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George Alec Effinger

(1947 - 2002)
(Husband of Barbara Hambly)

About George Alec Effinger

George Alec Effinger was an American science fiction author, born in Cleveland, Ohio.

He was a part of the Clarion class of 1970 and had three stories in the first Clarion anthology. His first published story was "The Eight-Thirty to Nine Slot" in Fantastic in 1971. During his early period, he also published under a variety of pseudonyms. Throughout his life, Effinger suffered from health problems. These resulted in enormous medical bills which he was unable to pay, resulting in a declaration of bankruptcy. Effinger died in New Orleans, Louisiana.

New and Forthcoming Paperbacks

Budayeen Nights

Series

Nick of Time
1. The Nick of Time (1985)
2. The Bird of Time (1986)

Marid Audran
1. When Gravity Fails (1986)
2. A Fire in the Sun (1989)
3. The Exile Kiss (1991)

Novels

What Entropy Means to Me (1972)
Relatives (1973)
Nightmare Blue (1975) (with Gardner Dozois)
Felicia (1976)
Those Gentle Voices (1976)
Utopia 3 (1978)
aka Death in Florence
Heroics (1979)
The Wolves of Memory (1981)
Shadow Money (1988)
The Old Funny Stuff (1989)
Look Away (1990)
The Zork Chronicles (1990)
The Red Tape War (1991) (with Jack L Chalker and Mike Resnick)
Schrodinger's Kitten (1992)
Trinity : Hope Sacrifice Unity (1997)

Collections

Mixed Feelings (1974)
Irrational Numbers (1976)
Dirty Tricks (1978)
Idle Pleasures (1982)
Maureen Birnbaum, Barbarian Swordsperson: The Complete Stories (1993)
Budayeen Nights (2003)
Live! from Planet Earth (2005)
A Thousand Deaths (2007)

Series contributed to

Planet of the Apes
1. Man the Fugitive (1974)
2. Escape to Tomorrow (1974)
3. Journey into Terror (1975)
4. Lord of the Apes (1976)

Anthologies containing stories by George Alec Effinger

Universe 1 (1971)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year (1972)
Universe 3 (1973)
Fellowship of the Stars (1974)
Worlds Far and Near (1974)
Universe 5 (1975)
Universe 7 (1977)
The Best of New Dimensions (1979)
Isaac Asimov's Fantasy (1985)
Nebula Awards 20 (1985)
Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year 14 (1985)
The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 12 (1986)
Masters of Darkness 2 (1988)
Nebula Awards 24 (1990)
Book of Dreams (1991)
The Night Fantastic (1991)
Inside the Funhouse: 17 SF Stories About SF (1992)
Alternate Warriors (1993)
Betcha Can't Read Just One (1993)
By Any Other Fame (1993)
Confederacy of the Dead (1993)
Alien Pregnant by Elvis (1994)
Deals with the Devil (1994)
Adventures of the Batman (1995)
Chicks in Chainmail (1995)
New Legends (1995)
Sherlock Holmes in Orbit (1995)
Sisters of the Night (1995)
Tales from Jabba's Palace (1995)
Don't Forget Your Spacesuit, Dear (1996)
Modern Classics of Fantasy (1996)
War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches (1996)
The Road to Science Fiction 4: From Here to Forever (1997)
Tarot Fantastic (1997)
The Playboy Book of Science Fiction (1998)
The Mammoth Book of Seriously Comic Fantasy (1999)

Short stories

	All the Last Wars at Once (1971)		Hugo (nominee)
	f(x)=(11/15/67) x=her, f(x)!=0 (1972)
	The City on the Sand (1973)		Hugo (nominee)
	The Ghost Writer (1973)
	Two Sadnesses (1973)
	Ashes All My Lust (1974)
	Heartstop (1974)
	The Horse with One Leg (1974)
	How It Felt (1974)
	Ibid. (1977)
	The Pinch-Hitters (1979)
	The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything (1984)		Nebula (nominee) Hugo (nominee)
	How F Scott Fitzgerald Became Beloved in Springfield (1984)
	Inferno (1985)
	Glimmer, Glimmer (1987)
	The Man Who Devoured Literature (1987)
	Schrodinger's Kitten (1988)		Nebula Hugo
	Slow, Slow Burn (1988)
	Everything But Honor (1989)		Hugo (nominee)
	Marid Changes his Mind (1989)		Nebula (nominee)
	The Origin of the Polarizer (1989)
	Albert Schweitzer and the Treasures of Atlantis (1993)
	Beast (1993)
	The Fifteen-Minute Falcon (1993)
	The Wicked Old Witch (1993)
	Good Night, Duane Allman (1994)
	Martian Memorial to Elvis Sighted (1994)
	The Great God Quay: The Tale of Barada and the Weequays (1995)
	Mar�d and the Trail of Blood (1995)
	Maureen Birnbaum in the MUD (1995)
	The Musgrave Version (1995)
	One (1995)
	Mars: The Home Front (1996)
	Maureen Birnbaum Pokes an Eye Out (1996)
	Seven Nights in Slumberland (1996)
	Solo in the Spotlight (1997)

Awards

	Hugo Best Short story nominee (1972) : All the Last Wars at Once
	Nebula Best Novel nominee (1973) : What Entropy Means to Me
	Hugo Best Novellette nominee (1974) : The City on the Sand
	Hugo Best Short story nominee (1985) : The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything
	Nebula Best Short story nominee (1985) : The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything
	Hugo Best Novel nominee (1988) : When Gravity Fails
	Nebula Best Novel nominee (1988) : When Gravity Fails
	Hugo Best Novellette winner (1989) : Schrodinger's Kitten
	Nebula Best Novellette winner (1989) : Schrodinger's Kitten
	Nebula Best Novella nominee (1990) : Marid Changes his Mind
	Hugo Best Novellette nominee (1990) : Everything But Honor
	Hugo Best Novel nominee (1990) : A Fire in the Sun

Books about George Alec Effinger

George Alec Effinger: From Entropy to Budayeen (1992) by Ben P Indick

George Alec Effinger recommends

Songsmith (1992)
(Witch World : High Halleck Cycle)
A C Crispin and Andre Norton
"Andre Nortton and A C Crispin are giants in the field of fantasy, and SONGSMITH combined the best of their strengths."

Bone Music (1995)
Alan Rodgers
"The highest praise one writer can give another is to say 'I wish I'd written that book.' I would cheerfully trade my younger brother Rick, my collection of original Beatles cards, and any hope that my beloved Cleveland Indians will ever win a World Series to have written Alan Rodgers' Bone Music."

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