Nick Gevers (born 1965) is a South African

science fiction Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...

editor and critic, whose work has appeared in ''

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'', '' Interzone'', SciFi.com,

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, ''

The New York Review of Science Fiction ''The New York Review of Science Fiction'' is a monthly literary magazine of science fiction that was established in 1988. It includes works of science fiction criticism, essays, and in-depth critical reviews of new works of fiction and scholarsh ...

'' and ''Nova Express''. He wrote two regular review columns for '' Locus'' magazine from 2001 to 2008, and is editor at the British independent press,

PS Publishing PS Publishing is an independent book publisher based in Hornsea, UK. Background PS Publishing was founded in 1999 by Peter Crowther.Postscripts ''Postscripts'' was a quarterly British magazine of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and crime fiction, first published in June 2004.

''. Gevers was co-editor, with

Keith Brooke Keith Brooke is a British science fiction author, Editing, editor, web publisher and anthologist from Suffolk, England. He is the founder and editor of the infinity plus webzine. He also writes children's fiction under the name Nick Gifford. Biog ...

, of the science fiction anthologies ''Infinity Plus One'' (2001) and ''Infinity Plus Two'' (2003) and in August 2007 released the combined ''Infinity Plus'' through

Solaris Books Solaris Books is an imprint which focuses on publishing science fiction, fantasy and dark fantasy novels and anthologies. The range includes titles by both established and new authors. The range is owned by Rebellion Developments and distribut ...

. His first original anthology, '' Extraordinary Engines'', was published by

in October 2008, and a second, '' Other Earths'' (co-edited with Jay Lake), by

DAW Books DAW Books is an American science fiction and fantasy publisher, founded by Donald A. Wollheim, with his wife, Elsie B. Wollheim, following his departure from Ace Books in 1971. The company claims to be "the first publishing company ever devoted ...

in Spring 2009. Subsequent original anthologies are ''This is the Summer of Love'', ''Enemy of the Good'', and ''Edison's Frankenstein'' (all 2009, from PS Publishing, co-edited with Peter Crowther), as well as ''The Book of Dreams'' (Subterranean Press, 2010); forthcoming are ''Is Anybody Out There?'' (DAW, June 2010, co-edited with Marty Halpern), ''The Company He Keeps'' (PS Publishing, 2010, co-edited with Peter Crowther), and ''Ghosts by Gaslight'' (Harper Colline Eos, 2011, co-edited with Jack Dann). Gevers served as a judge for the

Sidewise Award for Alternate History The Sidewise Awards for Alternate History were established in 1995 to recognize the best alternate history stories and novels of the year. Overview The awards take their name from the 1934 short story " Sidewise in Time" by Murray Leinster, in w ...

from 2004 through 2008.

Awards

Shirley Jackson Award The Shirley Jackson Awards are literary awards named after Shirley Jackson in recognition of her legacy in writing. These awards for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror and dark fantasy are presented at Rea ...

Edited Anthology: Ghosts by Gaslight, edited by Jack Dann and Nick Gevers (Harper Voyager)

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* Living people Writers from Oxford Alumni of Rondebosch Boys' High School South African speculative fiction editors South African speculative fiction critics Science fiction editors Science fiction critics South African literary critics 1965 births {{sf-writer-stub