Stanley Schmidt

Stanley Schmidt (March 7, 1944- ) is an American science fiction author, and has been the editor of the SF magazine Analog Science Fiction and Fact since 1978.

Schmidt was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 1966. He then attended Case Western Reserve University, where he completed his Ph.D. in physics in 1969. After receiving his degree, he became a professor at Heidelberg College in Tiffin, Ohio, teaching physics, astronomy, and science fiction. Schmidt has been editor of Analog Science Fiction and Fact magazine since 1978. Additionally he has served as a member of the Board of Advisers for the National Space Society and the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame and was Guest of Honor at BucConeer, the 1998 World Science Fiction Convention in Baltimore, Maryland.

Stanley Schmidt was first publication "A Flash of Darkness" was in Analog, September 1968, His first novel was "The Sins of the Fathers" was serialized from November 1973 to January 1974 in Analogas well, and his first book was Newton and the Quasi-Apple in 1975.

One of the most recent of his novels, Argonaut (2002), shows an alien invasion from a different angle.

Selected Bibliography
Complete Bibliography

Series

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  • The Sins of the Fathers (1976)
    • Magazine/Anthology Appearances:
    • The Sins of the Fathers (Part 1 of 3) (1973)
    • The Sins of the Fathers (Part 2 of 3) (1973)
    • The Sins of the Fathers (Part 3 of 3) (1974)
  • Lifeboat Earth (1978)

Novels

• Newton and the Quasi-Apple (1975)
• Tweedlioop (1986)
• Argonaut (2002)

Collections

• Which Way to the Future: Collected Essays from Analog (2001)

Anthologies

• Unknown (1988)
• Unknown Worlds: Tales from Beyond (1988) with Martin H. Greenberg
• Islands in the Sky: Bold New Ideas for Colonizing Space (1996) with Robert Zubrin [as by Stanley Schmidt and Robert M. Zubrin ]
• Roads Not Taken: Tales of Alternate History (1998) with Gardner Dozois
• Pieces of Six (An Anthology of works by the Guests of Honor at Bucconeer, the 56th Annual World Science Fiction Convention) (1998) with C. J. Cherryh and Milton A Rothman and Michael Whelan and Charles Sheffield

Nonfiction

• Aliens and Alien Societies: A Writer's Guide to Creating Extraterrestrial Life-Forms (1996)
• Which Way to the Future? (2001)

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