories by American author Alice Sheldon, writing as James Tiptree Jr. It was released in 1986 and was the author's first book published by Arkham House. It was published in an edition of 3,673 copies. The stories originally appeared in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine and The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and are set in the easternmost shore of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. In addition to winning the world fantasy award for best collection in 1987, each of the stories was nominated or won genre awards, and "What Came Ashore at Lirios" was included in the Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dan Wells (author)</span> American horror writer

Daniel Andrew Wells is an American horror and science fiction author. Wells's first published novel, I Am Not a Serial Killer, was adapted into a movie in 2016.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ursula K. Le Guin bibliography</span>

Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018) was an American author of speculative fiction, realistic fiction, non-fiction, screenplays, librettos, essays, poetry, speeches, translations, literary critiques, chapbooks, and children's fiction. She was primarily known for her works of speculative fiction. These include works set in the fictional world of Earthsea, stories in the Hainish Cycle, and standalone novels and short stories. Though frequently referred to as an author of science fiction, critics have described her work as being difficult to classify.

<i>Satellite Science Fiction</i> American science fiction magazine, published from 1956 to 1959

Satellite Science Fiction was an American science-fiction magazine published from October 1956 to April 1959 by Leo Margulies' Renown Publications. Initially, Satellite was digest sized and ran a full-length novel in each issue with a handful of short stories accompanying it. The policy was intended to help it compete against paperbacks, which were taking a growing share of the market. Sam Merwin edited the first two issues; Margulies took over when Merwin left and then hired Frank Belknap Long for the February 1959 issue. That issue saw the format change to letter size, in the hope that the magazine would be more prominent on newsstands. The experiment was a failure and Margulies closed the magazine when the sales figures came in.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brad R. Torgersen</span> American science fiction author (born 1974)

Brad R. Torgersen is an American science fiction author whose short stories regularly appear in various anthologies and magazines, including Analog Science Fiction and Fact and Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show.

Nancy Fulda is an American science fiction writer, editor, and computer scientist. She is an alumna of Brigham Young University in the fields of artificial intelligence and machine learning. She has won multiple awards for her science fiction writing, which has been compared to that of Asimov and Clarke.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sam J. Miller</span> English science fiction, fantasy and horror short fiction author

Sam J. Miller is an American science fiction, fantasy and horror short fiction author. His stories have appeared in publications such as Clarkesworld, Asimov's Science Fiction, and Lightspeed, along with over 15 "year's best" story collections. He was finalist for multiple Nebula Awards along with the World Fantasy and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Awards. He won the 2013 Shirley Jackson Award for his short story "57 Reasons for the Slate Quarry Suicides." His debut novel, The Art of Starving, was published in 2017 and his novel Blackfish City won the 2019 John W. Campbell Memorial Award.

David John Butler is an American speculative fiction author. His epic flintlock fantasy novel Witchy Kingdom won the Dragon Award for Best Alternate History Novel in 2020. Witchy Winter won the 2018 AML Award for Best Novel and the 2018 Whitney Award for Best Speculative Fiction, and Witchy Eye was a preliminary nominee for the Gemmell Morningstar Award.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brian Lee Durfee</span> American painter and writer

Brian Lee Durfee is an American wildlife, landscape, and fantasy painter, and a fantasy and horror writer. His paintings have appeared in various genre and other magazines, games, and books. One of his wildlife paintings is in the permanent collection at the Grand Canyon National Park visitors center.

Arlan Keith Andrews, Sr. is an American engineer and writer of science fiction and non-fiction. He attended New Mexico State University, where he earned bachelor, master, and doctorate degrees in mechanical engineering. Since 1971, he has published three novels, three collections, over 30 non-fiction articles, almost 70 short fiction works, and multiple poems.

References

  1. ↑ Clute, John (October 25, 2021). "Bell, M Shayne". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction . Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Michael Shayne Bell". Brigham Young University. Archived from the original on January 8, 2015. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 "M. Shayne Bell". Typishly.com. Archived from the original on May 11, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Publication: The Leading Edge, #1 April 1981". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Writer Winners: Complete Listing by Year". Writers of the Future. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  6. 1 2 3 "The 1990 Rhysling Anthology and Awards". Science Fiction Poetry Association. Archived from the original on December 29, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  7. 1 2 "1995 Hugo Award". isfdb.org. Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on October 4, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  8. 1 2 "2003 Nebula Award". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on January 21, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  9. 1 2 "1993 Association for Mormon Letters Award". isfdb.org. Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on October 20, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  10. 1 2 "Publication: The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual Collection". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on August 6, 2017. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  11. 1 2 "Publication: The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  12. ↑ "M. Shayne Bell". eReader.com. Archived from the original on September 26, 2007. Retrieved September 3, 2007.
  13. ↑ Dozois, Gardner (July 2004). "Introduction to "Anomalous Structures of My Dreams"". The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 319. ISBN   0-312-32479-0.
  14. ↑ "Publication: Nicoji". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  15. ↑ "Publication: How We Play the Game in Salt Lake and Other Stories". isfdb.org. Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  16. ↑ "Publication: Washed by a Wave of Wind: Science Fiction from the Corridor". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  17. ↑ "Washed by a Wave of Wind: Science Fiction from the Corridor". Signature Books. Archived from the original on August 16, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  18. ↑ "Publication: The Leading Edge Magazine, #2 November 1981". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  19. ↑ "Publication: The Leading Edge: A Magazine of Science Fiction & Fantasy, #3". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  20. ↑ "Publication: The Leading Edge Magazine of Science Fiction & Fantasy, #4". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  21. 1 2 "Publication: The Leading Edge Magazine of Science Fiction & Fantasy, #5". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  22. ↑ "Publication: The Leading Edge: The Magazine of Science Fiction & Fantasy, #6". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  23. 1 2 "Publication: The Leading Edge: Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy, #7". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  24. ↑ "Publication: The Leading Edge Magazine of Science Fiction & Fantasy, #8 Fall 1984". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  25. 1 2 "Publication: The Leading Edge, #9 Winter 1985". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  26. ↑ "Publication: The Leading Edge, #10 Fall 1985". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  27. 1 2 "Publication: The Leading Edge Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy, #11 Winter 1986". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  28. ↑ "Publication: The Leading Edge Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy, #12 Fall 1986". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  29. ↑ "Publication: The Leading Edge, Winter 1987". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  30. ↑ "Publication: The Leading Edge, Summer 1987". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  31. ↑ "Publication: The Leading Edge, Fall 1987". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  32. ↑ "Publication: Inuit". isfdb.org. Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  33. 1 2 Langford, Jonathan (November 6, 2014). ""The Shining Dream Road Out," by M. Shayne Bell". Association for Mormon Letters. Archived from the original on January 25, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  34. ↑ "Science-Fiction - M. Shayne Bell". Polish Cat Productions. September 22, 2007. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  35. ↑ Card, Orson Scott (July 1991). "Fantasy & Science Fiction - July 1991 - Books to Look For". Archived from the original on September 5, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  36. ↑ "1989 Asimov's Readers' Poll". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on January 9, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  37. ↑ "1993 Locus Poll Award". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on October 19, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  38. ↑ "1995 Asimov's Readers' Poll". isfdb.org. Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on February 24, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  39. ↑ "1995 Locus Poll Award". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on October 19, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  40. ↑ "2004 Locus Poll Award". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on October 20, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.