Gordon Eklund

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Gordon Eklund (born July 24, 1945 in Seattle , Washington ) is an American science fiction writer.

Life

Eklund is the son of the dental technician Alfred J. Eklund and DeLois, née Stewart. He served in the US Air Force from 1963 to 1967 and then began writing. In 1969 he married Married Dianna Mylarski, with whom he has two sons. From 1973 to 1975 he studied at Contra Costa College in San Pablo ( California ).

His first story Dear Aunt Annie (German Our dear Tante Annie ) appeared in April 1970 in the SF magazine Fantastic . She was nominated for the Nebula Award and came in 10th place at the Locus Awards . In 1971 a first novel followed, The Eclipse of Dawn . His biggest success was the along with Gregory Benford - with whom he worked in a number of other projects - written amendment If the Stars Are Gods (German When the star gods would be ), the 1974 in by Terry Carr published anthology Universe 4 appeared and was awarded the Nebula Award in 1975. In 1977 a fix-up version was published (German under the title Der Bernsteinmensch ), which was expanded to a novel and won the Locus Award in 1978.

He also wrote two novels in Bantam's first Star Trek series , namely The Starless World (# 6, 1978) and Devil World (# 10, 1979). The Lord Tedric novel series goes back to a story by Edward E. Smith published in Universe Science Fiction in March 1954 , which Eklund rewrote and expanded into the novel published in 1978, the British edition only naming Smith as the author. Three more of these posthumous novel “collaborations” followed.

His fan fiction , for which he won the Fan Activity Achievement Award in 2004, was collected in 2013 in Eklundia Stories: The Complete Fan Fiction of Gordon Eklund .

bibliography

Novels
  • The Eclipse of Dawn (1971)
  • A Trace of Dreams (1972)
  • Beyond the Resurrection (1973)
  • Inheritors of the Earth (1974, with Poul Anderson )
  • All Times Possible (1974)
  • Serving in Time (1975)
  • Falling Toward Forever (1975)
  • Dance of the Apocalypse (1976)
  • The Grayspace Beast (1976)
  • If the Stars Are Gods (1977, with Gregory Benford)
    • German: Der Bernsteinmensch. Moewig (Moewig Science Fiction # 3573), 1982, ISBN 3-8118-3573-4 .
  • Twilight River (1979)
  • The Garden of Winter (1980)
  • Find the Changeling (1980, with Gregory Benford)
    • English: The masks of the alien. Moewig (Moewig Science Fiction # 3582), 1982, ISBN 3-8118-3582-3 .
  • A Thunder on Neptune (1989)
  • Cosmic Fusion (2016)
Lord Tedric series
  • 1 Lord Tedric (1978)
  • 2 Space Pirates (1979)
  • 3 Black Knight of the Iron Sphere (1979)
  • 4 Alien Realms (1980, as EE Smith)
Star Trek novels
  • The Starless World (Star Trek # 6, 1978)
    • German: In the core of the galaxy. Moewig (Terra Taschenbuch # 368), 1985, ISBN 3-8118-3408-8 .
  • Devil World (Star Trek # 10, 1979)
Short stories
  • Dear Aunt Annie (1970)
    • German: Our dear Aunt Annie. In: Science-Fiction-Stories 47. Ullstein 2000 # 89 (3130), 1975, ISBN 3-548-03130-7 .
  • A Gift from the Gozniks (1970)
  • Ramona, Come Softly (1970)
  • West Wind, Falling (1971, with Gregory Benford)
  • Seeker for Still Life (1971)
  • Gemini Cavendish (1971)
  • Defender of Death (1971)
  • Home Again, Home Again (1971)
  • The Edge and the Mist (1971)
  • To End All Wars (1971)
  • Stalking the Sun (1972)
    • German: Manhunt. In: Terry Carr (Ed.): Die Zeitfalle. Pabel (Terra Paperback # 247), 1974.
  • White Summer in Memphis (1972)
  • Grasshopper Time (1972)
  • Only the Stars Are Real (1972, as Alan W. Stewart)
  • Soft Change (1972)
  • Underbelly (1972)
  • Examination Day (1973)
    • German: exam day. In: Roger Elwood (ed.): Beyond Tomorrow. Ueberreuter, 1976, ISBN 3-8000-3137-X .
  • Free City Blues (1973)
  • Lovemaker (1973)
  • The Ascending Aye (1973)
  • Iron Mountain (1973)
  • The Shrine of Sebastian (1973)
  • The Stuff of Time (1973)
  • Three Comedians (1973)
  • The Beasts in the Jungle (1973)
  • Moby, Too (1973)
  • Psychosomatica (1974)
  • The Ambiguities of Yesterday (1974)
  • Continuous Performance (1974)
  • Beneath the Waves (1974)
  • The Treasure in the Treasure House (1974)
  • Tattered Stars, Tarnished Bars (1974)
  • If the Stars Are Gods (1974, with Gregory Benford)
  • German: If the stars were gods . In: James Gunn (ed.): The day before the revolution. Moewig (Playboy Science Fiction # 6732), 1982, ISBN 3-8118-6732-6 .
  • Sandsnake Hunter (1975)
  • Second Creation (1975)
  • The Restoration (1975)
  • Angel of Truth (1975)
  • What Did You Do Last Year? (1976, with Gregory Benford)
  • The Locust Descending (1976)
  • Changing Styles (1976)
  • The Prince in Metropolis (1976)
  • The Rising of the Sun (1976)
  • Embryonic Dharma (1976)
  • The Anvil of Jove (1976, with Gregory Benford)
  • English: Jupiter's anvil. In: Manfred Kluge (Ed.): Jupiter's anvil. Heyne SF&F # 3587, 1978, ISBN 3-453-30482-9 .
  • The Retro Man (1977)
  • The Tides of Time (1977)
  • Once by Angels Seen (1977)
  • Hellas Is Florida (1977, with Gregory Benford)
  • Vermeer's Window (1978)
  • Saint Francis Night (1978)
  • Points of Contact (1978)
  • The Twilight River (1979)
  • The Anaconda's Smile (1979)
  • The Mother of the Beast (1980)
  • Red Skins (1981)
  • Valo in Love (1981)
  • Pain and Glory (1981)
  • Transubstantiation (1981)
  • Revisions (1983)
  • Chambers of Memory (1984)
  • The Karamazov Caper (1992)
  • Objects Unidentified (Flying) (1997)
  • The Cross Road Blues (1999)
  • I Said I Was Sorry Didn't I (2014)
  • Another True History (2016)
  • Late Night at the Wonder Bar (2017)
Short story collections
  • Eklundia Stories: The Complete Fan Fiction of Gordon Eklund (2013)
  • Selected Stories Vol. 1: Second Creation (2016)
  • Selected Stories Vol. 2: Retro Man (2016)
  • Selected Stories Vol. 3: Stalking the Sun (2017)

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Eklund, Gordon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stewart, Alan W. (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American science fiction writer
DATE OF BIRTH July 24, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Seattle , Washington