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Eric G. Swedin

エリック・ジー・スウェディン

Ericku Jī Suedin

Aliases: Eric Gottfrid Swedin

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
Unknown
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Residence History
Utah

Career

Occupations
Professor of history, Writer
Active Years
2003-2024
Affiliations
Weber State University

Awards

Sidewise Award
2010
Work: When Angels Wept: A What-If History of the Cuban Missile Crisis
Category: Long Form
Organization: Uchronia
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

When Angels Wept: A What-If History of the Cuban Missile Crisis

2010 Alternate history

An alternate history novel depicting a what-if scenario of the Cuban Missile Crisis escalating to nuclear war.

Nuclear warCuban Missile CrisisAlternate history

Bibliography

  • Healing Souls: Psychotherapy in the Latter-day Saint Community
  • Science in the Contemporary World: An Encyclopedia
  • Science Fiction and Computing: Essays on Interlinked Domains
  • Survive the Bomb: The Radioactive Citizen's Guide to Nuclear Survival
  • The Killing of Greybird
  • When Angels Wept: A What-If History of the Cuban Missile Crisis
  • Anasazi Exile
  • Fragments of Me
  • Seeking Valhalla

Legacy

American historian and science fiction author known for winning the Sidewise Award in the long form category for his alternate history novel on the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Trivia

  • Authored a book on psychotherapy in the Latter-day Saint community.
  • Served as consultant for documentaries on the Cuban Missile Crisis.