Gardner Dozois
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Born | Gardner Raymond Dozois[1] July 23, 1947 Salem, Massachusetts,U.S. |
Died | May 27, 2018 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,U.S. | (aged 70)
Occupation | Editor, writer |
Period | 1970–2018[1] |
Genre | Science fiction magazines,anthologies,short fiction |
Notable works | Asimov's Science Fiction |
Spouse | Susan Casper (m. c. 1970 – 2017, her death) |
Gardner Raymond Dozois(/doʊˈzwɑː/doh-ZWAH;July 23, 1947 – May 27, 2018) was anAmericanscience fiction authorandeditor.He was the founding editor ofThe Year's Best Science Fictionanthologies (1984–2018) and was editor ofAsimov's Science Fictionmagazine (1986–2004), garnering multipleHugoandLocus Awardsfor those works almost every year. He also won theNebula Award for Best Short Storytwice.[2]He was inducted to theScience Fiction Hall of Fameon June 25, 2011.[3]
Biography[edit]
Dozois was born July 23, 1947, inSalem, Massachusetts.[4]He graduated fromSalem High Schoolwith the Class of 1965. From 1966 to 1969 he served in theArmyas a journalist, after which he moved to New York City to work as an editor in the science fiction field. One of his stories had been published byFrederik Pohlin the September 1966 issue ofIfbut his next four appeared in 1970, three inDamon Knight's anthology seriesOrbit.[1]
Dozois said that he turned to reading fiction partially as an escape from the provincialism of his home town.[citation needed]
He was badly injured in a taxi accident after returning from aPhiladelphia Philliesgame in 2004 (causing him to missWorldconfor the first time in many years) but made a full recovery. On July 6, 2007, Dozois had surgery for a plannedquintuple bypass operation.A week later, he experienced complications which prompted additional surgery to implant adefibrillator.[citation needed]
Dozois died on May 27, 2018, of a systemic infection at a hospital in Philadelphia at the age of 70.[5]
Fiction[edit]
As a writer, Dozois mainly worked in shorter forms. He won theNebula Award for Best Short Storytwice: once for "The Peacemaker "in 1983, and again for"Morning Child"in 1984. His short fiction has been collected inThe Visible Man(1977),Geodesic Dreams(a best-of collection),Slow Dancing through Time(1990, collaborations),Strange Days(2001, another best-of collection),Morning Child and Other Stories(2004) andWhen the Great Days Come(2011). As a novelist, Dozois's oeuvre is significantly smaller. He was the author of one solo novel,Strangers(1978), as well as a collaboration withGeorge Alec Effinger,Nightmare Blue(1977), and a collaboration withGeorge R. R. MartinandDaniel AbrahamforHunter's Run(2008). After becoming editor ofAsimov's,Dozois's fiction output dwindled. His 2006 novelette "Counterfactual" won theSidewise Awardfor best alternate-history short story. Dozois also wrote short fiction reviews forLocus.
Michael Swanwick,one of his co-authors, completed a long interview with Dozois covering every published piece of his fiction.Being Gardner Dozois: An Interview by Michael Swanwickwas published byOld Earth Booksin 2001.[6]It won theLocus Awardfor Non-Fiction and was a finalist for theHugo Award for Best Related Book.[7]
Editorial work[edit]
Dozois was known primarily as an editor, winning theHugo Award for Best Professional Editor15 times in 17 years from 1988 to his retirement fromAsimov'sin 2004.[2]George R. R. Martindescribed him as the most important and influential editor in science fiction sinceJohn W. Campbell.[8]In addition to his work withAsimov's(of which he was the first associate editor in 1976), he also worked in the 1970s with magazines such asGalaxy Science Fiction,If,Worlds of Fantasy,andWorlds of Tomorrow.[4]
Dozois was also a prolific short fiction anthologist. After resigning from hisAsimov'sposition, he remained the editor of the anthology seriesThe Year's Best Science Fiction,published annually since 1984. In three decadesLocusreaders have voted it the year's best anthology almost 20 times and the runner-up almost 10 times.[2]And, withJack Dann,he edited a long series of themed anthologies, each with a self-explanatory title such asCats,Dinosaurs,Seaserpents,orHackers.
