Charles Platt (born in London, England, 1945) is the author of 41 fiction and nonfiction books, including science-fiction novels such as The Silicon Man and Protektor (published in paperback by Avon Books). Avon Publications was an American paperback book and Comic book publisher He has also written non-fiction, particularly on the subjects of computer technology and cryonics, as well as teaching and working in these fields. A computer is a Machine that manipulates data according to a list of instructions. Cryonics is the low-temperature Preservation of Humans and other Animals that can no longer be sustained by contemporary Medicine until Platt relocated from England to the United States in 1970 and is a naturalized U. S. citizen. He has one daughter, Rose Fox.
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Fiction
The Silicon Man has been endorsed by William Gibson as "A plausible, well-crafted narrative exploring cyberspace in a wholly new and very refreshing way". William Ford Gibson (born March 17 1948 is an American - Canadian writer who has been called the "noir prophet" of the Cyberpunk subgenre Platt was nominated for Hugo awards and received a Locus Award for his two books of profiles of science-fiction writers, Dream Makers (1980) and Dream Makers II (1983). The Locus Awards were established in 1971 and are presented to winners of Locus Magazine 's annual readers' poll
As a fiction writer, Charles Platt has also used pen-names: Aston Cantwell (1983), Robert Clarke (Less Than Human, a science-fiction comedy, in 1986) and Charlotte Prentiss (historical and prehistory novels, between 1981 and 1999). Robert Irby Clarke (June 1 1920 - June 11 2005 was an actor best known for his Cult classic Sci-fi films of the 1950’s He contributed to the series of Playboy Press erotic novels under the house pseudonym Blakely St. James that was shared by many other writers during the 1970s.
Although Platt ceased much of his activity as a writer after 2001, in 2005 he was offered a contract for a new picaresque black comedy about a teenage female serial killer. The picaresque novel ( Spanish: "picaresca", from "pícaro", for " Rogue " or " Rascal " is a
Platt is also known for writing The Gas (novel) in 1970 for the Ophelia Press (OPH-216), an imprint of notorious publisher Maurice Girodias's Olympia Press. (Girodias also published several of Barry N. Malzberg's early novels. ) When Platt's novel was published in the United Kingdom by Savoy Books in 1980, copies were seized by the UK's Director of Public Prosecutions.
Non-Fiction
From 1980 to 1987, Platt interviewed about forty major science-fiction writers such as Philip K. Dick, J.G. Ballard, Frank Herbert, Isaac Asimov, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr, Ray Bradbury, John Brunner[1]. Philip Kindred Dick (December 16 – March 2) was an American Science fiction Novelist and Short story Writer. James Graham Ballard (born 15 November in the International Settlement in Shanghai, China) is a British Novelist and Short Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr ( October 8 1920 &ndash February 11 1986) was a critically acclaimed and commercially successful American Isaac Asimov (c January 2 1920 &ndash April 6 1992 ˈaɪzək ˈæzɪmʌv originally Исаак Озимов but now transcribed into Russian as, was a Russian Kurt Vonnegut Jr (November 11 1922 – April 11 2007 (ˈvɒnəgət was a prolific and genre-bending American Novelist known for works blending Satire, Black Ray Douglas Bradbury (born August 22 1920 is an American mainstream, Fantasy, horror, Science fiction and mystery John Kilian Houston Brunner ( September 24, 1934 &ndash August 26, 1995) was a prolific British author of Science fiction
In a review of a book by David Drake, Platt asserted that Drake wouldn't write such "queasy voyeurism" if he had really seen war. David Drake (born September 24, 1945) is an author of Science fiction and Fantasy literature Drake, a Vietnam veteran, has since taken to including despicable characters named "Platt" in his writings[2]. Vietnam Era veteran is a phrase used to describe someone who served in the armed forces of participating countries during the Vietnam War.
Platt began writing for Wired magazine in its third issue, and ultimately became one of its senior writers, contributing more than thirty full-length features. Wired is a full-color monthly American Magazine and on-line periodical published in San Francisco, California since March 1993 He was an early and prominent user of MindVox and wrote five books on computers and computer programming during that period. Founding and Early Years "Voices in My Head" MindVox was deeply connected to the emerging non-academic hacker culture and ideas about the potentials His nonfiction has appeared in publications such as Omni, The Washington Post, and The Los Angeles Times. OMNI was a Science magazine and Science fiction magazine published in the USA. The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D The Los Angeles Times (also known as the LA Times) is a daily Newspaper published in Los Angeles California and distributed
Character in a book by former wife Nancy Weber titled "Lily Where's Your Daddy".
