Benjamin Rosenbaum
Benjamin Rosenbaum (* 23. August 1969 in Long Iceland , New York ) is an American science fiction - and fantasy - writer . He is a programmer as a sideline. His works have been nominated several times for the Hugo , the Nebula , the Sturgeon Award , the BSFA and the World Fantasy Award .
biography
Born in Long Island, he grew up in Arlington . He graduated from Brown University in computer science and religious studies . In the past, he developed software for the National Science Foundation , the community of Washington, DC and he was one of the founders of Digital Addiction, a game developer who in 1996 developed the online game Sanctum.
His first professional story appeared in 2001. It was featured in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction , Asimov's Science Fiction , Harper's , Nature , and McSweeney's Quarterly Concern . It was also published on the Internet portals Strange Horizons and Infinite Matrix . The Ant King and Other Stories , a collection of Rosenbaum's short stories, was published by Small Beer Press .
The first novel The Resolution was not published in English at all, but in German by Piper Verlag in May 2018 .
Rosenbaum lived in Washington DC for a while with his wife Esther and children Aviva and Noah. They currently live near Basel .
Works (selection)
- True Names , 2008, with Cory Doctorow , nominated for a Hugo - (Free download)
- Anthroptic , 2007, with Ethan Ham
- A Siege of Cranes , 2006, nominated for the World Fantasy Award - (Free download)
- Embracing-the-New , 2004, nominated for the Nebula - (Free download)
- Biographical Notes to 'A Discourse on the Nature of Causality, with Air-Planes', by Benjamin Rosenbaum , 2004, nominated for a Hugo - (Free download)
- Start the Clock , 2004, nominated for a Sturgeon Award - (Free download)
- The House Beyond Your Sky , 2006, nominated for the BSFA Award and the Hugo - (Free download)
All works listed above are subject to the Creative Commons license. The last three even allow a modification / change.
Web links
- Literature by and about Benjamin Rosenbaum in the catalog of the German National Library
- Benjamin Rosenbaum in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- official website
- Interview excerpt in Locus Magazin
Individual evidence
- ^ "God's really weird", Locus, October 2005.
- ↑ The resolution (in German) .
- ↑ Archived copy . Archived from the original on December 10, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
- ^ Profile of Benjamin Rosenbaum at Piper Verlag .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rosenbaum, Benjamin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American fantasy author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 23rd August 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | long Island |