Stories selected by Gardner Dozois for the annual best-of-year volumes have won, as of December 2015, 44Hugos,41Nebulas,32Locus,10World Fantasyand 18Sturgeon Awards.That also includes the Dutton series (Dozois volumes only).
Dozois consistently expressed a particular interest in adventure SF andspace opera,which he collectively referred to as "center-core SF".[9]
Bibliography[edit]
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Fiction[edit]
Novels[edit]
- Nightmare Blue(withGeorge Alec Effinger) (1975,ISBN978-0-425-02819-3)
- Strangers(1978,ISBN978-0-399-12095-4)
- Hunter's Run(2008,ISBN978-0-06-137329-9) (with George R. R. Martin and Daniel Abraham)
- City Under the Stars(2020,ISBN978-1250756589) (with Michael Swanwick)
Collections[edit]
- The Visible Man(1977,ISBN978-0-425-03595-5)
- Slow Dancing Through Time(1990,ISBN978-0942681031)
- Geodesic Dreams(1992,ISBN978-0-312-08197-3)
- Strange Days: Fabulous Journeys with Gardner Dozois(2001,ISBN978-1-886778-26-9)
- Morning Child and Other Stories(2004,ISBN978-0-7434-9318-5)
- When the Great Days Come(2011,ISBN978-1-60701-278-8)
Short stories[edit]
- "A Special Kind of Morning" (1971)
- "Chains of the Sea"(1971)
- "Machines of Loving Grace" (1972)
- "A Traveler in an Antique Land" (1983)
- The Peacemaker "(1983) (Nebula Awardwinner)
- "Morning Child"(1984) (Nebula Awardwinner)
- "A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows" (1999)
- "The Hanging Curve" (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction,April 2002)
- "When the Great Days Came" (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction,Dec 2005)
- "Shadow Twin" (2005) (withGeorge R. R. MartinandDaniel Abraham)
- "Counterfactual" (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction,June 2006)
- "Neanderthals" (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction,Jan/Feb 2018)
Anthologies[edit]
- Edited by Gardner Dozois
- A Day in the Life(1972,ISBN978-0-06-011076-5)
- Future Power(1976, ASIN B000H75MWC) (co-edited withJack Dann)
- Another World: Adventures in Otherness(1977,ISBN978-0-695-40695-0)
- Ripper(1988,ISBN978-0-8125-1700-2) (co-edited withSusan Casper)
- Modern Classics of Science Fiction(1992,ISBN978-0-312-07238-4)
- Future Earths: Under African Skies(1993,ISBN978-0-88677-544-5) (co-edited withMike Resnick)
- Future Earths: Under South American Skies(1993,ISBN978-0-88677-581-0) (co-edited withMike Resnick)
- Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction(1994,ISBN978-0-312-10504-4)
- Mammoth Book of Contemporary SF Masters(1994,ISBN978-1-85487-297-5)
- Killing Me Softly(1995, ASIN B000OEN80G)
- Dying for It(1997, ASIN B000H40WZC)
- Modern Classics of Fantasy(1997,ISBN978-0-312-16931-2)
- Roads Not Taken: Tales of Alternate History(1998,ISBN978-0-345-42194-4) (co-edited withStanley Schmidt)
- The Good Old Stuff: Adventure SF in the Grand Tradition(1998,ISBN978-0-312-19275-4)
- The Good New Stuff: Adventure SF in the Grand Tradition(1999,ISBN978-0-312-19890-9)
- Explorers: SF Adventures to Far Horizons(2000,ISBN978-0-312-25462-9)
- The Furthest Horizon: SF Adventures to the Far Future(2000,ISBN978-0-312-26326-3)
- Worldmakers: SF Adventures in Terraforming(2001,ISBN978-0-312-27570-9)
- Supermen: Tales of the Posthuman Future(2002,ISBN978-0-312-27569-3)
- Galileo's Children: Tales of Science vs. Superstition(2005,ISBN978-1-59102-315-9)
- One Million A.D.(2005,ISBN0-7394-6273-3)
- Nebula Awards Showcase 2006(2006,ISBN978-0-451-46064-6)
- Escape From Earth: New Adventures in Space(2006,ISBN1-58288-225-8) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Wizards: Magical Tales from the Masters of Modern Fantasy(2007,ISBN978-0-425-21518-0) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- The New Space Opera(2007,ISBN978-0-06-084675-6) (co-edited withJonathan Strahan)
- Galactic Empires(2007)
- The New Space Opera 2(2009,ISBN978-0-06-156235-8) (co-edited withJonathan Strahan)
- The Book of Swords(2017)
- The Book of Magic(2018)
- Cross-genre anthologies co-edited by Dozois and Martin
- Songs of the Dying Earth,a tribute anthology toJack Vance's seminalDying Earthseries, published bySubterranean Press(co-edited withGeorge R. R. Martin) (2009)
