Kathryn Cramer Explained

Birth Name:	Kathryn Elizabeth Cramer
Birth Date:	16 April 1962
Birth Place:	Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.
Occupation:	Editor
Genre:	Science fiction, fantasy, horror, hypertext fiction
Nationality:	American
Alma Mater:	Columbia University
Movement:	Hard science fiction

Kathryn Elizabeth Cramer (born April 16, 1962) is an American science fiction writer, editor, and literary critic.

Early years

Kathryn Cramer is the daughter of physicist John G. Cramer. She grew up in Seattle and graduated from Columbia University with degrees in mathematics and American studies.^[1]

Career

Cramer has worked for five literary agencies, most notably the Virginia Kidd Agency and Eastgate Systems, and for several software companies,^[2] including consulting with Wolfram Research in the Scientific Information Group.^{[3] [4]} She co-founded The New York Review of Science Fiction in 1988 with David G. Hartwell and others, and was its co-editor until 1991 and again since 1996. It has been nominated (as of 2007) for the Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine every year of its existence, fifteen times under her co-editorship.^[5]

Cramer was the hypertext fiction editor at Eastgate Systems in the early 1990s.^[6] She was part of the Global Connection Project, a joint project of Carnegie Mellon University, NASA, Google, and National Geographic using Google Earth and other tools following the 2005 Pakistan earthquake.^[7]

Cramer has written a number of essays published in the New York Review of Science Fiction. Book reviews for that journal include such works as This is the Way the World Ends by James Morrow, Ellipse of Uncertainty: An Introduction to Postmodern Fantasy by Lance Olsen, and Amnesia Moon by Jonathan Lethem. She is a contributor to the Encarta article on science fiction^[8] and wrote the chapter on hard science fiction for the Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction ed. Farah Mendlesohn & Edward James.^[9] Several of her essays have been reprinted, for example "Science Fiction and the Adventures of the Spherical Cow" (NYRSF August 1988) in Visions of Wonder, ed. Milton T. Wolf & David G. Hartwell (Tor 1996).

Personal life

Cramer was married to David G. Hartwell from 1997 until his death in January 2016.^[10] She lives in Westport, New York,^[11] with their two children.^[12]

Bibliography

Anthologies

• The Architecture of Fear^[13] (1987) with Peter D. Pautz – winner of the World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology
• Masterpieces of Fantasy and Enchantment (1988) with David G. Hartwell^[14]
• Spirits of Christmas (1989) with David G. Hartwell, Tor Fantasy, .
• Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder (1989, GuildAmerica, ; 1994, St. Martin's Press,) with David G. Hartwell^[15]
• Walls of Fear (1990), Avon Books, – a World Fantasy Award nominee
• (1994) with David G. Hartwell,
• The Hard SF Renaissance (2002) with David G. Hartwell, Orb books,
• The Space Opera Renaissance (2006) with David G. Hartwell, Tor Books,
• Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future (2014) with Ed Finn, William Morrow.

Anthology series

The Year's Best Fantasy is a fantasy anthology series edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer.

• Year's Best Fantasy 1 through 9 (2001–2009) with David G. Hartwell (HarperCollins 2001–2005, Tachyon Publications 2006–2007)^[16]

The Year's Best SF is a science fiction anthology series edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer. Hartwell started the series in 1996, and has been co-editing it with Cramer since 2002. It is published by HarperCollins under the Eos imprint. The creators of the books are not involved with the similarly titled Year's Best Science Fiction series.

• Year's Best SF 6 (2001)
• Year's Best SF 7 (2002)^[17]
• Year's Best SF 8 (2003)^[18]
• Year's Best SF 9 (2004)^[19]
• Year's Best SF 10 (2005)^[20]
• Year's Best SF 11 (2006)^[21]
• Year's Best SF 12 (2007)^[22]
• Year's Best SF 13 (2008) ^[23]
• Year's Best SF 14 (2009)^[24]
• Year's Best SF 15 (2010)^[25]
• Year's Best SF 16 (2011)^[26]
• Year's Best SF 17 (2012)^[27]

