Gordon Eklund

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Gordon Eklund (born July 24, 1945, Seattle, Washington) is a Nebula Award-winning, American science fiction author whose works include the "Lord Tedric" series and two of the earliest original novels based on the 1960s Star Trek TV series. He has written under the pen name Wendell Stewart, and in one instance under the name of the late E. E. "Doc" Smith (1890-1965).

Eklund's first published SF short story, "Dear Aunt Annie", ran in the April 1970 issue of Fantastic magazine and was nominated for a Nebula Award. Eklund won the Nebula for Best Novelette for his 1974 short story "If the Stars Are Gods", co-written with Gregory Benford. The two expanded the story into a full-length novel of the same title, published in 1977.

Eklund's Star Trek novel The Starless World was the first Star Trek story about a Dyson sphere.

In his teens, Eklund was a member of a Seattle SF fan club, The Nameless Ones, and in 1977, Eklund was a guest of honor at the 1977 SF convention Bubonicon 9, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Cushing Memorial Library of Texas A&M University has a "Gordon Eklund Collection" housing the typed manuscript of the story "The Stuff of Time". As of 2006, Eklund works as a realtor in Pierce County, Washington.

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[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Novels

  • The Eclipse of Dawn (1971)
  • A Trace of Dreams (1972)
  • Beyond the resurrection (1973)
  • Inheritors of the Earth (1974) (with Poul Anderson)
  • All Times Possible (1974)
  • Serving in Time also known as Laser Books No. 6: Serving in Time (Laser Books, 1975, ISBN 0-373-72006-8)
  • Falling Toward Forever also known as Laser Books No. 10. Falling Toward Forever (Laser Books, 1975, ISBN 0-373-72010-6)
  • Dance of the Apocalypse also known as Laser Books No. 46. Dance of the Apocalypse (Laser Books, 1976, ISBN 0-373-72046-7)
  • The Grayspace Beast (1976)
  • If the Stars Are Gods (1977) (with Gregory Benford)
  • Twilight River (1979)
  • The Garden of Winter (1980)
  • Find the Changeling (1980) (with Gregory Benford)
  • A Thunder on Neptune (1989)

[edit] Lord Tedric series

Series conceived by E. E. "Doc" Smith

[edit] Star Trek

[edit] Anthologies with Eklund stories

  • Universe 1 (1971)
  • Universe 2 (1972)
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year 2 (1973)
  • Universe 3 (1973)
  • Universe 4 (1974)
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year 4 (1975)
  • Nebula Award Stories 10 (1975)
  • Universe 6 (1976)
  • Universe 8 (1978)
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year 8 (1979)
  • Beyond Reality (1979)
  • Binary Star, No. 2 (Dell Publishing, 1979, ISBN 0-440-11090-4)
  • First Contact (1987)
  • The Science Fiction Century (1996)

[edit] Short stories include

  • "Dear Aunt Annie" (Fantastic, April 1970)
  • "West Wind, Falling" (1971) (with Gregory Benford)
  • "Gemini Cavendish" (Amazing Stories, March 1971)
  • "To End All Wars" (Amazing Stories, November 1971)
  • "Grasshopper Time" (1972) November 1971)
  • "Stalking the Sun" (1972) November 1971)
  • "Free City Blues" (1973)
  • "The Ascending Aye" (Amazing Stories, January 1973)
  • "The Beasts in the Jungle" (Fantasy and Science Fiction, November 1973)
  • "Moby, Too" (Amazing Stories, December 1973)
  • "If the Stars Are Gods" (1974) (with Gregory Benford)
  • "Tattered Stars, Tarnished Bars" (1974) tion]], November 1973)
  • "What Did You Do Last Year?" (1976) (with Gregory Benford) er 1973)
  • "Vermeer's Window" (1978) th Gregory Benford) er 1973)
  • "Objects Unidentified" (Flying)" (1997)
  • "The Cross Road Blues" (Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1999)
  • "Sense of Wonder" (Astonishing Trapdoor Stories #22; fanzine published mid-2003)

[edit] Awards

  • 1971 Nebula (nomination) - Novellette "Dear Aunt Annie"
  • 1975 Nebula - Novellette winner (1975) "If the Stars Are Gods" (with Gregory Benford)

[edit] Quotes

Ted White, The WSFA Journal, September 2003: "Eklund is a major SF writer of long-standing (he was first professionally published in 1970), but he was a fan of some note for the decade that preceded his professional debut. In recent years he's combined the two to write fanfiction. 'Fanfiction' is defined here as 'fiction about fans'; this is its original definition and it still flourishes. ... Most of Gordon's previous pieces of fanfiction (all published in fanzines over the past 10 or more years) have been short and ironic." [1]

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