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Edward M. Lerner

エドワード・エム・ラーナー

Edowādo M. Rānā

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1949 (United States)
Nationality
American
Languages
English

Career

Occupations
Writer, Novelist
Active Years
1991-2024
Influenced By
Larry Niven
Nominations
Nominations for Locus, Prometheus, and Hugo awards

Awards

Canopus Award
2015
Work: InterstellarNet: Enigma
Category: long-form fiction
Result: won

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

InterstellarNet: Enigma

2015 Hard Science Fiction

A novel about contact with aliens.

AliensCommunicationHuman future

Probe

1991 Science Fiction

Story involving a probe.

ExplorationSpace

Moonstruck

2005 Science Fiction

Moon-based story.

MoonTechnology

Bibliography

  • Probe (1991), Moonstruck (2005), Fools' Experiments (2008) et al.

Adaptations

  • Short story 'Grandpa?' adapted to short film The Grandfather Paradox

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Hard SFTechnically detailedAnalog magazine style
Recurring Motifs
Alien contactNanotechnologyTime travel

Legacy

SF author with over 25 books published, co-authored several with Larry Niven.

In Popular Culture

  • Short story adapted to film

Trivia

  • Worked over 30 years in aerospace and IT before full-time writing
  • Many contributions to Analog