Robert Reed (author)

Not to be confused with Robert Reid (author).
Robert Reed
Born (1956-10-09) October 9, 1956
Omaha, Nebraska
Occupation Writer
Nationality American
Period 1986–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]

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)

Novels

Collections

Chapbooks

Stories

1986
  • "Mudpuppies"
  • "Treading in the Afterglow"
1987
  • "Aeries"
1988
  • "Goodness"
  • "The Bird Looking In"
1989
  • "Oort Cloud"
  • "Totipotent"
1990
  • "Busybody"
  • "Chaff" [Lc1991 n]
  • "Bushwhacker"
  • "The Utility Man" [Hu1991 n] [Lc1991 n]
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
  • "Treasure Buried"
  • "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
  • "Blooming Ice" [Lc1998 n]
  • "The Dragons of Springplace" [Lc1998 n]
  • "Graffiti"
  • "Marrow" [Hu1998 n] [Lc1998 n]
  • "Goo Fish"
  • "Mind's Eye"
  • "To Church with Mr. Multhiford"
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"
  • "Hybrid" [Lc2001 n]
  • "When It Ends" [Ar2001 x]
  • "Birdy Girl" [Lc2001 x] (available online)
  • "Father to the Man" [Ar2001 x]
  • "The Gulf" [Lc2001 n]
2001
  • "Crooked Creek"
  • "Mirror" [Hu2002 x] [Lc2002 n]
  • "Market Day"
  • "Past Imperfect"
  • "Season to Taste"
  • "Hero"
  • "Sparks"
  • "One Last Game" [Lc2002 x]
  • "The Boy" [Lc2002 n]
  • "Raven Dream" [Lc2002 x]
2002
  • "Oracles" [Ar2003 n]
  • "Coelacanths" [Su2003 x]
  • "The Children's Crusade" [Lc2003 n] (available online)
  • "Trouble Is"
  • "She Sees My Monsters Now" [Ar2003] [Lc2003 n]
  • "Veritas" [Ar2003 x] [Lc2003 n]
  • "Melodies Played upon Cold, Dark Worlds" (available online)
  • "The Majesty of Angels"
  • "The Sleeping Woman"
  • "Lying to Dogs" [Ar2003 n] [Lc2003 n]
2003
  • "Rejection"
  • "Buffalo Wolf"
  • "Aux sources du génie" ("The Wellsprings of Creation") Only published in French translation.
  • "555"
  • "Night of Time"
  • "Hexagons" (available online)
  • "Like, Need, Deserve" (available online)
  • "Like Minds"
2004
  • "River of the Queen"
  • "A Plague of Life"
  • "Wealth"
  • "How it Feels"
  • "Daily Reports"
  • "The Condor's Green-Eyed Child"
  • "Designing With Souls"
  • Mere
  • "Opal Ball"
  • "A Change of Mind"
  • "The Dragons of Summer Gulch" (available online)
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"
  • "Salad for Two"
  • "Six Foot Easy"
  • "Truth"
  • "The Visionaries"
  • "Floating Over Time"
  • "American Cheetah"
  • "Leave"
  • "Dewey Smith and the Meaning of All"
  • "A Woman's Best Friend"
2010
2011
  • "Swingers"
Title Year First published Reprinted/collected Notes
The armistice 1986 Reed, Robert (1986). "The armistice". In Pournelle, Jerry; Baen, Jim. Far frontiers VII. Baen. 
The pipes of Pan 2012 Reed, Robert (December 2012). "The pipes of Pan". Asimov's Science Fiction 36 (12): 66–73. 
The Golden Age of Story 2013 Reed, Robert (February 2013). "The Golden Age of Story". Asimov's Science Fiction 37 (2): 56–67. 

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 29 June 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
  3. ↑ Tilton, Lois (December 7, 2010). "Lois Tilton reviews Short Fiction, early December". Locus. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
  4. ↑ Seel, Nigel (April 11, 2011). "Book Review: Engineering Infinity (ed) Jonathan Strahan". ScienceFiction.com. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
  5. ↑ Waters, Robert E. (March 8, 2011). "Engineering Infinity, edited by Jonathan Strahan". Tangent. Retrieved January 6, 2015.

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