Walter Jon Williams
American fiction writer (born 1953)
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Walter Jon Williams (born October 28, 1953)[1] is an American writer, primarily of science fiction. Previously he wrote nautical adventure fiction under the name Jon Williams, in particular, Privateers and Gentlemen (1981–1984), a series of historical novels set during the Age of Sail.[2]
BornOctober 28, 1953
Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.
OccupationWriter
EducationUniversity of New Mexico (BA)
Period1981–present
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| Born | October 28, 1953 Duluth, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Education | University of New Mexico (BA) |
| Period | 1981–present |
| Genre | Science fiction Nautical fiction (as Jon Williams) |
| Notable awards | Nebula Award |
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Career
Writing as Jon Williams, he designed the war game Tradition of Victory and role-playing game Promotions and Prizes, which were republished by Fantasy Games Unlimited as Heart of Oak (1982) and Privateers and Gentlemen (1983).[3]: 74 A role-playing game sourcebook for Cyberpunk called Hardwired (1989) was licensed by R. Talsorian Games, based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Williams.[3]: 209
Bibliography
Novels
- Hardwired series
- Hardwired (1986)
- Solip:System (1989), novelette released as a standalone book
- Voice of the Whirlwind (1987)
- "Wolf Time" (1987), novelette
- Drake Maijstral series
An SF comedy of manners series about the aristocratic burglar Drake Maijstral. Collected as an omnibus, Ten Points for Style (1995)- The Crown Jewels (1987)
- House of Shards (1988)
- Rock of Ages (1995)
- Metropolitan series
- Metropolitan (1995), Nebula Award nominee
- City on Fire (1997), Hugo Award nominee; Nebula Award nominee
- Dread Empire's Fall series
A military science fiction/space opera series.- The Praxis (2002)
- The Sundering (2003)
- Conventions of War (2005)
- Investments (2008), novella
- Impersonations (2016)
- The Accidental War (2018)
- Fleet Elements (2020)
- Imperium Restored (2022)
- Privateers and Gentlemen series, as Jon Williams[2]
- To Glory Arise, originally The Privateer (1981)
- The Tern Schooner, originally The Yankee (1981)
- Brig of War, originally The Raider (1981)
- The Macedonian (1981)
- Cat Island (1981)
- Dagmar Shaw series
A sci-fi thriller series involving crowdsourcing and alternate reality games.- This Is Not a Game (2009)
- Deep State (2011)
- The Fourth Wall (2012)
- "Diamonds from Tequila" (2014), short story published in Rogues
- Quillifer series
- Quillifer (2017)
- Quillifer The Knight (2019)
- Lord Quillifer (2022)[4]
- Other novels
- Ambassador of Progress (1984)
- Knight Moves (1985), Philip K. Dick Award nominee
- Angel Station (1989)
- Elegy for Angels and Dogs (1990)
- Days of Atonement (1991)
- Aristoi (1992)
- The Rift (1999), as by Walter J. Williams
- The New Jedi Order: Destiny's Way (2002)
- Implied Spaces (2008)
Short fiction
- Collections
- Facets (1990)
- Frankensteins and Foreign Devils (1998)
- The Green Leopard Plague and Other Stories (Trade Hardcover: Night Shade Books, 2010, ISBN 978-1-59780-177-5)
- Stories[5]
| Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Tang Dynasty underwater pyramid | 2004 | Sci Fiction (Aug 4, 2004) | Novelette | |
- "Dinosaurs" (1987), Hugo Award nominee
- "Witness" (1987), Nebula Award nominee
- "Surfacing" (1988), Hugo Award and Nebula Award nominee
- "Prayers on the Wind" (1991), Nebula Award nominee
- "Wall, Stone, Craft" (1993), Hugo Award and Nebula Award nominee
- "Red Elvis" (1994) (collected in Mike Resnick's alternate history anthology Alternate Outlaws)
- "Foreign Devils" in War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches (1996), Sidewise Award for Alternate History winner
- "Lethe" (1999), Nebula Award nominee
- "Daddy's World" (2000), Nebula Award winner
- "Argonautica" (2001), Nebula Award nominee
- "The Last Ride of German Freddie", in Worlds That Weren't (2002), Sidewise Award for Alternate History nominee
- "The Green Leopard Plague" (2004), Nebula Award winner, Hugo Award nominee
