Gardner Dozois
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Gardner Dozois (born July 23, 1947) is an American science fiction author and editor. He was editor of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine from 1984 to 2004.
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[edit] Biography
A subtle writer with a distinctive prose style[citation needed] who has mainly worked in shorter forms, he has won the Nebula Award for best short story twice -- for "The Peacemaker" in 1983, and for "Morning Child" in 1984. His short fiction has been collected in The Visible Man (1977), Geodesic Dreams (a best-of collection), Slow Dancing through Time (1990, collaborations), and Strange Days (2001, another best-of collection).
A solo novel, Strangers (1978), and a collaboration with George Alec Effinger, Nightmare Blue (1977), represent his novel-length output. After becoming editor of Asimov's, Dozois's fiction output dwindled, but he is now making a comeback.
Dozois has won a record 15 Hugo Awards for Best Professional Editor, having won nearly every year between 1988 and his retirement from Asimov's in 2004.
Dozois is a well-known short fiction anthologist. After resigning from his Asimov's position, he remained the editor of the anthology series The Year's Best Science Fiction, published annually since 1984. And, with Jack Dann, he has edited a long series of themed anthologies, each with a self-explanatory title such as Cats, Dinosaurs, Seaserpents, or Hackers.
Dozois has consistently expressed a particular interest in adventure SF and space opera, which he collectively refers to as "center-core SF". [1]
Michael Swanwick, with whom Dozois has collaborated on fiction, published a book-length interview with him in 2001. Titled Being Gardner Dozois, it covered each published piece of fiction Dozois ever wrote.
Dozois grew up in Salem, Massachusetts and has said that he turned to reading fiction partially as an escape from the city's provincialism. He became active in the science fiction community after serving a stint in the Army. He currently lives in Philadelphia.
He was badly injured in a taxi accident after returning from a Philadelphia Phillies game in 2004 (causing him to miss Worldcon for the first time in many years) but made a full recovery. On July 6, 2007, Dozois had surgery for a planned quintuple bypass operation. A week later, he experienced complications which prompted additional surgery to implant a defibrillator. He was later said to be recovering and preparing to return home from hospital. [2]
[edit] Fiction of Gardner Dozois (partial list)
- "A Special Kind of Morning" (1971)
- "Chains of the Sea" (1971)
- "Machines of Loving Grace" (1972)
- A Day in the Life (1973, ISBN 978-0060803070)
- Nightmare Blue (with George Alec Effinger) (1977, ISBN 978-0006146179)
- The Visible Man (collection) (1977, ASIN B000GZU4C8)
- Strangers (1978)
- "A Traveler in an Antique Land" (1983)
- "The Peacemaker" (1983) (Nebula Award winner)
- "Morning Child" (1984) (Nebula Award winner)
- Slow Dancing Through Time (collection) (1990, 978-0942681031)
- Geodesic Dreams (collection) (1992, ISBN 978-0441000210)
- "A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows" (1999)
- Strange Days: Fabulous Journeys with Gardner Dozois (collection) (2001)
- Morning Child and Other Stories (collection) (2004, ISBN 978-0743493185)
- "When the Great Days Came" (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Dec 2005)
- Shadow Twin (2005) (with George R. R. Martin and Daniel Abraham)
- "Counterfactual" (F&SF, June 2006)
- Hunter's Run (2008, ISBN 978-0061373299) (with George R. R. Martin and Daniel Abraham)
[edit] Nonfiction
- The Fiction of James Tiptree, Jr. (1977, ISBN 978-0916186043)
- Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy (1993, ISBN 978-0312089269) (co-edited with Stanley Schmidt and Sheila Williams)
[edit] Anthologies edited by Gardner Dozois (partial list)
- Future Power (1976, ASIN B000H75MWC) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Another World: Adventures in Otherness (1977, ISBN 978-0695406950)
- Ripper (1988, ISBN 978-0812517002) (co-edited with Susan Casper)
- Modern Classics of Science Fiction (1992, ISBN 978-0312072384)
- Future Earths: Under African Skies (1993, ISBN 978-0886775445) (co-edited with Mike Resnick)
- Future Earths: Under South American Skies (1993, ISBN 978-0886775810) (co-edited with Mike Resnick)
- Modern Classics: Short Novels of Science Fiction (1994, ISBN 978-0312105044)
- Mammoth Book of Contemporary SF Masters (1994, ISBN 978-1854872975)
- Killing Me Softly (1995, ASIN B000OEN80G)
- Dying for It (1997, ASIN B000H40WZC)
- Modern Classics of Fantasy (1997, ISBN 978-0312169312)
- Roads Not Taken: Tales of Alternate History (1998, ISBN 978-0345421944) (co-edited with Stanley Schmidt)
- The Good Old Stuff: Adventure SF in the Grand Tradition (1998, ISBN 978-0312192754)
- The Good New Stuff: Adventure in SF in the Grand Tradition (1999, ISBN 978-0312198909)
- Explorers: SF Adventures to Far Horizons (2000, ISBN 978-0312254629)
- The Furthest Horizon: SF Adventures to the Far Future (2000, ISBN 978-0312263263)
- Worldmakers: SF Adventures in Terraforming (2001, ISBN 978-0312275709)
- Supermen: Tales of the Posthuman Future (2002, ISBN 978-0312275693)
- Galileo's Children: Tales of Science vs. Superstition (2005, ISBN 978-1591023159)
- One Million A.D. (2005, ISBN 0739462733)
- Nebula Awards Showcase 2006 (2006, ISBN 978-0451460646)
- Escape From Earth: New Adventures in Space (2006, ISBN 1582882258) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Wizards: Magical Tales From the Masters of Modern Fantasy (2007, ISBN 978-0425215180) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- The New Space Opera (2007, ISBN 978-0060846756) (co-edited with Jonathan Strahan)
- Galactic Empires (2007)
[edit] Themed anthology series co-edited by Dozois and Dann
Formerly known as "Magic Tales Anthology Series" until 1995; all released under the Ace imprint until Wizards in 2007.
