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The Magicians (Lev Grossman)

2016-04-14T12:04:12Z

Pnh: /* Reception */ The John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer is given to a writer, not a particular story or book.

{{Infobox book
| name = The Magicians
| image = TheMagicians.jpg
| caption = Cover of ''The Magicians''
| author = [[Lev Grossman]]
| illustrator =
| cover_artist =
| country = United States
| language = English
| series =
| genre = [[Contemporary fantasy]]/[[High fantasy]]/[[Parallel universe (fiction)|Parallel universe]]
| publisher = [[Viking Press|Viking]]/[[Penguin Books]]
| pub_date = 2009
| media_type = Print
| pages = 402 pp ''(first edition)''
| isbn = 978-0-670-02055-3
| oclc =
| dewey =
| congress = PS3557.R6725 M34
| preceded_by =
| followed_by = [[The Magician King]]
}}
'''''The Magicians''''' is a [[fantasy]] novel by the American author [[Lev Grossman]], published in 2009 by [[Viking Press]]. It tells the story of Quentin Coldwater, a young man who discovers and attends a college of [[Magic (paranormal)|magic]] in New York.

The novel received critical acclaim, and was followed by ''[[The Magician King]]'' (2011)<ref>{{cite news |work=Publisher's Weekly |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/book-news/deals/article/41554-deals-1-11-2010-.html |title= Viking Re-ups Grossman |first=Rachel |last=Deahl |date=January 11, 2010}}</ref><ref>[http://levgrossman.com/the-magician-king/ ''The Magician King''] at Lev Grossman's website</ref> and ''[[The Magician's Land]]'' (2014). It was adapted as [[The Magicians (U.S. TV series)|a television series]] that currently airs on [[SyFy]].

==Plot==
Quentin Coldwater is a high school student from [[Brooklyn]] who, along with best friends James and Julia, attends an advanced school. He loves a series of books called "Fillory and Further," which involve the children of the Chatwin family discovering a [[Narnia]]-esque land called Fillory. On the day of his [[Princeton University|Princeton]] interview, he instead is examined for entrance to Brakebills College for Magical Pedagogy, the only school for magic in North America. He, along with 19 others, are accepted to the university and he moves there at once.

It soon becomes apparent that magic is incredibly difficult and tedious to learn, as each spell must be varied in dozens of ways, depending on factors such as the phase of the moon and the closest body of water. The curriculum involves learning many old and lost languages, and seemingly endless hand positions. Despite this, Quentin and Alice Quinn are able to move up a year by compressing their first year of studies. One day during class, an otherworldly horror referred to as "the Beast" enters Brakebills and eats a student before the rest of the faculty are able to drive it away.

Third year students are assigned a Discipline. Though Quentin cannot be assigned one, he and Alice are sorted into the Physical magic group. The Physical Kids also include Eliot, Josh, and Janet, who are a year above them. During the spring semester of their fourth year, they are all sent to Brakebills South in Antarctica, where Quentin and Alice finally begin a relationship.

Upon graduation, Quentin and the other Physical Kids spend their days and nights in hedonistic pursuits. While still looking for a purpose, his erstwhile classmate Penny arrives with news about travel between worlds and Quentin discovers that Fillory is real.

The group finds magical wonders in Fillory, but they eventually discover The Beast, who is revealed to be Martin Chatwin, the eldest child in "Fillory and Further", who has sacrificed his humanity in order to stay in the magical world forever. After a brutal fight, Alice sacrifices herself to kill Martin, Penny loses both of his hands and chooses to remain in the empty city between the worlds, and a gravely injured Quentin is left in the care of a group of centaurs while the others fear that he will never awaken from his coma.

Upon awakening many months later, Quentin becomes depressed and disillusioned, especially when Jane, the youngest Chatwin, reveals herself to have been pulling the strings throughout her siblings' and Quentin's stories. By using a magical time-traveling device, she finally succeeded in killing Martin by leading Quentin and his friends to the confrontation.

Back on Earth, Quentin takes a high-paying non-magical job where he spends his time playing video games. One day, Eliot and Janet show up with Julia, who has learned magic, to return as Kings and Queens to Fillory.

==Major characters==
{{Main article|List of The Magicians characters}}
* '''Quentin Makepeace Coldwater'''<ref>{{Cite book|title = The Magician King|last = Grossman|first = Lev|publisher = |year = |isbn = |location = Chapter 12|pages = 293}}</ref> – The novel's protagonist. He studies magic at Brakebills before travelling to Fillory, the magical land from his favourite childhood books
* '''Alice Quinn''' – A talented and natural magician whom Quentin meets while attending Brakebills. She is initially extremely reserved, but opens up when she is placed with Quentin in the Physical Magic group. She and Quentin eventually develop a relationship.
* '''Eliot Waugh''' – A talented magician, and close friend of Quentin's. He is two years older than Quentin and Alice, and in the same year as Josh and Janet.
* '''Josh Hoberman''' – The overweight jokester-slacker of the Physical Magic group, Josh offers much of the novel's [[comic relief]].
* '''Janet''' – Another student in the Physical Magic group. Janet is portrayed as both deeply insecure and surprisingly strong. She is called "Janet Way" by another student in the first book, but "Janet Pluchinsky" by Dean Fogg in the second.
* '''Penny (William)''' – A student who enters Brakebills with Alice and Quentin. He proves the existence of Fillory and finds passage to it.

