American science fiction writer (born 1966)
Wil McCarthy (born September 16, 1966) is an American 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] Rich Man's Sky won the 2022 Prometheus Award.
Wil McCarthy popularized the concept of programmable matter, which he calls wellstone.
Bibliography
Novels
- Aggressor Six
- Aggressor Six (1994) ISBN 0-451-45405-7
- The Fall of Sirius (1996) ISBN 0-451-45485-5
- The Queendom of Sol
- The Collapsium (2000) ISBN 0-345-40856-X[b]
- The Wellstone (2003) ISBN 0-553-58446-4
- Lost in Transmission (2004) ISBN 0-553-58447-2
- To crush the Moon. 2005.[b]
- Rich Man's Sky
- Rich Man's Sky (2021) ISBN 978-1-982125-29-5[c]
- Poor Man's Sky (2023) ISBN 9781982192341
- Beggar's Sky (2024) ISBN 9781982193188
Short fiction
- Stories[d]
- "Amerikano Hiaika", Aboriginal Science Fiction, May/June 1991.
- "Dirtyside Down", Universe 3, 1994.
- "The Dream of Houses", Analog, November 1995.[e]
- "The Dream of Castles", Analog, April 1997.
- "The Dream of Nations", Analog, October 1998.[e]
- "Once Upon a Matter Crushed", Science Fiction Age, May 1999.[e][f][g]
- "No Job Too Small", Aboriginal Science Fiction, Spring 2001.
- "Pavement Birds", Analog, July/August 2002.
- "He Died that Day, in Thirty Years", Once Upon a Galaxy, 2002
- "Garbage Day", Analog, December 2002. [h]
Non-fiction
- "Programmable Matter" (AKA "Programmable Matter: A Retrospective"), Nature, October 6, 2000. doi:10.1038/35036656.
- "Ultimate Alchemy", Wired 9.10, October 2001
- Hacking Matter (2003), ISBN 0-465-04428-X
- "This Looks Like a Job for...Superatoms", IEEE Spectrum, August 2005
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- Notes
- ^ "Antediluvian", Publishers Weekly (book review), October 2019
- ^ a b Nebula Award nominee.
- ^ "Rich Man's Sky", Publishers Weekly (book review), April 2021
- ^ Short stories unless otherwise noted.
- ^ a b c Appeared on the Locus recommended reading list.
- ^ Theodore Sturgeon Award Nominee.
- ^ Became the first portion of The Collapsium.
- ^ Became part of The Wellstone.
Other media
Radio plays
Radio appearances
- Coast to Coast AM, "Programmable Matter", April 18, 2003[5]
- Coast to Coast AM, "Quantum Dots", April 26, 2004[6]
References
- ^ RavenBrick management team, RavenBrick LLC, retrieved April 16, 2012
- ^ "'Bloom' author biography". Random House. Retrieved March 23, 2008.
- ^ Sean Stewart, I love bees information page, retrieved April 18, 2012
- ^ Wil McCarthy at IMDb
- ^ Programmable Matter, Coast to Coast AM, April 18, 2003
- ^ Quantum Dots, Coast to Coast AM, April 26, 2004
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