David Walton (science fiction writer) explained

David Walton
Birth Date:	October 26, 1975
Birth Place:	U.S.
Occupation:	Novelist
Module:	Embed: yes Notableworks: Terminal Mind, The Genius Plague

David Walton (born October 26, 1975) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer living in Philadelphia. His novel Terminal Mind won the 2008 Philip K. Dick Award for the best paperback science fiction novel published in the United States, in a tie with Adam-Troy Castro's novel Emissaries from the Dead.

Career

After years of short story writing, Walton published his award-winning novel Terminal Mind in 2008, followed by Quintessence and its sequel Quintessence Sky in 2013 and Superposition and its sequel Supersymmetry in 2015. The rights to a TV adaptation of the Superposition series was sold in late 2015.

Awards

• 2018 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel - for "The Genius Plague"^[1]
• 2009 Philip K. Dick Award (tie) - for best original paperback of the year "Terminal Mind"^{[2] [3] [4]}
• 2008 Jim Baen Memorial Award - for short story "Letting Go" ^[5]

Bibliography

Novels

• Book: Terminal Mind. Meadowhawk Press . April 2008. 978-0-9787326-3-9 .
• Book: Quintessence. Tor Books. March 2013. 9780765330901. registration.
• Book: Quintessence sky . David Walton . 2013 . 9781492938477.
• Book: Superposition. Pyr . 7 April 2015. 9781633880122.
• Book: Supersymmetry. Pyr . 1 September 2015. 9781633880986.
• Book: The Genius Plague. Pyr . 3 October 2017. 9781633883437.
• Book: Three Laws Lethal. Pyr . 11 June 2019. 9781633885608.
• Book: Living Memory. Archaeopteryx Books . 18 October 2022. 9781088035375.
• Book: Deadly Memory. Archaeopteryx Books . 2 May 2023. 9781087923369.
• Book: Memory Reborn. Archaeopteryx Books . 28 November 2023. 9798868909283.

Short fiction

Stories^[6]

width=25%	Title	Year	First published	Reprinted/collected	Notes
Fly like the light	2001	Walton, David . May 2001 . Fly like the light . Rogue Worlds.

• "Anyone Can Whistle", Electric Wine, 2001
• "All About Eventualities", Neverworlds, 2002
• "Hands", Aoife's Kiss, 2004
• "All The Rage This Year", All The Rage This Year, Phobos Books, 2004
• "No Forwarding Address", Anotherealm, 2005
• "The Problem of Friction", Lenox Avenue, 2005
• "Diamond Dust", Futurismic, 2005
• "Anyone Can Whistle", Escape Pod, 2006
• "Rival of Mars", Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 2006
• "The Towers of St. Michael's", Futurismic, 2007
• "When Peace and Redemption Collide", Continuum SF, 2007
• "Raven Crumbling", Fantastical Visions anthology, 2007
• "Mattie's Cougar", Touched by Wonder anthology, Meadowhawk Press, 2007
• "Permission to Speak Freely", Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 2007
• "Rings of Jupiter", Talebones, 2008
• "Letting Go", Jim Baen's Universe, Cosmos, 2008
• "Dragonfly Savior", Fantastical Visions anthology, 2009

Critical studies and reviews of Walton's work

Superposition

• Sakers, Don . Don Sakers . June 2015 . The Reference Library . Analog Science Fiction and Fact . 135 . 6 . 105–108.

External links

• • Interview at Tor.com
  • The story behind Quintessence - Online Essay by David Walton
• Web site: Interview at Fantasy Literature . FantasyLiterature.com . Bill . Capossere . January 7, 2014.

Notes and References

1. Web site: McKitterick . Christopher . John W. Campbell Memorial Award . Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas . Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas . 4 August 2018 . 29 December 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121229102140/http://www.sfcenter.ku.edu/campbell.htm . dead .
2. Web site: Philip K. Dick Award 2009 . Science Fiction Awards Database . Mark R. Kelly and the Locus Science Fiction Foundation . 4 August 2018.
3. "Castro and Walton Win 2009 Philip K. Dick Award", Locus, May 2009.
4. VanderMeer, Jeff. "Philip K. Dick Award Winners Announced: A Tie Between Castro and Walton", Omnivoracious, 15 April 2009.
5. Web site: Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award . www.baen.com . Baen Publishing Enterprises . 4 August 2018 . en.
6. Short stories unless otherwise noted.