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{{short description|American novelist}}

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|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1949}}
|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1949}}
|birth_place = United States
|birth_place = United States
|nationality = American
|occupation = Writer, novelist
|occupation = Writer, novelist
|genre = [[Science fiction]], [[techno-thriller]], [[popular science]], [[hard science fiction]]
|genre = [[Science fiction]], [[techno-thriller]], [[popular science]], [[hard science fiction]]
|period = 1991 – present
|period = 1991–present
|language = English
|language = English
|awards = Canopus Award (2015)
|awards = Canopus Award (2015)
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'''Edward M. Lerner''' (born 1949) is an American author of [[science fiction]], [[techno-thriller]]s, and [[popular science]].
'''Edward M. Lerner''' (born 1949) is an American author of [[science fiction]], [[techno-thriller]]s, and [[popular science]].


As of 2019 he has twenty published books: ten solo novels (three in his InterstellarNet universe), four collections, five novels co-authored with [[Larry Niven]] in the [[Known Space]] universe, and one popular-science book. The majority of Lerner's shorter works were originally published in ''[[Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact|Analog]]'' and (until it ceased publication) in [[Jim Baen's Universe]].
As of 2023 he has twenty-five published books: thirteen solo novels (three in his InterstellarNet universe), six collections, five novels co-authored with [[Larry Niven]] in the [[Known Space]] universe, and one popular-science book. The majority of Lerner's shorter works were originally published in ''[[Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact|Analog]]'', The Grantville Gazette, and (until it ceased publication) [[Jim Baen's Universe]].


His 2001 short story "Grandpa?" was made into a short film, ''The Grandfather Paradox'', and shown at the 2006 [[Balticon|Balticon Science Fiction convention]] where it won the Best Film Award. It was also a semi-finalist at the 2006 Science Fiction Short Film Festival.<ref>[http://www.redheadproductions.com/grandfather_page.html Redheadproductions.com]</ref>
His 2001 short story "Grandpa?" was made into a short film, ''The Grandfather Paradox'', and shown at the 2006 [[Balticon|Balticon Science Fiction convention]] where it won the Best Film Award. It was also a semi-finalist at the 2006 Science Fiction Short Film Festival.<ref>[http://www.redheadproductions.com/grandfather_page.html Redheadproductions.com]</ref>
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==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
{{Expand list|date=July 2015}}
{{Incomplete list|date=November 2023}}{{bots|deny=Citation bot}}


===Novels===
===Novels===
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* ''Dark Secret'', 2016, {{ISBN|978-1612423227}}.
* ''Dark Secret'', 2016, {{ISBN|978-1612423227}}.
* ''The Company Man'', 2019, {{ISBN|978-1948818537}} (novelization of four stories previously published in the [[Grantville Gazettes|Grantville Gazette]]).
* ''The Company Man'', 2019, {{ISBN|978-1948818537}} (novelization of four stories previously published in the [[Grantville Gazettes|Grantville Gazette]]).
* ''Déjà Doomed'', 2021, {{ISBN|978-1647100278}}.
* ''On the Shoals of Space-Time'', 2023, {{ISBN|978-1649731395}}
* ''Life and Death on Mars'', 2023, {{ISBN|978-1647100889}}


;Fleet of Worlds series (with Larry Niven)
;Fleet of Worlds series (with Larry Niven)
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===Short fiction===
===Short fiction===
====Collections====
;Collections
* ''Creative Destruction'', published 2006, Wildside Press, {{ISBN|978-0809557479}}.
* ''Creative Destruction'', published 2006, Wildside Press, {{ISBN|978-0809557479}}.
** "The Day of the RFIDs"
{{hlist |<em>Contents</em>: "The Day of the RFIDs"
** "Survival Instinct"
| "Survival Instinct"
** "What a Piece of Work Is Man"
| "What a Piece of Work Is Man"
** "By the Rules"
| "By the Rules"
** "Iniquitous Computing"
| "Iniquitous Computing"
** "Catch a Falling Star"
| "Catch a Falling Star"
** "Settlement"
| "Settlement"
** "Creative Destruction"
| "Creative Destruction"|indent=1}}
* ''Countdown to Armageddon / A Stranger in Paradise'', published 2010, Wildside Press, {{ISBN|978-1434406743}}.
* ''Countdown to Armageddon / A Stranger in Paradise'', published 2010, Wildside Press, {{ISBN|978-1434406743}}.
* ''Frontiers of Space, Time, and Thought: Essays and Stories on The Big Questions'', published 2012, FoxAcre Press, {{ISBN|978-1936771370}}.
* ''Frontiers of Space, Time, and Thought: Essays and Stories on The Big Questions'', published 2012, FoxAcre Press, {{ISBN|978-1936771370}}.
* ''Muses & Musings: A Science Fiction Collection'', published 2019, Phoenix Pick, {{ISBN|978-1612424408}}.
* ''Muses & Musings: A Science Fiction Collection'', published 2019, Phoenix Pick, {{ISBN|978-1612424408}}.
* ''The Sherlock Chronicles & The Paradise Quartet'', published 2021, Eric Flint Ring of Fire Press, {{ISBN|978-1953034809}}.
* ''The Best of Edward M. Lerner'', published 2022, ReAnimus Press, {{ISBN|979-8447246174}}.


