Stanley Albert Schmidt (born March 7, 1944) is an American
science fiction
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author and editor. Between 1978 and 2012 he served as editor of ''
Analog Science Fiction and Fact
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''.
Biography
Schmidt was born in
Cincinnati
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,
Ohio
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. He graduated from the
University of Cincinnati
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in 1966. He then attended
Case Western Reserve University
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, where he completed his PhD in physics in 1969.
After receiving his degree, he became a professor at
Heidelberg College in
Tiffin, Ohio
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, teaching
physics
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,
astronomy
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,
biology
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, and science fiction.
Schmidt was editor of ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'' magazine from 1978 to his retirement on 29 August 2012. Additionally, he has served as a member of the Board of Advisers for the
National Space Society and the
Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame
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and was Guest of Honor at
BucConeer, the 1998
Worldcon
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in
Baltimore
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, Maryland.
Literary career
His first publication was "A Flash of Darkness" (''Analog'', September 1968); his first novel was ''The Sins of the Fathers'' (serialized in ''Analog'' from November 1973 to January 1974); and his first book was ''Newton and the Quasi-Apple'' in 1975.
One of his most recent novels, ''Argonaut'' (2002), shows an alien invasion from a new angle.
Awards and honors
He was nominated for the
Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor every year from 1980 through 2006 (its final year), and for the
Hugo Award for Best Editor Short Form every year from 2007 (its first year) through 2013. He won the Hugo for the first time in 2013. In 2013 he was awarded a Special Committee Award for his editorial work.
Bibliography
Novels
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[Originally published as a four–part serial in ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'' during 2015.]
Kyyra series
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Short fiction collections
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Stories[Short stories unless otherwise noted.]
* The Reluctant Ambassadors (1968)
* . . . And Comfort to the Enemy (1969)
* Lost Newton (1970)
* May the Best Man Win (1971)
* The Unreachable Stars (1971)
* The Prophet (1972)
* His Loyal Opposition (1976)
* Panic (1978)
* A Midsummer Newt's Dream (1979)
* Camouflage (1981)
* Tweedlioop (1981)
* Mascots (1982)
* War of Independence (1982)
* The Folks Who Live on the Hill (1984)
* Floodgate (1988)
* The Man on the Cover (1990)
* Worthsayer (1992)
* Not Even a Chimney (1993)
* Johnny Birdseed (1993)
* The Parallels of Penzance (1998) with
Michael A. Burstein
* Good Intentions (1998) with
Jack McDevitt
* Generation Gap (2000)
* The Emperor's Revenge (2002)
;Lifeboat Earth series
* A Thrust of Greatness (1976)
* Caesar Clark (1977)
* Pinocchio (1977)
* Dark Age (1977)
* The Promised Land (1978)
* Second Interlude (1978)
* First Interlude (1978)
* Third Interlude (1978)
* Fourth Interlude (1978)
Anthologies (edited)
* ''
Unknown
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'' (1988)
* ''
Unknown Worlds: Tales from Beyond'' (1988) with
Martin H. Greenberg
* ''Islands in the Sky: Bold New Ideas for Colonizing Space'' (1996) with Robert M. Zubrin
* ''
Roads Not Taken: Tales of Alternate History'' (1998) with
Gardner Dozois
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;''Analog'' anthologies
* ''Analog Yearbook II'' (1981)
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The Analog Anthology #1'' (1980) also appeared as: ''Analog's Golden Anniversary Anthology'' (1981) and ''Fifty Years of the Best Science Fiction From Analog'' (1981)
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The Analog Anthology #2'' (1982) also appeared as: ''Analog: Readers' Choice'' (1982)
* ''
Analog's Children of the Future'' (1982)
* ''
Analog's Lighter Side'' (1982)
* ''
Analog: Writers' Choice'' (1983)
* ''
Analog's War and Peace'' (1983)
* ''
Aliens from Analog'' (1983)
* ''
Analog: Writers' Choice, Volume II'' (1984)
* ''
Analog's From Mind to Mind: Tales of Communication'' (1984)
* ''
Analog's Expanding Universe'' (1986)
* ''6 Decades: The Best of Analog'' (1986)
Nonfiction
* ''Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy'' (1991) with Ian Randal Strock and Gardner Dozois and Tina Lee and
Sheila Williams
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Early life and education
Sheila Williams grew up in a family of five in western Massachusetts. Her mother had a mas ...
* ''Aliens and Alien Societies: A Writer's Guide to Creating Extraterrestrial Life-Forms'' (1996)
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Interviews
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Notes
References
External links
Stanley Schmidt's SFWA biography''Analog'' Science Fiction and Fact magazine2012 interview at ''Locus''20-minute interview with Stanley Schmidt, 12/08*
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1944 births
Living people
21st-century American physicists
20th-century American novelists
21st-century American novelists
American male novelists
American science fiction writers
Writers of books about writing fiction
University of Cincinnati alumni
Case Western Reserve University alumni
Heidelberg University (Ohio) people
Writers from Cincinnati
American science fiction editors
American science teachers
Analog Science Fiction and Fact people
Hugo Award–winning editors
American male short story writers
20th-century American short story writers
21st-century American short story writers
20th-century American male writers
21st-century American male writers
Novelists from Ohio