Compton Crook Award
1 appearances
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Edition 32 (2014) Winner
Charles E. Gannon
チャールズ・イー・ガノン
Chāruzu Ī Gannon
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1960-03-17 （Teaneck, New Jersey）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Teaneck, New Jersey
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, game designer
- Active Years
- 1994-2024
- Affiliations
- St. Bonaventure University
- Nominations
- Nebula Award for Best Novel nominee (Fire with Fire, 2014), Nebula Award for Best Novel nominee (Trial by Fire, 2015), Nebula Award for Best Novel nominee (Raising Caine, 2016), Nebula Award for Best Novel nominee (Marque of Caine, 2020)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown University | — | English literature | BA | — | United States |
| Syracuse University | — | English literature | MS | — | United States |
| Fordham University | — | English literature | PhD | — | United States |
Brown University
English literature
Degree:
BA
Country:
United States
Syracuse University
English literature
Degree:
MS
Country:
United States
Fordham University
English literature
Degree:
PhD
Year of Graduation:
1998
Country:
United States
Thesis: Speculative Fiction: Literature of Political Transformation
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Fire with Fire
2013 Science fictionFirst in the hard SF Tales of the Terran Republic series, involving international intrigue and space exploration.
political transformationspace explorationinternational intrigue
Trial by Fire
2014 Science fictionSecond in the Terran Republic series, depicting first contact and human crisis.
first contacthuman survivalmilitary SF
Raising Caine
2015 Science fictionThird book in the series following protagonist Caine Riordan.
hero's journeyintercultural exchange
This Broken World
2021 Science fiction 608 pagesFirst in Vortex of Worlds series.
parallel worldsSF with fantasy elements
Extremis
2011 Science fictionStarfire series novel co-authored with Steve White.
space warfarestrategy
Bibliography
- Hard Times
- Fire with Fire
- Trial by Fire
- Raising Caine
- Caine's Mutiny
- Marque of Caine
- Endangered Species
- Protected Species
- This Broken World
- Into the Vortex
- Extremis
- 1635: The Papal Stakes
- 1636: Commander Cantrell in the West Indies
- 1636: The Vatican Sanction
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- hard science fictiondetailed scientific and political extrapolationspace opera elements
- Recurring Motifs
- political transformationalien encountershuman future
Legacy
American SF novelist and game designer known for hard SF. Multiple Nebula Award nominee. Appointed showrunner for the 1632 series by Baen Books.
Trivia
- PhD thesis titled 'Speculative Fiction: Literature of Political Transformation'.
- Authored the MegaTraveller supplement 'Hard Times'.
- Co-authored later books in the 1632 series with Eric Flint.