==Reception==
The review by ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' gave the novel an "A", calling it "the best urban fantasy in years, a sad dream of what it means to want something badly and never fully reach it."<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[The A.V. Club]] |url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/lev-grossman-the-magicians%2C31495/ |title=The Magicians |date=August 8, 2009 |accessdate= May 16, 2009 |first=Todd |last=VanDerWerff}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' review said the book "could crudely be labeled a [[Harry Potter]] for adults", injecting "mature themes" into fantasy literature.<ref>{{cite news |work=The New York Times |first=Michael |last=Agger |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/books/review/Agger-t.html |title=Abracadabra Angst |date=September 8, 2009 |accessdate=May 16, 2010}}</ref>

''The Magicians'' won the 2010 [[Alex Awards|Alex Award]], given to ten adult books that are appealing to young adults, and its author won the 2011 [[John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer]].<ref>{{Citation | title = 2011 Hugo Awards | url = http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2011-hugo-awards/ | year = 2012 | accessdate = 2012-09-15}}</ref>

==TV adaptation==
In 2011, [[Fox Entertainment Group|Fox]] optioned but eventually declined to order a television adaptation of ''The Magicians''. In July 2014, [[SyFy]] [[greenlit]] the production of a [[Television pilot|pilot episode]],<ref name="EW 10 July 2014">{{cite news|last1=Agard|first1=Chancellor|title=Syfy greenlights pilot based on Lev Grossman's 'The Magicians'|url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/07/10/syfy-greenlights-pilot-based-on-lev-grossmans-the-magicians/|accessdate=13 July 2014|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=10 July 2014}}</ref> and ordered a 12 episode first season which aired in January 2016.<ref name="mtv-pickup">{{cite web | url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2151800/the-magicians-syfy-series/ | title=‘The Magicians’ Is The Grown-Up ‘Harry Potter’ You’ve Always Wanted | publisher=[[MTV]] | date=5 May 2015 | accessdate=13 May 2015 | author=Bell, Crystal}}</ref> The series was renewed for a second season consisting of 13 episodes, set to air in 2017.<ref>[http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/the-magicians-season-2-renewed-syfy-1201699942/ ‘The Magicians’ Renewed for Season 2 on Syfy]. Laura Prudom. February 8, 2016. accessed February 9, 2016</ref>

The [[The Magicians (U.S. TV series)|SyFy series]] is written by [[John McNamara (writer)|John McNamara]] and [[Sera Gamble]], and produced by [[Michael London]] and [[Janice Williams]].<ref name="EW 10 July 2014" /> The pilot episode was directed by [[Mike Cahill (director)|Mike Cahill]], and the cast includes [[Jason Ralph (actor)|Jason Ralph]] as Quentin,<ref>[http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/syfys-magicians-adaptation-casts-jason-ralph-and-sosie-bacon-in-lead-roles-1201370039/ Syfy’s ‘Magicians’ Adaptation Casts Jason Ralph and Sosie Bacon in Lead Roles]</ref> [[Olivia Taylor Dudley]] as Alice, [[Hale Appleman]] as Eliot, [[Summer Bishil]] as Margo Hanson (renamed from Janet in the novel),<ref>Noonan, Kevin (8 December 2014). [http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/syfys-the-magicians-adds-towelhead-star-summer-bishil-1201374279/ "Syfy's 'The Magicians' adds 'Towelhead' star Summer Bishil"]. Variety.com. Retrieved 8 December 2014.</ref> [[Arjun Gupta (actor)|Arjun Gupta]] as Penny, [[Stella Maeve]] as Julia, and [[Rick Worthy]] as Henry Fogg.<ref name="mtv-pickup" /><ref name="EW.com 6 November 2014">{{cite news|last1=Zuckerman|first1=Esther|title=Syfy's 'The Magicians' series casts three roles|url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/11/06/syfys-the-magicians-series-casts-three-roles/|accessdate=6 November 2014|work=EW.com|date=6 November 2014}}</ref>

The series ages the characters up to Graduate school students, and compresses the Brakebills degree to three years. Most of the events detailed in the novel, the Antarctic trip for instance, appear to happen in Quentin's first year at Brakebills with years in the novel being roughly condensed into semesters in the TV show. Jane Chatwin is involved earlier and more heavily, and Quentin is more formally diagnosed with depression.<ref>Gamble, Sera, and John McNamara. "Unauthorized Magic." ''The Magicians''. Dir. Mike Cahill. 16 Dec. 2015. Television.</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* Grossman's [http://www.tor.com/blogs/2011/08/a-brief-guide-to-the-hidden-allusions-in-the-magicians A Brief Guide to the Hidden Allusions in The Magicians]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Magicians}}
[[Category:2009 novels]]
[[Category:American fantasy novels]]

The Magicians (Lev Grossman)

2016-02-18T10:09:13Z

Pnh: It's the series that's showing on SyFy, not the book.

