David D. LevineScience Fiction Author

Alembical 2 from Paper Golem Press, which includes my novella “Second Chance,” will be launching at Balticon at the end of May. May should also see the publication of Interzone 228, including my story “A Passion for Art;” the anthology Légendes, including the French translation of “Tale of the Golden Eagle;” and the May issue of Laptop, including a “Burning Question” section with a short essay by me about futuristic technology. Also, in the April Locus, Rich Horton gave my story “Teaching the Pig to Sing” a Recommended review.

I will be presenting the Keynote Speech at this year’s Nebula Awards banquet!

I’ve participated in an SF Signal “Mind Meld” about The Best Aliens in SF and a Laptop Magazine “Burning Question” about Technology That Makes You Feel Like You’re Living in the Future.

The Drabblecast podcast of my story “Babel Probe” won the People’s Choice Award for Best Story of the Year! My story “Teaching the Pig to Sing” appeared in the May 2010 issue of Analog, my non-fiction essay “How the Future Predicts Science Fiction” appeared in the final issue of The Internet Review of Science Fiction, and “Wind from a Dying Star” appeared on Escape Pod (available as an MP3 file or via iTunes) and got some nice comments in the Escape Pod forums. I also sold “The Last McDougal’s” to Escape Pod for a future podcast. I’ve also added some Upcoming Appearances below, including a talk about my trip to “Mars” at Powell’s Technical Books in Portland.

My story “horrorhouse” made the BSFA Award longlist. “horrorhouse” might also be (re)printed in a forthcoming paper version of DayBreak… I’ll keep you informed of any progress. The cover and final ToC of Retro Spec, including a reprint of my story “Nucleon,” have also been announced… it’s scheduled for publication in October 2010. And I got a nice wooden base made for my Endeavour Award.

I have returned safely from Mars! See my Mars journal for stories and photos. Also, Rich Horton of Locus calls “Aggro Radius” in Gamer Fantastic one of the 8 most noteworthy stories (out of 175) in DAW’s 2009 anthologies.

I have been selected to be a member of Crew 88 at the Mars Desert Research Station! The MDRS is a simulated Mars base in the Utah desert and I will be there January 9-23, 2010. See this blog post for more details.

I sold novella “Second Chance” to anthology Alembical II from Paper Golem LLC.

My story “horrorhouse” has been reviewed at Big Dumb Object.

Space Magic, my first collection of short stories, won the Endeavour Award!