Jim Aikin

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Jim Aikin
BornJames Douglas Aikin
1948 (age 75–76)
Occupation
CitizenshipUnited States
Notable worksMusic Technology
  • Software Synthesizers: The Definitive Guide to Virtual Musical Instruments
  • Power Tools for Synthesizer Programming

Science fiction

  • Walk the Moons Road
  • The Wall at the Edge of the World
Website
www.musicwords.net

James Douglas Aikin (born 1948)[1][2] is an American science fiction writer based in Livermore, California. He is also a music technology writer, an interactive fiction writer, freelance editor and writer, cellist, and teacher. He frequently writes articles for various music industry magazines, including Electronic Musician, Keyboard Magazine, and Mix.[3][4]

Aikin sold his first fiction story to Fantasy & Science Fiction where it appeared in the February 1981 issue.[3]

Bibliography[edit]

All titles listed chronologically.

Short works[edit]

  • Cleaving, Amazing, November 1984
  • Statues, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, November 1984
  • Dance for the King, Omni, November 1984
  • My Life in the Jungle, Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1985
  • A Place to Stay for a Little While, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, 1986
  • Dancing Among Ghosts, Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1988
  • Run! Run!, Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 2008
  • An Elvish Sword of Great Antiquity, Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 2009
  • Leaving the Station, Asimov's Science Fiction, December 2009

Collections[edit]

  • Beyond Armageddon (1985, "My Life in the Jungle")
  • The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories 13 (1987, "A Place to Stay for a Little While")
  • The Omni Book of Science Fiction 6 (1989, "Dance for the King")
  • The Year’s Best Fantasy: Second Annual Collection (1989, "Dancing Among Ghosts")

Novels[edit]

  • Walk the Moons Road (May 1985, ISBN 0-345-32169-3, Del Rey)
  • The Wall at the Edge of the World (March 1993, ISBN 0-441-87140-2, Ace Books)

Interactive fiction[edit]

  • Not Just an Ordinary Ballerina (1999)
  • Last Resort (2006)
  • Lydia's Heart (2007)
  • Mrs. Pepper's Nasty Secret (2008, with Eric Eve)
  • April in Paris (2008)
  • A Flustered Duck (2009; winner of the Spring Thing)
  • The Only Possible Prom Dress (2022)

Non-fiction works[edit]

As editor[edit]

Sources: [1][2][3][4][5][6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Stories, Listed by Author: Aikin, Jim". Locus Magazine. Archived from the original on 2007-02-23. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
  2. ^ a b "Jim Aikin". SFBook.com. Archived from the original on 2006-05-19.
  3. ^ a b c Van Gelder, Gordon (September 2008). "Run! Run! (headnote)". Fantasy & Science Fiction. 115 (3): 153–160.
  4. ^ a b "Articles by Jim Aikin". Electronic Musician. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
  5. ^ "Jim Aikin (bibliography, books, series, web links)". SciFan. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-06-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ "Jim Aikin's Resume". Archived from the original on 2007-06-12. Retrieved 2007-06-17.

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