{{Infobox book
| name = The Magicians
| image = TheMagicians.jpg
| caption = Cover of ''The Magicians''
| author = [[Lev Grossman]]
| illustrator =
| cover_artist =
| country = United States
| language = English
| series =
| genre = [[Contemporary fantasy]]/[[High fantasy]]/[[Parallel universe (fiction)|Parallel universe]]
| publisher = [[Viking Press|Viking]]/[[Penguin Books]]
| pub_date = 2009
| media_type = Print
| pages = 402 pp ''(first edition)''
| isbn = 978-0-670-02055-3
| oclc =
| dewey =
| congress = PS3557.R6725 M34
| preceded_by =
| followed_by = [[The Magician King]]
}}
'''''The Magicians''''' is a [[fantasy]] novel by the American author [[Lev Grossman]], published in 2009 by [[Viking Press]]. It tells the story of Quentin Coldwater, a young man who discovers and attends a college of [[Magic (paranormal)|magic]] in New York.

The novel received critical acclaim, and was followed by ''[[The Magician King]]'' (2011)<ref>{{cite news |work=Publisher's Weekly |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/book-news/deals/article/41554-deals-1-11-2010-.html |title= Viking Re-ups Grossman |first=Rachel |last=Deahl |date=January 11, 2010}}</ref><ref>[http://levgrossman.com/the-magician-king/ ''The Magician King''] at Lev Grossman's website</ref> and ''[[The Magician's Land]]'' (2014). It was adapted as [[The Magicians (U.S. TV series)|a television series]] that currently airs on [[SyFy]].

==Plot==
Quentin Coldwater is a high school student from [[Brooklyn]] who, with best friends James and Julia, is at an advanced school. He loves a series of books called "Fillory and Further," which involve the children of the Chatwin family discovering a [[Narnia]]-esque land called Fillory. On the day of his [[Princeton University|Princeton]] interview, he instead is examined for entrance to Brakebills College for Magical Pedagogy, the only school for magic in North America. He, along with 19 others, is accepted and he moves there at once.

It soon becomes apparent that magic is incredibly difficult and tedious to learn, as each spell must be varied in dozens of ways, depending on factors such as the phase of the moon and the closest body of water. The curriculum involves learning many old and lost languages, and seemingly endless hand positions. Despite this, Quentin and Alice Quinn are able to move up a year by compressing their first year of studies. One day during class, an otherworldly horror referred to as "the Beast" enters Brakebills and eats a student before the rest of the faculty are able to drive it away.

Third year students are assigned a Discipline. Though Quentin cannot be assigned one, he and Alice are sorted into the Physical magic group. The Physical Kids also include Eliot, Josh, and Janet, who are a year above them. During the spring semester of their fourth year, they are all sent to Brakebills South in Antarctica, where Quentin and Alice finally begin a relationship.

Upon graduation, Quentin and the other Physical Kids spend their days and nights in hedonistic pursuits. While still looking for a purpose, his erstwhile classmate Penny arrives with news about travel between worlds and Quentin discovers that Fillory is real.

The group finds magical wonders in Fillory, but they eventually discover The Beast, who is revealed to be Martin Chatwin, the eldest child in "Fillory and Further", who has sacrificed his humanity in order to stay in the magical world forever. After a brutal fight, Alice sacrifices herself to kill Martin, Penny loses both of his hands and chooses to remain in the empty city between the worlds, and a gravely injured Quentin is left to the care of a group of centaurs when the others fear that he will never awaken from his coma.

Upon awakening many months later, Quentin becomes depressed and disillusioned, especially when Jane, the youngest Chatwin, reveals herself to have been pulling the strings throughout her siblings' and Quentin's stories. By using a magical time-traveling device, she finally succeeded in killing Martin by leading Quentin and his friends to the confrontation.

Back on Earth, Quentin takes a high-paying non-magical job where he spends his time playing video games. One day, Eliot and Janet show up with Julia, who has learned magic, to return as Kings and Queens to Fillory.

==Major characters==
{{Main article|List of The Magicians characters}}
* '''Quentin Makepeace Coldwater'''<ref>{{Cite book|title = The Magician King|last = Grossman|first = Lev|publisher = |year = |isbn = |location = Chapter 12|pages = 293}}</ref> – The novel's protagonist. He studies magic at Brakebills before travelling to Fillory, the magical land from his favourite childhood books
* '''Alice Quinn''' – A talented and natural magician whom Quentin meets while attending Brakebills. She is initially extremely reserved, but opens up when she is placed with Quentin in the Physical Magic group. She and Quentin eventually develop a relationship.
* '''Eliot Waugh''' – A talented magician, and close friend of Quentin's. He is two years older than Quentin and Alice, and in the same year as Josh and Janet.
* '''Josh Hoberman''' – The overweight jokester-slacker of the Physical Magic group, Josh offers much of the novel's [[comic relief]].
* '''Janet''' – Another student in the Physical Magic group. Janet is portrayed as both deeply insecure and surprisingly strong. She is called "Janet Way" by another student in the first book, but "Janet Pluchinsky" by Dean Fogg in the second.
* '''Penny (William)''' – A student who enters Brakebills with Alice and Quentin. He proves the existence of Fillory and finds passage to it.

