G. David Nordley


G. David Nordley is a science fiction writer, physicist, and astronautical engineering consultant whose fiction writing is most associated with Analog Science Fiction and Fact. His fiction is under the name G. David Nordley while his technical writing is written under the name Gerald D. Nordley. He is a fellow of the British Interplanetary Society and a senior member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Gerald is an active participant in the Contact Conference, which is currently held every two years in Northern California.
His Into the Miranda Rift was nominated for both the Hugo Award for Best Novella and the Nebula Award for Best Novella.

Books

Short fiction

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TitleYearFirst publishedReprinted/collectedNotes
The Snows of Venus 1991Analog 111/6
A Democracy of Cannibals 1991Midnight Zoo 1/5
A Calendar of Chaos 1991Analog 111/14
Morning on Mars 1992Analog 112/7&8
In HIS Image 1992Analog 112/9
Attraction 1993Analog 112/10
Barriers 1992Fantasy & Science Fiction 82/5
P.C. Software 1992Analog 112/13
Poles Apart 1992Analog 113/1&2
The Day of Their Coming 1994'Asimov's 18/3
Hunting the Space Whale 1993Tomorrow 1/4
Into the Miranda Rift1993Analog 113/8&9
  • The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois
  • The Hard SF Renaissance, eds. Kathryn Cramer & David G. Hartwell
  • The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF, ed. Mike Ashley
Out of the Quiet Years 1994Asimov's 18/8
Network 1994Analog 114/3
Tin Angel 1994Analog 114/8&9
Comet Gypsies1995Asimov's 19/3
His Father's Voice1994Analog 114/11 Cyberdreams 1995
Karl's Marine and Spacecraft Repair 1994Analog 114/14
The Protean Solution 1994Tomorrow 2/3 Based on an image by Paul Lehr
Of Fire and Ice 1995Mindsparks
Alice's Asteroid 1995Asimov's 19/10
Dawn Venus1995Asimov's 19/11 Isaac Asimov's Solar System, Dozois, Ace
Final Review1995Analog 115/8&9
Martian Valkyrie1996Analog 116/1&2
The Kubota Effect1996Analog 116/6
Fugue on a Sunken Continent1996Analog 116/13
Messengers of Chaos1997Asimov's 21/1
This Old Rock1997Analog 117/4
From Every Opening Flower 1997Analog 117/9
Crossing Chao Meng Fu1997Analog 117/12 Year's Best SF, 15th Ed.,1998
A Life on Mars1998Analog 118/7&8
Democritus' Violin1999Analog 119/4
Mustardseed 1999Asimov's 23/8
The Touch 1999Age of Reason SFF.net
The Forest Between the Worlds2000Asimov's 24/2
Relic of Chaos2001Analog 121/1
Burdens2001Artemis" #4
The Fire and the Wind2003Analog 123/7&8
Harpoon2005Analog 124/5
Voice of Ages 2006Golden Age SF Hadley Rille
Kremer's Limit 2006Analog 126/7&8
Imperfect Gods 2006Analog 126/12
The Small Pond 2007Analog 127/3
Loki's Realm 2007Analog 127/7&8
Hell Orbit 2007Visual Journeys Hadley Rille Based on an image by Wolf Read
Vertex 2007Analog 127/9
The fountain2013Novelette
A Wartime Draught 2013How Beer Saved the World'' Sky Warrior

Critical studies and reviews of Nordley's work