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Compton Crook Award

Index Compton Crook Award

The Compton Crook Award is presented to the best first English language novel of the year in the field of Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Horror by the members of the Baltimore Science Fiction Society, Inc, at their annual Baltimore-area science fiction convention, Balticon, held on Memorial Day weekend in the Baltimore, Maryland area. [1]

53 relations: Ada Palmer, Balticon, Baltimore, Baltimore Science Fiction Society, Carol Severance, Celestial Matters, Christopher Hinz, Christopher Rowley, Courtship Rite, David R. Palmer, Devlin's Luck, Donald Kingsbury, Doranna Durgin, E. E. Knight, Elizabeth Moon, Emergence (novel), Fantasy, Fire in the Mist, Fran Wilde, His Majesty's Dragon, Holly Lisle, Horror fiction, James Stoddard (author), Josepha Sherman, Katie Waitman, Liege-Killer, Maria V. Snyder, Mark L. Van Name, Mary Rosenblum, Memorial Day, Michael Flynn (writer), Myke Cole, Naomi Novik, Paolo Bacigalupi, Paul Melko, Pen name, Poison Study, Richard Garfinkle, Science fiction, Sheila Finch, Singularity's Ring, Stephen L. Burns, Stephen Tall, Syne Mitchell, T. C. McCarthy, Tamara Siler Jones, Terra Ignota (series), The Deed of Paksenarrion, The Windup Girl, Thomas Thurston Thomas, ..., Towson University, Ukiah Oregon, Wen Spencer. Expand index (3 more) »

Ada Palmer

Ada Palmer is an American historian and writer and winner of the 2017 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.

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Balticon

Balticon is the Maryland Regional science fiction convention, sponsored by the Baltimore Science Fiction Society (BSFS).

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Baltimore

Baltimore is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maryland, and the 30th-most populous city in the United States.

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Baltimore Science Fiction Society

The Baltimore Science Fiction Society is a literary organization focusing on science fiction, fantasy and related genres.

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Carol Severance

Carol Severance (1944 – February 19, 2015) was a U.S. science fiction writer.

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Celestial Matters

Celestial Matters is a science fantasy novel, set in an alternate universe with different laws of physics, written by Richard Garfinkle and published by Tor Books in 1996.

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Christopher Hinz

Christopher Hinz (born March 10, 1951) is an American writer best known for the Paratwa science fiction trilogy.

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Christopher Rowley

Christopher Rowley (born 1948) is an American writer specializing in the science fiction and fantasy genres.

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Courtship Rite

Courtship Rite is a science fiction novel by American writer Donald Kingsbury, originally serialized in Analog magazine in 1982.

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David R. Palmer

David R. Palmer (born 1941) is an American science fiction author.

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Devlin's Luck

Devlin’s Luck is the 2002 fantasy novel by Patricia Bray, the first in The Sword of Change series.

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Donald Kingsbury

Donald MacDonald Kingsbury (born 12 February 1929 in San Francisco) is an American–Canadian science fiction author.

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Doranna Durgin

Doranna Durgin is an American author.

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E. E. Knight

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Elizabeth Moon

Elizabeth Moon (born March 7, 1945) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer.

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Emergence (novel)

Emergence is a science fiction novel by American writer David R. Palmer.

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Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction set in a fictional universe, often without any locations, events, or people referencing the real world.

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Fire in the Mist

Fire in the Mist is a fantasy novel by Holly Lisle.

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Fran Wilde

Dame Frances Helen Wilde (née Kitching, born 11 November 1948) is a New Zealand politician, and former Wellington Labour MP, Minister of Tourism and Mayor of Wellington City.

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His Majesty's Dragon

His Majesty's Dragon, published in the UK as Temeraire, is the first novel in the Temeraire alternate history/fantasy series by American author Naomi Novik.

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Holly Lisle

Holly Lisle (born 1960) is an American writer of fantasy, science fiction, paranormal romance and romantic suspense novels.

