Bradley Denton

Bradley Clayton Denton (born June 7, 1958 in Towanda , Kansas ) is an American writer of science fiction , fantasy and crime novels .

Life

Denton attended the University of Kansas , where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in astronomy and a master's degree in English. He published his first short story in March 1984 in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction as The Music of the Spheres . In 1988 he moved to Austin , Texas with his wife Barbara .

Denton's early works, like most of his short stories, can be classified as science fiction. The novels Blackburn (1993), about a compassionate serial killer , and Lunatics (1996) are thrillers .

Works

Novels

• Wrack & Roll (1986, nominated for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel)
• Buddy Holly is Alive and Well on Ganymede (1991, winner of the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel 1992)
• Blackburn (1993, nominated for the Bram Stoker Award 1993)
  • German: Jimmy Blackburn (List 1995, from the American by Klaus Berr, ISBN 978-3-471-77343-7 )
• Lunatics (1996)
  • German: Moonstruck (Fischer Scherz 1998, from the English by Ursula Maria Mössner, ISBN 978-3-502-10159-8 )
• Laughin 'Boy (2005)

Collective editions

• A Conflagration Artist (1993)
• The Calvin Coolidge Home for Dead Comedians (1993, 1995 World Fantasy Award winner for best anthology)
• One Day Closer to Death: Eight Stabs at Immortality (1998)
• Sergeant Chip and Other Novellas (2014)

Short stories (selection)

• The Music of the Spheres (March 1984, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction )
  • German: Sphärenmusik , German by Michael Windgassen. In: Ronald M. Hahn (Ed.): The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 75th episode - Spheres sounds - SF Heyne 1987, ISBN 978-3-453-31387-3 .
• Top of the Charts (March 1985, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction )
• The Summer We Saw Diana (August 1985, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction )
• In the Fullness of Time (May 1986, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction )
• The Calvin Coolidge Home for Dead Comedians (June 1988, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction )
• The Sin-Eater of the Kaw (June 1989, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction )
• Skidmore (May 1991, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction )
  • German: Skidmore . In: Ronald M. Hahn (Ed.): Ebenbilder. Heyne SF&F # 5004, 1993, ISBN 3-453-06231-0 .
• The Territory (July 1992 The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction , 1993 nominated for Hugo and Nebula as best story)
• We Love Lydia Love (November 1994, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction )
• Bloody Bunnies (April 2000, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction )
• Timmy and Tommy's Thanksgiving Secret (2003, in the anthology Witpunk )
• Sergeant Chip (September 2004, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction , 2005 Sturgeon Award Winner )
• Bad Brass 2014
  • German: With timpani and trumpets , in: George RR Martin (Ed.), The King's Brother: and 20 other short novels , Penhaligon Verlag 2016, ISBN 978-3-764-53175-1

literature

• Don D'Ammassa : Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Facts On File, New York 2005, ISBN 0-8160-5924-1 , p. 113.
• Neal Tringham, John Clute : Denton, Bradley. In: John Clute, Peter Nicholls : The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction . 3rd edition (online edition), version dated April 4, 2017.

Web links

• Literature by and about Bradley Denton in the catalog of the German National Library
• Bradley Denton in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Bradley Denton in the Science Fiction Awards + Database
• Works by and about Bradley Denton at Open Library
• Bradley Denton Fantastic Fiction Bibliography