Doug Beason
Doug Beason is an American scientist and science fiction author.
He graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1977 with a dual major in physics and math. He started his first novel while at the Academy after returning there as an officer in the 1980s to teach physics. He is a retired Air Force Colonel with a PhD in physics. He is also a Fellow of the American Physical Society and has published two non-fiction books. His book "Science and Technology Policy for the post-Cold War: A Case for Long-Term Research", was awarded the National Defense University President's Strategic Vision award. He also worked on a few books, (e.g. Lifeline, The Trinity Paradox, and Nanospace) with Kevin J. Anderson. He is currently Associate Laboratory Director for Threat Reduction at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.[1][2]
Bibliography
- This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
Novels
- Return to Honor (1989)
- Assault on Alpha Base (1990)
- Strike Eagle (1991)
- Wild Blue U (2005)
Co-authored with Kevin J. Anderson
- Lifeline (1990)
- The Trinity Paradox (1991)
- Assemblers of Infinity (1993)
- Ill Wind (1995)
- Ignition (1997)
Craig Kreident Series:
- Virtual Destruction (1996)
- Fallout (1997)
- Lethal Exposure (1998)
Short fiction
Title | Year | First published in | Reprinted in |
---|---|---|---|
"Lifeguard" | 1987 | New Destinies : volume 1 / Spring 1987, ed. Jim Baen (Baen, 1987) | Cities in Space, ed. Jerry Pournelle and Jim F. Carr (Ace, 1991) |
"Reflections in a Magnetic Mirror" / with Kevin J. Anderson | 1988 | Full Spectrum, ed. Lou Aronica and Shawna McCarthy (Bantam Spectra, 1988) | Dogged Persistence / Kevin J. Anderson (Golden Gryphon Press, 2001) |
"Rescue at L-5" / with Kevin J. Anderson | 1990 | Project Solar Sail, ed. Arthur C. Clarke and David Brin (Roc/Penguin, 1990) | |
"Defense Conversion" | 1995 | How to Save the World, ed. Charles Sheffield (Tor, 1995) hb | How to Save the World, ed. Charles Sheffield (Tor, 1999) pb |
"Homecoming" | 1995 | Full Spectrum 5, ed. Jennifer Hershey, Tom Dupree and Janna Silverstein (Bantam Spectra, 1995) | |
Non-fiction
- Science and Technology Policy for the post-Cold War: A Case for Long-Term Research
- The E-Bomb: How America's new directed energy weapons will change the way future wars will be fought (2005)
References
- ↑ "Doug Beason - Summary Bibliography". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
- ↑ Black, Krista D. (2006-05-26). "Beason speaks at Memorial Day breakfast; Veterans Hall is dedicated". Los Alamos National Laboratory. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
External links
- http://www.dougbeason.com
- http://www.wordfire.com/
- Doug Beason at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database