Robert Reed (author)

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Robert Reed
BornRobert David Reed
(1956-10-09) October 9, 1956 (age 68)
Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
Education Nebraska Wesleyan University (BS)
Period1986–present
Genre Science fiction, fantasy
Website
www.robertreedwriter.com

Robert David Reed (born October 9, 1956 in Omaha, Nebraska) is a Hugo Award-winning American science fiction author. [1] He has a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the Nebraska Wesleyan University. [1] Reed is an "extraordinarily prolific" [1] genre short-fiction writer with "Alone" being his 200th professional sale. His work regularly appears in Asimov's , Fantasy & Science Fiction , and Sci Fiction . He has also published eleven novels. As of 2010, Reed lived in Lincoln, Nebraska with his wife and daughter. [1]

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Awards

He was nominated for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in Science Fiction in 1987.

Bibliography

Marrow Series

  1. Marrow (2000)
  2. The Well of Stars (2004)
  3. The Greatship (2013) (collection)
  4. The Memory of Sky (2014)
  5. The Dragons of Marrow (2018)
  6. Hammerwing (2023)

Novels

Collections

Chapbooks

Stories

1989
  • "Totipotent"
1990
1991
  • "Pipes" [Lc1992 n]
1992
  • "After All"
  • "Birth Day"
  • "Burger Love"
  • "Coffins"
1993
  • "On the Brink of that Bright New World"
  • "Do I Know You?"
  • "Blind"
  • "Guest of Honor"
  • "The Toad of Heaven"
  • "Migration Patterns"
  • "Fable Blue"
  • "Sister Alice" [Ar1994 n] [Hu1994 x] [Lc1994 n]
  • "To Know Each Other All the Better"
1994
  • "The Remoras"
  • "The Shape of Everything"
  • "Stride" [Hu1995 x] [Lc1995 n]
  • "The Dimensions of the Deed"
  • "Waging Good" [Ar1996 n] [Hu1996 x] [Lc1996 n]
1995
  • "Dreams from a Severed Heart"
  • "We Are All Superheroes"
  • "A Place With Shade"
  • "At the 'Me' Shop"
  • "Our Prayers Are With You"
  • "Worthy"
  • "Brother Perfect"
  • "The Tournament"
  • "Aeon's Child"
  • "Mrs. Greasy"
  • "The Myrtle Man"
  • "Tongues" [Ar1996 n]
1996
  • "Killing the Morrow" [Hu1997 x]
  • "The Apollo Man"
  • "First Tuesday" [Lc1997 n]
  • "Little Miss Trashcan"
  • "Water Colors"
  • "Decency" [Ar1997] [Sc1997 n] [Hu1997 n] [Lc1997 x]
  • "334 Manchester Lane"
  • "Once Green"
  • "Chrysalis" [Ar1997 n] [Hu1997 x] [Lc1997 x] [Ne1997 x]
1997
1998
  • "Mother Death" [Ar1999 x] [Lc1999 n]
  • "Savior" [Lc1999 n]
  • "The Cuckoo's Boys" [Lc1999 n]
  • "Whiptail" [Hu1999 n] [Lc1999 x] [Tp1998 x]
  • "Building the Building of the World" [Ar1999 n] [Hm1998 x]
  • "The New System"
1999
  • "Will Be"
  • "Mac and Me"
  • "The Challenger"
  • "Game of the Century" [Hu2000 x] [Lc2000 n]
  • "Human Bay" [Ar2000 n] [Lc2000 n] [Wf2000 x]
  • "Baby's Fire" [Ar2000 n] [Hu2000 x] [Lc2000 n]
  • "Winemaster" [Lc2000 x] [Su2000 x]
  • "Nodaway" [Hu2000 x] [Lc2000 n]
  • "What It Is"
  • "At the Corner of Darwin and Eternity" [Lc2000 x]
  • "Apothecary Blue"
2000
  • "Due"
  • "Frank" [Lc2001 x]
  • "Grandma's Jumpman" [Lc2001 x]
  • "The Prophet Ugly" [Lc2001 n]
  • "Two Sams"
  • "In the Valley of the Thunder Quail"
  • "When It Ends" [Ar2001 x]
  • "Birdy Girl" [Lc2001 x] (available online)
  • "Father to the Man" [Ar2001 x]
  • "The Gulf" [Lc2001 n]
2001
  • "Mirror" [Hu2002 x] [Lc2002 n]
  • "Past Imperfect"
  • "Hero"
  • "Sparks"
  • "One Last Game" [Lc2002 x]
  • "The Boy" [Lc2002 n]
  • "Raven Dream" [Lc2002 x]
2002
2003
2004
2005
  • "From Above"
  • "Hidden Paradise" (available online)
  • "Veterans of the War"
  • "Dallas: An Essay"
  • "The New Deity"
  • "Poet Snow"
