Scott Baker (writer)

Scott MacMartin Baker (born September 29, 1947 in Oak Park, Illinois) ^[1] is an American science fiction, fantasy, and horror writer.

His first novel, Symbiote's Crown, is "a slyly intelligent though uneasily metaphysical Space Opera" according to The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. ^[1] The French edition won a Prix Apollo Award in 1982. ^[2] In addition, he won the World Fantasy Award in 1984 for his short story "Still Life with Scorpion". ^[3]

Bibliography

Novels

• Symbiote's Crown (1978) [Prix Apollo Winner] ^[4] ISBN   978-0425038390
• Nightchild (1979) ISBN   0671469312
• Dhampire (1982) ISBN   0671446665
• Drink the Fire from the Flames (1987) (Ashlu) ISBN   0812531477
• Firedance (1986) (Ashlu) ISBN   0812531450
• Webs (1989) ISBN   0812515587
• Ancestral Hungers (1996) ISBN   031285868X

Short story collections (in French only)

• Nouvelle recette pour canard au sang (1983)
• Fringales (1985)
• Aléas (1985)

Short stories (in English)

• Flatsquid Thrills (1982)
• The Path (1982)
• The Lurking Duck (1983) (World Fantasy nominee ^[5] )
• Still Life with Scorpion (1984) (World Fantasy winner ^[6] )
• Sea Change (1986) (Locus Awards nominee ^[7] )
• Nesting Instinct (1987) (World Fantasy nominee ^[8] )
• The Sins of the Fathers (1988)
• Varicose Worms (1989) (World Fantasy nominee, ^[9] Locus Awards nominee ^[10] )
• Alimentary Tract (1990)
• The Jamesburg Incubus (1990)
• Virus Dreams (1993)
• Prospero (1993)
• Full Fathom Deep (1995)
• Feral Frolics (2014)

Anthologies (in French only)

• Ombres portées (1990)

References

1. "Baker, Scott". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
2. "Scott Baker". science fiction awards database. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
3. "Winners". World Fantasy Awards. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
4. "Scott Baker". www.fantasticfiction.com. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
5. "1984: The 10th World Fantasy Convention | World Fantasy Convention". www.worldfantasy.org. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
6. "1985: The 11th World Fantasy Convention | World Fantasy Convention". www.worldfantasy.org. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
7. "Locus Awards 1987". www.sfadb.com. Short Story nomination 24. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
8. "1988: The 14th World Fantasy Convention | World Fantasy Convention". www.worldfantasy.org. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
9. "1990: The 16th World Fantasy Convention | World Fantasy Convention". www.worldfantasy.org. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
10. "Locus Awards 1990". www.sfadb.com. Novelette nomination 20. Retrieved 19 December 2020.

• The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction , page 82

External links

• Scott Baker at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• French bibliography and book covers at nooSFere
• French bibliography, covers, and cover copy at librarie YS: littératures de l'imaginaire