Short fiction

• "Forbidden Knowledge" in ,^[28] ed. Rudy Rucker (1987,).
• "Speaker for the Reticent", written with Greg Cox, in The New York Review of Science Fiction (December 1988).
• "The End of Everything" in Asimov's Science Fiction, Vol 14, No 10, Whole No 161 (October 1990), pp. 107–111.
• "In Small & Large Pieces" in The Eastgate Quarterly Review of Hypertext, Volume 1, No. 3, Eastgate Systems (1994). (a work of hypertext dark fantasy)
• "Disextinction" in Nature Magazine (2001,).
• "Sandcastles: a Dystopia" in Nature Magazine (2005).
• "You, in Emulation" in Nature Magazine (October 20, 2011).
• "Am I Free to Go?" on Tor.com, 2012.

Poems

• "The Mourners" in Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, #11 (November 2002)
• "What Stopped Jack" in Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, #11 (November 2002)

Selected essays

• "Science Fiction and the Adventures of the Spherical Cow" in New York Review of Science Fiction (September 1988). Anthologized as: "Science Fiction & the Adventures of the Spherical Cow" in Visions of Wonder .^[29]
• "Democrazy, the Marketplace, and the American Way: Remarks on the Year 1990 in Science Fiction (Nebula Awards 26)" in Nebula Awards 26, ed. James Morrow (1992,).
• "Science Fiction for What? Remarks on the Year 1991 (Nebula Awards 27)" in Nebula Awards 27, ed. James Morrow (1993,).
• "Philip K. Dick: The Greatest Novels", co-authored with David Alexander Smith, David G. Hartwell, Paul Di Filippo, Alexander Jablokov, and Eric Van, in The New York Review of Science Fiction (June 1994). Transcribed from Panel 1, The First American Philip K. Dick Convention, September 25, 1993.
• How Shit Became Shinola: Definition and Redefinition of Space Opera with David G. Hartwell, SFRevu (August 2003).
• "Hard Science Fiction" in The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction, ed. Edward James, Farah Mendlesohn (2006,).

Interviews

• "Hypertext Horizon: An Interview With Kathryn Cramer" (ca. 1994) by Harry Goldstein (Transcript of a live on-line interview over Sonicnet)^[30]
• "Interview With Kathryn Cramer, Co-editor of Hieroglyph" by New Books Network (Podcast on New Books in Science Fiction and Fantasy) ^[31]

See also

• Hard science fiction
• Hypertext fiction
• Space opera
• The New York Review of Science Fiction

External links

• • • Kathryn Cramer in the Index of Literary Nominees in the Locus Index to Science Fiction Awards

