Prometheus Award
1 appearances
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Edition 70 (1994) Nominee
Charles Michael Platt
チャールズ・マイケル・プラット
Chāruzu Maikeru Puratto
Pen Names:
Aston Cantwell（Used for fiction in 1983）,
Robert Clarke（Used for the 1986 SF comedy novel Less Than Human）,
Charlotte Prentiss（Used for historical and prehistory novels from 1981 to 1999）,
Blakely St. James（House name for Playboy Press erotic novels series in the 1970s）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1945-04-26 （London, England）
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- England → United States
Career
- Occupations
- Author, journalist, computer programmer
- Active Years
- 1964-2024
- Affiliations
- New Worlds, Avon Books, Wired, Make magazine
- Memberships
- CryoCare Foundation (co-founder and President), Alcor Life Extension Foundation, Suspended Animation, Inc. (Director and General Manager)
- Nominations
- 1981 Hugo Award nominee (Dream Makers), 1984 Hugo Award nominee (Dream Makers II), 1994 Finalist
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Locus Award | Dream Makers II | — | Locus Publications | winner |
Locus Award
1984
Work:
Dream Makers II
Organization:
Locus Publications
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Garbage World
1967 Science FictionSF novel set in a future world covered in garbage
dystopiaenvironmental destruction
The Silicon Man
1991 Science FictionNarrative exploring cyberspace, endorsed by William Gibson
cyberspaceAIfuture technology
Protektor
1996 Science FictionScience fiction novel
Dream Makers
1980 NonfictionInterviews with major science fiction writers
SF literatureauthor interviews
Bibliography
- Garbage World
- The Gas
- The City Dwellers
- Planet of the Voles
- Twilight of the City
- Less Than Human
- Plasm
- Soma
- Free Zone
- The Silicon Man
- Protektor
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- experimental SF stylecollage-like aesthetics
- Recurring Motifs
- future technologydystopian societycryonics
Legacy
British-born prolific SF author, editor, and journalist. Contributed to New Worlds magazine design, Hugo-nominated interviewer of SF writers. Known for electronics books and involvement in cryonics.
Trivia
- Nephew of Robert Platt, Baron Platt
- Daughter Rose Fox edits SF, fantasy, horror reviews
- Novel The Gas published by Ophelia Press in 1970 was seized in UK
- Famous among hackers for yelling 'Where's the crime?' at HOPE 1994