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John Kessel
(b.1950)John Kessel was born in 1950 in Buffalo, New York, and is an Associate Professor of English at North Carolina State University where he teaches American literature and fiction writing. The author resides in Raleigh with his wife, graphic designer Sue Hall and daughter, Emma.
Genres: Science Fiction
Novels
Freedom Beach (1985) (with James Patrick Kelly)
Good News from Outer Space (1989)
Corrupting Dr Nice (1997)
Ninety Percent of Everything (2001) (with James Patrick Kelly and Jonathan Lethem)
The Moon and the Other (2017)
Pride and Prometheus (2018)
Good News from Outer Space (1989)
Corrupting Dr Nice (1997)
Ninety Percent of Everything (2001) (with James Patrick Kelly and Jonathan Lethem)
The Moon and the Other (2017)
Pride and Prometheus (2018)
Collections
Meeting in Infinity (1992)
The Pure Product (1997)
The Baum Plan for Financial Independence (2008)
The Dark Ride (2022)
The Pure Product (1997)
The Baum Plan for Financial Independence (2008)
The Dark Ride (2022)
Anthologies edited
Intersections (1995)
Feeling Very Strange (2006) (with James Patrick Kelly)
Rewired (2007) (with James Patrick Kelly)
The Secret History of Science Fiction (2009) (with James Patrick Kelly)
Digital Rapture (2012) (with James Patrick Kelly)
Feeling Very Strange (2006) (with James Patrick Kelly)
Rewired (2007) (with James Patrick Kelly)
The Secret History of Science Fiction (2009) (with James Patrick Kelly)
Digital Rapture (2012) (with James Patrick Kelly)
Novellas and Short Stories
Omnibus editions
Series contributed to
Anthologies containing stories by John Kessel
New Dimensions 10 (1980)
The Nebula Awards 18 (1983)
Isaac Asimov's Fantasy (1985)
Nebula Awards 23 (1989)
Nebula Awards 27 (1993)
Strange Dreams (1993)
Future Earths : Under South American Skies (1993)
The Norton Book of Science Fiction (1993)
Nebula Awards 29 (1995)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Thirteenth Annual Collection (1996)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Fourteenth Annual Collection (1997)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Fifteenth Annual Collection (1998)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Eleventh Annual Collection (1998)
Future on Ice (1998)
The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction 11th Annual Collection (1998)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Twelfth Annual Collection (1999)
The Nebula Awards 18 (1983)
Isaac Asimov's Fantasy (1985)
Nebula Awards 23 (1989)
Nebula Awards 27 (1993)
Strange Dreams (1993)
Future Earths : Under South American Skies (1993)
The Norton Book of Science Fiction (1993)
Nebula Awards 29 (1995)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Thirteenth Annual Collection (1996)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Fourteenth Annual Collection (1997)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Fifteenth Annual Collection (1998)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Eleventh Annual Collection (1998)
Future on Ice (1998)
The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction 11th Annual Collection (1998)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Twelfth Annual Collection (1999)
Short stories
| Animals (1980) | |||
| Another Orphan (1982) | Hugo (nominee) Nebula Awards | ||
| The Big Dream (1984) | |||
| The Pure Product [short story] (1986) | |||
| Judgment Call (1987) | |||
| Mrs Schummel Exits a Winner (1988) | Nebula Awards (nominee) | ||
| Invaders (1990) | |||
| Buffalo (1991) | Hugo (nominee) Nebula Awards (nominee) | ||
| The Franchise (1993) | Hugo (nominee) Nebula Awards (nominee) | ||
| The Miracle of Ivar Avenue (1996) | Nebula Awards (nominee) | ||
| Gulliver at Home (1997) | |||
| Every Angel Is Terrifying (1998) | World Fantasy (nominee) | ||
| Ninety Percent of Everything [short story] (1999) (with James Patrick Kelly and Jonathan Lethem) | Nebula Awards (nominee) |
Awards
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John Kessel recommends
The Adventurists: and Other Stories (2022)
Richard Butner
"Richard Butner's stories are funny, scary, personal, dispassionate, satirical, and heartfelt, if those incompatible adjectives can be assembled to describe the same work. He writes about the subtle losses we suffer (often without noticing) as we get older, about love and loyalty, about how the past is never completely past and can come sweeping back over you at the slightest opportunity like a tidal wave, so you'd better be ready lest you drown."
No Gods, No Monsters (2021)
(Convergence Saga, book 1)
Cadwell Turnbull
"Like Octavia Butler and Ursula K. Le Guin before him, Turnbull uses the tools of science fiction to illuminate the human heart."
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