Richard Foss is an American

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, and food historian who has also chaired science fiction conventions and worked as a

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, restaurant reviewer, theater director, and instructor in Elizabethan history and culinary history at Osher Institute/UCLA Extension.

Writing career

Foss's science fiction stories have been published in the magazine ''

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'' and the anthologies '' Alternate Generals II'' and '' The Enchanter Completed: A Tribute Anthology for L. Sprague de Camp''. His short story "

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", published in the April 2002 ''

'', was a nominee for the 2002 Analog Award for Best Short Story. Foss's restaurant reviews have appeared in ''The

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'', and '' LA ValleyBeat'' magazine. He is currently on the Board of the Culinary Historians of Southern California. In 2012 his book ''Rum: A Global History'' was released by

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in the Edible Series. His book ''Food in the Air and Space: The Surprising History of Food and Drink in the Skies'' appeared in December 2014 from Rowman & Littlefield.

Bibliography

Fiction

*"The History of Chan's Journey to the Celestial Regions" (''Analog'', Apr. 2002) *"Probability Zero: Counterspy" (''Analog'', Jan. 2003) *"Probability Zero: Just an Average Guy" (''Analog'', Oct. 2003) *"Compadres" (with

S. M. Stirling Stephen Michael Stirling (born September 30, 1953) is a Canadian-American science fiction and fantasy author who was born in France. Stirling is well known for his Draka series of alternate history novels and his later time travel/alternate his ...

) ('' Alternate Generals II'', ed.

Harry Turtledove Harry Norman Turtledove (born June 14, 1949) is an American author who is best known for his work in the genres of alternate history, historical fiction, fantasy, science fiction, and mystery fiction. He is a student of history and completed ...

and

Martin H. Greenberg Martin Harry Greenberg (March 1, 1941 – June 25, 2011) was an American academic and anthologist in many genres, including mysteries and horror, but especially in speculative fiction. In all, he compiled 1,298 anthologies and commissioned ...

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, Mar. 2004) *"Ripples" ('' The Enchanter Completed: A Tribute Anthology for L. Sprague de Camp'', ed.

, 2005) *"Probability Zero: Keeping Track" (''Analog'', Nov. 2005) *"Incarnation in The Delta" (''Abyss and Apex'', Jan. 2009) *"To Leap the Highest Wall" (''Analog'', Jan./Feb. 2009) *"Madman's Bargain" (''Analog'', Mar. 2009) *"At Last the Sun" (''Analog'', Jun. 2010)

Nonfiction

*''Rum: A Global History'' (2012) *''Food in the Air and Space: The Surprising History of Food and Drink in the Skies'' (2014)

Reviews

*"''Singularity's Ring'' by Paul Melko" (''Analog'', Apr. 2009) *"''Blue War'' by Jeffrey Thomas" (''Analog'', Apr. 2009) *"''Death's Head: Maximum Offense'' by David Gunn" (''Analog'', Apr. 2009) *"''Pirate Sun'' by

Karl Schroeder Karl Schroeder () (born September 4, 1962) is a Canadian science fiction author and a professional futurist. His novels present far-future speculations on topics such as nanotechnology, terraforming, augmented reality, and interstellar travel, ...

" (''Analog'', Apr. 2009) *"''Reading The Wind'' by Brenda Cooper" (''Analog'', Apr. 2009) *"''The Science Fiction Hall Of Fame, Volume Two B'' by

Ben Bova Benjamin William Bova (November 8, 1932November 29, 2020) was an American writer and editor. During a writing career of 60 years, he was the author of more than 120 works of science fact and fiction, an editor of ''Analog Science Fiction and Fac ...

" (''Analog'', Apr. 2009) *"''The Coming Convergence'' by

Stanley Schmidt Stanley Albert Schmidt (born March 7, 1944) is an American science fiction author and editor. Between 1978 and 2012 he served as editor of ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'' magazine. Biography Schmidt was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and graduate ...

" (''Analog'', Apr. 2009)

References

External links

Official websiteRum History websiteHistory of food in flight websiteInterview about rum history
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