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kathryn Cramer . 2007-01-26 . n.d. . Eastgate Systems.
2. Web site: An Interview With Kathryn Cramer. Hypertext Horizon. 20 Jan 2016.
3. Web site: Wolfram research. 20 Jan 2016.
4. Web site: Wolfram library archive. 20 Jan 2016.
5. http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/HugoNomList.html#1113 ; Hugo and Campbell Awards Nominations, Locus Online 2005: "All nominees in the Semiprozine category have previously been nominated, and the category includes the top two record holders for most number of Hugo wins: Charles N. Brown, with 41 previous nominations and 26 wins, and David Langford, with 43 previous nominations and 24 wins. David Pringle has 19 previous nominations, and won for Interzone ten years ago in Glasgow. Kathryn Cramer has 12 previous nominations, Kevin J. Maroney 8, both for The New York Review of Science Fiction; co-editor Hartwell, mentioned above, has 29 previous nominations. Andy Cox has one previous nomination, last year for The Third Alternative."
6. http://www.altx.com/interviews/kathryn.cramer.html "Hypertext Horizon: An Interview With Kathryn Cramer"
7. https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~globalconn/team.html Global Connection Project team
8. Web site: Science Fiction - Search View - MSN Encarta . https://web.archive.org/web/20091028193216/http://encarta.msn.com/text_761563123__1/Science_Fiction.html . 2009-10-28 . dead .
9. http://cco.cambridge.org/extract?id=ccol0521816262_CCOL0521816262A018 Cramer's chapter on hard science fiction
10. Web site: David G. Hartwell (1941-2016). 20 Jan 2016. 20 Jan 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160121185518/http://www.locusmag.com/News/2016/01/david-g-hartwell-1941-2016/. 2016-01-21.
11. Web site: About Kathryn Cramer. 24 January 2016.
12. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/04/books/david-g-hartwell-editor-who-specialized-in-science-fiction-dies-at-74.html?action=click&contentCollection=obituaries&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront&_r=0 David G. Hartwell, Literary-Minded Editor of Science Fiction, Dies at 74
13. News: STYLES IN HAUNTED HOUSES, FROM VICTORIAN GLOOM TO MODERN MAYHEM . October 29, 1987. The New York Times.
14. Book: Publication Listing: Masterpieces of Fantasy and Enchantment . Von Ruff, Al . . 0-312-02250-6 . September 13, 2012.
15. Book: Bibliography: Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder . Von Ruff, Al . Internet Speculative Fiction Database . 0-312-11024-3 . September 13, 2012 . 1994 .
16. Web site: Year's Best Fantasy - Series Bibliography . Von Ruff, Al . . September 13, 2012.
17. Book: Bibliography: Year's Best SF 7 . Von Ruff, Al . 4 June 2002 . Internet Speculative Fiction Database . 0-06-106143-3 . September 13, 2012 .
18. Book: Bibliography: Year's Best SF 8 . Von Ruff, Al . 27 May 2003 . Internet Speculative Fiction Database . 0-06-106453-X . September 13, 2012.
19. Book: Bibliography: Year's Best SF 9 . Von Ruff, Al . 25 May 2004 . Internet Speculative Fiction Database] . 0-06-057559-X . September 13, 2012.
20. Book: Bibliography: Year's Best SF 10 . Von Ruff, Al . 24 May 2005 . Internet Speculative Fiction Database . 0-06-057561-1 . September 13, 2012 .
21. Book: Bibliography: Year's Best SF 11 . Von Ruff, Al . 2006 . Internet Speculative Fiction Database . 0-7394-6924-X . September 13, 2012.
22. Book: Bibliography: Year's Best SF 12 . Von Ruff, Al . 2007 . Internet Speculative Fiction Database . 978-0-7394-8544-6 . September 13, 2012.
23. Book: Bibliography: Year's Best SF 13 . Von Ruff, Al . 2008 . Internet Speculative Fiction Database . 978-0-7394-9656-5 . September 13, 2012 .
24. Book: Bibliography: Year's Best SF 14 . Von Ruff, Al . 26 May 2009 . Internet Speculative Fiction Database . 978-0-06-172174-8 . September 13, 2012.
25. Book: Bibliography: Year's Best SF 15 . Von Ruff, Al . Internet Speculative Fiction Database . 978-0-06-172175-5 . September 13, 2012. 2010-05-25 .
26. Book: Bibliography: Year's Best SF 16 . Von Ruff, Al . 31 May 2011 . Internet Speculative Fiction Database . 978-0-06-203590-5 . September 13, 2012 . registration .
27. Book: Bibliography: Year's Best SF 17 . Von Ruff, Al . Internet Speculative Fiction Database . 978-0-06-203587-5 . September 13, 2012 . 2012-05-29 . registration .
28. http://math.cofc.edu/kasman/MATHFICT/mfview.php?callnumber=mf52 MathFiction: Mathenauts: Tales of Mathematical Wonder (Rudy Rucker (editor))
29. Web site: Bibliography: Science Fiction and the Adventures of the Spherical Cow . Von Ruff, Al . Internet Speculative Fiction Database . September 13, 2012.
30. Web site: Hypertext Horizon: An Interview With Kathryn Cramer [full text] ]. Goldstein, Harry . The Write Stuff (Interviews) . September 13, 2012.
31. Web site: Interview With Kathryn Cramer, Co-editor of Hieroglyph [podcast] ]. Wolf, Rob . November 5, 2014 . New Books Network . November 19, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141129025711/http://newbooksinsciencefiction.com/2014/11/05/kathryn-cramer-and-ed-finn-hieroglyph-stories-and-visions-for-a-better-future-william-morrow-2014/ . November 29, 2014 .