;List of stories<ref group=lower-alpha>Short stories unless otherwise noted.</ref>
====List of stories====
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|-
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!|First published
!|First published
!|Reprinted/collected
!|Reprinted/collected
!|Series
!|Notes
!|Notes
|-
|-
|What a piece of work is Man
|The Matthews Conundrum
|1991
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|{{cite journal <!--|author=Lerner, Edward M.--> |date=February 1991 |title=What a piece of work is Man |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact}}
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|Unplanned-for Flying Object
|1994
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|{{cite journal <!--|author=Lerner, Edward M.--> |date=September 1994 |title=Unplanned-for Flying Object |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact}}
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|data-sort-value="Matthews Conundrum"|The Matthews Conundrum
|2013
|2013
|{{cite journal |author=Lerner, Edward M. |date=November 2013 |title=The Matthews Conundrum |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |volume=133 |issue=11 |pages=73–103 |url= <!--access-date= --> }}
|{{cite journal <!--|author=Lerner, Edward M.--> |date=November 2013 |title=The Matthews Conundrum |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |volume=133 |issue=11 |pages=73–103 |url= <!--access-date= --> }}
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|Novella; InterstellarNet
|InterstellarNet
|Novella
|-
|-
|Championship b'tok
|Championship b'tok
|2014
|2014
|{{cite journal |author=Lerner, Edward M. |date=September 2014 |title=Championship b'tok |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |volume=134 |issue=9 |pages=80–103 |url= <!--access-date= -->}}
|{{cite journal <!--|author=Lerner, Edward M.--> |date=September 2014 |title=Championship b'tok |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |volume=134 |issue=9 |pages=80–103 |url= <!--access-date= -->}}
|
|
|Novelette; InterstellarNet
|InterstellarNet
|Novelette
|-
|-
|Soap opera
|2016
|{{cite journal |author=<!--|author=Lerner, Edward M.--> |date=April 2016 |title=Soap opera |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |volume=136 |issue=4 |pages=37–49}}
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|Novelette
|}
|}
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* {{cite journal |title=What a Piece of Work is Man |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |date=February 1991 }}
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* {{cite journal |title=Unplanned-for Flying Object |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |date=September 1994 }}
* "Settlement", ''Analog'', January 2001.
* "Settlement", ''Analog'', January 2001.
* "Grandpa?", ''Analog'', July/August 2001.
* "Grandpa?", ''Analog'', July/August 2001.
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* "Inside the Box", ''Asimov's'', February 2008.
* "Inside the Box", ''Asimov's'', February 2008.
* "The Night of the RFIDs", ''Analog'', May 2008.
* "The Night of the RFIDs", ''Analog'', May 2008.
*{{cite journal |date=October 2008 |title=Where Credit is Due |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |volume=128 |issue=10 |pages= 74–75}}
* {{cite journal |date=October 2008 |title=Where Credit is Due |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |volume=128 |issue=10 |pages= 74–75}}
*{{cite journal |date=January–February 2009 |title=Small Business |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact|volume=129 |issue=1&2 |pages=84–95}}
* {{cite journal |date=January–February 2009 |title=Small Business |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact|volume=129 |issue=1&2 |pages=84–95}}
* "No GUTs, No Glory", ''Jim Baen’s Universe'', August, 2009.
* "No GUTs, No Glory", ''Jim Baen’s Universe'', August, 2009.
*{{cite journal |date=June 2010 |title=A Time for Heroes |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |volume=130 |issue=6 |pages=73–77 }}
* {{cite journal |date=June 2010 |title=A Time for Heroes |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |volume=130 |issue=6 |pages=73–77 }}
* "Blessed Are the Bleak", ''Analog'', April 2011.
* "Blessed Are the Bleak", ''Analog'', April 2011.
* "Energized", ''Analog'', June – October 2011. Published in book form in 2012.
* "Energized", ''Analog'', June – October 2011. Published in book form in 2012.
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* "I Clink, Therefore I Am", ''Sci Phi Journal'', November 2015.
* "I Clink, Therefore I Am", ''Sci Phi Journal'', November 2015.
* "Judy Garland Saves the World (And I Don’t Mean Oz)", ''Deco Punk'' (2015).
* "Judy Garland Saves the World (And I Don’t Mean Oz)", ''Deco Punk'' (2015).
* "Soap Opera", ''Analog'', April 2016.
* "Turing de Force", ''Science Fiction by Scientists'' (2016).
* "Turing de Force", ''Science Fiction by Scientists'' (2016).
* "The Torchman's Tale", ''Galaxy's Edge'', January 2017.
* "The Torchman's Tale", ''Galaxy's Edge'', January 2017.
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* "I've Got the World on a String", ''Galaxy's Edge'', January 2019.
* "I've Got the World on a String", ''Galaxy's Edge'', January 2019.
* "Sock It to Me", ''Grantville Gazette'', March 2021.
* "Sock It to Me", ''Grantville Gazette'', March 2021.
* "Relatively Speaking", ''Galaxy's Edge'', January 2022.
* "Soldier of Fortune", ''Shapers of Worlds IV'', (2024).
* "The Dark at the End of the Tunnel", ''Analog'', May/June 2024.


