Edward M. Lerner
Edward M. Lerner is an American author of science fiction, techno-thrillers, and popular science.
As of 2019 he has twenty published books: ten solo novels, four collections, five novels co-authored with Larry Niven in the Known Space universe, and one popular-science book. The majority of Lerner's shorter works were originally published in Analog and in Jim Baen's Universe.
His 2001 short story "Grandpa?" was made into a short film, The Grandfather Paradox, and shown at the 2006 Balticon Science Fiction convention where it won the Best Film Award. It was also a semi-finalist at the 2006 Science Fiction Short Film Festival.
Biography
For over thirty years Edward M. Lerner worked in the aerospace and information technology industries while writing science fiction part-time. He held positions at numerous companies such as Bell Labs, Hughes Aircraft, Honeywell, and Northrop Grumman. In February 2004, after receiving a book deal for Moonstruck, he decided to write science fiction full-time.Recognition
Lerner's novel InterstellarNet: Enigma won the inaugural Canopus Award for long-form fiction "honoring excellence in interstellar writing." He also won the annual "Anlab" for nonfiction in 2013, for "Faster Than a Speeding Photon: The Why, Where, and How of Faster-Than-Light Technology" and for short story in 2018, for "Paradise Regained"," among his many Anlab nominations. His fiction has also been nominated for Locus, Prometheus, and Hugo awards.Novels
- Probe, 1991,.
- Moonstruck, 2005,.
- Fools' Experiments, 2008,.
- Small Miracles, 2009,.
- Energized, 2012,.
- Dark Secret, 2016,.
- The Company Man, 2019, .
- Fleet of Worlds, 2007,.
- Juggler of Worlds, 2008,.
- Destroyer of Worlds, 2009,.
- Betrayer of Worlds, 2010,.
- Fate of Worlds, 2012,.
- InterstellarNet: Origins, 2010,.
- InterstellarNet: New Order, 2010,.
- InterstellarNet: Enigma, 2015,.
Short fiction
Collections
- Creative Destruction, published 2006, Wildside Press,.
- * "The Day of the RFIDs"
- * "Survival Instinct"
- * "What a Piece of Work Is Man"
- * "By the Rules"
- * "Iniquitous Computing"
- * "Catch a Falling Star"
- * "Settlement"
- * "Creative Destruction"
- Countdown to Armageddon / A Stranger in Paradise, published 2010, Wildside Press,.
- Frontiers of Space, Time, and Thought: Essays and Stories on The Big Questions, published 2012, FoxAcre Press,.
- Muses & Musings: A Science Fiction Collection, published 2019, Phoenix Pick,.
List of stories
- "Settlement", Analog, January 2001.
- "Grandpa?", Analog, July/August 2001.
- "Presence of Mind", Analog, February 2002.
- "Iniquitous Computing", Analog, July/August 2002. Also contained in the collection Creative Destruction.
- "Survival Instinct", Analog, October/November 2002. Also contained in the collection Creative Destruction. This story is a sequel to Presence of Mind.
- "By the Rules", Analog, June 2003.
- "A Matter of Perspective", Artemis, Winter 2003.
- "Moonstruck", Analog, September – December 2003. Published in book form in 2005.
- "The Day of the RFIDs", Future Washington.
- "Great Minds", Jim Baen's Universe, October 2006.
- "RSVP", Darker Matter, March 2007.
- "Chance of Storms", Jim Baen's Universe, April 2007.
- "Copywrong", Darker Matter, June 2007.
- "At the Watering Hole", Jim Baen's Universe, August 2007.
- "Countdown to Armageddon", Jim Baen's Universe, October 2007 through October 2008. Published in book form in 2010.
- "Inside the Box", Asimov's, February 2008.
- "The Night of the RFIDs", Analog, May 2008.
- "No GUTs, No Glory", Jim Baen’s Universe, August, 2009.
- "Blessed Are the Bleak", Analog, April 2011.
- "Energized", Analog, June – October 2011. Published in book form in 2012.
- Published in book form in 2016.
- "Tour de Force", Impossible Futures.
- "There's an App for That", Sci Phi Journal, July 2015.
- "I Clink, Therefore I Am", Sci Phi Journal, November 2015.
- "Judy Garland Saves the World ", Deco Punk.
- "Soap Opera", Analog, April 2016.
- "Turing de Force", Science Fiction by Scientists.
- "The Torchman's Tale", Galaxy's Edge, January 2017.
- "Nothing to Lose?", Galaxy's Edge, May 2017.
- "A Visit to the Network Control Center", Sci Phi Journal, May 2017.
- "Too Deep Thought", Galaxy's Edge, July 2017.
- "My Fifth and Most Exotic Voyage", Analog, September/October 2017.
- "The Pilgrimage", Analog, November/December 2017.
- "Harry and the Lewises", Analog, September/October 2018.
- "Clockwork Cataclysm", Analog, January/February 2019.
- "I've Got the World on a String", Galaxy's Edge, January 2019.
- "The Science Behind the Story: InterstellarNet", non-fiction piece.
- "Dangling Conversations", Analog, November 2000.
- "Creative Destruction", Analog, March 2001. Also included in the collection Creative Destruction.
- "Hostile Takeover", Analog, May 2001.
- "Strange Bedfellows", Artemis, Science and Fiction for a Space-Faring Age, Winter 2001.
- "A New Order of Things", Analog, May–September 2006.
- "Calculating Minds", Jim Baen's Universe, April 2009.
- "The Company Man", Grantville Gazette, May 2017.
- "The Company Dick", Grantville Gazette, September 2017.
- "The Company Mole", Grantville Gazette, November 2018 thru January 2019.
- "The Company Bane", Grantville Gazette, March 2019 thru May 2019.
- "A Stranger in Paradise", Jim Baen's Universe, February 2007.
- "Paradise Regained", Analog, January/February 2017.
- "The Gates of Paradise", Analog, May/June 2019.
- "Paradise Unbound", Analog, September/October 2019.
- "A Case of Identity", Analog, December 2015.
- "The Satellites of Damocles", Future Science Fiction Digest, June 2019.
- "The Adventure of the Meat Interpreter", Grantville Gazette, January 2020.
- "The Final Problem", Grantville Gazette, March 2020.
Non-fiction
- Trope-ing the Light Fantastic: The Science Behind the Fiction, 2018,.
- "Beyond This Point Be RFIDs", Analog, September 2007.
- "The Old Gray Goo, It Ain't What It Used To Be", The Bulletin of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Fall 2007.
- "Follow the Nanobrick Road", Analog, September 2008.
- "Rock! Bye-Bye, Baby", Analog, November 2009.
- "Say, What? Ruminations about Language, Communications, and Science Fiction", Analog, March 2011.
- "Lost in Space? Follow the Money", Analog, October 2011.
- "Faster than a Speeding Photon", Analog, January/February 2012.
- "Alien Aliens: Beyond Rubber Suits", Analog, April 2013.
- "Alien AWOLs: The Great Silence", Analog, October 2014.
- "Alien Altercations: Star Wars", Analog, July/August 2015.
- "Alien Adventures: Rising to the Challenge", Analog, October 2015.
- "Human 2.0: Being All We Can Be ", Analog, January/February 2016.
- "Human 2.0: Being All We Can Be ", Analog, March 2016.
- "A Certain Uncertainty", Analog, April 2016.
- "Here We Go Loopedy Loop: A Brief History of Time Travel ", Analog, May 2016.
- "Here We Go Loopedy Loop: A Brief History of Time Travel ", Analog, June 2016.
- "A Mind of Its Own ", Analog, September 2016.
- "A Mind of Its Own ", Analog, October 2016.