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Wil McCarthy
Born (1966-09-16) September 16, 1966 (age 58)
Princeton, New Jersey
OccupationPresident, RavenBrick LLC
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
GenreScience fiction
SubjectScience and technology
Website
wilmccarthy.com

Wil McCarthy (born September 16, 1966, Princeton, New Jersey) is a 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]

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

Books

Non-fiction

Novels

  • Flies from the Amber (1995) ISBN 0-451-45406-5
  • Murder in the Solid State (1996) ISBN 0-312-85938-4
  • Bloom (1998) ISBN 0-345-40857-8

The Waisters

  • Aggressor Six (1994) ISBN 0-451-45405-7
  • The Fall of Sirius (1996) ISBN 0-451-45485-5

The Queendom of Sol

Further information: The Queendom of Sol

Short works

  • "Amerikano Hiaika", Aboriginal SF, May/June 1991.
  • "Dirtyside Down", Universe 3, 1994.
  • "The Dream of Houses", Analog, November 1995. Locus recommended reading list.
  • "The Dream of Castles", Analog, April 1997.
  • "The Dream of Nations", Analog, October 1998. Locus recommended reading list.
  • "Once Upon a Matter Crushed", Science Fiction Age, May 1999. Theodore Sturgeon Award Nominee. Locus recommended reading list. Became the first portion of The Collapsium.
  • "No Job Too Small", Aboriginal SF, Spring 2001.
  • "Pavement Birds", Analog, July/August 2002.
  • "Garbage Day", Analog, December 2002. Became part of The Wellstone.

Radio plays

Non-fiction

Print

Radio appearances

References

  1. ^ RavenBrick management team, RavenBrick LLC, retrieved 2012-04-16
  2. ^ "'Bloom' author biography". Random House. Retrieved 2008-03-23. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ Sean Stewart, I love bees information page, retrieved 2012-04-18
  4. ^ Wil McCarthy at IMDb
  5. ^ Programmable Matter, Coast to Coast AM, April 18, 2003
  6. ^ Quantum Dots, Coast to Coast AM, April 26, 2004
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