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S P Somtow


Thailand (b.1952)

aka Somtow Sucharitkul

Called by the Bangkok Post "the Thai person known by name to most people in the world," S.P. Somtow is an author, composer, filmmaker, and international media personality whose dazzling talents and acerbic wit have entertained and enlightened fans the world over.

He was Somtow Papinian Sucharitkul in Bangkok. His grandfather's sister was a Queen of Siam, his father is a well known international lawyer and vice-president of the International Academy of Human Rights. Somtow was educated at Eton and Cambridge, and his first career was in music. In the 1970s (while he was still in college) his works were being performed on four continents and he was named representative of Thailand to the Asian Composer's League and to the International Music Commission of UNESCO. His avant-garde compositions caused controversy and scandal in his native country, and a severe case of musical burnout in the late 1970s precipitated his entry into a second career - that of author.

He began writing science fiction, but soon started to invade other fields of writing, with some 40 books out now, including the clasic horror novel Vampire Junction, which defined the "rock and roll vampire" concept for the 80s, the Riverrun Trilogy ("the finest new series of the 90's" - Locus) and the semi-autobiographical memoir Jasmine Nights. He has won or been nominated for dozens of major awards including the Bram Stoker Award, the John W. Campbell Award, the Hugo Award, and the World Fantasy Award.

Somtow has also made some incursions into filmmaking, directing the cult classic The Laughing Dead and the award winning art film Ill Met by Moonlight.
 

Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Historical
 
New and upcoming books
December 2023

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Dinosaur Symphony
(Dinosaur Classics, book 1)
December 2023

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Imperatrix
(Nero and Sporus, book 2)
January 2024

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Dinosaur Ballet
(Dinosaur Classics, book 2)
February 2024

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Terrestrial Passions
 
August 2024

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Damnatio
(Nero and Sporus, book 3)
Series
Inquestor
   1. Light on the Sound (1982) (as by Somtow Sucharitkul)
   2. The Throne of Madness (1983) (as by Somtow Sucharitkul)
   3. Utopia Hunters (1984) (as by Somtow Sucharitkul)
   4. The Darkling Wind (1985) (as by Somtow Sucharitkul)
   5. Homeworld of the Heart (2020)
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Timmy Valentine
   1. Vampire Junction (1984)
   2. Valentine (1992)
   3. Vanitas (1995)
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House of Darkling
   1. Riverrun (1991)
   2. Armorica (1992)
     aka Forest of the Night
   3. Yestern (1996)
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Inquestor Tales
   1. The Singing Moons (2018)
   2. A Woman Cloaked in Shadow (2018)
   3. The Child Collector (2019)
   4. The Space Between Spaces (2020)
   5. Goddess in the Ruins (2020)
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Club X
   1. Vampire in the Closet (2021)
   2. Zombie in the Fridge (2023)
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Nero and Sporus
   1. Delicatus (2023)
   2. Imperatrix (2023)
   3. Damnatio (2024)
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Dinosaur Classics
   1. Dinosaur Symphony (2023)
   2. Dinosaur Ballet (2024)
   3. Dinosaur Opera (2024)
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Novels
   Starship & Haiku (1981) (as by Somtow Sucharitkul)
   Mall World (1981) (as by Somtow Sucharitkul)
   Fire from the Wine Dark Sea (1983) (as by Somtow Sucharitkul)
   The Fallen Country (1986)
   The Shattered Horse (1986)
   Forgetting Places (1987)
   Moon Dance (1989)
   Fiddling for Waterbuffaloes (1992)
   Forests of the Night (1994)
   Jasmine Nights (1994)
   Yesterday (1996)
   The Vampire's Beautiful Daughter (1997)
   Darker Angels (1997)
   Bluebeard's Castle (2003)
   The Other City of Angels (2008)
   The Stone Buddha's Tears (2013)
   Terrestrial Passions (2024)
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Collections
   Chui Chai (1990)
   The Pavilion of Frozen Women (1990)
   Nova (1994)
   Dragon's Fin Soup (1998)
   Tagging the Moon (2000)
   The Ultimate Mallworld (2000)
   Other Edens (2005)
   Bible Stories for Secular Humanists (2013)
   Caravaggio Times Two (poems) (2013)
   Opus 50 (2013)
   Sonnets about Serial Killers (poems) (2013)
   The Snow Dragon (2015)
   The Ultimate, Ultimate, Ultimate Mallworld (2018)
   My Cold Mad Father (2018)
   Alien Heresies (2020)
   Other Avatars (2023)
   Three Little Nightmares (2023)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   The Bird Catcher (2018)
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Series contributed to
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   7. The Alien Swordmaster (1985) (as by Somtow Sucharitkul)
   16. Symphony of Terror (1988) (as by Somtow Sucharitkul)
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Plays show
 
Non fiction show
 
Anthologies containing stories by S P Somtow
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Sense of Wonder (2023)
A Century of Science Fiction
edited by
Leigh Ronald Grossman
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Black Cat Weekly #50 (2022)
(Black Cat Weekly, book 50)
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The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020 (2020)
(Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, book 6)
edited by
John Joseph Adams and Diana Gabaldon

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Awards
Bram Stoker Best Novellette nominee (1988) : Resurrec Tech
World Fantasy Best Novella nominee (1992) : The Pavilion of Frozen Women [short story]
Bram Stoker Best Novellette nominee (1994) : Darker Angels [short story]
World Fantasy Best Short Story nominee (1996) : Dragon's Fin Soup [short story]
Bram Stoker Best Novellette nominee (1997) : Brimstone and Salt
Bram Stoker Best Collection nominee (1997) : The Pavilion of Frozen Women
British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee (1997) : Darker Angels
World Fantasy Best Collection nominee (1997) : The Pavilion of Frozen Women
Bram Stoker Best Novel nominee (1999) : Darker Angels
World Fantasy Best Novella winner (2002) : The Bird Catcher
Bram Stoker Best Collection nominee (2013) : Bible Stories for Secular Humanists


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