==Reception==
The review by ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' gave the novel an "A", calling it "the best urban fantasy in years, a sad dream of what it means to want something badly and never fully reach it."<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[The A.V. Club]] |url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/lev-grossman-the-magicians%2C31495/ |title=The Magicians |date=August 8, 2009 |accessdate= May 16, 2009 |first=Todd |last=VanDerWerff}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' review said the book "could crudely be labeled a [[Harry Potter]] for adults", injecting "mature themes" into fantasy literature.<ref>{{cite news |work=The New York Times |first=Michael |last=Agger |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/books/review/Agger-t.html |title=Abracadabra Angst |date=September 8, 2009 |accessdate=May 16, 2010}}</ref>

''The Magicians'' won the 2010 [[Alex Awards|Alex Award]], given to ten adult books that are appealing to young adults, and the 2011 [[John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer]].<ref>{{Citation | title = 2011 Hugo Awards | url = http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2011-hugo-awards/ | year = 2012 | accessdate = 2012-09-15}}</ref>

==TV adaptation==
In 2011, [[Fox Entertainment Group|Fox]] optioned but eventually declined to order a television adaptation of ''The Magicians''. In July 2014, [[SyFy]] [[greenlit]] the production of a [[Television pilot|pilot episode]],<ref name="EW 10 July 2014">{{cite news|last1=Agard|first1=Chancellor|title=Syfy greenlights pilot based on Lev Grossman's 'The Magicians'|url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/07/10/syfy-greenlights-pilot-based-on-lev-grossmans-the-magicians/|accessdate=13 July 2014|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=10 July 2014}}</ref> and ordered a 12 episode first season which aired in January 2016.<ref name="mtv-pickup">{{cite web | url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2151800/the-magicians-syfy-series/ | title=‘The Magicians’ Is The Grown-Up ‘Harry Potter’ You’ve Always Wanted | publisher=[[MTV]] | date=5 May 2015 | accessdate=13 May 2015 | author=Bell, Crystal}}</ref> The series was renewed for a second season consisting of 13 episodes, set to air in 2017.<ref>[http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/the-magicians-season-2-renewed-syfy-1201699942/ ‘The Magicians’ Renewed for Season 2 on Syfy]. Laura Prudom. February 8, 2016. accessed February 9, 2016</ref>

The [[The Magicians (U.S. TV series)|SyFy series]] is written by [[John McNamara (writer)|John McNamara]] and [[Sera Gamble]], and produced by [[Michael London]] and [[Janice Williams]].<ref name="EW 10 July 2014" /> The pilot episode was directed by [[Mike Cahill (director)|Mike Cahill]], and the cast includes [[Jason Ralph]] as Quentin,<ref>[http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/syfys-magicians-adaptation-casts-jason-ralph-and-sosie-bacon-in-lead-roles-1201370039/ Syfy’s ‘Magicians’ Adaptation Casts Jason Ralph and Sosie Bacon in Lead Roles]</ref> [[Olivia Taylor Dudley]] as Alice, [[Hale Appleman]] as Eliot, [[Summer Bishil]] as Margo Hanson (renamed from Janet in the novel),<ref>Noonan, Kevin (8 December 2014). [http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/syfys-the-magicians-adds-towelhead-star-summer-bishil-1201374279/ "Syfy's 'The Magicians' adds 'Towelhead' star Summer Bishil"]. Variety.com. Retrieved 8 December 2014.</ref> [[Arjun Gupta]] as Penny, [[Stella Maeve]] as Julia, and [[Rick Worthy]] as Dean Fogg.<ref name="mtv-pickup" /><ref name="EW.com 6 November 2014">{{cite news|last1=Zuckerman|first1=Esther|title=Syfy's 'The Magicians' series casts three roles|url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/11/06/syfys-the-magicians-series-casts-three-roles/|accessdate=6 November 2014|work=EW.com|date=6 November 2014}}</ref>

The series ages the characters up to Graduate school students, and compresses the Brakebills degree to three years. Jane Chatwin is involved earlier and more heavily, and Quentin is more formally diagnosed with depression.<ref>Gamble, Sera, and John McNamara. "Unauthorized Magic." ''The Magicians''. Dir. Mike Cahill. 16 Dec. 2015. Television.</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* Grossman's [http://www.tor.com/blogs/2011/08/a-brief-guide-to-the-hidden-allusions-in-the-magicians A Brief Guide to the Hidden Allusions in The Magicians]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Magicians}}
[[Category:2009 novels]]
[[Category:American fantasy novels]]

Ken Liu

2012-12-17T22:01:09Z

Pnh: "The Paper Menagerie" is not just the first short story to win the Nebula, the Hugo, and the WFC; it's the first work of fiction of _any_ length to do so,

'''Ken Liu''' is an American science-fiction writer, poet, lawyer and computer programmer. His short stories have appeared in ''[[F&SF]]'', ''[[Asimov's]]'', ''[[Analog Science Fiction and Fact|Analog]]'', ''[[Lightspeed]]'', ''[[Clarkesworld]]'', and other magazines, as well as several anthologies, including the [[Year's Best SF]]. He is also a translator of science fiction and literary stories from Chinese into English.

"The Paper Menagerie" is the first work of fiction, of any length, ever to have swept the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy Awards.

