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Terry Ballantine Bisson (innate February 12, 1942) is an American science fiction and fantasy author. He is better known for his short stories, including "Bears Discover Fire" (1990), which won both a Hugo and Nebula awards, but has likewise written many novels, including Voyage to the Red Planet (Morrow, 1990), Pirates of the Universe (Tor, 1996) & A Pickup Artist (Tor, 2001). The popular urban legend among science fiction fans is that Gardner Dozois, editor of Asimov's Science Fiction told Bisson to add "bears discovering fire or something" to the story of that name so that it could be considered a science fiction story, though Dozois has denied this. Bisson was natural within Owensboro, Kentucky. He graduated from either a University of Louisville in 1964 and currently sleep in Oakland, California.
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Terry Bisson Science Fiction Story Showcase The author's own website, including the complete online texts of several of his unanthologized stories and plays, as well as other material. Terry Bisson - an Infinity Plus Profile A feature about the author and "England Underway", an online short story by the author. Terry Bisson Book Reviews from Usenet Reviews of some of the author's books, collected from Usenet. From the Swedish Linköping S.F. Archives. Interview: Terry Bisson and the Wild Horse Woman Science Fiction Weekly 1996 interview with the author about his part in the sequel to Walter Miller's classic A Canticle for Leibowitz. Meet Terry Bisson A short biography and a May 1997 chat with the author. Dear Abby Review of the time travel novel Dear Abby by Terry Bisson. |
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