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Jay Lake


USA flag (1964 - 2014)

Jay Lake lived in Portland, Oregon, where he worked on multiple writing and editing projects. His 2007 book Mainspring received a starred review in Booklist. His short fiction appeared regularly in literary and genre markets worldwide. Jay won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, Endeavour Award, and was a multiple nominee for the Hugo and World Fantasy Awards.
 


Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Thriller
 
Series
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Clockwork Earth
   1. Mainspring (2007)
   2. Escapement (2008)
   3. Pinion (2010)
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Green Universe
   1. Green (2009)
   A Water Matter (2010)
   2. Endurance (2011)
   3. Kalimpura (2013)
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Lost Colonies (with Ruth Nestvold)
   Second Contact (2022)
   The World Always Begins in Light (2022)
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Novels
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Collections
   Dogs in the Moonlight (2000)
   The River Knows Its Own (2000)
   Greetings from Lake Wu (2003)
   Green Grow the Rushes-Oh (2004)
   American Sorrows (2004)
   The Sky That Wraps (2010)
   Two Stories (2011) (with Ken Scholes)
   Almost All the Way Home From the Stars (2013) (with Ruth Nestvold)
   Eastlick and Other Stories (2014) (with others)
   Last Plane to Heaven (2014)
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Novellas and Short Stories
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Anthologies edited
   All Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories (2004) (with David Moles)
   Tel (2005)
   Spicy Slipstream Stories (2008) (with Nick Mamatas)
   Other Earths (2009) (with Nick Gevers)
   Footprints (2009) (with Eric T Reynolds)
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Anthology series
Polyphony (with Deborah Layne)
   1. Polyphony 1 (2002)
   2. Polyphony 2 (2003)
   3. Polyphony 3 (2003)
   4. Polyphony 4 (2004)
   5. Polyphony 5 (2005)
   6. Polyphony 6 (2006)
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Series contributed to
METAtropolis
   Metatropolis (2009) (with others)
   Cascadia (2010) (with others)
   Green Space (2013) (with others)
   In the Forests of the Night (2014)
   Rock of Ages & Let Me Hide Myself in Thee (2014) (with Ken Scholes)
   The Wings We Dare Aspire (2014) (with Ken Scholes)
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Omnibus editions show
 
Books containing stories by Jay Lake
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The Final Frontier (2018)
Stories of Exploring Space, Colonizing the Universe, and First Contact
edited by
Neil Clarke
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Clarkesworld Year Nine: Volume One (2018)
(Clarkesworld Anthology, book 9)
edited by
Neil Clarke and Sean Wallace

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Awards
2015 Locus Award for Best Collection : Last Plane to Heaven

Award nominations
2014 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Rock of Ages
2013 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : The Weight of History, the Lightness of the Future
2013 Nebula Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Stars Do Not Lie
2013 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Weight of History, the Lightness of the Future
2013 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Stars Do Not Lie
2013 Hugo Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Stars Do Not Lie
2012 Locus Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : A Long Walk Home
2011 Sidewise Award for Best Long-Form Alternate History (nominee) : Pinion
2011 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Sky That Wraps
2010 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Madness of Flowers
2010 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Green
2010 Locus Award for Best Anthology (nominee) : Other Earths
2009 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Escapement
2008 Sidewise Award for Best Long-Form Alternate History (nominee) : Mainspring
2008 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Mainspring
2008 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Mainspring
2007 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Trial of Flowers
2006 Locus Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : Rocket Science
2005 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : American Sorrows
2004 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Greetings from Lake Wu
2004 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Into the Gardens of Sweet Night


Jay Lake recommends
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Command Performance (2020)
(Amazing Conroy)
Lawrence M Schoen
"Only Lawrence Schoen could blend the Mayan eschaton, nightclub hypnotism, corporate elitism, radical environmentalism, and good old-fashioned slam-bang adventure fiction."
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Blood in the Skies (2011)
(Hellfire Chronicles, book 1)
G D Falksen
"This is steampunk clanking to life on the page..."
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Hidden Cities (2011)
(Moshui, book 3)
Daniel Fox (Chaz Brenchley)
"Magnificent... This series ranges from imperial intrigue to ocean-spanning magic to the smallest lives."

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