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George Alec Effinger
Born January 10, 1947(1947-01-10)
Cleveland, Ohio
Died April 27, 2002
New Orleans, LA
Occupation novelist, short story writer
Genres science fiction
Literary movement cyberpunk
Notable work(s) When Gravity Fails

George Alec Effinger was an American science fiction author, born in 1947 in Cleveland, Ohio. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Cleveland is a City in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. New Orleans (nʲuːˈɔrliənz nʲuːˈɔrlənz French: La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana The State of Louisiana ( or, État de Louisiane, pronounced) is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. A literary genre is a category of literary composition Genres may be determined by Literary technique, tone, Content, or even (as in the case of fiction This is a list of modern literary movements: that is movements after the Renaissance. Cyberpunk is a Science fiction genre noted for its focus on " High tech and low life. When Gravity Fails is a Cyberpunk Science fiction novel by George Alec Effinger published in 1986. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Note that this Partial list contains some authors whose works of fantastic fiction would today be called science fiction even if they predate or did not work in that genre Cleveland is a City in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads

He was a part of the Clarion class of 1970 and had three stories in the first Clarion anthology. Clarion is a six-week workshop for new and aspiring Science fiction and Fantasy writers Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. His first published story was "The Eight-Thirty to Nine Slot" in Fantastic in 1971. Fantastic was a fantasy and Science fiction magazine published in the United States from 1952 to 1980 Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. During his early period, he also published under a variety of pseudonyms. A pseudonym is a fictitious alternative to a person's legal name (see Alias)

His first novel, What Entropy Means to Me (1972), was nominated for the Nebula Award. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Nebula Award is an award given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA for the best Science fiction / Fantasy fiction He achieved his greatest success with the trilogy of Marîd Audran novels set in a 21st century Middle East, with cybernetic implants and modules allowing individuals to change their personalities or bodies. When Gravity Fails is a Cyberpunk Science fiction novel by George Alec Effinger published in 1986. The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. The novels are in fact set in a thinly veiled version of the French Quarter of New Orleans, telling the fictionalized stories of the transvestites and other people Effinger knew in the bars of that city. The French Quarter, also known as Vieux Carré, is the oldest and most famous neighborhood in the city of New Orleans Louisiana. New Orleans (nʲuːˈɔrliənz nʲuːˈɔrlənz French: La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana This article deals with the history of the word 'transvestite' The three published novels were When Gravity Fails (1987), A Fire in the Sun (1989), and The Exile Kiss (1991). When Gravity Fails is a Cyberpunk Science fiction novel by George Alec Effinger published in 1986. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) A Fire in the Sun is a Cyberpunk Science fiction novel by George Alec Effinger published in 1989. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) The Exile Kiss is a Cyberpunk Science fiction novel by George Alec Effinger published in 1991. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. He began a fourth Budayeen novel, Word of Night, but completed only the first two chapters. Those two chapters were reprinted in the anthology Budayeen Nights (2003) which has all of Effinger's short material from the Marîd Audran setting. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.

His novelette, "Schrödinger's Kitten" (1988), received both the Hugo and the Nebula Award, as well as the Japanese Seiun Award. " Schrödinger's Kitten " is a 1988 Novelette by George Alec Effinger, which won both a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award, as well as the Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) The Hugo Awards are given every year for the best Science fiction or Fantasy works and achievements of the previous year The Nebula Award is an award given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA for the best Science fiction / Fantasy fiction The Seiun Award is a famous Japanese Science fiction award It is voted on by the attendees of the Japanese National Science Fiction Convention A collection of stories was published posthumously in 2005 entitled George Alec Effinger Live! From Planet Earth and includes the complete stories Effinger wrote under the pseudonym "O. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Niemand" and many of Effinger's best-known stories. Each O. Niemand story is a pastiche in the voice of a different major American writer (Flannery O'Conner, Damon Runyon, Mark Twain, etc. Mary Flannery O'Connor ( March 25 1925 &ndash August 3 1964) was an American Novelist, Short-story Damon Runyon ( 4 October 1884 – 10 December 1946) was a newspaperman and writer Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30 1835 – April 21 1910 better known by the Pen name Mark Twain, was an American Humorist, satirist ),all set on the asteroid city of Springfield. ("Niemand" is from the German word for "nobody", and the initial O was intended by Effinger as a visual pun for Zero, and possibly also as a reference to the author O. Henry. )

