Sonia Orin Lyris Explained

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Sonia Orin Lyris is the author of several novels and various science fiction and fantasy stories and articles in computing and literary journals.^{[1] [2]} She is the author of The Seer.^[3] and the sequel novels forming "The Stranger Trilogy". She has published fiction for Wizards of the Coast, Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, and Pulphouse.

In 1996, she co-founded eMarket Group, Ltd., an online merchandise company, and worked with them as Executive Vice President.^[4] She also helped to build systems for e-commerce sites like Viz Media.

Lyris has been a contributing editor to the C-spot^[5] and associate editor at the Journal Of Universal Rejection (JofUR).^[6] In 2012, she was interviewed in an episode of The Tomorrow Project podcast, where she discussed the relationship between real-world science and science fiction.^[7]

Lyris lives in Seattle, Washington.^[8]

Bibliography

Novels and series

The Seer Saga

• Book: Touchstone . Knotted Road Press . 2020 . 2016 . 9781644701690 . A short prequel to The Seer, previously published as part of Web site: Free Stories 2016 . Baen Ebooks .
• Book: The Seer . Baen . Riverdale, NY . 2016 . 9781476781266 . 913337123.

The Stranger Trilogy is the sequel to The Seer.

• Book: Unmoored . The Stranger Trilogy . 14 May 2020 . Book 1 . Knotted Road Press . 2020-05-14 . 9781644701577 .
• Book: Maelstrom . The Stranger Trilogy . 14 July 2020 . Book 2 . Knotted Road Press . 2020-07-14 . 9781644701614 .
• Book: Landfall . The Stranger Trilogy . 16 September 2020 . Book 3 . Knotted Road Press . 2020-09-20 . 9781644701638 .

Magic: The Gathering

• Book: Lyris, Sonia Orin . 1 . The Going Price . https://archive.org/details/tapestriesanthol0000unse/page/256/mode/2up . Ice . Kathy . Tapestries . Tapestries (novel) . HarperPrism . New York . July 1995 . 9780061053085 . 1036746408 . 257–282 . Magic: The Gathering.
• Book: Lyris, Sonia Orin . 1 . Chef's Surprise . Ice . Kathy . Distant Planes : an anthology . HarperPrism . New York . 1996 . 9780061053139 . 757621074 . 41–66 . Magic: The Gathering.
• Book: And Peace Shall Sleep . Book 11 . Magic: The Gathering . HarperPrism . New York . 1996 . 9780061056192 . 34955423. And Peace Shall Sleep has translations in German,^[9] French,^[10] and Polish.^[11]

Shorter fiction

• Lyris . Sonia Orin . 1 . Blades . Quanta . 1989 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081119084100/http://www.etext.org/Zines/Quanta/blades.html . 2008-11-19 . dead . 1053-8496 . 22652866.
• Lyris . Sonia Orin . 1 . Eyes of the Beholder . Midnight Zoo . Jon L. Herron . 1992 . 24250703 . 2 . 1 .
• Book: Lyris, Sonia Orin . 1 . The Animal Game . Constantine . Larry . Larry Constantine . Infinite Loop: Stories About the Future by the People Creating It . Miller Freeman Books . San Francisco . August 1993 . 9780879302986 . 30325522 . 221–242.
• Lyris . Sonia Orin . 1 . A Hand in the Mirror . Dozois . Gardner . Gardner Dozois . Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction . Davis Publications . August 1993 . 14585351 . 1045-6414 . 17 . 9 . 82–107.
  • Republished: Book: Lyris, Sonia Orin . 1 . A Hand in the Mirror . Dozois . Gardner . Gardner Dozois . Isaac Asimov's Cyberdreams . Ace Books . New York . 1994 . 9780441000739 . 30615777.
• Lyris . Sonia Orin . 1 . Motherhood . Pulphouse . Eugene, OR . Pulphouse Pub. . 2 . 3 . 1993 . 26663317 . 2641-3655 . 24–33.
• Lyris . Sonia Orin . 1 . It Might be Sunlight . Dozois . Gardner . Gardner Dozois . Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction . Davis Publications . November 1993 . 14585351 . 1045-6414 . 17 . 12 & 13 . 80–100. Republished separately in 2012:
• Lyris . Sonia Orin . 1 . There is a Season . Dozois . Gardner . Gardner Dozois . Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction . Davis Publications . December 1993 . 14585351 . 1045-6414 . 17 . 15 . 32–36.
• Lyris . Sonia Orin . 1 . The Green . Expanse . Expanse Publications . Summer 1994 . 3 . 1568624 . 0531-5468 . 12–15.
• Book: Lyris, Sonia Orin . 1 . When Strangers Meet . https://archive.org/details/newlegends00bear/page/248/mode/2up . Bear . Greg . New Legends . TOR . New York . May 1995 . 9780312859305 . 32872857 . 149–156 .
• Lyris . Sonia Orin . 1 . Multiply and Conquer . Information Technology & Libraries . Chicago . American Library Association . December 1995 . 14 . 4 . 231–235 . 0730-9295 . 300178407.
• Lyris . Sonia Orin . 1 . The Jesus Construct . Knight . Damon . Damon Knight . 18 . Pulphouse . Eugene, OR . Pulphouse Pub. . 1995 . 26663317 . 2641-3655 . 11–20.
• Lyris . Sonia Orin . 1 . The Angels' Share . Dozois . Gardner . Gardner Dozois . Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction . Davis Publications . December 1996 . 14585351 . 1045-6414 . 20 . 12 . 86–108.
• Lyris . Sonia Orin . 1 . Payback . Dozois . Gardner . Gardner Dozois . Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction . Davis Publications . June 1997 . 14585351 . 1045-6414 . 21 . 6 . 94–109 . B007SP2FTE.
• Book: Lyris, Sonia Orin . 1 . Mirror Test . https://www.intel.cn/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/technology-briefs/intel-labs-tomorrow-project-seattle-paper.pdf . Johnson . Brian David . ?Bryan Johnson (entrepreneur)?-->. The Tomorrow Project Anthology: Conversations About the Future . October 2011 . Intel Corporation . 9781934053454 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160401080434/https://tomorrow-projects.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Conversations_About_the_Future_Anthology.pdf . 2016-04-01. dead . Chapter 4, pages 55–103.
• Book: Lyris, Sonia Orin . 1 . Biggest! Fan! Ever! . Uncle John's Bathroom Reader presents Flush Fiction: 88 Short-Short Stories You Can Read in a Single Sitting . Portable Press . Ashland, OR . April 2012 . 9781607106753 . 849373108 . 126–131.
• Lyris . Sonia Orin . 1 . Done . Hachigian . Jennifer Lynn . Lore . Greeble Graphics . April 2014 . 730414926 . 2 . 5 . 89–101.
• Book: Lyris, Sonia Orin . 1 . Crisp . Quentin S . Romance, with Mice . Isis . Justin . Dadaoism : an anthology . UK . Chômu Press . May 2012 . 9781907681141 . 796785129 .

