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American speculative fiction writer (born 1961)
John C. Wright (born October 22, 1961) is an American writer of science fiction and fantasy novels.[1] [2] Nebula Award finalist for his fantasy novel Orphans of Chaos Publishers Weekly debut novel , The Golden Age [3]
Early life [ edit ]
John C. Wright was born in Chula Vista, California .[1] Great Books at St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland , graduating in 1984.[4] Juris Doctor degree from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law of the College of William & Mary in 1987.
Wright was admitted to the practice of law in three jurisdictions, New York, May 1989; Maryland , December 1990. Washington, D.C., January 1994. After his law practice was unsuccessful, he went to work for the newspaper St. Mary's Today .[4]
Wright later worked as a newspaperman and newspaper editor[4] debut novel The Golden Age Publishers Weekly [3]
Wright also works as a technical writer in Virginia .[citation needed
Wright's Orphans of Chaos Nebula Award for Best Novel, losing to Joe Haldeman 's Camouflage [5]
In 2015, as a part of the Rabid Puppies slate, Wright received five Hugo Award nominations, including three in the Best Novella category ("One Bright Star to Guide Them," "The Plural of Helen of Troy," and "Pale Realms of Shade"), a fourth for Best Short Story ("The Parliament of Beasts and Birds"), and a fifth for Best Related Work (Transhuman and Subhuman: Essays on Science Fiction and Awful Truth ). All his works were ranked below "No Award".[6]
On September 4, 2016, Wright's novel Somewhither (published by Castalia House ) received the first Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.[7]
Personal life [ edit ]
At age 42, Wright converted from atheism to Christianity , citing a profound religious experience with visions of the "Virgin Mary, her son, and His Father, not to mention various other spirits and ghosts over a period of several days", and stating that prayers he made were answered.[8] Roman Catholic Church , of which he approvingly said: "If Vulcans had a church, they'd be Catholics."[9]
Wright is married to writer L. Jagi Lamplighter , and they have four children.[4]
The Golden Oecumene [ edit ]
War of the Dreaming [ edit ]
Chronicles of Chaos [ edit ]
Count to the Eschaton Sequence [ edit ]
Count to a Trillion (2011)
The Hermetic Millennia (2012)[10]
The Judge of Ages (2014)[11]
Architect of Aeons (April 21, 2015)[12]
The Vindication of Man (November 22, 2016)[13]
Count to Infinity (December 26, 2017)[11] [13] [14]
Tales of Moth and Cobweb [ edit ]
The Green Knight's Squire
Swan Knight's Son (2016)
Feast of the Elfs (2016)
Swan Knight's Sword (2016)
The Dark Avenger's Sidekick
Daughter of Danger (2017)
City of Corpses (2017)
Tithe to Tartarus (2017)
The Mad Scientist's Intern (Forthcoming)
The Ghostly Father's Novice (Forthcoming)
A Tale of the Unwithering Realm [ edit ]
Somewhither (2015)[15]
Nowhither: The Drowned World (2019)[15]
Lost on the Last Continent [ edit ]
Terrors of Pangaea (2020)[16]
Giants of Pangaea (2020)[16]
Gods of Pangaea (2020)[16]
Other novels [ edit ]
Stories in the Night Land setting [ edit ]
"Awake in the Night," (novella) William Hope Hodgson's Night Lands: Eternal Love , edited by Andy W. Robertson, Wildside Press .[17]
"The Cry of the Night Hound," (novella) William Hope Hodgson's Night Lands: Nightmares of the Fall , also edited by Robertson.[18]
"Silence of the Night," as of 2008 only published on Robertson's Nightland.co.uk website.[19]
"The Last of All Suns," (novella) William Hope Hodgson's Night Lands: Nightmares of the Fall .[20]
Awake in the Night Land , Castalia House.[21]
Other publications [ edit ]
"Farthest Man from Earth", (novella) Asimov's Science Fiction
"Guest Law", (novella) Asimov's Science Fiction
"Not Born a Man", (short story) Aberrations , No. 24, October 1994.
Reprinted in No Longer Dreams , ed. Danielle McPhail, Lite Circle, 2005.
"Forgotten Causes", (short story) Absolute Magnitude
Reprinted in Breach the Hull , ed. Mike McPhail, Marietta, 2007.
"Father's Monument", (short story) No Longer Dreams , ed. Danielle McPhail, Lite Circle, 2005.
"The Kindred", (short story) No Longer Dreams , ed. Danielle McPhail, Lite Circle, 2005.
"Peter Power Armor",[22] Breach the Hull , ed. Mike McPhail, Marietta, 2007.
"Choosers of the Slain", (short story) Clockwork Phoenix: Tales of Beauty and Strangeness , ed. Mike Allen, Norilana Books, 2008.
"One Bright Star to Guide Them", (short story) The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
"The Far End of History", (novella) The New Space Opera 2 Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan , Harper Voyager , June 2009.
"Guyal the Curator", (short story) Songs of the Dying Earth George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, Subterranean Press , July 2009.
"A Random World Of Delta Capricorni Aa, Also Called Scheddi", (flash fiction), Flash Fiction Online, May 2010.
"Judgement Eve", (novelette) Engineering Infinity Solaris Books , December 2010.[23] [24] [25]
References [ edit ]
^ Abrahams, Avi. "Exclusive: Interview with John C. Wright" . Dark Roasted Blend .
^ a b Publishers Weekly
^ a b c d The Space Opera Renaissance . Tor Books . July 2006. p. 929.
^ Mann, Laurie D. T. "SFWA Nebula Awards" . dpsinfo.com .
^ "2015 Hugo Awards" . March 31, 2015.
^ "The Dragon Award" . awards.dragoncon.org .
^ Wright, John C. (September 2, 2011). "Faith in the Fictional War between Science Fiction and Faith" . www.scifiwright.com . Retrieved March 25, 2015 .
^ Wright, John C. (March 21, 2008). "I thought I should tell you" . johncwright.livejournal.com . Retrieved March 25, 2015 .
^ John C. Wright's LiveJournal: Cover Art for THE HERMETIC MILLENNIA and Excerpt Archived June 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
^ a b "The Next Big Thing (The Hermetic Millennia)" . Scifiwright.com . December 14, 2012.
^ Johnson, Suzanne (March 27, 2012). "Fiction Affliction: April Releases in Science Fiction" . Tor.com . Tor Books (Macmillan). Retrieved April 12, 2015 .
^ a b Wright, John C. "Progress Report" . John C. Wright.
^ Wright, John C. (December 26, 2017). Count to Infinity: Book Six of the Eschaton Sequence . Tor Books. ISBN 978-0765381606
^ a b "Series: A Tale of the Unwithering Realm" .
^ a b c "Series: Lost on the Last Continent" .
^ December 2003 Thenightland.co.uk
^ August 2007 Thenightland,co.uk
^ May 2007 Thenighland.co.uk Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
^ November 2003 Thenightland.co.uk
^ "Awake in the Night Land" . Castalia House . 2014.
^ "Breach the Hull — Peter Power Armor logo!" . December 20, 2006. Retrieved February 18, 2014 .
^ Tilton, Lois (December 7, 2010). "Lois Tilton reviews Short Fiction, early December" . Locus . Retrieved January 6, 2015 .
^ Seel, Nigel (April 11, 2011). "Book Review: Engineering Infinity (ed ) Jonathan Strahan" . ScienceFiction.com. Retrieved January 6, 2015 .
^ Waters, Robert E. (March 8, 2011). "Engineering Infinity , edited by Jonathan Strahan" . Tangent . Archived from the original on April 13, 2017. Retrieved January 6, 2015 .
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