  • "Camouflage"
  • "Think So?"
  • "Pure Vision"
  • "Finished"
  • "Abducted Souls"
  • "The Cure"
  • "Man for the Job" (available online)
2006
  • "Less Than Nothing"
  • "Good Mountain"
  • "Intolerance"Fifty Dinosaurs
  • "Starbuck"
  • "Rwanda"
  • "Show Me Yours"
  • "Misjudgement Day"
  • "A Billion Eves"
  • "Plausible"
  • "Pills Forever"
2007
2008
  • "The Man With the Golden Balloon"
  • "Fifty Dinosaurs"
  • "Five Thrillers"
  • "The House Left Empty"
  • "Reunion"
  • "Weapons of Discretion"
  • "Character Flu"
  • "Blackbird"
  • "Old Man Waiting"
  • "Six Foot Easy"
  • "Truth"
  • "Floating Over Time"
  • "American Cheetah"
  • "Leave"
  • "Dewey Smith and the Meaning of All"
  • "A Woman's Best Friend"
2010
  • "Alone" (65 pgs.; a "Great Ship" work) [1]
  • "A History of Terraforming"
TitleYearFirst publishedReprinted/collectedNotes
The armistice1986Reed, Robert (1986). "The armistice". In Pournelle, Jerry & Jim Baen (eds.). Far frontiers VII. Baen.
The bird looking in1988
Mudpuppies1986
Treading in the afterglow1986
Aeries1987
Goodness1988
Oort Cloud1989
Busybody1990
Treasure buried1994Reed, Robert (February 1994). "Treasure buried". F&SF . 86 (2).Novelette
Hybrid2000Reed, Robert (Jul 2000). "Hybrid". F&SF . 99 (1): 110–128.Novelette
Crooked Creek2001Reed, Robert (Jan 2001). "Crooked Creek". F&SF . 100 (1): 42–58.
Market Day2001Reed, Robert (March 2001). "Market Day". F&SF . 100 (3): 89–103.
Season to taste2001Reed, Robert (April 2001). "Season to taste". F&SF . 100 (4): 104–111.
Salad for two2008Reed, Robert (Sep 2008). "Salad for two". F&SF . 115 (3): 137–152.
The visionaries2008Reed, Robert (October–November 2008). "The visionaries". F&SF . 115 (4&5): 126–148.Novelette
Firehorn2009Reed, Robert (June–July 2009). "Firehorn". F&SF . 116 (6&7): 6–32.Novelette
Mantis2010Reed, Robert (2010). "Mantis". In Strahan, Jonathan (ed.). Engineering infinity. Solaris.
The long retreat2010Reed, Robert (January–February 2010). "The long retreat". F&SF . 118 (1&2): 5–27.
The ants of Flanders : a tale of five adventures2011Reed, Robert (July–August 2011). "The ants of Flanders : a tale of five adventures". F&SF . 121 (1&2): 84–135.Novella
Swingers2011
Noumenon2012Reed, Robert (Sep 2012). "Noumenon". Asimov's Science Fiction. 36 (9): 56–69.
The pipes of Pan2012Reed, Robert (December 2012). "The pipes of Pan". Asimov's Science Fiction . 36 (12): 66–73.
The Golden Age of Story2013Reed, Robert (February 2013). "The Golden Age of Story". Asimov's Science Fiction . 37 (2): 56–67.
Precious mental2013Reed, Robert (Jun 2013). "Precious mental". Asimov's Science Fiction . 37 (6): 62–106.Novella
The principles2014Reed, Robert (April–May 2014). "The principles". Asimov's Science Fiction. 38 (4&5): 142–185.Novella
Blood wedding2014Reed, Robert (July 2014). "Blood wedding". Asimov's Science Fiction. 38 (7): 10–28.Novelette
The Cryptic Age2014Reed, Robert (December 2014). "The Cryptic Age". Asimov's Science Fiction. 38 (12): 10–24.

Novelette
The Great Ship

What I intend2015Reed, Robert (April–May 2015). "What I intend". Asimov's Science Fiction. 39 (4–5): 83–95.

Nonfiction

References

Sites of more general interest that were used as references are listed in the "External links" section.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Strahan, Jonathan, ed. (2010), Godlike Machines, Garden City, New York: Science Fiction Book Club, p. 343, ISBN   978-1-61664-759-9
  2. ↑ "Contest History". Writers of the Future. Los Angeles, California: L. Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future Contest. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
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