Collections

• Book: Lyris, Sonia Orin . 1 . 1993 . Helmbrecht . Robert . Dark Descents: Fantastic Stories by Sonia Orin Lyris . Hazardous Press. This anthology contains the stories Descent, The Green, and Motherhood.

Nonfiction

• Web site: Lyris . Sonia Orin . 1 . Brodie . Richard . Richard Brodie (programmer) . Internet Virus Antidote . Meme Central . 2003 . 2008-03-19 . 2020-08-09.
• Web site: Lyris . Sonia . 1 . Buying Safely on the Internet . Computer Bits . July 2004 . https://web.archive.org/web/20041222055718/http://www.computerbits.com/archive/2004/0700/buysafe.html . 2004-12-22 . dead.
• Lyris . Sonia . 1 . Practice for Real Life . Courageous Creativity . July 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121115062318/http://www.flyingchickadee.com/Microzines/Courageous%20Creativity%20Issue1.pdf . 2012-11-15 . live . 2020-08-09 . 26–28.
• Lyris . Sonia Orin . 1 . Balance, Grace, and Humility . Dodge . Renda . One . Line Zero . November 2010 . Seattle . Pink Fish Press. ^[12]
• Lyris . Sonia Orin . 1 . The Dancer I am Becoming . Dodge . Renda . Three . Line Zero . Seattle . Pink Fish Press . May 2011 . 9781453876886. ^[13]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Goodreads: Sonia Orin Lyris . 2014-04-06.
2. Web site: Spotlight on Associate Editor: Sonia Lyris . Journal of Universal Rejection . 2011-05-10 . 2014-04-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140505105132/http://reprobatiocerta.blogspot.com/2011/05/spotlight-on-associate-editor-sonia.html . 2014-05-05 .
3. Web site: 2016 Locus Recommended Reading List . Locus Online . 2017-01-31 . 2018-12-25.
4. Web site: About eMarketing . emarket.com . https://web.archive.org/web/19970203145654/http://www.emarket.com/about.html . 1997-02-03 . dead.
5. Web site: About the C-spot . the C-spot . 2020-08-09.
6. Web site: Journal of Universal Rejection . universalrejection.org . https://web.archive.org/web/20110310184811/http://www.universalrejection.org/ . 2011-03-10 . dead.
7. Web site: "Mirror Test" with Author Sonia Orin Lyris . 2012-05-15 . 2014-04-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130908021607/http://us.tomorrow-projects.com/2012/05/podcast-mirror-test-with-author-sonia-orin-lyris/ . 2013-09-08.
8. Web site: Sonia Orin Lyris . SFWA Speaker's Bureau . Science Fiction & Writers of America . 2020-08-11.
9. Book: Lyris, Sonia . 0 . Der schlummernde Friede . Heyne . München . 1997 . 9783453126954 . 164837553 . de.
10. Book: Lyris, Sonia . 0 . Que la paix dorme bien . Fleuve noir . Paris . 1998 . 978-2-265-06444-7 . 468094766 . fr.
11. Book: Lyris, Sonia . 0 . I zasnie pokoj . ISA . Warszawa . 1998 . 978-83-87376-44-4 . 224129658 . pl.
12. Web site: Purchase Issue One now! . Line Zero . 2011-05-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110523091744/http://linezero.org/purchase/issue-one/ . 2011-05-23 . usurped.
13. Web site: Purchase Issue Three now! . Line Zero . https://web.archive.org/web/20110524043435/http://linezero.org/purchase/issue-three/ . 2011-05-24 . usurped.