Tom Purdom
Thomas Edward Purdom (born 1936) is an American writer best known for science fiction and nonfiction. His story Fossil Games was a nominee for the Hugo Award for Best Novelette in 2000. He has also done music criticism since 1988. His works have been translated into German, Chinese, Burmese, Russian, and Czech. He lives in Philadelphia.[1]
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 Tom Purdom in 2008, (photograph by Kyle Cassidy) | |
| Born | 19 April 1936 New Haven, Connecticut, United States |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story Writer, Essayist |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Spouse | Sara Wescoat Purdom |
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Bibliography
Novels
- I want the stars (1964)
- The Tree Lord of Imeten (1966)
- Five Against Arlane (1967)
- Reduction in Arms (1967)
- The Barons of Behavior (1972)
Short fiction
- Collections
- Lovers & Fighters, Starships & Dragons (2014)
- Stories[2]
| Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected | Notes |
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| Sordman the Protector | 1960 | Purdom, Tom (August 1960). "Sordman the Protector". Galaxy Science Fiction. 18 (6): 82–103. | Novelette | |
| Courting Time | 1966 | Purdom, Tom (February 1966). "Courting Time". Galaxy Science Fiction. 24 (3): 49–62. | Novelette | |
| Fossil games | 1999 | |||
| Warlord | 2013 | Purdom, Tom (Apr–May 2013). "Warlord". Asimov's Science Fiction. 37 (4&5): 154–181. | Novelette | |
| A stranger from a foreign ship | 2013 | Purdom, Tom (Sep 2013). "A stranger from a foreign ship". Asimov's Science Fiction. 37 (9): 58–69. |
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gollark: ++exec```haskellimport Unsafe.Coercedata Would = Seriously Int deriving Showtype Mad = ()data Are = Are Mad deriving Showtype Is = Aredata You = You Are Mad deriving Showdata Thing = This Thing Is Mad deriving Showdata This = Thing Mad deriving Shownewtype Do = Do (Thing -> You -> [Thing])data Why = Why Would You Do This deriving Showinstance Show Do where show x = "Do the thing!"why :: Whywhy = Why would you do_ this where would = Seriously 0 you = You (Are ()) () do_ = Do $ \_ _ -> [] this = Thing ()main = print why```
gollark: Very cool.
gollark: ++exec```haskellimport Unsafe.Coercedata Would = Seriously Why Int deriving Showtype Mad = ()data Are = Are Mad deriving Showtype Is = Aredata You = You Are Mad deriving Showdata Thing = This Thing Is Mad deriving Showdata This = Thing Mad deriving Shownewtype Do = Do (Thing -> You -> [Thing])data Why = Why Would You Do This deriving Showinstance Show Do where show x = "Do the thing!"why :: Whywhy = Why would you do_ this where would = unsafeCoerce Why you = You (Are ()) () do_ = Do $ \_ _ -> [] this = Thing ()main = print why```
gollark: ++exec```haskellimport Unsafe.Coercedata Would = Seriously Why Int deriving Showtype Mad = ()data Are = Are Mad deriving Showtype Is = Aredata You = You Are Mad deriving Showdata Thing = This Thing Is Mad deriving Showdata This = Thing Mad deriving Shownewtype Do = Do (Thing -> You -> [Thing])data Why = Why Would You Do This deriving Showinstance Show Do where show x = "Do the thing!"why :: Whywhy = Why would you do_ this where would = unsafeCoerce you you = You (Are ()) () do_ = Do $ \_ _ -> [] this = Thing ()main = print why```
References
- bio
- Short stories unless otherwise noted.
External links
- Works by Tom Purdom at Project Gutenberg
- Tom Purdom on the web
- Tom Purdom at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Tom Purdom, Lover & Fighter by Michael Swanwick
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