| Doug Beason | |
| Birth Date: | 3 December 1953 |
| Occupation: | Novelist |
| Nationality: | American |
| Alma Mater: | United States Air Force Academy |
| Genre: | Science fiction |
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Doug Beason (born December 3, 1953) is an American scientist and science fiction author.
He graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1977 with a dual major in physics and math. He started his first novel while at the Academy after returning there as an officer in the 1980s to teach physics. He is a retired Air Force Colonel with a PhD in physics. He is also a Fellow of the American Physical Society and has published two non-fiction books. His book "Science and Technology Policy for the post-Cold War: A Case for Long-Term Research", was awarded the National Defense University President's Strategic Vision award. He also worked on a few books, (e.g. Lifeline, The Trinity Paradox, and Nanospace) with Kevin J. Anderson. In 2008, he retired from his position as Associate Laboratory Director for Threat Reduction at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.[1] [2] He currently writes full-time, lectures, and consults.
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| width='25%' | Title | width='5%' | Year | width='35%' | First published in | width='35%' class='unsortable' | Reprinted in |
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| "Lifeguard" | 1987 | New Destinies : volume 1 / Spring 1987, ed. Jim Baen (Baen, 1987) | Cities in Space, ed. Jerry Pournelle and Jim F. Carr (Ace, 1991) | ||||
| "Reflections in a Magnetic Mirror" / with Kevin J. Anderson | 1988 | Full Spectrum, ed. Lou Aronica and Shawna McCarthy (Bantam Spectra, 1988) | Dogged Persistence / Kevin J. Anderson (Golden Gryphon Press, 2001) | ||||
| "Rescue at L-5" / with Kevin J. Anderson | 1990 | Project Solar Sail, ed. Arthur C. Clarke and David Brin (Roc/Penguin, 1990) | |||||
| "Defense Conversion" | 1995 | How to Save the World, ed. Charles Sheffield (Tor, 1995) hb | How to Save the World, ed. Charles Sheffield (Tor, 1999) pb | ||||
| "Homecoming" | 1995 | Full Spectrum 5, ed. Jennifer Hershey, Tom Dupree and Janna Silverstein (Bantam Spectra, 1995) | |||||