Terry Bisson
Terry Bisson was an American writer, novelist and fantasy author (1942–2024). He was born at Madisonville and died at Berkeley.
Terry Bisson in brief
- Born
- 1942
- Died
- 2024
- Known for
- writer, novelist and fantasy author
- Place of birth
- Madisonville
Contents
Recognition and collections
Terry Bisson received Nebula Award for Best Short Story, Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign-Language Short Story, Locus Award for Best Short Story, Hugo Award for Best Short Story and Theodore Sturgeon Award.
Catalogued works
80 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and The Art Institute of Chicago. Their recorded dates run from 1854 to 1994.
Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman. Bears Discover Fire. They're Made Out of Meat. Boba Fett: Crossfire. Fire on the Mountain. Talking Man. The Playboy Book of Science Fiction. macs. Year's Best SF 5. 2+2=5. Press Ann. Get Me to the Church on Time. The Shadow Knows. England Underway. Dead Man's Curve. Voyage to the Red Planet. Pirates of the Universe. The Hole in the Hole. The Pickup Artist. Any Day Now. Dear Abbey. Greetings. The Edge of the Universe. In the Upper Room. The Joe Show. The Old Rugged Cross. Almost Home. Super 8. An Office Romance. Charlie's Angels. First Fire. He Loved Lucy. I Saw the Light. Over Flat Mountain. Pirates of the Somali Coast. Private Eye. Scout's Honor. Smoother. There Are No Dead. Two Guys from the Future. Peḳudat ḥisul. Clarkesworld Issue 105. ha-Elemenṭ ha-ḥamishi. Futurs pas possible. The New Hugo Winners, Volume III, dated 1994. Mars Live. Be First In The Universe (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition). Expiration Date. Star Wars® : Boba Fett #1. Star Wars® : Boba Fett #2. Next. Miracle Man. Johnny Mnemonic. Where the Lost Things Are. Billy's Picture Book. Sixth Day. In the Upper Room and Other Likely Stories. Day One Prequel. Isaac Asimov's Moons. Star Wars Boba Fett. Grinnell College in the Twentieth Century. The Left Left Behind. Bears Discover Fire, and Other Stories. 18 Wheels of Science Fiction. Fight to Survive (Star Wars. TVA Baby. SciFi in the mind's eye. Third Annual Best Fantasy Stories of the Year. Nat Turner, dated 1988. Catch 'Em in the Act: A Tor.Com Original. Star Wars Boba Fett, Sammelband - Der Kampf ums überleben - Im Kreuzfeuer - Das Labyrinth. The Cockroach Hat: A Tor.Com Original. Billy's Book [hc]. Cuando los osos descubrieron el fuego / When the bears discovered fire (Spanish Edition). The Portal of Saint Ursinus at Bourges, rue du Vieux Poirier, dated 1854, albumen print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1980.213. Chartres Cathedral, West Facade; Royal Portal, Central Bay, dated 1857, printed 1857, albumen print, from the album "reproductions photographiques des plus beaux types d’architecture et de sculpture", held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1961.647. Chartres Cathedral West Facade; Royal Portal, Central Bay, dated 1854/63, albumen print, from the album "reproductions photographiques des plus beaux types d’architecture et de sculpture", held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1961.645. Bibliothèque Imperial du Louvre, Paris, dated 1854, albumen print, from the album "le napoléonium, monographie du louvre et des tuileries réunis" (1856), held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1961.642. Chartres Cathedral, South Transept; Central Portal, dated 1854/63, albumen print, from the album "reproductions photographiques des plus beaux types d’architecture et de sculpture", held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1961.646. Arc de Septime Sévère, Rome, dated 1854/55, printed 1855/65, albumen print, from the album "reproductions photographiques des plus beaux types d’architecture et de sculpture", held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1961.663.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.
The Art Institute of Chicago: 7 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
7 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Bisson, François, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Bisson, Yvette, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Bisson, Jacques, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Bisson, Charles, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Bisson, Henri, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Colonial/Imperial Discourses in a First-Contact Narrative: Terry Bisson’s “They’re Made of Meat” (1991), Polish Journal of English Studies, 2022. A Stylistic Analysis of Bisson’s Bears Discover Fire, مجلة كلية التربية للبنات, 2019.
Digitised editions and texts
8 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.
Hauling Up the Morning: writings & art by political prisoners & prisoners of war in the U.S. = Izando la Mañana (1990) — Internet Archive. Voyage to the Red Planet (1990) — Internet Archive. Crossfire: A Clone Wars Novel (2003) — Internet Archive. Fire on the Mountain (2009) — Internet Archive. The pickup artist (2001) — Internet Archive. Nine Princes in Amber (1996) — Internet Archive. Pirates of the Universe (1996) — Internet Archive. TVA Baby (2011) — Internet Archive.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 22 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
Terry Bisson studied at University of Louisville. the recorded working language is English.
Subjects and genres recorded for the work are science fiction and science fantasy.
Works named in the authority record are Talking Man.
Distinctions recorded are Nebula Award for Best Short Story, Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign-Language Short Story, Locus Award for Best Short Story and Hugo Award for Best Short Story.
Chronology
- 1942Terry Bisson born at Madisonville.
- 1990Hauling Up the Morning: writings & art by political prisoners & prisoners of war in the U.S. = Izando la Mañana digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1990Voyage to the Red Planet digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1996Nine Princes in Amber digitised by Internet Archive.
- 2001The pickup artist digitised by Internet Archive.
- 2003Crossfire: A Clone Wars Novel digitised by Internet Archive.
- 2009Fire on the Mountain digitised by Internet Archive.
- 2024Terry Bisson died at Berkeley.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
“Terry Bisson”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Consult the source - 2.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q1444345: Terry Bisson
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata
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