;InterstellarNet stories<ref group=lower-alpha>See additional entries in table of stories above.</ref> <!-- Move entries below into the table of stories above -->
;InterstellarNet stories
(Following are the original short-fiction and serial appearances; see above for subsequent novelizations.)
(Following are the original short-fiction and serial appearances; see above for subsequent novelizations.)
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* "The Science Behind the Story: InterstellarNet", non-fiction piece.<ref>[http://www.analogsf.com/0607/interstellar.aspx Analogsf.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120708063928/http://www.analogsf.com/0607/interstellar.aspx |date=July 8, 2012 }}</ref>
* "Dangling Conversations", ''[[Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact|Analog]]'', November 2000.
* "Dangling Conversations", ''[[Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact|Analog]]'', November 2000.
* "Creative Destruction", ''Analog'', March 2001. Also included in the collection ''Creative Destruction''.
* "Creative Destruction", ''Analog'', March 2001. Also included in the collection ''Creative Destruction''.
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* "Calculating Minds", ''Jim Baen's Universe'', April 2009.
* "Calculating Minds", ''Jim Baen's Universe'', April 2009.


;Company Man stories
;Company Man stories <!-- Move entries below into the table above -->
* "The Company Man", ''[[The Grantville Gazettes|Grantville Gazette]]'' (Universe Annex), May 2017.
* "The Company Man", ''[[The Grantville Gazettes|Grantville Gazette]]'' (Universe Annex), May 2017.
* "The Company Dick", ''Grantville Gazette'' (Universe Annex), September 2017.
* "The Company Dick", ''Grantville Gazette'' (Universe Annex), September 2017.
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* "The Company Bane", ''Grantville Gazette'' (Universe Annex), March 2019 thru May 2019.
* "The Company Bane", ''Grantville Gazette'' (Universe Annex), March 2019 thru May 2019.


;Paradise stories
;Paradise stories <!-- Move entries below into the table above -->
* "A Stranger in Paradise", ''Jim Baen's Universe'', February 2007.
* "A Stranger in Paradise", ''Jim Baen's Universe'', February 2007.
* "Paradise Regained", ''Analog'', January/February 2017.
* "Paradise Regained", ''Analog'', January/February 2017.
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* "Paradise Unbound", ''Analog'', September/October 2019.
* "Paradise Unbound", ''Analog'', September/October 2019.


;AI PI stories
;AI PI stories <!-- Move entries below into the table above -->
* "A Case of Identity", ''Analog'', December 2015.
* "A Case of Identity", ''Analog'', December 2015.
* "The Satellites of Damocles", ''Future Science Fiction Digest'', June 2019.
* "The Satellites of Damocles", ''Future Science Fiction Digest'', June 2019.
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* "The Final Problem", ''Grantville Gazette'', March 2020.
* "The Final Problem", ''Grantville Gazette'', March 2020.


