Paul Di Filippo Explained

Paul Di Filippo
Birth Date:29 October 1954
Birth Place:Woonsocket, Rhode Island, U.S.[1]
Occupation:Writer
Nationality:American
Genre:Science fiction

Paul Di Filippo (born October 29, 1954) is an American science fiction writer.[2]

He is a regular reviewer for print magazines Asimov's Science Fiction, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Science Fiction Eye, The New York Review of Science Fiction, Interzone, and Nova Express, as well as online at Science Fiction Weekly. He is a member of the Turkey City Writer's Workshop.

Antonio Urias writes that Di Filippo's writing has a "tradition of the bizarre and the weird".[3]

His novella A Year in the Linear City was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Novella.

Early life

Di Filippo was born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island.

Critical reception

Antonio Urias praised the collection The Steampunk Trilogy (1995) in a brisk review, writing in summary that the tripartite book "contains three bizarre and occasionally humorous novels taking the reader from Queen Victoria's amphibian doppelganger to racist naturalists and black magic, and finally the interdimensional love story of Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman."

Bibliography

See also: Paul Di Filippo bibliography.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Silver . Steven . Steven H Silver . An Interview with Paul di Filippo, Early Steampunk Adopter . Amazing Stories . 2014-09-10 . 2014-09-10.
  2. Encyclopedia: Paul Di Filippo, 1954–. Autobiography Series: Contemporary Authors . V. 29 . 79–99 . 1998 .
  3. Web site: Urias, Antonio . July 11, 2014 . Book Review: The Steampunk Trilogy by Paul Di Filippo . January 31, 2015 . Antonio Urias.