- Warriors,a cross-genre anthology featuring stories about war and warriors (co-edited with George R. R. Martin) (2010);Locus Award
- Songs of Love and Death,a cross-genre anthology featuring stories of romance in fantasy and science fiction settings (co-edited with George R. R. Martin) (2010)
- Down These Strange Streets,a cross-genre anthology featuring stories of private-eye detectives in fantasy and science fiction settings (co-edited with George R. R. Martin)[10](November 2011)
- Old Mars,an anthology featuring new stories about Mars in retro-SF vein (co-edited with George R. R. Martin) (2013); Locus Award[11]
- Dangerous Women,a cross-genre anthology featuring stories about women warriors (co-edited with George R. R. Martin) (2013)[12]
- Rogues,a cross-genre anthology featuring stories about assorted rogues (co-edited with George R. R. Martin) (2014)
- Old Venus,an anthology featuring new stories about Venus in retro-SF vein (co-edited with George R. R. Martin) (2015)[13]
- Themed anthology series co-edited by Dozois and Dann
Formerly known as "Magic Tales Anthology Series" until 1995; most released under the Ace imprint.
- Aliens!(April 1980, Pocket Books,ISBN0-671-83155-0)
- Unicorns!(May 1982,ISBN978-0-441-85441-7)
- Magicats!(June 1984,ISBN978-0-441-51532-5)
- Bestiary!(October 1985,ISBN978-0-441-05508-1)
- Mermaids!(January 1986,ISBN978-0-441-52567-6)
- Sorcerers!(October 1986,ISBN978-0-441-77532-3)
- Demons!(July 1987,ISBN978-0-441-14264-4)
- Dogtales!(September 1988,ISBN978-0-441-15760-0)
- Seaserpents!(December 1989,ISBN978-0-441-75682-7)
- Dinosaurs!(June 1990,ISBN978-0-441-14883-7)
- Little People!(March 1991,ISBN978-0-441-50391-9)
- Magicats II(December 1991,ISBN978-0-441-51533-2)
- Unicorns II(November 1992,ISBN978-0-441-84564-4)
- Dragons!(August 1993,ISBN978-0-441-16631-2)
- Invaders!(December 1993,ISBN978-0-441-01519-1)
- Horses!(May 1994,ISBN978-0-441-00057-9)
- Angels!(June 1995,ISBN978-0-441-00220-7)
- Dinosaurs II(December 1995,ISBN978-0-441-00285-6)
- Hackers(October 1996,ISBN978-0-441-00375-4)
- Timegates(March 1997,ISBN978-0-441-00428-7)
- Clones(April 1998,ISBN978-0-441-00522-2)
- Immortals(July 1998,ISBN978-0-441-00539-0)
- Nanotech(December 1998,ISBN978-0-441-00585-7)
- Future War(August 1999,ISBN978-0-441-00639-7)
- Armageddons(November 1999,ISBN978-0-441-00675-5)
- Aliens Among Us(June 2000,ISBN978-0-441-00704-2)
- Genometry(January 2001,ISBN978-0-441-00797-4)
- Space Soldiers(April 2001,ISBN978-0-441-00824-7)
- Future Sports(June 2002,ISBN978-0-441-00961-9)
- Beyond Flesh(December 2002,ISBN978-0-441-00999-2)
- Future Crimes(December 2003,ISBN978-0-441-01118-6)
- A.I.s(December 2004,ISBN978-0-441-01216-9)
- Robots(August 2005,ISBN978-0-441-01321-0)
- Beyond Singularity(December 2005,ISBN978-0-441-01363-0)
- Escape from Earth(August 2006, Science Fiction Book Club,ISBN978-1-58288-225-3)
- Futures Past(November 2006,ISBN978-0-441-01454-5)
- Dangerous Games(April 2007,ISBN978-0-441-01490-3)
- Wizards(May 2007,ISBN978-1-101-20874-8)
- The Dragon Book(November 2009,ISBN978-1-101-15126-6)
- Anthologies co-edited by Dozois andGreg Bear
- "Isaac Asimov's" anthology series
- Transcendental Tales from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine(1989,ISBN978-0-89865-762-3)
- Time Travelers from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine(1989,ISBN978-0-441-80935-6)
- Isaac Asimov's Robots(1991,ISBN978-0-441-37376-5) (co-edited withSheila Williams)
- Isaac Asimov's Aliens(1991,ISBN978-0-441-01672-3)
- Isaac Asimov's Mars(1991,ISBN978-0-441-37375-8)
- Isaac Asimov's Earth(1992,ISBN978-0-441-37377-2) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
- Isaac Asimov's War(1993,ISBN978-0-441-37393-2)
- Isaac Asimov's SF Lite(1993,ISBN978-0-441-37389-5)
- Isaac Asimov's Cyberdreams(1994,ISBN978-0-441-00073-9)
- Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep(1995,ISBN978-0-441-00190-3) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
- Isaac Asimov's Ghosts(1995,ISBN978-0-441-00254-2) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
- Isaac Asimov's Vampires(1996,ISBN978-0-441-00387-7) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