- Unicorns! (1982, ASIN B000LW2UHI) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Bestiary! (1986, ISBN 978-0441055081) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Mermaids! (1986, ISBN 978-0441525676) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Sorcerers! (1986, ISBN 978-0441775323) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Demons! (1987, ISBN 978-0441142644) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Magicats! (1987, ISBN 978-0441515325) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Dogtales! (1988, ISBN 978-0441157600) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Seaserpents! (1989, ISBN 978-0441756827) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Dinosaurs! (1990, ISBN 978-0441148837) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Little People! (1990, ISBN 978-0441503919) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Magicats II (1991, ISBN 978-0441515332) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Unicorns II (1992, ISBN 978-0441845644) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Dragons! (1993, ISBN 978-0441166312) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Invaders! (1993, ISBN 978-0441015191) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Horses! (1994, ISBN 978-0441000579) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Angels! (1995, ISBN 978-0441002207) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Dinosaurs II (1995, ISBN 978-0441002856) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Hackers (1996, ISBN 978-0441003754) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Timegates (1997, ISBN 978-0441004287) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Clones (1998, ISBN 978-0441005222) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Immortals (1998, ISBN 978-0441005390) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Nanotech (1998, ISBN 978-0441005857) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Armageddons (1999, ISBN 978-0441006755) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Future War (1999, ISBN 978-0441006396) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Aliens Among Us (2000, ISBN 978-0441007042) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Genometry (2001, ISBN 978-0441007974) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Space Soldiers (2001, ISBN 978-0441008240) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Future Sports (2002, ISBN 978-0441009619) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Beyond Flesh (2002, ISBN 978-0441009992) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Future Crimes (2003, ISBN 978-0441011186) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- A.I.s (2004, ISBN 978-0441012169) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Robots (2005, ISBN 0441013210) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Beyond Singularity (2005, ISBN 978-0441013630) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Futures Past (2006, ISBN 978-0441014545) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Dangerous Games (2007, ISBN 978-0441014903) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Wizards (2007) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
[edit] "Isaac Asimov's" Series
- Transcendental Tales from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine (1989, ISBN 978-0898657623)
- Time Travelers from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine (1989, ISBN 978-0441809356)
- Isaac Asimov's Robots (1991, ISBN 978-0441373765) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
- Isaac Asimov's Aliens (1991, ISBN 978-0441016723)
- Isaac Asimov's Mars (1991, ISBN 978-0441373758)
- Isaac Asimov's Earth (1992, ISBN 978-0441373772) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
- Isaac Asimov's War (1993, ISBN 978-0441373932)
- Isaac Asimov's SF Lite (1993, ISBN 978-0441373895)
- Isaac Asimov's Cyberdreams (1994, ASIN B000HWNC5Q)
- Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep (1995, ISBN 978-0441001903) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
- Isaac Asimov's Ghosts (1995, ISBN 978-0441002542) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
- Isaac Asimov's Vampires (1996, ISBN 978-0441003877) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
- Isaac Asimov's Moons (1997, ISBN 978-0441004539) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
- Isaac Asimov's Christmas (1997, ISBN 978-0441004911) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
- Isaac Asimov's Detectives (1998, ISBN 978-0441005451) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
- Isaac Asimov's Camelot (1998, ISBN 978-0441005277) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
- Isaac Asimov's Solar System (1999, ISBN 978-0441006984) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
- Isaac Asimov's Werewolves (1999, ISBN 978-0441006618) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
- Isaac Asimov's Valentines (1999, ISBN 978-0441006021) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
- Isaac Asimov's Halloween (1999, ISBN 978-0441008544) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
- Isaac Asimov's Utopias (2000, ISBN 978-0441007844) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
- Isaac Asimov's Mother's Day (2000, ISBN 978-0441007219) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
- Isaac Asimov's Father's Day (2001, ISBN 978-0441008742) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
[edit] Year's Best Science Fiction Series
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection (1984)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection (1985)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection (1986)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourth Annual Collection (1987)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection (1988)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual Collection (1989)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection (1990)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection (1991)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection (1992)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection (1993)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection (1994)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twelfth Annual Collection (1995)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirteenth Annual Collection (1996)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection (1997)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection (1998)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection (1999)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventeenth Annual Collection (2000)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual Collection (2001)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection (2002)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twentieth Annual Collection (2003)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection (2004)
- Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction (2005) (Anthology from previous Year's Best Science Fiction editions)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection (2005)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection (2006)
- Best of the Best Volume 2: 20 Years of the Year's Best Short Science Fiction Novels (2007) (Anthology from previous Year's Best Science Fiction editions)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection (2007)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection (2008)
[edit] External links
- Gardner Dozois at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Gardner Dozois's online fiction at Free Speculative Fiction Online
- The SF Site: A Conversation with Gardner Dozois
- Locus Online: Gardner Dozois Interview (excerpt)
- Gardner Dozois's Recommended Reading List
- Michael Swanwick Online: Profile of Gardner Dozois
