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| Born | James Douglas Aikin 1948 (age 75–76) |
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| Notable works | Music Technology
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James Douglas Aikin (born 1948) [1] [2] is an American science fiction writer based in Livermore, California. He is also a music technology writer, an interactive fiction writer, freelance editor and writer, cellist, and teacher. He frequently writes articles for various music industry magazines, including Electronic Musician, Keyboard Magazine, and Mix. [3] [4]
Aikin sold his first fiction story to Fantasy & Science Fiction where it appeared in the February 1981 issue. [3]
Bibliography
All titles listed chronologically.
Short works
- Cleaving, Amazing, November 1984
- Statues, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, November 1984
- Dance for the King, Omni, November 1984
- My Life in the Jungle, Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1985
- A Place to Stay for a Little While, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, 1986
- Dancing Among Ghosts, Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1988
- Run! Run!, Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 2008
- An Elvish Sword of Great Antiquity, Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 2009
- Leaving the Station, Asimov's Science Fiction, December 2009
Collections
- Beyond Armageddon (1985, "My Life in the Jungle")
- The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories 13 (1987, "A Place to Stay for a Little While")
- The Omni Book of Science Fiction 6 (1989, "Dance for the King")
- The Year’s Best Fantasy: Second Annual Collection (1989, "Dancing Among Ghosts")
Novels
- Walk the Moons Road (May 1985, ISBN 0-345-32169-3, Del Rey)
- The Wall at the Edge of the World (March 1993, ISBN 0-441-87140-2, Ace Books)
Interactive fiction
- Not Just an Ordinary Ballerina (1999)
- Last Resort (2006)
- Lydia's Heart (2007)
- Mrs. Pepper's Nasty Secret (2008, with Eric Eve)
- April in Paris (2008)
- A Flustered Duck (2009; winner of the Spring Thing)
- The Only Possible Prom Dress (2022)
Non-fiction works
- Power Tools for Synthesizer Programming (January 2004, ISBN 0-87930-773-0, Backbeat Books)
- A Player's Guide to Chords & Harmony (June 2004, ISBN 0-87930-798-6, Backbeat Books)
- Picture Yourself Playing Cello (2012, ISBN 1-4354-5868-0, Course Technology)
- Csound Power! (2013, ISBN 1-4354-6004-9, Course Technology)
As editor
- The Guide To MIDI Orchestration (3rd Edition, August 2004, ISBN 0-9646705-3-4, Musicworks Atlanta)
- Real World Digital Audio (2005-11-30, ISBN 0-321-30460-8, Peachpit Press)
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
References
- ^ a b "Stories, Listed by Author: Aikin, Jim". Locus Magazine. Archived from the original on 2007-02-23. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
- ^ a b "Jim Aikin". SFBook.com. Archived from the original on 2006-05-19.
- ^ a b c Van Gelder, Gordon (September 2008). "Run! Run! (headnote)". Fantasy & Science Fiction. 115 (3): 153–160.
- ^ a b "Articles by Jim Aikin". Electronic Musician. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
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"Jim Aikin (bibliography, books, series, web links)". SciFan. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link) - ^ "Jim Aikin's Resume". Archived from the original on 2007-06-12. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
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- 1948 births
- 20th-century American novelists
- 20th-century American male writers
- 21st-century American novelists
- American cellists
- American male novelists
- American science fiction writers
- American male short story writers
- Interactive fiction writers
- Living people
- The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction people
- Musicians from the San Francisco Bay Area
- Writers from California
- 20th-century American short story writers
- 21st-century American short story writers
- 21st-century American male writers