Wil McCarthy
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| Wil McCarthy | |
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| Born |
September 16, 1966 Princeton, New Jersey |
| Occupation | President, RavenBrick LLC |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Genres | Science fiction |
| Subjects | Science and technology |
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Wil McCarthy (born September 16, 1966, Princeton, New Jersey) is a science fiction novelist, president and co-founder of RavenBrick (a solar technology company),[1] and the science columnist for Syfy. He currently resides in Colorado.[2]
Wil McCarthy popularized the Wellstone, or Programmable matter concept.
Books
Non-fiction
- Hacking Matter (2003) ISBN 0-465-04428-X
Novels
- Flies from the Amber (1995) ISBN 0-451-45406-5
- Murder in the Solid State (1996) ISBN 0-312-85938-4
- Bloom (1998) ISBN 0-345-40857-8
The Waisters
- Aggressor Six (1994) ISBN 0-451-45405-7
- The Fall of Sirius (1996) ISBN 0-451-45485-5
The Queendom of Sol
For more details on this topic, see The Queendom of Sol.
- The Collapsium (2000) ISBN 0-345-40856-X
- The Wellstone (2003) ISBN 0-553-58446-4
- Lost in Transmission (2004) ISBN 0-553-58447-2
- To Crush the Moon (2005) ISBN 0-553-58717-X — Nebula Award nominee.
Short works
- "Amerikano Hiaika", Aboriginal SF, May/June 1991.
- "Dirtyside Down", Universe 3, 1994.
- "The Dream of Houses", Analog, November 1995. Locus recommended reading list.
- "The Dream of Castles", Analog, April 1997.
- "The Dream of Nations", Analog, October 1998. Locus recommended reading list.
- "Once Upon a Matter Crushed", Science Fiction Age, May 1999. Theodore Sturgeon Award Nominee. Locus recommended reading list. Became the first portion of The Collapsium.
- "No Job Too Small", Aboriginal SF, Spring 2001.
- "Pavement Birds", Analog, July/August 2002.
- "Garbage Day", Analog, December 2002. Became part of The Wellstone.
Radio plays
- I Love Bees, writer[3][4]
Non-fiction
- "Programmable Matter, A Retrospective", Nature, October 6, 2000.
- "Ultimate Alchemy", Wired Magazine 9.10, October, 2001
- "This looks like a job for...Superatoms", IEEE Spectrum, August, 2005
Radio appearances
- Coast to Coast AM, "Programmable Matter", April 18, 2003[5]
- Coast to Coast AM, "Quantum Dots", April 26, 2004[6]
References
- ↑ RavenBrick management team, RavenBrick LLC, retrieved 2012-04-16
- ↑ 'Bloom' author biography. Random House. Retrieved 2008-03-23
- ↑ Sean Stewart, I love bees information page, retrieved 2012-04-18
- ↑ Wil McCarthy at the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ Programmable Matter, Coast to Coast AM, April 18, 2003
- ↑ Quantum Dots, Coast to Coast AM, April 26, 2004
External links
- WilMcCarthy.com
- Wil McCarthy at SFF.net
- Wil McCarthy at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Wil McCarthy at IMDB
- Wil McCarthy U.S. patents
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