Jeffrey Carver Explained

Jeffrey A. Carver
Birth Date:	25 August 1949
Birth Place:	Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation:	Novelist
Alma Mater:	Brown University
Period:	1970s–present
Genre:	Science fiction
Notableworks:	Eternity's End, Chaos Chronicles

Jeffrey A. Carver (born August 25, 1949) is an American science fiction author.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} He was born in Cleveland, graduated from Brown University,^[5] and lives outside of Boston, Massachusetts with his family.^[5] His 2000 novel Eternity's End was a nominee at the 2001 Nebula Awards; in 2022 he was honored with the Helicon Lifetime Achievement Award.^{[6] [7]}

In 1995, Carver developed and hosted the educational TV series Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing, which has since been made available online.^[8]

Bibliography

The Chaos Chronicles

1. Neptune Crossing (1994),
2. Strange Attractors (1995),
3. The Infinite Sea (1996),
4. Sunborn (2008),
5. The Reefs of Time (2019)
6. Crucible of Time (2019)

Star Rigger universe

• Seas of Ernathe (1976),
• Star Rigger's Way (1978, revised edition 1994),
• Panglor (1980, revised edition 1996),
• Dragons in the Stars (1992),
• Dragon Rigger (1993),
• Eternity's End (2000),

Starstream series

1. From a Changeling Star (1989),
2. Down the Stream of Stars (1990),

Other novels

• The Infinity Link (1984)
• The Rapture Effect (1987)
• Roger Zelazny's Alien Speedway

Clypsis (1987)

• Battlestar Galactica *novelization of the 2003 miniseries) (2006),

Short fiction

• "Of No Return" (1974)
• "Though All the Mountains Lie Between" (1980)
• "Reality and Other Fictions"(2012)
• "Going Alien" (2012)

External links

• Science Fiction Worlds of Jeffrey A. Carver
• Jeffrey A. Carver's blog, Pushing a Snake Up a Hill
• Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy, an online guide to the crafting of SF and fantasy, covering fundamentals of turning ideas into stories, creating believable characters, language and style, workshopping, etc. Geared for young adult aspiring writers, but not limited to that group.
  • Additional information at Scifipedia

Notes and References

1. News: Book Report. Streitfeld. David. Nov 22, 1987. The Washington Post. x.15. 13 April 2012. 7 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160307032921/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/doc/306943786.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov%2022,%201987&author=David%20Streitfeld&pub=The%20Washington%20Post%20(pre-1997%20Fulltext)&edition=&startpage=&desc=BOOK%20REPORT. dead.
2. Book: Analog science fact, science fiction. 108. January 1988. Condé Nast Publications. 178, 182–.
3. Book: Westfahl, Gary. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works, and Wonders. 13 April 2012. 2005. Greenwood Publishing Group. 978-0-313-32951-7. 449–.
4. News: Off the shelf. Corcoran. Connie. May 4, 2001. The Union Democrat. 13 April 2012.
5. Web site: FantasticFiction. 28 October 2012.
6. Web site: Nebula Award Final Ballots from the 2000s. 19 January 2012. 27 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20011202011002/http://dpsinfo.com/awardweb/nebulas/00s.html. 2 December 2001. dead.
7. Web site: Helicon Lifetime Achievement Award Goes to Jeffrey A. Carver! – Treehouse Writers . 2022-09-22 . en-US.
8. Web site: WriteSF. 18 January 2013.