Geoff Ryman

Geoff Ryman

Geoff Ryman (* 1951 in Canada ) is a Canadian science fiction and fantasy author. He coined the term mundane science fiction (roughly: "profane science fiction"). This subgenre of science fiction is characterized by the fact that its setting is usually the earth or near-earth space, and that it aims to convey a credible representation of the science and technology known today.

Life

Geoff Ryman was born the son of a journalist and a scientist. He got into writing through his mother and published his first short story in a local newspaper at the age of 8. His father, who is also artistically gifted, sparked his interest in science and SF with stories about lasers. Nevertheless, there was still a long way to go to become a writer. For one, he moved to Los Angeles with his parents at the age of 11 . There he graduated from UCLA in English and History. Possibly inspired by L.A., he wanted to be an actor . It wasn't until 1973, when he moved to England, that he began to take writing more seriously. In 1976 he sold his first short story.

In addition to his work as a writer, Geoff Ryman works as a web designer and helped bring the UK government to the Internet. Among other things, he led the teams that created the first official websites about the British Monarchy and No 10 Downing Street , and is also involved in direct.gov.uk, a website of the British government. He now teaches writing part-time at the University of Manchester and also runs a workshop on writing in Cambodia .

Geoff Ryman currently lives openly gay in London . He also owns an apartment in a major city on the Amazon in Brazil , which he visits frequently.

Almost all of his short stories and novels have been nominated for international or major national SF awards; quite a few of them also won. Ryman's greatest success so far is for his novel Air , which has won four prizes at once: the Arthur C. Clarke Award , the James Tiptree, Jr. Award , the British Science Fiction Association Award and the Sunburst Award .

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Novels

• The Warrior Who Carried Life . 1985
  • The order of women . Goldmann, 1986, ISBN 3-442-23897-8

Award	category	space
Locus	First novel	15th
BSFA	novel	nominated

• The Unconquered Country . 1986
  • The undefeated country . Heyne, 1994, ISBN 3-453-07758-X

Award	category	space
Campbell Memorial	novel	3
Locus	Fantasy novel	22nd
World Fantasy Award	Short novel	winner

• The Child Garden or A Low Comedy . 1989
  • A garden for children . Heyne, 1992, ISBN 3-453-05851-8

Award	category	space
Campbell Memorial	novel	winner
Clarke	novel	winner
Locus	SF novel	21st
BSFA	novel	nominated

• What , also what ... 1992

Award	category	space
Locus	Fantasy novel	5
World Fantasy	novel	nominated
Gaylactic Spectrum Award	Hall of Fame	winner

• 253: The Print Remix . 1998
  • 253 - the underground novel . dtv, 2000, ISBN 3-423-24210-8
  • 253 - the underground novel . dtv, 2005, ISBN 3-423-20864-3
  • The novel was published in its original form as hypertext on the web ( 253, or Tube Theater ) and is considered the first internet novel. Each of these hypertext pages consists of exactly 253 words.

Award	category	space
Dick Memorial	novel	winner

• Lust . 2001

Award	category	space
BSFA	novel	nominated
Spectrum	novel	nominated

• Air . 2004

Award	category	space
Campbell Memorial	novel	3
Clarke	novel	winner
Dick Memorial	novel	nominated
Locus	SF novel	14th
Nebula	novel	nominated
Tiptree	Fiction	winner
BSFA	novel	winner
Sunburst	novel	winner

• The King's Last Song . 2006

Short story collections

• Unconquered Countries . 1994

A Fall of Angels, or On the Possibility of Life Under Extreme Conditions . 1994 Fan . 1994 ( The Fan ) O Happy Day! . 1985 The Unconquered Country . 1984 ( The Undefeated Land )

Award	category	space
Tiptree	Fiction	nominated

• Paradise Tales . 2011

The film-makers of Mars . 2008 The Last Ten Years in the Life of Hero Kai . 2005 ( The last ten years in the life of the hero Kai ) Birth Days . 2003 ( birthdays ) VAO . 2002 ( SAS ) The Future of Science Fiction . 1992 Omnisexual . 1990 Home . 1995 Warmth . 1995 ( warmth . Also cordiality ) Everywhere . 1999 No bad thing . 2007 Talk is cheap . 2008 Days of Wonder . 2008 You . 2009 K is for Kosovo (or, Massimo's Career) . 2011 Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter . 2006 ( Pol Pot's beautiful daughter ) Blocked . 2009 ( held up )

