Tom Purdom
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Tom Purdom | |
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| Purdom in 2008 (photograph by Kyle Cassidy) Purdom in 2008 (photograph by Kyle Cassidy) | |
| Born | April 19, 1936 New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | January 14, 2024 (aged 87) |
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| Genre | Science fiction |
| Spouse | Sara Wescoat Purdom |
| Website | |
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Thomas Edward Purdom (April 19, 1936 – January 14, 2024) was an American writer best known for science fiction and nonfiction. His story "Fossil Games" was a nominee for the Hugo Award for Best Novelette in 2000. He has also done music criticism since 1988. His works have been translated into German, Chinese, Burmese, Russian, and Czech. He lived in Philadelphia.[1] Purdom died on January 14, 2024, at the age of 87.[2]
Bibliography
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Novels
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- Five Against Arlane (1967)
- Reduction in Arms (1967)
- The Barons of Behavior (1972)
Short fiction
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- Lovers & Fighters, Starships & Dragons (2014)
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- Stories[b]
Essays and reviews
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| Sordman the Protector | 1960 | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | Novelette | |
| Courting Time | 1966 | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | Novelette | |
| Fossil games | 1999 | |||
| Warlord | 2013 | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | Novelette | |
| A stranger from a foreign ship | 2013 | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | ||
| Bogdavi's dream | 2014 | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | Novelette | |
| Day job | 2015 | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | Novelette |
Critical studies and reviews of Purdom's work
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- Notes
- ^ I want the stars was published in a dos-à-dos binding with Bulmer's Demons' world.
- ^ Short stories unless otherwise noted.
References
[edit | edit source]Further reading
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Works by Tom Purdom at Project Gutenberg
- Tom Purdom on the web
- Tom Purdom at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Tom Purdom, Lover & Fighter by Michael Swanwick
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