Ken graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Law School, and lives in Quincy, Massachusetts. He is married to Lisa Tang Liu; they have two daughters.

==Awards and Honors==
*2012 [[World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction]], winner, "The Paper Menagerie"
*2012 [[Hugo Award for Best Novella]], nominee, "The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary"
*2012 [[Hugo Award for Best Short Story]], winner, "The Paper Menagerie"
*2011 [[Nebula Award for Best Short Story]], winner, "The Paper Menagerie"
*2011 [[Nebula Award for Best Novella]], nominee, "The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary"
*2012 [[Locus Award]] for Best Short Story, finalist, "The Paper Menagerie"
*2012 [[Theodore Sturgeon Award]], finalist, "The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary" and "The Paper Menagerie"
*2012 [[Science Fiction & Fantasy Translation Awards]], Short Form winner, translation from the Chinese of "[http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/chen_08_11/ The Fish of Lijiang]" by [[Chen Qiufan]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sfftawards.org/?p=591 |title=2012 Winners |publisher=sfftawards.org |accessdate=June 1, 2012}}</ref>

==Ken Liu's Stories==
* "The Perfect Match" [http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-perfect-match/ (online)], ''[[Lightspeed Magazine]]'', December 2012
* "Good Hunting", [http://www.strangehorizons.com/fund_drives/2012/special-issue-hunting1-f.shtml (online)], ''[[Strange Horizons]]'', October 9, 2012
* “The Perfect Book”, ''[[Analog Science Fiction and Fact|Analog]]'', December 2012 issue, September 22, 2012
* “The Waves”, ''[[Asimov's]]'', December 2012 issue, September 22, 2012
* “Summer Reading”, ''[[Daily Science Fiction]]'', September 4, 2012
* “Cutting”, ''[[Electric Velocipede]]'', Issue 24, July 30, 2012
* “You’ll Always Have the Burden With You”, ''In Situ'', [[Dagan Books]], July 10, 2012
* “Dear Emily”, ''The Memory Eater Anthology'', July 5, 2012
* “The Silk Merchant”, ''[[Apex]]'', Issue 38, July 3, 2012
* “Celestial Bodies”, ''[[Nature]]'', June 28, 2012
* “Real Faces”, ''[[F&SF]]'', July/August issue, June 22, 2012
* "The Illusionist" [http://goldfishgrimm.com/back-issues/issue-4-uncertain-principles/the-illusionist-ken-liu/ (online)], ''Goldfish Grimm's Spicy Fiction Sushi'', Issue 4, June 2, 2012
* "Mono no aware" ''The Future is Japanese'', May 15, 2012
* "The Tome of Tourmaline" [http://dailysciencefiction.com/fantasy/fantasy/ken-liu/the-tome-of-tourmaline (online)], ''[[Daily Science Fiction]]'', May 9, 2012
* "The Shadowcrafter", ''Nine'', Issue 1, April 2012
* "Intelligent Design" [http://www.schrodingersmouse.com/intelligent_design_by_ken_liu.html (online)], ''Schrodinger's Mouse'', April, 2012
* "Monkeys" [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v484/n7394/full/484410a.html?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20120419 (online)], ''Nature's'' * "Futures" feature, April 19, 2012
* "To the Moon", ''Fireside'', April 17, 2012
* "Exotic Pets" [http://buzzymag.com/exotic-pets-by-ken-liu/ (online)], ''Buzzy Mag'', March 25, 2012
* "Memories of My Mother" [http://dailysciencefiction.com/science-fiction/time-travel/ken-liu/memories-of-my-mother (online)], ''[[Daily Science Fiction]]'', March 19, 2012
* "All the Flavors" [http://giganotosaurus.org/2012/02/ (online)], GigaNotoSaurus, February 2012
* "The Five Elements of the Heart Mind" [http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-five-elements-of-the-heart-mind/ (online)], ''[[Lightspeed Magazine]]'', January 24, 2012
* "Maxwell's Demon", ''[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction]]'', January/February 2012
* "The People of Pele", ''[[Asimov's]]'', February 2012
* "The Last Summer", ''10 Flash'', January 2012
* "The Necrocracy", ''Penumbra'', December 2011
* "The Countable", ''[[Asimov's]]'', December 2011
* "Justice FAIRBOT", ''140 And Counting'', edited by Joanne Merriam, December 11, 2011
* "Life Plus Seventy" [http://www.kasmamagazine.com/life-plus-seventy.html (online)], ''Kasma SF'', November 23, 2011
* "Safe Empathy", ''[[Daily Science Fiction]]'', November 21, 2011
* "Staying Behind" [http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/liu_10_11/ (online)], ''[[Clarkesworld Magazine]]'', October 1, 2011
* "Golden Years in the Paleozoic", ''[[Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine]]'', Issue #52, September 2011
* "Real Artists", TRSF (September 2011), a special publication of MIT's ''Technology Review''
* "The Last Seed" [http://dailysciencefiction.com/story/ken-liu/the-last-seed (online)], ''[[Daily Science Fiction]]'', September 26, 2011
* "The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary", ''Panverse Three'', edited by Dario Ciriello, September 2011
* "Music of the Spheres", ''Mirror Shards: Exploring the Edges of Augmented Reality (Volume One)'', 2011
* "The Box That Eats Memories" [http://dailysciencefiction.com/story/ken-liu/the-box-that-eats-memories (online)], ''[[Daily Science Fiction]]'', August 10, 2011
* "Hark! Listen to the Animals", ''The ePocalypse: e-mails at the end'', co-written with Lisa Tang Liu, August 2011
* "The Caretaker", ''Digital Science Fiction'', June 2011
* "Altogether Elsewhere, Vast Herds of Reindeer", ''[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction]]'', May/June 2011.
* "Ad Block", ''Kasma Science Fiction'', March 19, 2011
* "The Visit" [http://www.onthepremises.com/issue_13/story_13_1.html (online)], ''On the Premises'', March 2011 (Issue 13)
* "The Paper Menagerie" [http://io9.com/5958919/read-ken-lius-amazing-story-that-swept-the-hugo-nebula-and-world-fantasy-awards (online at io9)], ''[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction]]'', March/April 2011.
* "Simulacrum" [http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/simulacrum/ (online)], ''[[Lightspeed Magazine]]'', February 15, 2011
* "To the Stars" [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v470/n7332/full/470134a.html (online)], ''Nature's'' * "Futures" feature, co-written with Shelly Li, February 3, 2011
* "The Chase", ''[[Every Day Fiction]]'', January 28, 2011
* "Tying Knots" [http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/liu_01_11/ (online)], ''[[Clarkesworld Magazine]]'', January 2011
* "Saving Face" [http://crossedgenres.com/archives/026-opposites/saving-face-by-shelly-li-and-ken-liu/ (online)], ''[[Crossed Genres]]'', co-written with Shelly Li, January 1, 2011
* "The Letter" [http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-letter-by-ken-liu/ (online)], ''[[Every Day Fiction]]'', December 5, 2010
* "The Literomancer", ''[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction]]'', September/October 2010
* "The Phoenix" [http://www.onthepremises.com/issue_11/story_11_1.html (online)], ''On the Premises'', July 2010 (Issue 11)
* "Běidǒu (北斗)", ''The Dragon and the Stars'', edited by Derwin Mak and Eric Choi, May 2010.
* "Single-Bit Error", ''Thoughtcrime Experiments'', edited by Sumana Harihareswara and Leonard Richardson, 2009 (read) (buy).
* "Beneath the Language" [http://www.onthepremises.com/Issues_assets/On%20The%20Premises%20Issue%2002.pdf (online)], ''On the Premises'', July 2007 (Issue 2)
* "State Change", ''Polyphony 4'', edited by Deborah Layne and Jay Lake, September 2004.
* "The Algorithms for Love" [http://www.strangehorizons.com/2004/20040712/algorithms.shtml (online)], ''[[Strange Horizons]]'', July 2004
* "Gossamer", ''Writers of the Future, Vol. 19'', 2003.
* "Carthaginian Rose", ''Empire of Dreams and Miracles: The Phobos Science Fiction Anthology (v. 1)'', edited by Orson Scott Card and Keith Olexa, 2002.