;Shoals of Space-Time stories
;Shoals of Space-Time stories <!-- Move entries below into the table above -->
(Following are the original short-fiction and serial appearances; see above for subsequent novelization.)
* "On the Shoals of Space-Time", ''Grantville Gazette'' (Universe Annex), September 2020.
* "On the Shoals of Space-Time", ''Grantville Gazette'' (Universe Annex), September 2020.
* "Marooned in Space-Time", ''Grantville Gazette'' (Universe Annex), November 2020.
* "Marooned in Space-Time", ''Grantville Gazette'' (Universe Annex), November 2020.
* "Adrift in Space-Time", ''Grantville Gazette'' (Universe Annex), January 2021.
* "Adrift in Space-Time", ''Grantville Gazette'' (Universe Annex), January 2021.
* "Ill-Met in Space-Time", ''Grantville Gazette'' (Universe Annex), May / July / September 2021.


===Non-fiction===
===Non-fiction===
;Books
;Books
* ''Trope-ing the Light Fantastic: The Science Behind the Fiction'', 2018, {{ISBN|978-1612424019}}.
* ''Trope-ing the Light Fantastic: The Science Behind the Fiction'', 2018, {{ISBN|978-1612424019}}.

;Articles
;Articles
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* {{cite web <!--|author=Lerner, Edward M. |author-mask=1--> |title=InterstellarNet |department=The Science Behind the Story |work=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |date=2006 |url=http://www.analogsf.com/0607/interstellar.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120708063928/http://www.analogsf.com/0607/interstellar.aspx |archive-date=July 8, 2012}}<ref group=lower-alpha>Updated in 2010.</ref>
* "Beyond This Point Be RFIDs", ''Analog'', September 2007.
* {{cite journal <!--|author=Lerner, Edward M.--> |title=Beyond this point be RFIDs |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |volume= |issue= |date=September 2007 |pages=}}
* "The Old Gray Goo, It Ain't What It Used To Be", ''The Bulletin of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America'', Fall 2007.
* "The Old Gray Goo, It Ain't What It Used To Be", ''The Bulletin of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America'', Fall 2007.
* "Follow the Nanobrick Road", ''Analog'', September 2008.
* "Follow the Nanobrick Road", ''Analog'', September 2008.
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* "Say, What? Ruminations about Language, Communications, and Science Fiction", ''Analog'', March 2011.
* "Say, What? Ruminations about Language, Communications, and Science Fiction", ''Analog'', March 2011.
* "Lost in Space? Follow the Money", ''Analog'', October 2011.
* "Lost in Space? Follow the Money", ''Analog'', October 2011.
* "Faster than a Speeding Photon", ''Analog'', January/February 2012.
* "Faster than a Speeding Photon", ''Analog'', January/February 2012
* "Alien Aliens: Beyond Rubber Suits", ''Analog'', April 2013.
* "Alien Aliens: Beyond Rubber Suits", ''Analog'', April 2013.
*{{cite journal |author=Lerner, Edward M. |title=Victory lapse |department=Guest Editorial |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |volume=133 |issue=5 |date=May 2013 |pages=4–7}}
* {{cite journal <!--|author=Lerner, Edward M.--> |title=Victory lapse |department=Guest Editorial |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |volume=133 |issue=5 |date=May 2013 |pages=4–7}}
*{{cite journal |last=Lerner |first=Edward M. |date=October 2013 |title=Alien worlds: not in Kansas any more |department=Science Fact |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |volume=133 |issue=10 |pages=23–32 }}
* {{cite journal <!--|author=Lerner, Edward M. |author-mask=1--> |date=October 2013 |title=Alien worlds: not in Kansas any more |department=Science Fact |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |volume=133 |issue=10 |pages=23–32 }}
*{{cite journal |author=Lerner, Edward M. |author-mask=1 |title=Hacked off |department=Guest Editorial |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |volume=133 |issue=12 |date=December 2013 |pages=4–7, 104}}
* {{cite journal <!--|author=Lerner, Edward M. |author-mask=1--> |title=Hacked off |department=Guest Editorial |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |volume=133 |issue=12 |date=December 2013 |pages=4–7, 104}}
*{{cite journal |author=Lerner, Edward M. |author-mask=1 |date=April 2014 |title=Alien dimensions : the universe next door |department=Science Fact |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |volume=134 |issue=4 |pages=24–30 |url= <!--access-date= -->}}
* {{cite journal <!--|author=Lerner, Edward M. |author-mask=1--> |date=April 2014 |title=Alien dimensions : the universe next door |department=Science Fact |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |volume=134 |issue=4 |pages=24–30 |url= <!--access-date= -->}}
