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American writer, editor, and publisher
Steven H Silver (born April 19, 1967)[1] is an American science fiction fan and bibliographer , publisher, author, and editor . He has been nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer twelve times and Best Fanzine eight times without winning (three for Argentus and five for Journey Planet ).[2]
The "H" is his middle name and not an initial.
Editor, publisher, and writer
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Silver was born in Hinsdale, Illinois . He is a longtime contributing editor to SF Site and wrote that site's news page from its inception in 2002 until it closed in 2014.
Anthologies
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In 2003, he co-edited three anthologies with Martin H. Greenberg , Wondrous Beginnings , Magical Beginnings , and Horrible Beginnings , which reprinted the first published stories of authors in the science fiction , fantasy , and horror genres. From 2004 through 2012 he was the publisher and editor of ISFiC Press .[3] He co-edited the alternate history anthology Alternate Peace in 2019 with Joshua Palmatier .[4]
Short fiction
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Silver published his first short story, "Les Lettres de Paston ", in the final issue of Helix SF .[5] Silver had earlier written a column on alternate history for the magazine. He has continued to publish short stories since, as well as some poetry.
Collections
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In 2009 and 2010, he edited the two volume Selected Stories of Lester del Rey for NESFA Press . The first volume is entitled War and Space and appeared in August, 2009.[6] The second volume, Robots and Magic was published in February 2010.[7]
Novels
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Silver's first novel, After Hastings , an alternate history in which Harold Godwinson prevented the Norman conquest of Britain by defeating William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings , was published by Ring of Fire Press in July 2020.[8] [9]
Fandom
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Sidewise and Nebula Awards
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In 1995, he founded the Sidewise Award for Alternate History and has served as a judge ever since.[10] He was on the short story jury for the Nebula Award in 2002,[11] and on the novel jury for the Nebula Award in 2003,[12] 2006,[13] and chaired the novel jury in 2008.[14] In 2005, Silver was one of the co-ordinators of the Nebula weekend in Chicago .[15] In 2008, he was appointed SFWA Event Coordinator and has helped run the Nebula Award Weekends in that capacity from 2009 to 2021.[16]
Fanzines
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Silver is known as an on-line reviewer and has written several articles for science fiction fanzines , as well as publishing his own annual fanzine Argentus , which was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Fanzine in 2008, 2009, and 2010,[2] and won the Chronic Rift Roundtable Award for Best Fanzine in 2009[17] and the monthly APA -zine Plata . He has guest edited five issues of Journey Planet .
Conventions
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In addition to his writing and editing activities, Silver is involved in running science fiction conventions . He has chaired Windycon three times,[18] founded Midfan and chaired the first Midwest Construction, and ran programming for Chicon 2000 ,[19] the Worldcon . From 1998 through 2006 and again from 2008, he sat on the board of directors for ISFiC . He served as a vice chair for Chicon 7 in 2012.
Personal background
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In 2000, Silver appeared on Jeopardy! [20] winning two days and coming in second on his third day. He won $15,000.[21]
Bibliography
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Novels
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Short fiction
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"Les Lettres de Paston" (2008), original publish in Helix SF magazine, but has been republished on SF Site [5]
"Bats in Thebayou" (2009), published in the anthology Zombie Raccoons & Killer Bunnies , ISBN 978-0-7564-0582-3
"Boleslaw Szymanski Gets the Ogden Slip" (2010)
"In the Night" (2010), published in the anthology Love & Rockets , ISBN 978-0-7564-0650-9
"The Destiny of Einar the Brave" (2011)
"In the Shadows of Broadway" (2012), featured on the StarShipSofa podcast #236[22]
"The Cremator's Tale" (2013), published in Black Gate magazine[23]
"Hunger on Ceos" (2015)
"Village Square" (2015)
"Well of Tranquility" (2016), published in the anthology Genius Loci: Tales of the Spirit of Place , ISBN 978-1-944760-41-0
"Big White Men—Attack!" (2017), published in the anthology Little Green Men—Attack! , ISBN 978-1-4767-8213-3
"Doing Business at Hodputt's Emporium" (March 2018), published in Galaxy's Edge , Issue 31, ISBN 978-1-61242-404-0
"A Letter Home" (2020), published in Ray Bradbury Experience Museum Newsletter , Volume 2
"Worst in Show" (2022), published in the anthology Ludlow Charlington's Doghouse
"Best Policy" (2022), published in the anthology Wyrms ISBN 9-798-83742-651-3
"Initial Engagement" (2023), published in the anthology Jewish Futures ISBN 978-1-5154-5804-3
References
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^ a b Kelly, Mark R. (2009). "Hugo Nominees List" . Locus Index to SF Awards . Locus. Archived from the original on September 20, 2011. Retrieved March 21, 2009 .
^ "Silver Resigns from ISFiC Press" . SF Site. November 12, 2012. Retrieved November 16, 2012 .
^ Selby-Martin, Adam (August 30, 2019), Les Review - Alternate Peace; Steven H Silver & Joshua Palmatier (eds.), Zombies Need Brains , Sea Lion Press, retrieved November 13, 2020
^ a b Silver, Steven H (Fall 2008). "Les Lettres de Paston" . Helix SF (10 ). Retrieved October 1, 2008 .
^ "War and Space by Lester del Rey" . NESFA Press. December 12, 2009. Archived from the original on March 13, 2010. Retrieved March 16, 2010 .
^ "Magic and Robots by Lester del Rey" . NESFA Press. December 12, 2009. Archived from the original on March 10, 2010. Retrieved March 16, 2010 .
^ "After Hastings" . Ring of Fire Press. July 1, 2020. Retrieved July 4, 2020 .
^ "After Hastings - Ring of Fire Press (sample)" . Baen Books.
^ "Sidewise: About the Awards" . Uchronia.net. Retrieved July 22, 2015 .
^ SFWA Forum , February 2003, p. 10
^ SFWA Forum , April 2003, p. 15
^ "SFWA Employees & Volunteers" . Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America . Archived from the original on September 24, 2006.
^ "About the Awards Committee and Nebula Juries" . Nebula Awards . SFWA. 2009. Archived from the original on August 30, 2008. Retrieved March 22, 2009 .
^ "2005 Nebula Awards Weekend Staff" . Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America . Archived from the original on January 3, 2007.
^ Nebula Award Weekend 2012 Guide.
^ Hawkins, Kit (April 8, 2009). "The Chronic Rift's 2009 Roundtable Award Winners" . SF Scope . SFScope.com. Archived from the original on December 21, 2010. Retrieved July 12, 2011 .
^ "ISFiC, Inc.: Windycons Past" . Isfic.org. Retrieved July 4, 2020 .
^ "Chicon 7: The 70th World Science Fiction Convention" . Chicon.org. September 3, 2012. Retrieved July 22, 2015 .
^ "OT - Tech writer on Jeopardy" . Techwr-l.com. June 16, 2000. Retrieved July 22, 2015 .
^ Smath, Meg. "How I got on Jeopardy!" . Smath-o-Rama (blog). Retrieved July 22, 2015 .
^ Smith, Tony C. (May 1, 2012). "Will McIntosh" . StarShipSofa (Podcast). No. 236.
^ Silver, Steven H (2013). "Black Gate Online Fiction: "The Cremator's Tale" " . Black Gate .
External links
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R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steven_H_Silver&oldid=1235606438 "
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