==Ken Liu's Stories Translated into Other Languages==

Chinese
* 《爱的算法》("Algorithms for Love"), Chinese-language short story collection, SFW Publishing, September 5, 2012
* 《猴子》(“Monkeys”), ''[[Guokr]]'', September 3, 2012
Catalan
Japanese
Polish
Rumanian
Russian
Spanish

==Ken Liu's Stories in Podcast==

==Stories Translated by Ken Liu==
* "The Flowers of Shazui" by Chen Qiufan, ''[[Interzone (magazine)]]'', November 2012
* "Taking Care of God" by Liu Cixin [http://paper-republic.org/pubs/pathlight/2012-1/ (online)], ''[[Pathlight]]'', March 2012
* "A Hundred Ghosts Parade Tonight" by Xia Jia [http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/xia_02_12/ (online)], ''[[Clarkesworld Magazine]]'', February 2012
* "The Mark Twain Robots" by Ma Boyong, TRSF (September 2011), a special publication of MIT's ''Technology Review''
* "The Fish of Lijiang" by Chen Qiufan [http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/chen_08_11/ (online)], ''[[Clarkesworld Magazine]]'', August 2011

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://kenliu.name/about/ Ken Liu], official website
*[http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-10/22/content_15837462.htm Ken Liu's science fiction awards bring global attention to Chinese authors of the genre] at [[China Daily]], 2012-10-22
* [http://aalrmag.org/specfictioninterviewliu/ Interview: Ken Liu], The Asian American Literary Review, August 16th, 2012
*[http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2012/02/exclusive-interview-ken-liu-talks-about-humanistic-fiction-and-more/ EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Ken Liu Talks About Humanistic Fiction and More], SF Signal, February 7th, 2012
*[http://scapezine.com/2012/blog/interview-with-ken-liu/ Interview with Ken Liu], Scapezine, January 2012
*[http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight-ken-liu-2/ Author Spotlight: Ken Liu], Lightspeed Magazine, January 2012
*[http://www.upperrubberboot.com/140-and-counting-contributors/ 140 And Counting], Upper Rubber Boot Books, anthology, December 11, 2011

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Tobias S. Buckell

2010-12-01T14:57:45Z

Pnh: Changed "New York Times Best-Seller science fiction author" to "New York Times bestselling science fiction author," which is less ungainly. Changed "Tobias" in paragraph five of the bio to "Buckell."