Computer Programming
Platt acquired an early desktop computer, an Ohio Scientific C4P, and learned to write game programs for it which were distributed as shareware. Subsequently he wrote educational software published by Trillium Press, and participated in the first conference on cellular automata at MIT, where he demonstrated MS-DOS software that he wrote himself and sold subsequently by mail order. His program to generate the Mandelbrot Set was also self-published and sold primary to university mathematical departments. He is the author of six computer books, from the satirical Micro-Mania to the instructional Graphics Guide to the Commodore 64. For many years he taught computer graphics classes in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop at The New School for Social Research in New York City.
Editor/Publisher
In 1970 Charles Platt became a consulting editor for Avon Books, acquiring work for their science-fiction list. Subsequently he performed a similar role for the short-lived paperback imprint Condor Publishing, and was science-fiction editor for Franklin Watts, Inc.
During the 1980s Platt self-published The Patchin Review, a little magazine of literary criticism and commentary centered on the science-fiction field. Although each issue sold only 1,000 copies, the venture acquired notoriety for its edgy attitude and attracted contributions from many then-well-known editors and authors in the field, including Philip K. Dick, Gregory Benford, Brian W. Aldiss, David Hartwell, and others. Philip Kindred Dick (December 16 – March 2) was an American Science fiction Novelist and Short story Writer. Gregory Benford (born January 30, 1941 in Mobile Alabama) is an American science fiction author and Astrophysicist who is on the Brian Wilson Aldiss, '''OBE''', (born August 18, 1925 in East Dereham, Norfolk, England) is a prolific English David Geddes Hartwell (b July 10, 1941) is an American editor of Science fiction and Fantasy.
In 2007 Platt became a section editor for Make magazine, for which he had already been a frequent contributor.
Cryonics
Platt became interested in cryonics in 1990 after visiting Alcor. Cryonics is the low-temperature Preservation of Humans and other Animals that can no longer be sustained by contemporary Medicine until The Alcor Life Extension Foundation is a Scottsdale, Arizona, USA -based Nonprofit company that researches advocates for and performs Cryonics He wrote a book on the subject, Life Unlimited, for which a contract was issued by Wired Books; the publisher ceased doing business, and the text remains unpublished. Platt became President of CryoCare Foundation, which he co-founded in 1993. He worked for Alcor, a company which may be best known for cryopreserving Ted Williams' head and body after he died. Cryopreservation is a process where cells or whole tissues are preserved by cooling to low sub-zero Temperatures such as (typically 77 K or −196 Theodore Samuel "Ted" Williams ( August 30, 1918 – July 5, 2002) also nicknamed The Kid, the Splendid Splinter In 2004 Platt became a director of a company named "Suspended Animation, Inc. ", based in Boynton Beach, Florida. Boynton Beach is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the Suspended Animation pursues R&D to develop equipment and procedures for use in mitigating ischemic injury immediately after cardiac arrest, in terminal patients who have made arrangements for cryopreservation at cryonics organizations such as the American Cryonics Society and the Cryonics Institute. Cryopreservation is a process where cells or whole tissues are preserved by cooling to low sub-zero Temperatures such as (typically 77 K or −196 The American Cryonics Society ("ACS" is a member-run California -based 501(c(3 tax-exempt Non-profit corporation that supports The Cryonics Institute (CI is a member-owned-and-operated Not-for-profit corporation which provides Cryonics services Platt resigned his positions at the company at the end of 2006 but continues to design equipment for it as an independent contractor.
References
- ^ The Website of Charles Platt. David Pascal. Retrieved on 2007-01-06. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King
- ^ Drake, David. Dave Answers Some Frequently Asked Questions. David Drake's website. Retrieved on 2007-01-06. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King
External links
- The Web Site of Charles Platt
- Charles Platt bibliography (fiction) - Fantastic Fiction (UK)
- Suspended Animation Official corporate site
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