*{{cite journal |author=Lerner, Edward M. |author-mask=1 |date=May 2014 |title=Are we there yet? |department=Guest Editorial |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |volume=134 |issue=5 |pages=4–7}}
* {{cite journal <!--|author=Lerner, Edward M. |author-mask=1--> |date=May 2014 |title=Are we there yet? |department=Guest Editorial |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |volume=134 |issue=5 |pages=4–7}}
*{{cite journal |author=Lerner, Edward M. |author-mask=1 |date=June 2014 |title=Alternate abilities : the paranormal |department=Science Fact |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |volume=134 |issue=6 |pages=19–28 |url= <!--access-date= -->}}
* {{cite journal <!--|author=Lerner, Edward M. |author-mask=1--> |date=June 2014 |title=Alternate abilities : the paranormal |department=Science Fact |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |volume=134 |issue=6 |pages=19–28 |url= <!--access-date= -->}}
* {{cite journal <!--|author=Lerner, Edward M. |author-mask=1--> |date=October 2014 |title=Alien AWOLs : the great silence |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact}}
* "Alien AWOLs: The Great Silence", ''Analog'', October 2014.
* {{cite journal <!--|author=Lerner, Edward M. |author-mask=1--> |date=July-August 2015 |title=Alien altercations : star (spanning) wars |department=Science Fact |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |volume=135 |issue=7-8 |pages=44–55}}
* "Alien Altercations: Star (Spanning) Wars", ''Analog'', July/August 2015.
* {{cite journal <!--|author=Lerner, Edward M. |author-mask=1--> |date=October 2015 |title=Alien adventures : rising to the challenge |department=Science Fact |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |volume=135 |issue=10 |pages=26–35}}
* "Alien Adventures: Rising to the Challenge", ''Analog'', October 2015.
* {{cite journal <!--|author=Lerner, Edward M. |author-mask=1--> |date=January–February 2016 |title=Human 2.0 : being all we can be, part I |department=Science Fact |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |volume=136 |issue=1&2 |pages=42–50}}
* "Human 2.0: Being All We Can Be (Part I)", ''Analog'', January/February 2016.
* "Human 2.0: Being All We Can Be (Part II)", ''Analog'', March 2016.
* "Human 2.0: Being All We Can Be (Part II)", ''Analog'', March 2016.
* {{cite journal <!--|author=Lerner, Edward M. |author-mask=1--> |date=April 2016 |title=A certain uncertainty |department=The Alternate View |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |volume=136 |issue=4 |pages=62–64}}
* "A Certain Uncertainty", ''Analog'', April 2016.
*{{cite journal |author=Lerner, Edward M. |author-mask=1 |title=The Dread Question |department=Guest Editorial |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |volume=136 |issue=5 |date=May 2016 }}
* {{cite journal <!--|author=Lerner, Edward M. |author-mask=1--> |title=The dread question |department=Guest Editorial |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |volume=136 |issue=5 |date=May 2016 |pages=4–6}}
* {{cite journal <!--|author=Lerner, Edward M. |author-mask=1--> |date=May 2016 |title=Here we go loopedy loop : a brief history of time travel (part I) |department=Science Fact |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |volume=136 |issue=5 |pages=34–43}}
* "Here We Go Loopedy Loop: A Brief History of Time Travel (Part I)", ''Analog'', May 2016.
* {{cite journal <!--|author=Lerner, Edward M. |author-mask=1--> |date=June 2016 |title=Here we go loopedy loop : a brief history of time travel (part II) |department=Science Fact |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |volume=136 |issue=6 |pages=}}
* "Here We Go Loopedy Loop: A Brief History of Time Travel (Part II)", ''Analog'', June 2016.
* "A Mind of Its Own (Part I)", ''Analog'', September 2016.
* "A Mind of Its Own (Part I)", ''Analog'', September 2016.
* "A Mind of Its Own (Part II)", ''Analog'', October 2016.
* "A Mind of Its Own (Part II)", ''Analog'', October 2016.
*{{cite journal |author=Lerner, Edward M. |author-mask=1 |title=Dystopic? Or Myopic? |department=Guest Editorial |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |volume=138 |issue=11-12 |date=November–December 2018 |pages=4–7}}
* {{cite journal <!--|author=Lerner, Edward M. |author-mask=1--> |title=Dystopic? Or myopic? |department=Guest Editorial |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |volume=138 |issue=11-12 |date=November–December 2018 |pages=4–7}}
———————
;Bibliography notes
{{reflist|40em|group=lower-alpha}}


