James Douglas Aikin (born 1948) is an American

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writer based in

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. He is also a music technology writer, an

interactive fiction Interactive fiction (IF) is software simulating environments in which players use text Command (computing), commands to control Player character, characters and influence the environment. Works in this form can be understood as literary narrati ...

writer, freelance editor and writer, cellist, and teacher. He frequently writes articles for various music industry magazines, including ''

Electronic Musician Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music technology and software, or general-purpose electronics (such as personal computers) in its creation. It includes both music ...

'', ''

Keyboard Magazine ''Keyboard'' is a magazine that originally covered electronic keyboard instruments and keyboardists, though with the advent of computer-based recording and audio technology, they have added digital music technology to their regular coverage, in ...

'', and ''Mix''. Aikin sold his first fiction story to ''

Fantasy & Science Fiction ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' (usually referred to as ''F&SF'') is a U.S. fantasy fiction magazine, fantasy and science-fiction magazine, first published in 1949 by Mystery House, a subsidiary of Lawrence E. Spivak, Lawrence Spiv ...

'' where it appeared in the February 1981 issue.

Bibliography

All titles listed chronologically.

Short works

*Cleaving, '' Amazing'', November 1984 *Statues, ''

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'', November 1984 *Dance for the King, '' Omni'', November 1984 *My Life in the Jungle, ''Fantasy & Science Fiction'', February 1985 *A Place to Stay for a Little While, ''Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'', 1986 *Dancing Among Ghosts, ''

'', February 1988 *Run! Run!, ''Fantasy & Science Fiction'', September 2008 *An Elvish Sword of Great Antiquity, ''Fantasy & Science Fiction'', January 2009 *Leaving the Station, ''Asimov's Science Fiction'', December 2009

Collections

*''Beyond Armageddon'' (1985, "My Life in the Jungle") *''The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories 13'' (1987, "A Place to Stay for a Little While") *''The Omni Book of Science Fiction 6'' (1989, "Dance for the King") *''The Year’s Best Fantasy: Second Annual Collection'' (1989, "Dancing Among Ghosts")

Novels

*''Walk the Moons Road'' (May 1985, , Del Rey) *''The Wall at the Edge of the World'' (March 1993, ,

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)

Interactive fiction

*''Not Just an Ordinary Ballerina'' (1999) *''Last Resort'' (2006) *''Lydia's Heart'' (2007) *''Mrs. Pepper's Nasty Secret'' (2008, with Eric Eve) *''April in Paris'' (2008) *''A Flustered Duck'' (2009; winner of the

Spring Thing Spring Thing is an annual competition highlighting text adventure games and other works of electronic literature, also known as Interactive Fiction, or IF. Adam Cadre, author of several works of Interactive Fiction, including '' Photopia'' and '' ...

) *''The Only Possible Prom Dress'' (2022)

Non-fiction works

*''Power Tools for Synthesizer Programming'' (January 2004, , Backbeat Books) *''A Player's Guide to Chords & Harmony'' (June 2004, , Backbeat Books) *''Picture Yourself Playing Cello'' (2012, , Course Technology) *''Csound Power!'' (2013, , Course Technology)

As editor

*''The Guide To MIDI Orchestration'' (3rd Edition, August 2004, , Musicworks Atlanta) *''Real World Digital Audio'' (2005-11-30, , Peachpit Press) Sources:

References

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