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Hilbert Schenck
Hilbert van Nydeck Schenck, Jr. (February 12, 1926 – December 2, 2013) was an American science fiction writer and engineer. He taught at the University of Rhode Island. Several of his short fiction works were nominated for Hugo Award, Hugos and Nebula Award, Nebulas. He also wrote several textbooks on engineering. Award nominations Hugo Awards *1980, Best Novella: "The Battle of the Abaco Islands, Abaco Reefs" *1984, Best Novella: "Hurricane Claude" *1984, Best Short Story: "The Geometry of Narrative" *1985, Best Novelette: "Silicon Muse" Nebula Awards *1980, Best Novella: "The Battle of the Abaco Reefs" *1984, Best Short story: "The Geometry of Narrative" Bibliography Novels *''At the Eye of the Ocean'' (1981) *''A Rose for Armageddon'' (1982) *''Chronosequence (novel), Chronosequence'' (1988) Short story collections *''Wave Rider'' (1980) ** "Three Days at the End of the World" (1977) ** "The Battle of the Abaco Reefs" (1979) ** "Wave Rider" (1979) ** "Buoyant Asce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, extraterrestrial life, sentient artificial intelligence, cybernetics, certain forms of immortality (like mind uploading), and the singularity. Science fiction predicted several existing inventions, such as the atomic bomb, robots, and borazon, whose names entirely match their fictional predecessors. In addition, science fiction might serve as an outlet to facilitate future scientific and technological innovations. Science fiction can trace its roots to ancient mythology. It is also related to fantasy, horror, and superhero fiction and contains many subgenres. Its exact definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, scholars, and readers. Science fiction, in literature, film, television, and other media, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