Short stories

• The Diary of the Translator . 1976
• The Unconquered Country . 1984

  • The undefeated country . Contained in: Hannes Riffel, Karlheinz Schlögl (Hrsg.): Pol Pot's beautiful daughter . Golkonda Verlag, 2014, ISBN 3-942396-97-1

Award	category	space
Locus	narrative	12
Nebula	narrative	nominated
World Fantasy	narrative	winner
Imaginaire	international narrative	nominated
BSFA	Short fiction	winner

• O Happy Day! . 1985

Award	category	space
Locus	Short novel	22nd
BSFA	Short fiction	nominated

• Love sickness . 1987

Award	category	space
Locus	narrative	8th
BSFA	Short fiction	winner

• Omnisexual . 1990

• The Future of Science Fiction . 1992

• Dead Space for the Unexpected . 1994

• Fan . 1994
  • The fan . Contained in: Wolfgang Jeschke (Hrsg.): The year of the mouse . Heyne, 2000, ISBN 3-453-15651-X

Award	category	space
Locus	narrative	14th
Nebula	narrative	nominated

• A Fall of Angels, or On the Possibility of Life Under Extreme Conditions . 1994

Award	category	space
Locus	narrative	12

• Home . 1995

Award	category	space
Locus	Short story	14th

• Warmth . 1995
  • Warmth . Contained in: Wolfgang Jeschke (Ed.): The past of the future . Heyne, 1998, ISBN 3-453-13337-4
  • Cordiality . Contained in: Hannes Riffel, Karlheinz Schlögl (Hrsg.): Pol Pot's beautiful daughter . Golkonda Verlag, 2014, ISBN 3-942396-97-1

Award	category	space
BSFA	Short fiction	nominated

• Family, or The Nativity and Flight into Egypt considered as episodes of I Love Lucy . 1998

Award	category	space
BFS	Short story	nominated

• Everywhere . 1999

Award	category	space
Locus	Short story	12

• Have not have . 2001

Award	category	space
Locus	Short novel	12

• VAO . 2002
  • SAS . Contained in: Peter Crowther (Ed.): Moloch . Bastei-Lübbe, 2005, ISBN 3-404-23280-1

Award	category	space
Locus	Short novel	22nd

• Birth Days . 2003
  • Birthdays . Contained in: Hannes Riffel, Karlheinz Schlögl (Hrsg.): Pol Pot's beautiful daughter . Golkonda Verlag, 2014, ISBN 3-942396-97-1

Award	category	space
Locus	Short story	33
Tiptree	Fiction	nominated
BSFA	Short fiction	nominated

• The Last Ten Years in the Life of Hero Kai . 2005
  • The last ten years in the life of the hero Kai . Contained in: Hannes Riffel, Karlheinz Schlögl (Hrsg.): Pol Pot's beautiful daughter . Golkonda Verlag, 2014, ISBN 3-942396-97-1

Award	category	space
Locus	Short novel	8th

• Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter (Fantasy) . 2006
  • Pol Pot's beautiful daughter . Contained in: Hannes Riffel, Karlheinz Schlögl (Hrsg.): Pol Pot's beautiful daughter . Golkonda Verlag, 2014, ISBN 3-942396-97-1

Award	category	space
Hugo	Short novel	nominated
Locus	Short novel	2
Nebula	Short novel	nominated

• No bad thing . 2007
• Talk is cheap . 2008
• Days of Wonder . 2008
• The film-makers of Mars . 2008
• Blocked . 2009
  • Held up . Contained in: Hannes Riffel, Karlheinz Schlögl (Hrsg.): Pol Pot's beautiful daughter . Golkonda Verlag, 2014, ISBN 3-942396-97-1
• You . 2009
• K is for Kosovo (or, Massimo's Career) . 2011

anthology

• When It Changed: Science into Fiction . 2009

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Geoff Ryman: The Mundane Fantastic. Locusmag