Other stories he wrote were the series of Maureen (Muffy) Birnbaum parodies, which placed a preppy into a variety of science fictional, fantasy, and horror scenarios. Preppy, also spelled preppie, is a chiefly North American adjective or noun traditionally used in relation to northeastern private University-preparatory schools

Throughout his life, Effinger suffered from health problems. These resulted in enormous medical bills which he was unable to pay, resulting in a declaration of bankruptcy. Bankruptcy is a legally declared inability or impairment of ability of an individual or organization to pay their Creditors Creditors may file a bankruptcy petition against Because Louisiana's system of law descends from the Napoleonic Code rather than English Common Law, the possibility existed that copyrights to Effinger's works and characters might revert to his creditors, in this case the hospital. The State of Louisiana ( or, État de Louisiane, pronounced) is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America The Napoleonic Code, or Code Napoléon (originally called the Code civil des Français) is the French Civil code, established under Common law refers to law and the corresponding legal system developed through decisions of courts and similar tribunals rather than through legislative statutes or executive However, no representative of the hospital showed up at the bankruptcy hearing, and Effinger regained the rights to all his intellectual property. [1]

Effinger met his first wife Diana in the 1960s. He was married from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s to artist Beverly K. Effinger, and for a few years shortly before his death to fellow science fiction author Barbara Hambly. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. Beverly K Effinger (born Beverly Kandrac, March 14 1955) is a United States painter. Barbara Hambly (born August 28, 1951) is an award winning and prolific American Novelist and Screenwriter within the genres of

Effinger died in New Orleans, Louisiana. New Orleans (nʲuːˈɔrliənz nʲuːˈɔrlənz French: La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana

Contents

Bibliography

Planet of the Apes Television series adaptations

Nick of Time series

Marîd Audran series

Free standing novels

Collections

Short stories

Trivia

The titles of the first two books of the Marîd Audran series are both taken from Bob Dylan lyrics. Planet of the Apes was a short-lived American Science fiction Television series that aired on Friday evenings at 800 ( Eastern) on When Gravity Fails is a Cyberpunk Science fiction novel by George Alec Effinger published in 1986. When Gravity Fails is a Cyberpunk Science fiction novel by George Alec Effinger published in 1986. A Fire in the Sun is a Cyberpunk Science fiction novel by George Alec Effinger published in 1989. The Exile Kiss is a Cyberpunk Science fiction novel by George Alec Effinger published in 1991. Gardner Dozois (born July 23, 1947) is an American Science fiction author and editor. Michael "Mike" Diamond Resnick (born Chicago, March 5, 1942) better known by his published name Mike Resnick, is a popular and prolific Jack Laurence Chalker ( December 17, 1944 – February 11, 2005) was an American Science fiction author. Maureen Birnbaum Barbarian Swordsperson is a 1993 anthology by George Alec Effinger, with cover and interior illustrations by Ken Kelly " Mars The Home Front " is a short story by George Alec Effinger, published in War of the Worlds Global Dispatches. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major "When Gravity Fails" is from the song "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" and "A Fire in the Sun" from "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue. " Permission was denied to use a Dylan quote again for the third book's title, so Effinger chose instead a public domain quote from Shakespeare.

He was left-handed.

He suffered a hearing loss of about 70% due to childhood infections, only helped about the last 10 years of his life by hearing aids.

He did not drive most of his life, and only got a drivers license at about age 39 for check-cashing purposes.

References

  1. ^ [George Alec Effinger, Live! From Planet Earth, introduction to story "My Old Man". ]

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