Charles Sheffield

Charles Sheffield (June 25, 1935 – November 2, 2002), was an English-born mathematician, physicist and science fiction author. He had been a President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and of the American Astronomical Society.

His novel The Web Between the Worlds, featuring the construction of a space elevator, was published almost simultaneously with Arthur C. Clarke's novel about that very same subject, The Fountains of Paradise, a coincidence that amused them both.

For some years he was the chief scientist of Earth Satellite Corporation, a company analysing satellite data. This resulted in many technical papers and two popular non-fiction books, Earthwatch and Man on Earth, both collections of false colour and enhanced images of Earth from space.

He won the Nebula and Hugo awards for his novelette "Georgia on My Mind" and the 1992 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for his novel Brother to Dragons.

Sheffield was Toastmaster at BucConeer, the 1998 World Science Fiction Convention in Baltimore.

He had been writing a column for the Baen Books web site; his last column concerned the discovery of the brain tumour that led to his death.

He was married to writer Nancy Kress.

Contents 1 Bibliography (incomplete) 1.1 Novels 1.1.1 The Proteus Universe 1.1.2 The Heritage Universe 1.2 Non-Fiction 1.3 Collections 1.4 Short stories 2 See also 3 External links

Bibliography (incomplete)

Novels

• The Web Between The Worlds (1979)
• My Brother's Keeper (1982, revised 1998)
• The Selkie (1982) (with David Bischoff)
• The McAndrew Chronicles (1983) - A collection of stories, partially sequel to The Web Between The Worlds
• Between the Strokes of Night (1985)
• The Nimrod Hunt (1986, revised as The Mind Pool, 1993)
• Trader's World (1988)
• Brother to Dragons (1992) - Won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award
• Cold as Ice (1992)
• Godspeed (1993)
• The Mind Pool (1993)
• The Judas Cross (1994) - With David Bischoff
• The Ganymede Club (1995)
• Higher Education (1995)
• The Billion Dollar Boy (1997)
• Putting Up Roots (1997)
• Tomorrow and Tomorrow (1997)
• Aftermath (1998)
• The Cyborg from Earth (1998)
• Starfire (1999)
• The Spheres of Heaven (2001)
• Dark as Day (2002)

The Proteus Universe

• Sight of Proteus (1978)
• Proteus Unbound (1989)
• Proteus in the Underworld (1995)

The Heritage Universe

• Summertide (1990) (Book One)
• Divergence (1991) (Book Two)
• Transcendence (1992) (Book Three)
• Convergence (1997) (Book Four)
• Resurgence (2002) (Book Five)

Non-Fiction

• The Borderlands of Science (1999)

Collections

• Vectors (1979)
• Hidden Variables (1981)
• Georgia On My Mind and Other Places (1995)
• The Compleat McAndrew (2001)

Short stories

• "Humanity Test" (1989)
• "The Double-Spiral Staircase" (1990?)
• "A Braver Thing" (1990)
• "Georgia on My Mind" (1993) (Hugo, Nebula)
• "Dies Irae" (1985)

See also

• List of notable brain tumor patients

External links

• Charles Sheffield Yahoogroup

---

No comments have been added.

Your name:
City:
Country:	USA UK India Pakistan UAE Saudi Arabia Germany Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burma Burund Cambodia Cameroon Canada Central African Rep Chad Chile China Columbia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic DR Congo Denmark Djiboutil Dominica Dominican Rep Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Eq Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Grenadines Guatemala Guinea Bissau Guinea Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Macau Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nauru Nepal Neth Antilles Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Rawanda Romania Russia Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Korea South Africa Spain Sri Lanka St Kitts_Nevis St Lucia Sudan Suriname Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvala UAE Uganda Ukraine Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Western Samoa Yemen Yugoslavia Zaire Zambia Zimbabwe
Your comments:
Security check * (Please enter the number into adjoining box)