Simon Morden
Simon Morden | |
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Born | England |
Education | BSc (Sheffield), PhD (Newcastle) |
Genre | Science fiction |
Notable works | Metrozone series (aka The Samuil Petrovitch series) |
Notable awards | Philip K. Dick Award (2011)[1] |
Website | |
bookofmorden |
Simon Morden is an English science fiction author, best known for his Philip K. Dick Award–winning Metrozone series of novels set in post-apocalyptic London.
Biography
Morden was educated as a scientist, attaining a BSc (Hons) in Geology from the University of Sheffield and his PhD in Geophysics from Newcastle University.[2][3]
Morden has worked in a variety of roles including a school caretaker, an admin assistant, a personal assistant to a financial advisor and is currently a teaching assistant for a design technology class at a primary school in Gateshead.[4][2] In terms of his writing career, Morden is the former editor of Focus magazine; he has been on the Arthur C. Clarke Award judging panel; and he's a regular speaker on Christian matters in fiction at the Greenbelt Festival.[4][3][5] Morden identifies as a Christian.[6]
Morden first achieved success as a writer when his novel Heart was published by Razorblade Press in 2002.
His writing influences include Charles Stross, Ray Bradbury, Julian May, and Michael Marshall Smith[4]
Bibliography
The Metrozone series
- Equations of Life (2011, Orbit)
- Theories of Flight (2011, Orbit)
- Degrees of Freedom (2011, Orbit)
- The Curve of the Earth (2013, Orbit)[7]
The Down series
The Frank Kittridge series
- One Way (April 2018, Orbit)
- No Way (February 2019, Orbit)
Stand-alone works
- Heart (2002, Razorblade)
- Another War (novella) (2005, Telos)
- The Lost Art (2007, David Fickling)
- Arcanum (19 November 2013, Orbit)[13][14]
- At The Speed Of Light (January 2017, Newcon Press)[15][16][17]
- Bright Morning Star (2019)
- Gallowglass (as S.J. Morden) (December 2020, Gollancz)
- The Red Planet - a natural history of Mars (2021 Elliott and Thompson Ltd)[18]
- The Flight Of The Aphrodite (as S.J. Morden) (November 2022, Gollancz)
Collections
- Thy Kingdom Come (Multimedia disc) (2002, Lone Wolf Publications)
- Thy Kingdom Come (Limited edition hardback) (2013, Jurassic London)
- Brilliant Things (2004, Subway)
Awards
- 2006 World Fantasy Award, Best Novella shortlist, Another War[19]
- 2009 Catalyst Book Award for teen fiction, shortlist, The Lost Art[20]
- 2012 Arthur C. Clarke Award, longlist, Equations of Life[21]
- 2012 Philip K. Dick Award, overall winner, The Samuil Petrovitch Trilogy[1]
- 2013 BSFA Award for Best Artwork, shortlist, Thy Kingdom Come[22]
References
- ^ a b "2012 Philip K. Dick Award Winner Announced". Philip K. Dick Award. 7 April 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
- ^ a b "About the Author (Official website)". bookofmorden.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
- ^ a b Jared (16 August 2011). "Interview: Simon Morden". Pornokitsch. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
- ^ a b c Edwards, Richard (3 June 2011). "New Author: Simon Morden". SFX. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
- ^ Farry, Eithne (3 June 2011). "Simon Morden is Twelve Monkeys' James Cole". Electric Sheep Magazine. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
- ^ Trimmer, Michael (13 April 2014). "Game of Thrones: great or gratuitous? 'The best way for Christians to engage is critically'". Christian Today. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
I am a Christian
- ^ "The Curve of the Earth " Official website". bookofmorden.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ "Down Station". Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ Niall Alexander (16 September 2015). "Londons Burning: Covering Down Station by Simon Morden". Tor.com. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
- ^ Mark Yon. "Down Station by Simon Morden". SFF World. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
- ^ "The White City". Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ "Down Station by Simon Morden". Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ "Arcanum". bookofmorden.co.uk. 16 January 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ^ "Simon Morden - Arcanum cover art reveal!". Upcoming4.me. 20 March 2013. Archived from the original on 24 March 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
- ^ "At the speed of light". Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ "Books - At The Speed Of Light". Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ "At the Speed of Light (scifi book review)". markneumayer.com. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ "The Red Planet". Book of Morden. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ^ "2006 2006 World Fantasy Award Winners & Nominees". Worldfantasy.org. 2006. Archived from the original on 22 July 2007. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
- ^ "Shortlist 2009". The Catalyst Book Awards Blog. 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
- ^ "2012 Submissions". Arthur C. Clarke Award. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
- ^ "Shortlist Announced". BSFA. 18 January 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2013.