Colin Greenland (born 17 May 1954 in Dover,

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, England) is a British

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writer, whose first story won the second prize in a 1982

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competition. His best-known novel is '' Take Back Plenty'' (1990), winner of both major British science fiction awards, the 1990 British SF Association award and the 1991 Arthur C. Clarke Award, as well as being a nominee for the 1992 Philip K. Dick Award for the best original paperback published that year in the United States.

Biography

Colin Greenland attended Pembroke College, Oxford, eventually earning a BA, MA (1978), and

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(1981). Greenland's first published book, which was based on his DPhil dissertation, was a critical look at the New Wave entitled '' The Entropy Exhibition: Michael Moorcock and the British 'New Wave' in Science Fiction'' (1983). His most successful fictional work is the '' Plenty series'' that starts with ''Take Back Plenty'' and continues with ''Seasons of Plenty'' (1995), ''The Plenty Principle'' (1997) and ''Mother of Plenty'' (1998). Besides his work on fiction, Greenland has continued to write non-fiction books and has been active in the Science Fiction Foundation, as well as serving on the editorial committee of '' Interzone''. He has been a guest speaker at four separate

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s: 1988, 1989, 1993 and 1994. His partner is the novelist Susanna Clarke, with whom he has lived since 1996. He is good friends with Neil Gaiman, and is frequently cited among Gaiman's acknowledgments pages.

Bibliography

Novels

* Daybreak seriesReginald 1992, p. 410. ** ''

Daybreak on a Different Mountain ''Daybreak on a Different Mountain'' is a novel by Colin Greenland published in 1984. Plot summary ''Daybreak on a Different Mountain'' is a novel in which a fighter and a mystical poet leave their sealed city to go on a quest. Reception Dave La ...

''. London: Unwin Hyman, 1984. ** ''

The Hour of the Thin Ox ''The Hour of the Thin Ox'' is a novel by Colin Greenland published in 1987. Plot summary ''The Hour of the Thin Ox'' is a novel in which balloons, primitive guns, and low-tech biological warfare are used. Reception Dave Langford reviewed ''The H ...

''. London: Unwin Hyman, 1987. ** ''Other Voices''. London: Unwin Hyman, 1988. * Plenty series ** '' Take Back Plenty''. London: Unwin Hyman, 1990 (paper). ** ''Seasons of Plenty''. London: HarperCollins, 1995. ** ''Mother of Plenty''. London: HarperCollins Voyager, 1998 (paper). * ''Harm's Way''. London: HarperCollins, 1993. * ''Spiritfeather''. London: Orion, 2000 (paper). * ''Finding Helen''. London: Black Swan, 2002 (paper).

Collections

* ''The Plenty Principle''. London: HarperCollins Voyager, 1997 (paper).

Non-fiction

* '' The Entropy Exhibition: Michael Moorcock and the British 'New Wave' in Science Fiction''. London: Routledge & Keegan, 1983. * ''Storm Warnings: Science Fiction Confronts the Future'', with Eric S. Rabkin and George E. Slusser. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1987. * ''Michael Moorcock: Death is No Obstacle''. Manchester: Savoy Books, 1992.

As editor

*''Interzone: The First Anthology'', with John Clute and

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. London: Everyman Fiction, 1985.

References

Sources

* Clute, John and Peter Nicholls. ''

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''. New York: St. Martin's Griffin 1993 (2nd edition 1995). . * Reginald, Robert. ''Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, 1975-1991''. Detroit, Washington DC, London: Gale Research, Inc., 1992. .

External links

Colin Greenland – an infinity plus profile
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P-CON III: Guest Profile: Colin Greenland
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