Jeffrey Carver

Jeffrey A. Carver
Born	(1949-08-25) August 25, 1949 (age 75) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation	Novelist
Alma mater	Brown University
Period	1970s–present
Genre	Science fiction
Notable works	Eternity's End, Chaos Chronicles
Website
www.starrigger.net

Jeffrey A. Carver (born August 25, 1949) is an American science fiction author.^[1][2][3][4] He was born in Cleveland, graduated from Brown University,^[5] and lives outside of Boston, Massachusetts with his family.^[5] His 2000 novel Eternity's End was a nominee at the 2001 Nebula Awards; in 2022 he was honored with the Helicon Lifetime Achievement Award.^[6][7]

In 1995, Carver developed and hosted the educational TV series Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing, which has since been made available online.^[8]

Bibliography

The Chaos Chronicles

1. Neptune Crossing (1994), ISBN 0-8125-3515-4
2. Strange Attractors (1995), ISBN 0-8125-3516-2
3. The Infinite Sea (1996), ISBN 0-8125-3517-0
4. Sunborn (2008), ISBN 0-312-86453-1
5. The Reefs of Time (2019)
6. Crucible of Time (2019)

Star Rigger universe

• Seas of Ernathe (1976), ISBN 0-373-72034-3
• Star Rigger's Way (1978, revised edition 1994), ISBN 0-8125-3444-1
• Panglor (1980, revised edition 1996), ISBN 0-8125-3446-8
• Dragons in the Stars (1992), ISBN 0-8125-3303-8
• Dragon Rigger (1993), ISBN 0-8125-3323-2
• Eternity's End (2000), ISBN 0-312-85642-3

Starstream series

1. From a Changeling Star (1989), ISBN 978-0759295957
2. Down the Stream of Stars (1990), ISBN 978-0553283020

Other novels

• The Infinity Link (1984)
• The Rapture Effect (1987)
• Roger Zelazny's Alien Speedway: Clypsis (1987)
• Battlestar Galactica *novelization of the 2003 miniseries) (2006), ISBN 0-7653-5516-7

Short fiction

• "Of No Return" (1974)
• "Though All the Mountains Lie Between" (1980)
• "Reality and Other Fictions"(2012)
• "Going Alien" (2012)

References

1. Streitfeld, David (Nov 22, 1987). "Book Report". The Washington Post. pp. x.15. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
2. Analog science fact, science fiction. Vol. 108. Condé Nast Publications. January 1988. pp. 178, 182–.
3. Westfahl, Gary (2005). The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works, and Wonders. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 449–. ISBN 978-0-313-32951-7. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
4. Corcoran, Connie (May 4, 2001). "Off the shelf". The Union Democrat. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
5. "FantasticFiction". Retrieved 28 October 2012.
6. "Nebula Award Final Ballots from the 2000s". 19 January 2012. Archived from the original on 2 December 2001. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
7. "Helicon Lifetime Achievement Award Goes to Jeffrey A. Carver! – Treehouse Writers". Retrieved 2022-09-22.
8. "WriteSF". Retrieved 18 January 2013.

External links

• Science Fiction Worlds of Jeffrey A. Carver
• Jeffrey A. Carver's blog, Pushing a Snake Up a Hill
• Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy, an online guide to the crafting of SF and fantasy, covering fundamentals of turning ideas into stories, creating believable characters, language and style, workshopping, etc. Geared for young adult aspiring writers, but not limited to that group.
• Jeffrey A. Carver at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Additional information at Scifipedia