- Isaac Asimov's Moons(1997,ISBN978-0-441-00453-9) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
- Isaac Asimov's Christmas(1997,ISBN978-0-441-00491-1) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
- Isaac Asimov's Detectives(1998,ISBN978-0-441-00545-1) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
- Isaac Asimov's Camelot(1998,ISBN978-0-441-00527-7) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
- Isaac Asimov's Solar System(1999,ISBN978-0-441-00698-4) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
- Isaac Asimov's Werewolves(1999,ISBN978-0-441-00661-8) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
- Isaac Asimov's Valentines(1999,ISBN978-0-441-00602-1) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
- Isaac Asimov's Halloween(1999,ISBN978-0-441-00854-4) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
- Isaac Asimov's Utopias(2000,ISBN978-0-441-00784-4) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
- Isaac Asimov's Mother's Day(2000,ISBN978-0-441-00721-9) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
- Isaac Asimov's Father's Day(2001,ISBN978-0-441-00874-2) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
- The Year's Best Science Fictionseries
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection(1984)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection(1985)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection(1986)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourth Annual Collection(1987)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection(1988)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual Collection(1989)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection(1990)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection(1991)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection(1992)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection(1993)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection(1994)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twelfth Annual Collection(1995)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirteenth Annual Collection(1996)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection(1997)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection(1998)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection(1999)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventeenth Annual Collection(2000)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual Collection(2001)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection(2002)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twentieth Annual Collection(2003)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection(2004)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection(2005)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection(2006)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection(2007)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection(2008)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection(2009)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection(2010)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection(2011)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection(2012)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth Annual Collection(2013)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection(2014)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Second Annual Collection(2015)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third Annual Collection(2016)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection(2017)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fifth Annual Collection(2018)
- Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction(2005) (Anthology from previousYear's Best Science Fictioneditions)
- Best of the Best Volume 2: 20 Years of the Year's Best Short Science Fiction Novels(2007) (Anthology from previousYear's Best Science Fictioneditions)
Dozois also edited volumes six through ten of theBest Science Fiction Stories of the Yearseries afterLester del Reyedited the first five volumes. That series began in 1972 and ended in 1981.
