Stephen Charles Goldin (born February 28, 1947) is an American

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and

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author.

Biography

Goldin was born in

Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

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. A graduate of

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with a bachelor's degree in Astronomy, he worked for the U.S. Navy as a civilian space scientist before becoming a full-time writer. He has also worked as a writer and editor for the '' San Francisco Ball'', designed and written manuals for a number of computer games, and co-taught a writing class at the California State University at Northridge. A member of the

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(SFWA), he has served as editor of its ''SFWA Bulletin'' and held the position of the association's western regional director. Goldin has been married twice, first to Kathleen Sky (from 1972 to 1982) and later to Mary Mason (from 1987 to present). He has collaborated with both in his fiction. Goldin lives in

California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the ...

. Goldin's "The Last Ghost" was a 1972 nominee for the

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for best

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.The LOCUS Index to SF Awards: Nebula Nominees List

Bibliography

Series

* Family d'Alembert (based on a novella by E.E. "Doc" Smith): # ''

Imperial Stars ''The Imperial Stars'' is a science fiction novel by Stephen Goldin expanded from a novella by E. E. "Doc" Smith. It is the first in a series of ten Family D'Alembert The Family D'Alembert series is a set of science fiction novels by Stephen ...

'' (with E.E. "Doc" Smith, 1976) # ''

Stranglers' Moon ''Stranglers' Moon'' is a 1976 science fiction novel by American writer Stephen Goldin, the second book in the Family D'Alembert series, the first of which was expanded by Goldin from a novella by E.E. “Doc” Smith. This is the second in ...

'' (1976) # ''The Clockwork Traitor'' (1977) # ''Getaway World'' (1977) # ''Appointment at Bloodstar'' (1978) # ''The Purity Plot'' (1978) # ''Planet of Treachery'' (1982) # ''Eclipsing Binaries'' (1983) # ''The Omicron Invasion'' (1984) # ''Revolt of the Galaxy'' (1985) *Agents of ISIS (loosely based on Family D'Alembert but entirely the authors) # ''Tsar Wars'' (2010) # ''Treacherous Moon'' (2010) # ''Robot Mountain'' (2010) # ''Sanctuary Planet'' (2010) # ''Stellar Revolution'' (2010) # ''Purgatory Plot'' (2010) # ''Traitors' World'' (2010) # ''Counterfeit Stars'' (2010) # ''Outworld Invaders'' (2010) # ''Galactic Collapse'' (2010) * The Parsina Saga ** ''Shrine of the Desert Mage'' (1988) ** ''The Storyteller and the Jann'' (1988) ** ''Crystals of Air and Water'' (1989) ** ''Treachery of the Demon King'' (2002) * The Rehumanization of Jade Darcy (with Mary Mason): ** ''Jade Darcy and the Affair of Honor'' (1988) ** ''Jade Darcy and the Zen Pirates'' (1990) * The Mindsaga ** ''Mindflight'' (1978) ** ''Mindsearch'' (2011)

Novels

* ''Herds'' (1975) * ''Caravan'' (1975) * ''Scavenger Hunt'' (1976) * ''Finish Line'' (1976) * ''Assault on the Gods'' (1977) * '' Trek to Madworld'' (

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) (1979) * ''The Eternity Brigade'' (1980) * ''A World Called Solitude'' (1981) * ''And Not Make Dreams Your Master'' (1981) * ''Crossroads of the Galaxy'' (1999) * ''Polly!'' (2008) * ''Quiet Post'' (2014) * ''Into The Out'' (2016)

Collections

* ''The Last Ghost and Other Stories'' (collection) (1999) * ''Star Rooks'' (2004 - ebook only) (with Kathleen Sky) * ''Alien Murders'' (2009) * ''Angel in Black'' (2010)

Anthologies (editor)

* '' Protostars'' (1971) (with

David Gerrold David Gerrold (born Jerrold David Friedman; January 24, 1944)Reginald, R. (September 12, 2010)''Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, Volume 2'' Borgo Press p. 911. Archived at Google Books. Retrieved June 23, 2013. is an American science fic ...

) * ''The Alien Condition'' (1973)

Nonfiction

* ''An Hour with Kathleen Sky'' (cassette

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) (1979) (with Kathleen Sky) * ''The Business of Being a Writer'' (1982) (with Kathleen Sky)

References

External links

Author's website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Goldin, Stephen 1947 births Living people American science fiction writers American fantasy writers Writers from California Writers from Philadelphia Science fiction editors 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists American male novelists American speculative fiction editors 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American male writers Novelists from Pennsylvania