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
{{Wikiquote}}
* {{official website|http://www.edwardmlerner.com}}
* {{official website|http://www.edwardmlerner.com}}
* [http://us.macmillan.com/author/edwardmlerner Edward M. Lerner's page at Macmillan.com]
* [http://us.macmillan.com/author/edwardmlerner Edward M. Lerner's page at Macmillan.com]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20020124051210/http://scifan.com/writers/ll/LernerMEdward.asp Bibliography] at SciFan
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20020124051210/http://scifan.com/writers/ll/LernerMEdward.asp Bibliography] at SciFan
* {{isfdb name|id=Edward_M._Lerner|name=Edward M. Lerner}}
* {{isfdb name|id=Edward_M._Lerner|name=Edward M. Lerner}}
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* [http://blog.edwardmlerner.com/ SF and Nonsense] Edward M. Lerner's weblog
* [http://blog.edwardmlerner.com/ SF and Nonsense] Edward M. Lerner's weblog


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Edward M. Lerner
Born1949 (age 74–75)
United States
OccupationWriter, novelist
LanguageEnglish
Period1991–present
GenreScience fiction, techno-thriller, popular science, hard science fiction
Notable awardsCanopus Award (2015)
Website
edwardmlerner.com

Edward M. Lerner (born 1949) is an American author of science fiction, techno-thrillers, and popular science.

As of 2023 he has twenty-five published books: thirteen solo novels (three in his InterstellarNet universe), six collections, five novels co-authored with Larry Niven in the Known Space universe, and one popular-science book. The majority of Lerner's shorter works were originally published in Analog, The Grantville Gazette, and (until it ceased publication) Jim Baen's Universe.

His 2001 short story "Grandpa?" was made into a short film, The Grandfather Paradox, and shown at the 2006 Balticon Science Fiction convention where it won the Best Film Award. It was also a semi-finalist at the 2006 Science Fiction Short Film Festival.[1]

Biography

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For over thirty years Edward M. Lerner worked in the aerospace and information technology industries while writing science fiction part-time. He held positions at numerous companies such as Bell Labs, Hughes Aircraft, Honeywell, and Northrop Grumman. In February 2004, after receiving a book deal for Moonstruck, he decided to write science fiction full-time.[2]

Recognition

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Lerner's novel InterstellarNet: Enigma won the inaugural (2015) Canopus Award for long-form fiction (i.e., novels) "honoring excellence in interstellar writing."[3] He also won the annual "Anlab" (Analog Readers Poll) for nonfiction in 2013, for "Faster Than a Speeding Photon: The Why, Where, and (Perhaps the) How of Faster-Than-Light Technology" and for short story in 2018, for "Paradise Regained"," among his many Anlab nominations. His fiction has also been nominated for Locus, Prometheus, and Hugo awards.[4]

Bibliography

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Novels

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  • Probe, 1991, ISBN 978-0595011391.
  • Moonstruck, 2005, ISBN 978-0743498852.
  • Fools' Experiments, 2008, ISBN 0765319012.
  • Small Miracles, 2009, ISBN 978-0765320940.
  • Energized, 2012, ISBN 978-0765328496.
  • Dark Secret, 2016, ISBN 978-1612423227.
  • The Company Man, 2019, ISBN 978-1948818537 (novelization of four stories previously published in the Grantville Gazette).
  • Déjà Doomed, 2021, ISBN 978-1647100278.
  • On the Shoals of Space-Time, 2023, ISBN 978-1649731395
  • Life and Death on Mars, 2023, ISBN 978-1647100889
Fleet of Worlds series (with Larry Niven)
InterstellarNet series

