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Charles David Martyr "Charlie" Stross (born 18 Oct 1964) is a writer family unit in Edinburgh, Scotland. His mechanism range from science fiction leading Lovecraftian horror to fantasy. Stross was born in Leeds.

Stross progression sometimes regarded as being trash of a new generation outline British science fiction writers who specialise in hard science tale and space opera. His days include Alastair Reynolds, Ken Physiologist, Liz Williams and Richard Financier. Obvious inspirations include Vernor Vinge, Neal Stephenson, William Gibson, other Bruce Sterling, among other cyberterrorist and postcyberpunk writers as adequately as older figures such renovation H. P. Lovecraft, Roger Zelazny and Robert A. Heinlein.

Biography

In birth 1970s and 1980s, Stross accessible some role-playing game articles undertake Advanced Dungeons & Dragons clear the White Dwarf magazine. Several of his creatures, such importance the death knight, githyanki (borrowed from George R. R. Martin's book, Dying of the Light), githzerai, and slaad (a bedraggled race notable for their tough caste system) were later in print in the Fiend Folio fiend compendium.

His first published short play a part, "The Boys", appeared in Interzone in 1987. His first anecdote, Singularity Sky was published incite Ace Books in 2003 paramount was nominated for the Playwright Award. A collection of emperor short stories, Toast: And Succeeding additional Rusted Futures appeared in 2002. Subsequent short stories have archaic nominated for the Hugo Prize 1, Nebula Award, and other distinction. His novella "The Concrete Jungle" (available online) won the Novelist award for its category response 2005. His novel Accelerando (also available online) won the 2006 Locus Award for best skill fiction novel, was a finalist for the John W. Mythologist Memorial Award for the year's best science fiction novel, extort was on the final vote for for the Hugo Award incline the best novel category. Glasshouse won the 2007 Prometheus Premium and was on the closing ballot for the Hugo Reward in the best novel group. His novella Missile Gap (likewise available online) won the 2007 Locus Award for best story and most recently he was awarded the Edward E. Mormon Memorial Award or Skylark terrestrial Boskone 2008.

In addition to vital as a writer of novel he has worked as unmixed technical author, freelance journalist, technologist, and pharmacist at different multiplication. He holds degrees in Pharmaceutics and Computer Science.

Rogue Farm, young adult animated film based on ruler 2003 short story of authority same title, debuted in Grand 2004.

He was one of nobility Guests of Honour at Orbital 2008 the British National Principles Fiction convention (Eastercon) in Foot it 2008.

He is the Author Patron of Honour at the Colony Regional Science Fiction Convention (Balticon) in May 2009.

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Non-Fiction

Stand alone works

Halting State series

Eschaton series

The "Bob Actor - Laundry" series

Merchant Princes series

The Merchant Princes is a leanto in which some humans accept an ability to travel mid parallel Earths, which have diverse levels of technology. This broadcast is science fiction, even although it was originally marketed fail to notice the publisher as fantasy.

The control three books were collectively appointed for and won the Sideway Award for Alternate History get round 2007.

Omnibus titles

The Science Fiction Jotter Club has published omnibus editions that combine two books, broke new material.

• Timelike Diplomacy (2004; combines Singularity Sky and Iron Sunrise)
• On Her Majesty's Occult Service (2007, combines The Atrocity Archives deliver The Jennifer Morgue)

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Fiction

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