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Robert Reed


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Robert Reed was born in Omaha, Nebraska on October 9, 1956. He attended Benson High there, and then Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln, Nebraska, where he received a B.S. in Biology in 1987. Bob worked as a lab technician at NWU from 1979 to 1980, and at Mapes Industries in Lincoln from 1978 to 1987. Since 1987, he has been prolific enough to make his living as a full-time science fiction writer.
 

Genres: Science Fiction
 
New and upcoming books
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Retrograde Blessings
 
Series
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Great Ship
   The Remoras (1994)
   1. Marrow (2000)
   2. The Well of Stars (2004)
   Eater-of -Bone (2012)
   The Greatship (2013)
   3. The Memory of Sky (2014)
   Alone (2018)
   Aeon's Child (2018)
   Hoop-of-Benzene (2018)
   Mere (2018)
   The Residue of Fire (2018)
   Night of Time (2018)
   Noumenon (2018)
   Parables of Infinity (2018)
   River of the Queen (2018)
   Rococo (2018)
   The Caldera of Good Fortune (2018)
   Camouflage (2018)
   Katabasis (2018)
   Precious Mental (2018)
   The Cryptic Age (2018)
   The Man With the Golden Balloon (2018)
   The Sarcophagus (2018)
   The Speed of Belief (2018)
   Good Mountain (2018)
   Hatch (2018)
   Marrow Redux (2018)
   4. The Dragons of Marrow (2018)
   Where You Have Been (2019)
   Kingfisher (2021)
   The Realms of Water (2022)
   Conversations in the Dark (2022)
   Flattering the Flame (2022)
   Nameless He (2022)
   Necklace of Memory (2022)
   Poubelle (2022)
   Who Carries the World (2022)
   Best, Last, Only (2023)
   What>We>Will>Never>Be (2023)
   Hammerwing (2023)
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Trials of Quentin Maurus
   1. Inevitable (2016)
   2. Insatiable (2016)
   3. Ephemeral (2016)
   4. Everlasting (2016)
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Novels
   The Leeshore (1987)
   The Hormone Jungle (1988)
   Black Milk (1989)
   Down the Bright Way (1991)
   The Remarkables (1992)
   An Exaltation of Larks (1995)
   Sister Alice (2003)
   The Opposite of Breathing (2019)
   The Good Choice (2020)
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Collections
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Coffins (1992)
   Mrs Greasy (1995)
   A Place with Shade (1995)
   Chrysalis (1996)
   Decency (1996)
   First Tuesday (1996)
   Killing the Morrow (1996)
   Guest of Honor (1998)
   Whiptail (1998)
   Winemaster (1999)
   Flavors of My Genius (2006)
   The Next Invasion (2011)
   Our Candidate (2011)
   Swingers (2011)
   The New Deity (2018)
   Woman Leaves Room (2018)
   Dome on the Prairie (2018)
   Eight Episodes (2018)
   Five Thrillers (2018)
   Floating Over Time (2018)
   Human Bay (2018)
   Truth (2018)
   Willa (2018)
   Aether (2018)
   A Billion Eves (2018)
   Blackbird (2018)
   Cloudburst (2018)
   A Man of Modest Means (2018)
   Once Green (2018)
   Past Imperfect (2018)
   Show Me Yours (2018)
   The Tournament (2018)
   Coelacanths (2018)
   The Cure (2018)
   Dead Man's Run (2018)
   The Good Hand (2018)
   On the Brink of That Bright New World (2018)
   She Sees My Monsters Now (2018)
   What We Do (2018)
   Birdy Girl (2018)
   The Dragons of Summer Gulch (2018)
   In Passing (2018)
   The Shape of Everything (2018)
   The Sleeping Woman (2018)
   To Church With Mr. Multhiford (2018)
   Roxie (2018)
   Veritas (2018)
   Water Colors (2018)
   A Woman's Best Friend (2018)
   The City of Your Soul (2019)
   Murder Born (2019)
   American Cheetah (2019)
   The Ants of Flanders (2019)
   Euphoria (2019)
   A Plague of Life (2019)
   Will Be (2019)
   After All (2019)
   Among Us (2019)
   At The Corner of Darwin and Eternity (2019)
   Before My Last Breath (2019)
   The Days of Hamelin (2019)
   Empty (2019)
   Fable Blue (2019)
   Frank (2019)
   GW In the Afterlife (2019)
   A History of Terraforming (2019)
   The House Left Empty (2019)
   The Long Retreat (2019)
   Lying to Dogs (2019)
   Mermaid (2019)
   The New System (2019)
   Old Man Waiting (2019)
   Opal Ball (2019)
   Oracles (2019)
   Our Prayers Are With You (2019)
   Rwanda (2019)
   Stride (2019)
   Two Sams (2019)
   Worthy (2019)
   Passion for the Unworthy Ape (2020)
   Retrograde Tales (2021)
   More Retrogrades (2022)
   Retrograde Blessings (2023)
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Anthologies containing stories by Robert Reed
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The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 7 (2023)
(Best Science Fiction of the Year , book 7)
edited by
Neil Clarke
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Clarkesworld Year Twelve: Volume One (2021)
(Clarkesworld Anthology, book 12)
edited by
Neil Clarke and Sean Wallace
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Clarkesworld Year Twelve: Volume Two (2021)
(Clarkesworld Anthology, book 12)
edited by
Neil Clarke and Sean Wallace

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Awards
Hugo Best Short Story nominee (1991) : The Utility Man
Hugo Best Short Story nominee (1997) : Decency
Hugo Best Novella nominee (1998) : Marrow [short story]
Nebula Awards Best Novella nominee (1998) : Chrysalis
Hugo Best Short Story nominee (1999) : Whiptail
John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel nominee (2004) : Sister Alice
John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel nominee (2005) : The Well of Stars


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