Short fiction

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Collections
  • Contents: "The Day of the RFIDs"
  • "Survival Instinct"
  • "What a Piece of Work Is Man"
  • "By the Rules"
  • "Iniquitous Computing"
  • "Catch a Falling Star"
  • "Settlement"
  • "Creative Destruction"
  • Countdown to Armageddon / A Stranger in Paradise, published 2010, Wildside Press, ISBN 978-1434406743.
  • Frontiers of Space, Time, and Thought: Essays and Stories on The Big Questions, published 2012, FoxAcre Press, ISBN 978-1936771370.
  • Muses & Musings: A Science Fiction Collection, published 2019, Phoenix Pick, ISBN 978-1612424408.
  • The Sherlock Chronicles & The Paradise Quartet, published 2021, Eric Flint Ring of Fire Press, ISBN 978-1953034809.
  • The Best of Edward M. Lerner, published 2022, ReAnimus Press, ISBN 979-8447246174.
List of stories[a]
Title Year First published Reprinted/collected Series Notes
What a piece of work is Man 1991 "What a piece of work is Man". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. February 1991.
Unplanned-for Flying Object 1994 "Unplanned-for Flying Object". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. September 1994.
The Matthews Conundrum 2013 "The Matthews Conundrum". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 133 (11): 73–103. November 2013. InterstellarNet Novella
Championship b'tok 2014 "Championship b'tok". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 134 (9): 80–103. September 2014. InterstellarNet Novelette
Soap opera 2016 "Soap opera". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 136 (4): 37–49. April 2016. Novelette
  • "Settlement", Analog, January 2001.
  • "Grandpa?", Analog, July/August 2001.
  • "Presence of Mind", Analog, February 2002.
  • "Iniquitous Computing", Analog, July/August 2002. Also contained in the collection Creative Destruction.
  • "Survival Instinct", Analog, October/November 2002. Also contained in the collection Creative Destruction. This story is a sequel to Presence of Mind.
  • "By the Rules", Analog, June 2003.
  • "A Matter of Perspective", Artemis, Winter 2003.
  • "Moonstruck", Analog, September – December 2003. Published in book form in 2005.
  • "The Day of the RFIDs", Future Washington (2005).
  • "Great Minds", Jim Baen's Universe, October 2006.
  • "RSVP", Darker Matter, March 2007.
  • "Chance of Storms", Jim Baen's Universe, April 2007.
  • "Copywrong", Darker Matter, June 2007.
  • "At the Watering Hole", Jim Baen's Universe, August 2007.
  • "Countdown to Armageddon", Jim Baen's Universe, October 2007 through October 2008. Published in book form in 2010.
  • "Inside the Box", Asimov's, February 2008.
  • "The Night of the RFIDs", Analog, May 2008.
  • "Where Credit is Due". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 128 (10): 74–75. October 2008.
  • "Small Business". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 129 (1&2): 84–95. January–February 2009.
  • "No GUTs, No Glory", Jim Baen’s Universe, August, 2009.
  • "A Time for Heroes". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 130 (6): 73–77. June 2010.
  • "Blessed Are the Bleak", Analog, April 2011.
  • "Energized", Analog, June – October 2011. Published in book form in 2012.
  • "Unplanned Obsolescence". Probability Zero. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 133 (1&2): 104–105. January–February 2013.
  • "Time out". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 133 (1&2): 152–179. January–February 2013.
  • "Dark Secret – part I of IV". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 133 (4): 8–38. April 2013. Published in book form (all four parts) in 2016.
  • "Dark Secret – part II of IV". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 133 (5): 66–103. May 2013.
  • "Dark Secret – part III of IV". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 133 (6): 72–104. June 2013.
  • "Dark Secret – part IV of IV". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 133 (7&8): 158–184. July–August 2013.
  • "Tour de Force", Impossible Futures (2013).
  • "There's an App for That", Sci Phi Journal, July 2015.
  • "I Clink, Therefore I Am", Sci Phi Journal, November 2015.
  • "Judy Garland Saves the World (And I Don’t Mean Oz)", Deco Punk (2015).
  • "Turing de Force", Science Fiction by Scientists (2016).
  • "The Torchman's Tale", Galaxy's Edge, January 2017.
  • "Nothing to Lose?", Galaxy's Edge, May 2017.
  • "A Visit to the Network Control Center", Sci Phi Journal, May 2017.
  • "Too Deep Thought", Galaxy's Edge, July 2017.
  • "My Fifth and Most Exotic Voyage", Analog, September/October 2017.
  • "The Pilgrimage", Analog, November/December 2017.
  • "Harry and the Lewises", Analog, September/October 2018.
  • "Clockwork Cataclysm", Analog, January/February 2019.
  • "I've Got the World on a String", Galaxy's Edge, January 2019.
  • "Sock It to Me", Grantville Gazette, March 2021.
  • "Relatively Speaking", Galaxy's Edge, January 2022.
  • "Soldier of Fortune", Shapers of Worlds IV, (2024).
  • "The Dark at the End of the Tunnel", Analog, May/June 2024.
InterstellarNet stories[b]

(Following are the original short-fiction and serial appearances; see above for subsequent novelizations.)

