Keith Brooke

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Keith N. Brooke (born August 23, 1966 in Dovercourt , Essex ) is a British science fiction writer.

Life

Brooke studied ecology and environmental science at the University of East Anglia , where he met his future wife, Alison, and began writing science fiction stories. In 1989 the first short stories, particularly Adrenotropic Man, appeared in Interzone magazine , and Brooke became a freelance writer. In 1990 Gollancz published his first novel, Keepers of the Peace , but after about eight years of a rather precarious writing life he had to look for better paid work and was finally hired by the University of Essex as web designer and responsible for the university's website. For the next fifteen years he became the assistant manager of the marketing department, doing his doctorate and teaching creative writing . In 2014 he gave up the position there and devoted himself again to writing, the publication of his science fiction and fantasy web magazine infinity plus and in connection with it the publishing of e-books. Together with Nick Gevers, he published two anthologies with stories from infinity plus in 2001 and 2003 . In 2012, Strange Divisions and Alien Territories appeared , in which he dealt with the subgenres of science fiction. In 2013 he was a finalist in the Philip K. Dick Awards with his novel Harmony .

He has published several books for young people under the pseudonym Nick Gifford.

Brooke lives in Wivenhoe , Essex with his second wife, Debbie .

Awards

bibliography

Expatria (novels)
  • 1 Expatria (1991)
  • 2 Expatria Incorporated (1992)
The Kon-tiki Quartet (short novels; with Eric Brown )
  • 1 Dislocations (2018)
  • 2 Parasites (2018)
  • 3 Insights (2019)
Novels
  • Keepers of the Peace (1990)
  • Genetopia (2005)
  • The Accord (2009)
  • The Unlikely World of Faraway Frankie (2010)
  • Alt. Human (2012; also: Harmony )
  • Like Father (2013)
  • The Bone House Gang (2014)
  • Riding the Serpent's Back (2014)
Youth Books (as Nick Gifford)
  • Lord of Stone (2001)
  • Piggies (2002)
  • Flesh and Blood (2003)
  • Incubus (2005)
  • Erased (2006)
  • Tomorrow (2014)
Collections
  • Parallax View (2000; with Eric Brown)
  • Head Shots ( Infinity Plus Singles # 4, 2001)
  • Faking It: Accounts of the General Genetics Corporation (2010)
  • Conflicts (2012; with Neal Asher and Eric Brown)
  • Mementoes ( Imaginings # 12, 2016)
Short stories

1988:

  • The Fifth Freedom (in: Dream Quarterly, # 18, Winter 1988 )

1989:

  • Dreaming (in: Edge Detector # 2, Summer 1989 )
  • Adrenotropic Man (in: Interzone, # 30 July-August 1989 )
  • Kismet (in: Dream Science Fiction # 22, Winter 1989 )
  • Passion Play (1989, in: Christopher Evans and Robert Holdstock (Eds.): Other Edens III )

1990:

  • The Greatest Game of All (in: Interzone, # 34 March-April 1990 )
  • The Mother (in: Interzone, # 37 July 1990 )
  • Beefcake (in: Interzone, # 39 September 1990 )
  • Away on Old Dusty (in: Dream Science Fiction # 26, November 1990 )

1991:

  • Small Steps (in: The Lyre, Spring 1991 )
  • To Be Alone, Together (in: REM # 1, Spring / Summer 1991 )
  • Hotrider (in: Aboriginal Science Fiction, December 1991 )

1992:

  • The Queen of the Burn Plain (in: Interzone, # 55 January 1992 )
  • Two Over Seventy-Four (in: New Moon # 2, January 1992 )
  • Count Carraldo and the Penitent Dominic (1992, in: Mary Gentle and Roz Kaveney (Eds.): Villains! )
  • See Those Eyes (in: Far Point # 3, March-April 1992 )
  • Jurassic and the Great Tree (in: Interzone, # 66 December 1992 )

1993:

  • Witness (in: Interzone, # 70 April 1993 )
  • Anthrocine (in: Tomorrow Speculative Fiction, August 1993 )

1994:

  • Westward (in: Interzone, # 82 April 1994 )
  • Easy Never Pays (in: Interzone, # 84 June 1994 )
  • Professionals (in: Interzone, # 86 August 1994 )

1995:

  • Skin (in: Peeping Tom # 17, January 1995 )
  • Beside the Sea (in: Beyond Fantasy & Science Fiction # 3, September-October 1995 )
  • Debbs is Back (in: Peeping Tom # 20, October 1995 )
  • Brain Jive (in: The Edge, Vol. 2, # 1, November 1995 )
  • Riding the Serpent's Back (in: Interzone, # 101 November 1995 )
  • The Story of My Life (1995, in: Broadsword # 2, Winter 1995/96 )

1996:

  • The People of the Sea (in: Interzone, # 107 May 1996 )
  • The Real Thing (1996, in: The Edge, Vol. 2, # 1, November 1995 )
  • Appassionata (in: Interzone, # 109 July 1996 ; with Eric Brown)
  • Sugar & Spice (in: Interzone, # 112 October 1996 ; also: Sugar and Spice , 2007; with Eric Brown)
  • Solo (in: MindMaps # 1, 1996 )

1997:

  • Queen Bee (in: Interzone, # 119 May 1997 )
  • Passengers (in: Peeping Tom # 27, July 1997 )
  • Road to Nowhere (1997, in: Wendy Cooling (Ed.): Stranger Than Ever )
  • A World of His Own (1997, in: Wendy Cooling (Ed.): Out of This World: Stories of Virtual Reality )
  • Under Antares (in: Interzone, # 126 December 1997 ; with Eric Brown)

1998:

  • Resting Place (in: Interzone, # 128 February 1998 )
  • Segue (in: Interzone, # 132 June 1998 )
  • Brighton Town (1998, in: Steven Savile (Ed.): Scaremongers 2: Redbrick Eden )
  • Head Shots (in: Odyssey # 7, November / December 1998 )
  • The Domegame and Mr. P. (in: Aboriginal Science Fiction, Winter 1998 )

1999:

  • Therapy (in: Peeping Tom # 33, May 1999 )
  • The Flight of the Oh Carollian (in: Interzone, # 145 July 1999 ; with Eric Brown)
  • My Virtual Dad (1999, in: Tony Bradman (Ed.): Phenomenal Future Stories ; as Nick Gifford)

2000:

  • The Denebian Cycle (in: Interzone, # 152 February 2000 ; with Eric Brown)
  • Mind's Eye (2000, in: Spectrum SF, # 1 February ; with Eric Brown)
  • Fruit of the Flotsam (in: Psychotrope # 8, April 2000 ; with DF Lewis and Lawrence Dyer)
  • .ZIPPED (2000, in: Spectrum SF, # 2 April )
  • Liberty Spin (in: Interzone, # 158 August 2000 )
  • Parallax View (2000; with Eric Brown)

2001:

  • Missing Time (2001, in: Damien Broderick: Head Shots )
  • Memesis (2001, in: Sean Wallace (Ed.): Strange Pleasures )
  • Wooden Boys Don't Bleed (2001, in: Sean Wallace (Ed.): Strange Pleasures ; with DF Lewis and Lawrence Dyer)

2002:

  • What She Wanted (in: Redsine, January 2002 )
  • Welcome to the Green Planet (in: Interzone, # 180 June-July 2002 )

2003:

  • The Art of Self-Abuse (2003, in: John Grant and Dave Hutchinson (Eds.): Strange Pleasures 2 )

2005:

  • A Different Sky (2005, in: Peter Crowther (Ed.): Constellations: The Best of New British SF )
  • Doctor Bull's Intervention (2005, in: Mike Ashley and Eric Brown (Eds.): The Mammoth Book of New Jules Verne Adventures )
    • German: Doctor Bull interferes. Translated by Beke Ritgen. In: Mike Ashley and Eric Brown (Eds.): Return to the Center of the Earth. Bastei-Lübbe Fantasy # 20548, 2006, ISBN 3-404-20548-0 .

2007:

  • The Accord (2007, in: George Mann (Ed.): The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction )
  • In Transit (2007, in: Eric Brown and Damien Broderick: Parallax View )

2008:

  • The Man Who Built Heaven (in: Postscripts, Summer 2008 )
  • Hannah (2008, in: Nick Gevers (Ed.): Extraordinary Engines: The Definitive Steampunk Anthology )

2009:

  • Sweats (2009, in: Peter Crowther (Ed.): We Think, Therefore We Are )
  • Last Drink Bird Head (2009, in: Ann VanderMeer and Jeff VanderMeer (Eds.): Last Drink Bird Head: Flash Fiction for Charity )

2010:

  • Sussed (2010, in: Ian Whates (Ed.): Conflicts )
  • likeMe (in: Nature, September 23, 2010 )
  • Faking It (2010, in: Damien Broderick: Faking It: Accounts of the General Genetics Corporation )

2011:

  • Imago (2011, in: Peter Crowther and Nick Gevers (Eds.): The New and Perfect Man (Postscripts # 24/25) )
  • Eternity's Children (2011, in: Ian Whates (Ed.): Solaris Rising: The New Solaris Book of Science Fiction ; with Eric Brown)
  • Queen Bee (2011)
  • Sweats (2011)

2012:

  • Was 3.01 (in: Lightspeed, February 2012 )

2014:

  • The End of the World (2014, in: Ian Whates (Ed.): Paradox ; with Eric Brown)

2016:

  • Beyond the Heliopause (in: Lightspeed, January 2016 ; with Eric Brown)
  • Rewrites (2016, in: Nick Gevers (Ed.): The Dragons of the Night (Postscripts # 36/37 ) )
  • A Decent Man (2016, in: Damien Broderick: Mementoes )
  • A Flicker in the Deep (2016, in: Damien Broderick: Mementoes )
  • Mementoes (2016, in: Damien Broderick: Mementoes )
Anthologies
  • Strange Divisions and Alien Territories (2011)
  • Quintet (2012)

Infinity Plus (with Nick Gevers):

  • 1 Infinity Plus One (2001)
  • 2 Infinity Plus Two (2002)
  • Infinity Plus: The Anthology (2007)
Non-fiction
  • Strange Divisions and Alien Territories: The Sub-Genres of Science Fiction (2012)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.keithbrooke.co.uk/about.php
personal data
SURNAME Brooke, Keith
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brooke, Keith N. (alternative spelling); Gifford, Nick (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British science fiction writer
DATE OF BIRTH 23rd August 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Dovercourt , Essex