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Wil McCarthy (born September 16, 1966) is an American science fiction novelist, president and co-founder of RavenBrick (a solar technology company),[1] and the science columnist for Syfy. He currently resides in Colorado.[2] Rich Man's Sky won the 2022 Prometheus Award.

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

Bibliography

Novels

  • Flies from the amber. 1995.
  • Murder in the solid state. 1996.
  • Bloom (1998) ISBN 0-345-40857-8
  • Antediluvian (2019) ISBN 978-1481484312[a]
Aggressor Six
  1. Aggressor Six (1994) ISBN 0-451-45405-7
  2. The Fall of Sirius (1996) ISBN 0-451-45485-5
The Queendom of Sol
  1. The Collapsium (2000) ISBN 0-345-40856-X[b]
  2. The Wellstone (2003) ISBN 0-553-58446-4
  3. Lost in Transmission (2004) ISBN 0-553-58447-2
  4. To crush the Moon. 2005.[b]
Rich Man's Sky
  1. Rich Man's Sky (2021) ISBN 978-1-982125-29-5[c]
  2. Poor Man's Sky (2023) ISBN 9781982192341
  3. Beggar's Sky (2024) ISBN 9781982193188

Short fiction

Stories[d]
Title Year First published Reprinted/collected Notes
Wyatt Earp 2.0 2016 McCarthy, Wil (January–February 2016). "Wyatt Earp 2.0". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 136 (1&2): 8–41. Novella
  • "Amerikano Hiaika", Aboriginal Science Fiction, May/June 1991.
  • "Dirtyside Down", Universe 3, 1994.
  • "The Dream of Houses", Analog, November 1995.[e]
  • "The Dream of Castles", Analog, April 1997.
  • "The Dream of Nations", Analog, October 1998.[e]
  • "Once Upon a Matter Crushed", Science Fiction Age, May 1999.[e][f][g]
  • "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. [h]

Non-fiction

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Notes
  1. ^ "Antediluvian", Publishers Weekly (book review), October 2019
  2. ^ a b Nebula Award nominee.
  3. ^ "Rich Man's Sky", Publishers Weekly (book review), April 2021
  4. ^ Short stories unless otherwise noted.
  5. ^ a b c Appeared on the Locus recommended reading list.
  6. ^ Theodore Sturgeon Award Nominee.
  7. ^ Became the first portion of The Collapsium.
  8. ^ Became part of The Wellstone.

Other media

Radio plays

Radio appearances

References

  1. ^ RavenBrick management team, RavenBrick LLC, retrieved April 16, 2012
  2. ^ "'Bloom' author biography". Random House. Retrieved March 23, 2008. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ Sean Stewart, I love bees information page, retrieved April 18, 2012
  4. ^ Wil McCarthy at IMDb
  5. ^ Programmable Matter, Coast to Coast AM, April 18, 2003
  6. ^ Quantum Dots, Coast to Coast AM, April 26, 2004

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