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Wil McCarthy

Wil McCarthy

American science fiction writer (born 1966)


Wil McCarthy (born September 16, 1966) is an American science fiction novelist, president and co-founder of RavenBrick (a solar technology company),[1] and the science columnist for Syfy. He currently resides in Colorado.[2] Rich Man's Sky won the 2022 Prometheus Award.

Quick Facts Born, Occupation ...

Wil McCarthy popularized the concept of programmable matter, which he calls wellstone.

Bibliography

Novels

  • Flies from the amber. 1995.
  • Murder in the solid state. 1996.
  • Bloom (1998) ISBN 0-345-40857-8
  • Antediluvian (2019) ISBN 978-1481484312[lower-alpha 1]
Aggressor Six
  1. Aggressor Six (1994) ISBN 0-451-45405-7
  2. The Fall of Sirius (1996) ISBN 0-451-45485-5
The Queendom of Sol
  1. The Collapsium (2000) ISBN 0-345-40856-X[lower-alpha 2]
  2. The Wellstone (2003) ISBN 0-553-58446-4
  3. Lost in Transmission (2004) ISBN 0-553-58447-2
  4. To crush the Moon. 2005.[lower-alpha 2]
Rich Man's Sky
  1. Rich Man's Sky (2021) ISBN 978-1-982125-29-5[lower-alpha 3]
  2. Poor Man's Sky (2023) ISBN 9781982192341

Short fiction

Stories[lower-alpha 4]
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Non-fiction

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Notes
  1. "Antediluvian", Publishers Weekly (book review), October 2019
  2. Nebula Award nominee.
  3. "Rich Man's Sky", Publishers Weekly (book review), April 2021
  4. Short stories unless otherwise noted.
  5. Appeared on the Locus recommended reading list.
  6. Became the first portion of The Collapsium.
  7. Became part of The Wellstone.

Other media

Radio plays

Radio appearances


References

  1. RavenBrick management team, RavenBrick LLC, retrieved April 16, 2012
  2. "'Bloom' author biography". Random House. Retrieved March 23, 2008. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. Programmable Matter, Coast to Coast AM, April 18, 2003
  4. Quantum Dots, Coast to Coast AM, April 26, 2004

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