Charles E. Gannon

Charles E. Gannon is a novelist, and a game designer who has worked primarily on hard science-fiction and role-playing games.

Charles E. Gannon
Born (1960-03-17) March 17, 1960[1]
Teaneck, New Jersey, United States[1]
NationalityAmerican
EducationFordham University (1997), Ph.D.[1]
Syracuse University (1985), M.S.
Brown University (1982), B.A.
OccupationGame designer, novelist
Writing career
Period1994–present
GenreScience fiction
Websitecharlesegannon.com

Career

Charles Gannon wrote Hard Times (1991), a MegaTraveller book which pushed the background metaplot up by six years.[2]:60 Gannon wrote many articles in Challenge magazine about "The Hinterworlds", a sector of space in the Imperium of the Traveller universe.[2]:59

Gannon has also written novels in the 1632 series, including 1635: The Papal Stakes (2012),[3][4][5][6] 1636: Commander Cantrell in the West Indies (2014),[7] and 1636: The Vatican Sanction (2015).[8] His novels Fire with Fire and Trial by Fire were both nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel (in 2014 and 2015 respectively). He was nominated again in 2016 for Raising Caine, and in 2020 for Marque of Caine.[9]

Bibliography
Tales of the 22nd Century series (aka Caine Riordan series, aka Tales of the Terran Republic)
  • Gannon, Charles E. (April 2, 2013). Fire with Fire. Riverdale, NY. ISBN 978-1-4516-3883-7. OCLC 800030905.
  • Gannon, Charles E. Trial by Fire. Riverdale, NY. ISBN 978-1-4767-3664-8. OCLC 866931638.
  • Gannon, Charles E. (October 6, 2015). Raising Caine. Riverdale, NY. ISBN 978-1-4767-8093-1. OCLC 913470034.
  • Gannon, Charles E. (February 7, 2017). Caine's mutiny. Riverdale, NY. ISBN 978-1-4767-8219-5. OCLC 952979582.
  • Gannon, Charles E. (July 2, 2019). Marque of Caine. Riverdale, NY. ISBN 978-1-4814-8409-1. OCLC 1086495468.
  • Endangered Species (upcoming)[10]:Foreword
  • Protected Species (upcoming)[10]:Foreword
Spinoffs and Related Fiction
  • Gannon, Charles E., ed. (March 15, 2019). Lost Signals: A Terran Republic Anthology. Eric Flint's Ring of Fire Press. ISBN 978-1-948818-24-7. OCLC 1119557600. set in the Caine Riordanin universe
  • Triage (with Eric Flint; upcoming)[10]:Foreword
  • Misbegotten (upcoming)[10]:Foreword a non-mainline Terran Republic novel
  • Murphy’s Lawless (upcoming)[10]:Foreword
Collaborations

The following were co-written in shared settings

Starfire series
  • White, Steve; Gannon, Charles E. (2011). Extremis: A Starfire Novel. Baen Books. ISBN 978-1-4391-3433-7. OCLC 646112541.
  • White, Steve; Gannon, Charles E. (March 2016). Imperative: A Starfire Novel. Baen. ISBN 978-1-4767-8119-8. OCLC 913337274.
The 1632 series
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gollark: 1lann did NOT tell me. I decompiled it.
gollark: Maybe I should have a disk signing key disk signing key instead.
gollark: Hi.
gollark: Well, that's probably either "I did but won't say so" or "I'm going to unnerve you a bit", who knows which...

References
  1. Gannon, Charles Edward (1998). Speculative fiction: Literature of political transformation (Ph.D.). Fordham University. OCLC 40064874 – via ProQuest.
  2. Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
  3. Lawhorn, Bill (October 2, 2012). "1635: Papal Stakes (Ring of Fire)". SFRevu.
  4. "MBR Bookwatch". Midwest Book Review. 11 (12). December 2012.
  5. "1635: The Papal Stakes by Eric Flint and Charles E. Gannon". Mixed Book Bag. July 23, 2012.
  6. "Book Review: 1635: The Papal Stakes by Eric Flint and Charles E. Gannon". Rena's Hub of Random. March 7, 2013.
  7. Forthcoming | The official home page of author Eric Flint
  8. "Spectrum Literary Agency - 320 Central Park West, New York, NY 10025". www.spectrumliteraryagency.com.
  9. "Past Nominations and Wins". SFWA. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  10. Charles Gannon (2019). Lost Signals. Ring of Fire Press. ISBN 978-1-948818-24-7.
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