Carolyn Ives Gilman
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Carolyn Ives Gilman (born 1954) is a historian and author of science fiction and fantasy. She has been nominated for the Nebula Award three times, and the Hugo Award twice.[1][2] Her short fiction has been published in a number of magazines and publications, including Fantasy and Science Fiction, Interzone, Realms of Fantasy and Full Spectrum, along with a number of "year's best" anthologies. She is also the author of science fiction novels such as Halfway Human, which is noted for its "groundbreaking"[3] exploration of gender.
Historian
Gilman currently lives in Washington, D.C. where she works as a historian at the National Museum of the American Indian, specializing in 18th- and early 19th-century North American history.[4] She previously worked as a historian at the Missouri Historical Society.[5]
Writing
Her first novel, Halfway Human, was a new entry into the genre of Gender Science Fiction, portraying a world in which humans have three genders: male, female, and neuter. It has been called "one of the most compelling explorations of gender and power in recent SF"[6] and compared favorably to the work of Ursula K. Le Guin.[7] The book placed 2nd in the 1999 Locus Award for Best First Novel,[1][2] and was nominated for the Tiptree Award. Her work is known for vivid portrayals and deconstructions of the culture of the peoples in her stories.
Bibliography
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Novels
- Twenty Planets series
- Halfway Human (New York: Avon Books, 1998)
- Arkfall (Rockville, Maryland: Phoenix Pick, 2010)
- The Ice Owl (Rockville, Maryland: Phoenix Pick, 2012)
- Dark Orbit (New York: Tor, 2015)
- Isles of the Forsaken series
- Isles of the Forsaken (Toronto, Ontario: ChiZine Publications, 2011)
- Ison of the Isles (Toronto, Ontario: ChiZine Publications, 2012)
Short fiction
- Collections
- Gilman, Carolyn Ives (2007). Aliens of the heart. Aqueduct Press.
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- Stories[8]
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Candle in a bottle | 1996 | Gilman, Carolyn Ives (Oct 1996). "Candle in a bottle". F&SF. {{cite journal}} : Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1= and |authormask= (help)
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Dreamseed | 2000 | Gilman, Carolyn Ives (Oct–Nov 2000). "Dreamseed". F&SF. 99 (4&5): 8–31. {{cite journal}} : Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1= and |authormask= (help)CS1 maint: date format (link)
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Okagoggan Falls | 2006 | Gilman, Carolyn Ives (2006). "Okagoggan Falls". F&SF. {{cite journal}} : Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1= and |authormask= (help)
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Arkfall | 2008 | Gilman, Carolyn Ives (Sep 2008). "Arkfall". F&SF. 115 (3): 62–117. {{cite journal}} : Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1= and |authormask= (help)
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Touring with the alien | 2016 | Gilman, Carolyn Ives (Apr 2016). "Touring with the alien". Clarkesworld Magazine. 115. {{cite journal}} : Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1= and |authormask= (help)
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Non-fiction
- Lewis and Clark: Across the Divide (Smithsonian Books, 2003)
References
- ^ a b "Award Bibliography: Carolyn Ives Gilman". Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB).
- ^ a b "Carolyn Ives Gilman". Science Fiction Awards Database. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ "Two Views on Dark Orbit by Carolyn Ives Gilman" by Sandra Lindow and Michael Levy, The New York Review of Science Fiction, November 2015.
- ^ "Becoming the Other" by Carolyn Ives Gilman, Locus Magazine, July 12, 2015.
- ^ "Fighting for freedom in 'Ison of the Isles'" by J. Stephen Bolhafner, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 7, 2012.
- ^ Locus Magazine, as quoted in Goodreads author page
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John Clute, David Langford, Peter Nicholls, and Graham Sleight (eds.). "Gilman, Carolyn Ives". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Gollancz/SFE.
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- 1954 births
- Living people
- American science fiction writers
- The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction people
- Women science fiction and fantasy writers
- 20th-century American novelists
- 20th-century American women writers
- 21st-century American novelists
- 21st-century American women writers
- American women historians
- 20th-century American historians
- 21st-century American historians
- Novelists from Missouri
- American women novelists