Compton Crook Award
1 appearances
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Edition 3 (1985) Winner
David R. Palmer
デイヴィッド・アール・パーマー
Deividdo R. Pāmā
Aliases:
David Reay Palmer
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1941-03 （Northern Chicago suburbs）
- Nationality
- アメリカ人
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Northern Chicago suburbs → Highland Park, Illinois → Florida
Career
- Occupations
- Science fiction novelist, Court reporter
- Active Years
- 1981-2024
- Nominations
- Hugo Award for Best Novella (Emergence novella), Hugo Award for Best Novella (Seeking), Hugo Award for Best Novel (Emergence novel)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Park High School | — | — | — | — | United States |
Highland Park High School
Year of Graduation:
1959
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Compton Crook Award | Emergence | — | Baltimore Science Fiction Society | Winner |
Compton Crook Award
1985
Work:
Emergence
Organization:
Baltimore Science Fiction Society
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Emergence
1984 Science FictionStory of a superhuman girl in a post-apocalyptic world.
Tracking
2008 Science FictionSequel to Emergence.
Threshold
1985 Science FictionFirst book in To Halt Armageddon series.
Spēcial Education
2019 Science FictionSequel to Threshold.
Schrödinger's Frisbee
2021 Science FictionStory of a boy, his dog, girlfriend, and alien abduction.
Bibliography
- Emergence
- Tracking
- Threshold
- Spēcial Education
- Schrödinger's Frisbee
Legacy
American SF author who won the Compton Crook Award in 1985 for Emergence. Nominated three times for Hugo Awards. Works were out of print for over a decade before reprints by Ring of Fire Press.
Trivia
- Works were out of print for over a decade before 2018 reprints.
- Graduated from Highland Park High School class of 1959.