  • "Dangling Conversations", Analog, November 2000.
  • "Creative Destruction", Analog, March 2001. Also included in the collection Creative Destruction.
  • "Hostile Takeover", Analog, May 2001.
  • "Strange Bedfellows", Artemis, Science and Fiction for a Space-Faring Age, Winter 2001.
  • "A New Order of Things", Analog, May–September 2006.
  • "Calculating Minds", Jim Baen's Universe, April 2009.
Company Man stories
  • "The Company Man", Grantville Gazette (Universe Annex), May 2017.
  • "The Company Dick", Grantville Gazette (Universe Annex), September 2017.
  • "The Company Mole", Grantville Gazette (Universe Annex), November 2018 thru January 2019.
  • "The Company Bane", Grantville Gazette (Universe Annex), March 2019 thru May 2019.
Paradise stories
  • "A Stranger in Paradise", Jim Baen's Universe, February 2007.
  • "Paradise Regained", Analog, January/February 2017.
  • "The Gates of Paradise", Analog, May/June 2019.
  • "Paradise Unbound", Analog, September/October 2019.
AI PI stories
  • "A Case of Identity", Analog, December 2015.
  • "The Satellites of Damocles", Future Science Fiction Digest, June 2019.
  • "The Adventure of the Meat Interpreter", Grantville Gazette, January 2020.
  • "The Final Problem", Grantville Gazette, March 2020.
Shoals of Space-Time stories

(Following are the original short-fiction and serial appearances; see above for subsequent novelization.)

  • "On the Shoals of Space-Time", Grantville Gazette (Universe Annex), September 2020.
  • "Marooned in Space-Time", Grantville Gazette (Universe Annex), November 2020.
  • "Adrift in Space-Time", Grantville Gazette (Universe Annex), January 2021.
  • "Ill-Met in Space-Time", Grantville Gazette (Universe Annex), May / July / September 2021.

Non-fiction

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Books
  • Trope-ing the Light Fantastic: The Science Behind the Fiction, 2018, ISBN 978-1612424019.
Articles
  • "InterstellarNet". The Science Behind the Story. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 2006. Archived from the original on July 8, 2012.[c]
  • "Beyond this point be RFIDs". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. September 2007.
  • "The Old Gray Goo, It Ain't What It Used To Be", The Bulletin of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Fall 2007.
  • "Follow the Nanobrick Road", Analog, September 2008.
  • "Rock! Bye-Bye, Baby", Analog, November 2009.
  • "Say, What? Ruminations about Language, Communications, and Science Fiction", Analog, March 2011.
  • "Lost in Space? Follow the Money", Analog, October 2011.
  • "Faster than a Speeding Photon", Analog, January/February 2012
  • "Alien Aliens: Beyond Rubber Suits", Analog, April 2013.
  • "Victory lapse". Guest Editorial. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 133 (5): 4–7. May 2013.
  • "Alien worlds: not in Kansas any more". Science Fact. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 133 (10): 23–32. October 2013.
  • "Hacked off". Guest Editorial. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 133 (12): 4–7, 104. December 2013.
  • "Alien dimensions : the universe next door". Science Fact. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 134 (4): 24–30. April 2014.
  • "Are we there yet?". Guest Editorial. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 134 (5): 4–7. May 2014.
  • "Alternate abilities : the paranormal". Science Fact. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 134 (6): 19–28. June 2014.
  • "Alien AWOLs : the great silence". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. October 2014.
  • "Alien altercations : star (spanning) wars". Science Fact. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 135 (7–8): 44–55. July–August 2015.
  • "Alien adventures : rising to the challenge". Science Fact. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 135 (10): 26–35. October 2015.
  • "Human 2.0 : being all we can be, part I". Science Fact. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 136 (1&2): 42–50. January–February 2016.
  • "Human 2.0: Being All We Can Be (Part II)", Analog, March 2016.
  • "A certain uncertainty". The Alternate View. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 136 (4): 62–64. April 2016.
  • "The dread question". Guest Editorial. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 136 (5): 4–6. May 2016.
  • "Here we go loopedy loop : a brief history of time travel (part I)". Science Fact. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 136 (5): 34–43. May 2016.
  • "Here we go loopedy loop : a brief history of time travel (part II)". Science Fact. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 136 (6). June 2016.
  • "A Mind of Its Own (Part I)", Analog, September 2016.
  • "A Mind of Its Own (Part II)", Analog, October 2016.
  • "Dystopic? Or myopic?". Guest Editorial. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 138 (11–12): 4–7. November–December 2018.

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Bibliography notes
  1. ^ Short stories unless otherwise noted.
  2. ^ See additional entries in table of stories above.
  3. ^ Updated in 2010.

References

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  1. ^ Redheadproductions.com
  2. ^ Lerner, Edward (2006). Creative Destruction. Wildside Press. ISBN 9780809557486.
  3. ^ Previous Award Winners at canopus.100yss.org
  4. ^ Award Bibliography: Edward M. Lerner at isfdb.org
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