Wil McCarthy

Wil McCarthy (born September 16, 1966) is an American science fiction novelist, president and co-founder of RavenBrick (a solar technology company),<ref>Template:Citation</ref> and the science columnist for Syfy. He currently resides in Colorado.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Rich Man's Sky won the 2022 Prometheus Award. Beggar's Sky is a finalist for the 2025 Prometheus Award.

Wil McCarthy popularized the concept of programmable matter, which he calls wellstone.

Bibliography

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Novels

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• Bloom (1998) Template:ISBN
• Antediluvian (2019) Template:ISBN<ref group=lower-alpha>Template:Citation</ref>

Aggressor Six

1. Aggressor Six (1994) Template:ISBN
2. The Fall of Sirius (1996) Template:ISBN

The Queendom of Sol

1. The Collapsium (2000) Template:ISBN<ref group=lower-alpha name="NebulaAwardBestNovel">Nebula Award nominee.</ref>
2. The Wellstone (2003) Template:ISBN
3. Lost in Transmission (2004) Template:ISBN
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Rich Man's Sky

1. Rich Man's Sky (2021) Template:ISBN<ref group=lower-alpha>Template:Citation</ref>
2. Poor Man's Sky (2023) Template:ISBN
3. Beggar's Sky (2024) Template:ISBN

Short fiction

Stories<ref group=lower-alpha>Short stories unless otherwise noted.</ref>

Title	Year	First published	Reprinted/collected	Notes
Wyatt Earp 2.0	2016	Template:Cite journal		Novella

• "Amerikano Hiaika", Aboriginal Science Fiction, May/June 1991.
• "Dirtyside Down", Universe 3, 1994.
• "The Dream of Houses", Analog, November 1995.<ref group=lower-alpha name="LocusRecommReading">Appeared on the Locus recommended reading list.</ref>
• "The Dream of Castles", Analog, April 1997.
• "The Dream of Nations", Analog, October 1998.<ref group=lower-alpha name="LocusRecommReading" />
• "Once Upon a Matter Crushed", Science Fiction Age, May 1999.<ref group=lower-alpha name="LocusRecommReading" /><ref group=lower-alpha>Theodore Sturgeon Award Nominee.</ref><ref group=lower-alpha>Became the first portion of The Collapsium.</ref>
• "No Job Too Small", Aboriginal Science Fiction, Spring 2001.
• "Pavement Birds", Analog, July/August 2002.
• "He Died that Day, in Thirty Years", Once Upon a Galaxy, 2002
• "Garbage Day", Analog, December 2002.<ref group=lower-alpha>Became part of The Wellstone.</ref>

Non-fiction

• "Programmable Matter" (AKA "Programmable Matter: A Retrospective"), Nature, October 6, 2000. Template:Doi.
• "Ultimate Alchemy", Wired 9.10, October 2001
• Hacking Matter (2003), Template:ISBN
• "This Looks Like a Job for...Superatoms", IEEE Spectrum, August 2005

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Other media

Radio plays

• I Love Bees, writer<ref>Template:Citation</ref><ref>Template:IMDb name</ref>

Radio appearances

• Coast to Coast AM, "Programmable Matter", April 18, 2003<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
• Coast to Coast AM, "Quantum Dots", April 26, 2004<ref>Template:Citation</ref>

External links

• WilMcCarthy.com
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• Wil McCarthy U.S. patents