Stanley Schmidt

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Template:Short descriptionTemplate:BLP sourcesTemplate:For Template:Use American EnglishTemplate:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox writer Stanley Albert Schmidt (born March 7, 1944) is an American science fiction author and editor. Between 1978 and 2012 he served as editor of Analog Science Fiction and Fact.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Additional source needed

Biography

Schmidt was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 1966. He then attended Case Western Reserve University, where he completed his PhD in physics in 1969.<ref name=":0" />

After receiving his degree, he became a professor at Heidelberg College in Tiffin, Ohio, teaching physics, astronomy, biology, and science fiction.<ref name=":0" />

Schmidt was editor of Analog Science Fiction and Fact magazine from 1978 to his retirement on 29 August 2012. Additionally, he has served as a member of the Board of Advisers for the National Space Society and the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame and was Guest of Honor at BucConeer, the 1998 Worldcon in Baltimore, Maryland.

Literary career

His first publication was "A Flash of Darkness" (Analog, September 1968); his first novel was The Sins of the Fathers (serialized in Analog from November 1973 to January 1974); and his first book was Newton and the Quasi-Apple in 1975.

One of his most recent novels, Argonaut (2002), shows an alien invasion from a new angle.Template:Citation needed

Awards and honors

He was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor every year from 1980 through 2006 (its final year), and for the Hugo Award for Best Editor Short Form every year from 2007 (its first year) through 2013. He won the Hugo for the first time in 2013. In 2013 he was awarded a Special Committee Award for his editorial work.

Bibliography

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Novels

Kyyra series

Short fiction collections

Stories

Short stories unless otherwise noted.

  • The Reluctant Ambassadors (1968)
  • . . . And Comfort to the Enemy (1969)
  • Lost Newton (1970)
  • May the Best Man Win (1971)
  • The Unreachable Stars (1971)
  • The Prophet (1972)
  • His Loyal Opposition (1976)
  • Panic (1978)
  • A Midsummer Newt's Dream (1979)
  • Camouflage (1981)
  • Tweedlioop (1981)
  • Mascots (1982)
  • War of Independence (1982)
  • The Folks Who Live on the Hill (1984)
  • Floodgate (1988)
  • The Man on the Cover (1990)
  • Worthsayer (1992)
  • Not Even a Chimney (1993)
  • Johnny Birdseed (1993)
  • The Parallels of Penzance (1998) with Michael A. Burstein
  • Good Intentions (1998) with Jack McDevitt
  • Generation Gap (2000)
  • The Emperor's Revenge (2002)
Lifeboat Earth series
  • A Thrust of Greatness (1976)
  • Caesar Clark (1977)
  • Pinocchio (1977)
  • Dark Age (1977)
  • The Promised Land (1978)
  • Second Interlude (1978)
  • First Interlude (1978)
  • Third Interlude (1978)
  • Fourth Interlude (1978)
Title Year First published Reprinted/collected Notes
A Flash of Darkness 1968
Prologue 1978
Opportunity Knocks 2014 Template:Cite journal
Night Ride and Sunrise – Part I of IV 2015 Template:Cite journal Later published (with the other three parts) as the novel Night Ride and Sunrise (2017) Serial
Night Ride and Sunrise – Part II of IV 2015 Template:Cite journal Later published (with the other three parts) as the novel Night Ride and Sunrise (2017) Serial
Night Ride and Sunrise – Part III of IV 2015 Template:Cite journal Later published (with the other three parts) as the novel Night Ride and Sunrise (2017) Serial
Night Ride and Sunrise – Part IV of IV 2015 Template:Cite journal Later published (with the other three parts) as the novel Night Ride and Sunrise (2017) Serial

Anthologies (edited)

Analog anthologies

Nonfiction

Interviews

Notes

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