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J. Neil Schulman

ジェイ・ニール・シュルマン

J. Nīru Shuruman

Aliases: Joseph Neil Schulman

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1953-04-16 （Forest Hills, Queens, New York City, U.S.）
Died
2019-08-10 （Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.） age 66
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Forest Hills, Queens, New York City → Colorado Springs, Colorado

Career

Occupations
Novelist, filmmaker, actor, journalist, composer, publisher
Active Years
1979-2019
Affiliations
Pulpless.Com, Jesulu Productions
Influenced By
Robert A. Heinlein, Samuel Edward Konkin III
Nominations
Escape from Heaven (2002 Prometheus Award finalist), The Fractal Man (2019 Prometheus Award finalist)

Awards

Prometheus Award
1984
Work: The Rainbow Cadenza
Category: Best Libertarian SF Novel
Organization: Libertarian Futurist Society
Result: winner
Libertarian Futurist Society gold medallion
1989
Work: Alongside Night
Organization: Libertarian Futurist Society
Result: winner
Best Cutting Edge Film, San Diego Black Film Festival
2008
Work: Lady Magdalene's
Organization: San Diego Black Film Festival
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Alongside Night

1979 Libertarian science fiction

A libertarian science fiction novel set in a hyperinflation-stricken America.

LibertarianismEconomic collapseFree market
Adaptations
  • [Film] Alongside Night / J. Neil Schulman (2014)

The Rainbow Cadenza

1983 Libertarian science fiction

A satirical novel set in a dystopian future society.

LibertarianismSexismTechnology

Escape from Heaven

2002 Libertarian science fiction

A novel about escaping from Heaven.

ReligionFree will

The Fractal Man

2018 Libertarian science fiction

A novel themed around fractals.

MathematicsReality

Bibliography

  • Alongside Night (1979)
  • The Rainbow Cadenza (1983)
  • Self Control Not Gun Control (1995)
  • Profile in Silver and Other Screenwritings (1999)
  • The Frame of the Century? (1999)
  • Escape from Heaven (2002)
  • The Heartmost Desire (2013)
  • Unchaining the Human Heart – A Revolutionary Manifesto (2017)
  • I Met God – God without Religion, Scripture, or Faith (2017)
  • Atheist to Believer (2017)
  • J. Neil Schulman's The Book of Words (2017)
  • The Fractal Man (2018)
  • Origitent: Why Original Content Is Property (2018)

Adaptations

  • Alongside Night (film, 2014)
  • Lady Magdalene's (film, 2008)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Libertarian science fictionSatirical humorFuturistic speculation
Recurring Motifs
LibertarianismAnti-governmentIndividualism

Health

  • Pulmonary embolism
    2019年8月
    Cause of death

Legacy

Known as a prominent libertarian science fiction author, winner of multiple Prometheus Awards. Also worked as a filmmaker.

In Popular Culture

  • Wrote for The Twilight Zone

Trivia

  • Wrote the Twilight Zone episode 'Profile in Silver'
  • Co-produced Lady Magdalene's with Nichelle Nichols