Nonfiction[edit]
- The Fiction of James Tiptree, Jr.(1977,ISBN978-0-916186-04-3)
- Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy(1993,ISBN978-0-312-08926-9) (co-edited with Stanley Schmidt and Sheila Williams)
Critical studies and reviews of Dozois' work[edit]
- Old Venus
- Sakers, Don(May 2015). "The Reference Library".Analog Science Fiction and Fact.135(5): 104–107.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^abc Gardner Dozoisat theInternet Speculative Fiction Database(ISFDB). Retrieved April 8, 2013.
- ^abc "Dozois, Gardner"ArchivedJuly 5, 2012, at theWayback Machine.The Locus Index to SF Awards: Index of Literary Nominees.Locus Publications.Retrieved April 8, 2013.
- ^ "Science Fiction Hall of Fame".Archived fromthe originalon July 21, 2011.RetrievedJuly 21,2011..[Quote: "EMP is proud to announce the 2011 Hall of Fame inductees:..." ]. May/June/July 2011. EMP Museum (empmuseum.org). Archived July 21, 2011. Retrieved 2013-03-19.
- ^ab "Gardner Dozois: The Good Stuff". Interview of Dozois.Locus: The Magazine of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Field574 (November 2008), pp. 68–70.
- ^Graham, Kristen A. (May 29, 2018)."Gardner Dozois, 70, acclaimed science fiction editor".The Philadelphia Inquirer.RetrievedMay 29,2018.
- ^Being Gardner Dozoistitle listing at theInternet Speculative Fiction Database.(ISFDB). Retrieved April 8, 2013.
- ^"Swanwick, Michael"ArchivedJune 29, 2012, at theWayback Machine.The Locus Index to SF Awards: Index of Literary Nominees.Locus Publications. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
- ^Hugo Recommendations – Editing (Redux) | Not a Blog
- ^Gardner Dozois, the Revitalization of Genre SF, and The New Space OperaArchivedSeptember 26, 2008, at theWayback Machineby Dave Truesdale, Fantasy and Science Fiction, accessed November 3, 2008.
- ^"Another Monkey Off My Back"ArchivedOctober 5, 2010, at theWayback Machine.September 30, 2010. George R. R. Martin (blog). Retrieved April 22, 2013.
- ^"2014 Locus Awards Winners".Locus.June 28, 2014.RetrievedSeptember 26,2014.
- ^"Dangerous WomenArrives on Tor ".Tor.July 24, 2013.RetrievedNovember 19,2013.
- ^"Not A Blog:VenusIn March ".GRRM.livejournal.June 19, 2014. Archived fromthe originalon August 21, 2014.RetrievedSeptember 27,2014.
External links[edit]
- Interviews
- Other
- Gardner Dozoisat theInternet Speculative Fiction Database
- "Gardner Dozois biography".Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.
- Profile of Gardner DozoisArchivedOctober 13, 2016, at theWayback Machine,Philcon 97 Program Book, copy at Michael Swanwick Online
- Gardner Dozois at Asimovs
- Gardner Dozois's Recommended Reading Listat theWayback Machine(archived January 25, 2008), SFWA Recommended Reading Lists, no date – "devised to direct younger readers to older stuff"
- Gardner Dozois's online fictionatFree Speculative Fiction Online
- Gardner DozoisatLibrary of CongressAuthorities – with 96 catalog records
- 1947 births
- 2018 deaths
- Writers from Salem, Massachusetts
- Military personnel from Massachusetts
- 20th-century American novelists
- 21st-century American novelists
- American male novelists
- American science fiction writers
- Science fiction editors
- Hugo Award-winning editors
- Nebula Award winners
- Science Fiction Hall of Fame inductees
- Sidewise Award winners
- American male short story writers
- 20th-century American short story writers
- 21st-century American short story writers
- American speculative fiction editors
- 20th-century American male writers
- 21st-century American male writers
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- Salem High School (Massachusetts) alumni