Steve Boyett

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Steven R. Boyett
Also known asDJ Steve Boyett
Born1960
Atlanta, Georgia
Genres
  • Science
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Occupations
Website www.steveboy.com

Steven R. Boyett, also known as DJ Steve Boyett, is a writer and disc jockey based in Northern California.

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Early work

Boyett sold his first novel, Ariel, [1] at the age of 21, and went on to publish The Architect of Sleep, The Gnole (with illustrator Alan Aldridge), Elegy Beach (a sequel to Ariel [2] ), and many short stories and novellas. He has written Ren and Stimpy comics for Marvel and wrote the (uncredited) second draft of Toy Story 2 . [3] In the early 1990s his small-press imprint called Sneaker Press published chapbooks by poets Carrie Etter and the late Nancy Lambert.

Boyett had short work in the seminal splatterpunk anthologies Book of the Dead (ed. John Skipp and Craig Spector) and Silver Scream (ed. David Schow), and the foundational novella Prodigy in the influential "Borderland" shared-world fantasy anthology (ed. Terri Windling).

Boyett has taught fiction at UCLA Extension, Santa Monica Community College, and various workshops, including the annual La Jolla Writers Workshop. He posts and lectures frequently about New Media and the changing role of the writer in the digital age. [4]

Recent fiction

An expanded reprint of Ariel was published by Ace Books in August 2009, followed by a sequel, Elegy Beach, in November 2009. Mortality Bridge was published in July 2011 from Subterranean Press, and won the 2011 Emperor Norton Award [5] for best novel by a San Francisco Bay area writer. Fata Morgana, a collaborative novel with director and artist Ken Mitchroney, was published by Blackstone in July 2017. According to his blog, Boyett is completing Avalon Burning, a new novel in the Change series that includes Ariel and Elegy Beach.

DJ Mix series

Boyett is also an electronic dance music DJ known for his Podrunner podcast of dance music mixed either at constant BPM for exercise, or at varied BPM timed for training using High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT). Podrunner was arguably the first online music series intended for exercise, and was one of the world's most popular podcasts for nearly a decade following its debut in February 2006. [6] It won awards on iTunes four years in a row (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009), and has been a Top 100 Podcast since its debut. [7]

Groovelectric, Boyett's dance music podcast of what he calls "New Old Funk," features various styles of modern electronic dance music, including House, Progressive House, Tech House, Drum & Bass, and themed mixes. It was an iTunes Top 100 Music podcast for over a decade following its debut in February 2006. [8]

As a DJ, Boyett has played clubs and events in many North American cities, as well as the annual Burning Man festival. [9]

Bibliography

Novels and collections

Short fiction collections

Humor

Short fiction

Screenplays

Comic books

Podcasts

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References

  1. ↑ The Book Smugglers Book Review: Ariel by Steven R. Boyett
  2. ↑ SF Reviews Ariel
  3. ↑ Steve Boyett - Trailer - Showtimes - Cast - Movies - The New York Times
  4. ↑ "Speeches".
  5. ↑ "2011 Emperor Norton Awards Winners". 13 September 2011.
  6. ↑ "Running Times Magazine: Owner's Manual: Podding Along". www.runningtimes.com. Archived from the original on 2009-02-14.
  7. ↑ "About Podrunner".
  8. ↑ "About Groovelectric & Steve Boyett".
  9. ↑ "Biography".
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