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Horror fiction

Horror is a genre of speculative fiction which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten, scare, disgust, or startle its readers or viewers by inducing feelings of horror and terror.

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James Stoddard (author)

James Stoddard is an American fantasy author.

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Josepha Sherman

Josepha Sherman (December 12, 1946 – August 23, 2012) was an American author, folklorist, and anthologist.

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Katie Waitman

Katharine Lura Waitman (born October 24, 1956 in Palo Alto, California) is an American science fiction writer.

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Liege-Killer

Liege Killer is the first book in a science fiction trilogy written by American writer Christopher Hinz.

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Maria V. Snyder

Maria V. Snyder is an American fantasy author best known for her Study Series.

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Mark L. Van Name

Mark L. Van Name (born 14 March 1955) is an American science fiction writer and technology consultant.

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Mary Rosenblum

Mary Rosenblum (born Mary Freeman; June 27, 1952 – March 11, 2018) was an American science fiction and mystery author.

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Memorial Day

Memorial Day or Decoration Day is a federal holiday in the United States for remembering the people who died while serving in the country's armed forces.

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Michael Flynn (writer)

Michael Francis Flynn (born 1947) is an American statistician and science fiction author.

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Myke Cole

Myke Cole is an American fantasy writer.

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Naomi Novik

Naomi Novik (born 30 April 1973) is an American writer.

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Paolo Bacigalupi

Paolo Tadini Bacigalupi (born August 6, 1972) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer.

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Paul Melko

Paul Melko (born May 22, 1968) is an American science fiction writer whose work has appeared in Realms of Fantasy, Asimov's Science Fiction, Strange Horizons, and Live Without a Net.

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Pen name

A pen name (nom de plume, or literary double) is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their "real" name.

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Poison Study

Poison Study is a 2005 fantasy novel written by Maria V. Snyder and the first book in the Study series. It tells the story of a twenty-year-old girl named Yelena, who after spending just less than a year in a dungeon awaiting execution is given the chance to live on the condition that she will become the Commander's Food Taster.

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Richard Garfinkle

Richard Garfinkle is an American writer of science fiction.

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Science fiction

Science fiction (often shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction, typically dealing with imaginative concepts such as advanced science and technology, spaceflight, time travel, and extraterrestrial life.

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Sheila Finch

Sheila Finch (born 1935) is an American author of science fiction and fantasy.

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Singularity's Ring

Singularity's Ring is the debut science fiction book by Paul Melko.

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Stephen L. Burns

Stephen L. Burns is an American science fiction and fantasy author.

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Stephen Tall

Stephen Tall was the most common pseudonym of American science fiction writer Compton Newby Crook (June 14, 1908 – January 15, 1981).

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Syne Mitchell

Syne Mitchell (born 1970 in Jackson, Mississippi) is an American novelist in the science fiction genre.

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T. C. McCarthy

T.C. McCarthy is a science fiction author.

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Tamara Siler Jones

Tamara Siler Jones is a writer of fantasy novels.

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Terra Ignota (series)

Terra Ignota is a planned quartet of Science fiction novels written by Ada Palmer, consisting of Too Like the Lightning (2016), Seven Surrenders (2017), and The Will to Battle (2017), with the final volume Perhaps the Stars planned for publication in 2019.

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The Deed of Paksenarrion

The Deed of Paksenarrion is an epic fantasy saga by the American author Elizabeth Moon.

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The Windup Girl

The Windup Girl is a biopunk science fiction novel by American writer Paolo Bacigalupi.

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Thomas Thurston Thomas

Thomas Thurston Thomas (born 1948), also writing as Thomas T. Thomas and Thomas Wren, is primarily a science fiction author.

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Towson University

Towson University, often referred to as TU or simply Towson for short, is a public university located in Towson in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States.

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Ukiah Oregon

Ukiah Oregon is the hero of an eponymous series of science fiction/adventure novels written by Wen Spencer.

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Wen Spencer

Wen Spencer (born 1963) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer whose books center on characters with unusual abilities.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compton_Crook_Award

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