John Klima (born 1971 in Wisconsin, United States) is an American anthology and science fiction magazine editor, whose science fiction zine, '' Electric Velocipede'', won the

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for Best Fanzine in 2009. He was nominated for a

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in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 for his work on the magazine. In 2012 the magazine went online. He spent the first quarter century of life in the state of Wisconsin. He moved to New Jersey in the late 90s to get a job in publishing. Since then he has worked in publishing, computer programming, and—since completing his Master's degree in Library and Information Science in December 2005—librarianship. He has since returned to the

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and currently works as the Assistant Director at the Waukesha Public Library. In 2007, Klima edited the anthology ''Logorrhea'', an anthology of twenty-one short stories, each of which was based on a different winning word from the Scripps National Spelling Bee.http://www.theshortreview.com/reviews/Logorrhea.htm , review of Logorrhea from website The Short Review The anthology was nominated for a

for Best Anthology.

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's story from the anthology "The Singing of Mount Abora" won the World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction. He also edited a reprint anthology of fairy tale retellings called ''Happily Ever After'' that was published by

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in 2011. Klima ran a successful

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campaign with

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and Michael Damien Thomas in early 2013 to fund a speculative nightclub anthology titled ''Glitter & Mayhem''. The book features an introduction by

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and stories from writers like Christopher Barzak,

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, Daryl Gregory,

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, Diana Rowland, and many more. ''Glitter & Mayhem'' will be published by

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and debut at

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in August 2013. Also in 2007, Klima created the initial version of the Best Editor Wiki in order to provide a place for people nominating and voting for either the Hugo Award for Best Editor Short Form or the

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to see what work an editor had done the past year. In 2008, Anne KG Murphy and Cheryl Morgan moved the wiki to its now-defunct location. In late 2020, Klima was diagnosed with colorectal cancer.

Awards

*Nominated: Special Award: Non-Professional, 2007

*Nominated: Special Award: Non-Professional, 2008

*Winner: Best Fanzine: '' Electric Velocipede'', 2009

*Nominated: Special Award: Non-Professional, 2009

*Nominated: Special Award: Non-Professional, 2010

References

External links

Electric Velocipede site
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