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'''Tobias S. Buckell''' (born 1979) is a [[New York Times Best-Seller|New York Times bestselling]] [[science fiction author]] who was born in [[Grenada]] in the [[Caribbean Sea|Caribbean]]. He currently lives in [[Bluffton, Ohio]].

==Biography==
Buckell attended [[Clarion Workshop|Clarion East]] in 1999. Not long after that he made his first sale, ''"Fish Merchant"'', to [[Scott Edelman]] at ''[[Science Fiction Age]]''. The story appeared in the March, 2000 issue. About the time of the sale, his story ''"In Orbite Medievali"'' won a quarterly contest for the [[Writers of the Future]]. Since then his stories have appeared in a variety of places, including the magazines ''[[Astounding (magazine)|Analog]]'' and ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'', and the anthologies ''[[New Voices in Science Fiction]]'', ''[[Men Writing Science Fiction As Women]]'', and ''[[So Long Been Dreaming]]''.

His first novel, ''[[Crystal Rain]]'', was published in February 2006 by [[Tor Books]]. His second novel, ''[[Ragamuffin (novel)|Ragamuffin]]'' was published in 2007, and was nominated for the illustrious [[Nebula Award for best novel|Nebula award]] for that year. ''[[Sly Mongoose]]'', his third novel, was published in August 2008. His first short story collection, ''[[Tides from the New Worlds]]'', was published as a signed limited edition hardcover by [[Wyrm Publishing]] in April 2009.

Buckell made a non-physical appearance on the ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (US game show)|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire]]'' [[game show]] as a "Phone-A-Friend" for his friend Heidi Ruby Miller.

In 2008, he donated his archive to the department of Rare Books and Special Collections at [[Northern Illinois University]].<ref>[http://www.ulib.niu.edu/rarebooks/sciencefiction.cfm Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) Collection], Northern Illinois University</ref>

On June 16, 2008, Buckell was announced as the author for the sixth novel in the [[Halo (series)|Halo]] book series titled "[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]", named after military procedures made to prevent the Covenant from obtaining crucial information, such as the location of Earth. The novel was published in November 2008.
<ref>{{cite web | url = http://us.macmillan.com/halothecoleprotocol | title = Halo: The Cole Protocol | publisher = Macmillan | accessdate = 2008-11-28}}</ref> In December, the novel debuted at #4 on the New York Times Best Seller list for paperback trade fiction.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/14/books/bestseller/bestpapertradefiction.html | title = The New York Times | accessdate = 2008-12-14 | date=2008-12-14}}</ref> Also he wrote together with [[Karen Traviss]], [[Eric Nylund]] and many other authors the novel ''[[Halo Evolutions]]: Essential Tales of the Halo Universe'', which was released in November 2009.

In July 2010 he published an audiobook, ''[[The Alchemist and The Executioness]]'', with [[Paolo Bacigalupi]]. These two works are to be published as separate print books in January 2011.

== Novels ==

* ''[[Crystal Rain]]'' (2006), ISBN 0-765-31227-1
* ''[[Ragamuffin (novel)|Ragamuffin]]'' (2007), ISBN 0-7653-1507-6
* ''[[Sly Mongoose]]'' (2008), ISBN 0-7653-1920-9
* ''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]'' (2008), ISBN 0-7653-1570-X

== Novellas ==

* ''The Executioness'' (January 2011), ISBN 978-1-59606-354-9

== Collections ==

* ''Tides from the New World'' (2009), ISBN 978-1-890464-07-3

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/ Tobias Buckell's Home Page]
* [http://nethspace.blogspot.com/2007/08/tobias-buckell-answers-questions-five.html Interview with Tobias Buckell at Neth Space]
* [http://www.sffworld.com/interview/155p0.html Interview with Tobias S. Buckell] at [http://www.sffworld.com SFFWorld.com]
*[http://www.crystal-rain.com/ Crystal Rain Website]
*[http://www.wotmania.com/fantasymessageboardshowmessage.asp?MessageID=172805 Interview on wotmania.com]
*[http://www.scifidimensions.com/main/2008/10/01/podcast-16-tobias-buckell/ Interview on the SciFiDimensions Podcast]
*[http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/buckell_interview Interview] at [[Clarkesworld Magazine]] Issue 30, March 2009
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Jo Walton

2009-02-01T21:08:34Z

Pnh: Uploaded and linked to photo of Jo Walton

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'''Jo Walton''' (born [[December 1]], [[1964]]) is a [[Wales|Welsh]] [[fantasy]] and [[science fiction]] writer and poet. She won the [[John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer]] in 2002 and the [[World Fantasy award]] for her novel ''[[Tooth and Claw (novel)|Tooth and Claw]]'' in 2004. Her novel ''[[Ha'penny (novel)|Ha'penny]]'' was a co-winner of the 2008 [[Prometheus Award]].

==Writing career==
Walton's first novel was published in 2000. Before that, she was published in a number of [[role-playing game]] publications, such as [[Pyramid (magazine)|Pyramid]], mostly in collaboration with her husband at the time, Ken Walton.<ref>[http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=1835 Jo Walton :: Pen & Paper RPG Database]</ref> Walton was also active in online [[fandom]], especially in the [[Usenet]] groups ''rec.arts.sf.written'' and ''rec.arts.sf.fandom''. Her poem "The Lurkers Support Me in E-Mail" is widely quoted on it and in other online arguments, often without her name attached.<ref>[http://www.irosf.com/q/zine/article/10407 IRoSF: Login Required]</ref>

Her first three novels, ''The King's Peace'' (2000), ''The King's Name'' (2001), and ''The Prize in the Game'' (2002) were all fantasy and set in the same world, which is based on [[Arthurian]] Britain and the [[Táin Bó Cúailnge]]'s [[Ireland]]. Her next novel, ''[[Tooth and Claw (novel)|Tooth and Claw]]'' (2003) was intended as a novel [[Anthony Trollope]] could have written, but about dragons rather than humans.

''[[Farthing (novel)|Farthing]]'' was her first [[science fiction]] novel, placing the genre of the "cozy" mystery firmly inside an [[alternate history]] in which the [[United Kingdom]] made peace with [[Adolf Hitler]] before the involvement of the [[United States]] in [[World War II]]. It was nominated for a [[Nebula Award]], a [[Quill Awards|Quill Award]],<ref>[http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/06/02/2007-quills-nominees/ Announcement of Quills nominees at ''The Beat''], [[2 June]] [[2007]]</ref> the [[John W. Campbell Memorial Award]] for best science fiction novel,<ref>[http://www2.ku.edu/~sfcenter/campbell-finalists.htm John W. Campbell Memorial Award Finalists], accessed [[4 June]] [[2007]]</ref> and the [[Sidewise Award for Alternate History]]. A sequel, ''[[Ha'penny (novel)|Ha'penny]]'', was published in October 2007 by [[Tor Books]],<ref> [http://www.tor-forge.com/hapenny Tor Books blurb page for ''Ha'penny''].</ref> with the final book in the trilogy, ''[[Half a Crown (novel)|Half a Crown]],'' to be published in September 2008. ''Ha'penny'' won the 2008 [[Prometheus Award]] (jointly with [[Harry Turtledove]]'s novel ''The Gladiator'') <ref>[http://www.lfs.org/releases.htm], accessed [[9 August]] [[2008]]</ref> and has been nominated for the [[Lambda Literary Award]].<ref>[http://www.lambdaliterary.org/awards/current_finalists.html] accessed [[29 March]] [[2008]]].</ref>

In April 2007, [[Howard V. Hendrix]] stated that professional writers should never release their writings online for free, as this made them equivalent to [[Strike action#scabs|scabs]].<ref name="livejournal">[http://community.livejournal.com/sfwa/10039.html Hendrix's "webscabs" post on LiveJournal], April 2007</ref> Walton responded to this by declaring [[23 April]] as [[International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day]], a day in which writers who disagreed with Hendrix could release their stories online en masse. In 2008 Walton celebrated this day by posting several chapters of an unfinished sequel to ''Tooth and Claw'', ''Those Who Favor Fire.''

==Personal life==
Walton moved to [[Montreal, Quebec|Montreal]], [[Quebec]], after her first novel was published. She is married to Dr. Emmet A. O'Brien.<ref>Langford, David, [http://news.ansible.co.uk/a169.html ''Ansible'' #169], August 2001</ref> She has one child, a son named Alexander.

== Bibliography ==
=== Novels ===
* ''[[The King's Peace (novel)|The King's Peace]]'' (October 2000, [[Tor Books]], ISBN 0-312-87229-1)
* ''[[The King's Name (novel)|The King's Name]]'' (December 2001, Tor Books, ISBN 0-312-87653-X)
* ''[[The Prize in the Game (novel)|The Prize in the Game]]'' (December 2002, Tor Books, ISBN 0-7653-0263-2)
* ''[[Tooth and Claw (novel)|Tooth and Claw]]'' (November 2003, Tor Books, ISBN 0-7653-0264-0)
* ''[[Farthing (novel)|Farthing]]'' (August 2006, Tor Books, ISBN 0-7653-1421-5)
* ''[[Ha'penny (novel)|Ha'penny]]'' (October 2007, Tor Books, ISBN 0-7653-1853-9)
* ''[[Half a Crown (novel)|Half a Crown]]'' (August 2008, Tor Books)

=== Other works ===
* ''[[GURPS]] Celtic Myth (with Ken Walton)'' (1995, roleplaying supplement)
* ''Muses and Lurkers'' (2001, poetry chapbook, edited by Eleanor Evans)
* ''Realms of Sorcery (with Ken Walton)'' (2002, roleplaying supplement)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.zorinth.net/bluejo/ Jo Walton's Webpage]
* [http://papersky.livejournal.com/ Jo Walton's LiveJournal]
* [http://www.forgottenfutures.com/game/ff10/fire_htm/fire.htm Those Who Favor Fire]
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