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| Born | October 29, 1954 Woonsocket, Rhode Island[1] |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Science fiction |
Paul Di Filippo (born October 29, 1954 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island) is an American science fiction writer.[2] He is a regular reviewer for print magazines Asimov's Science Fiction, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Science Fiction Eye, The New York Review of Science Fiction, Interzone, and Nova Express, as well as online at Science Fiction Weekly. He is a member of the Turkey City Writer's Workshop. Along with Michael Bishop, Di Filippo has published a series of novels under the pseudonym Philip Lawson.
Antonio Urias writes that Di Filippo's writing has a "tradition of the bizarre and the weird."[3]
Contents
Bibliography[edit]
Novels[edit]
- Ciphers: A Post-Shannon Rock 'N' Roll Mystery (1997)
- Would It Kill You to Smile? (as Philip Lawson, with Michael Bishop) (1998)
- Joe's Liver (2000)
- Muskrat Courage (as Philip Lawson, with Michael Bishop) (2000)
- A Mouthful of Tongues: Her Totipotent Tropicanalia (2002) (erotica)
- A Year in the Linear City (2002) (novella)
- Fuzzy Dice (2003)
- Spondulix (2004)
- Harp, Pipe, And Symphony (2004)
- Creature from the Black Lagoon: Time's Black Lagoon (2006)
- Cosmocopia (2008)
- Roadside Bodhisattva (2010)
- A Princess of the Linear Jungle (2011)
Collections[edit]
- The Steampunk Trilogy (1995)
- Destroy All Brains! (1996)
- Ribofunk (1996)
- Fractal Paisleys (1997)
- Lost Pages (1998)
- Strange Trades (2001)
- Little Doors (2002)
- Babylon Sisters (2002)
- Neutrino Drag (2004)
- The Emperor of Gondwanaland (2005)
- Shuteye for the Timebroker (2006)
- Plumage From Pegasus (2006)
- Harsh Oases (2009)
- After the Collapse (2011)
- WikiWorld (2013)[4]
Comic book series[edit]
- Top Ten: Beyond the Farthest Precinct (2005)
- Doc Samson (2006)
Essays[edit]
- "Guest Editorial" in Postscripts 1. (2007)[5]
- How to Write Science Fiction, 40k, ebook edition (2011)
- Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels 1985-2010, co-authored with Damien Broderick (2012)
Review columns[edit]
| Date | Review article | Work(s) reviewed |
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| 2013 | "On Books". Asimov's Science Fiction 37 (7): 107–111. July 2013. Retrieved 2015-01-21. |
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Short fiction[edit]
| Title | Year | First published in | Reprinted/collected in |
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| "Cockroach Love" (with Damien Broderick) |
2009 | Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine 41: 33–45. October 2009. Missing or empty |title= (help) |
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| "Yubba Vines" (with Rudy Rucker) |
2013 | Asimov's Science Fiction 37 (7): 43–57. July 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help) |
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| "Mama Told Me Not To Come" | 1993 | Amazing Stories. January 1993. Missing or empty |title= (help) |
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- "Ailoura" [reprinted in Year's Best SF 8 (2003)]
- "Wikiworld", part of the anthology Fast Forward 1: Future Fiction from the Cutting Edge (February 2007)
- "Wikiworld", 40k, ebook edition (English | Italian | Portuguese) (2010)
- "Return to the Twentieth Century", 40k, ebook edition (English | Italian) (2011)
- "Waves and Smart Magma", 40k, ebook edition (English | Italian) (2011)
Critical reception[edit]
Antonio Urias praised the collection The Steampunk Trilogy (1995) in a brisk review, writing in summary that the tripartite book "contains three bizarre and occasionally humorous novels taking the reader from Queen Victoria's amphibian doppelganger to racist naturalists and black magic, and finally the interdimensional love story of Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman."
The first novella, simply entitled "Victoria" follows Cosmo Cowperhwait the inventor of a human-amphibian hybrid that bares an uncanny resemblance to Her Majesty, Queen Victoria, as well as an insatiable sexual appetite. This is a satire of Victorian mores, politics, and, of course, of the stereotypical mad scientist. ...
The second novella is "Hottentots" is (sic) less outrageously funny, at least on the surface. This is in part due to the fact that the story is told, for the most part through the eyes of Swiss-born naturalist Louis Agassiz, who is apart from pompous and self-aggrandizing, also a proud unrepentant racist. As a result, Di Filippo adopts a more satirical tone as Agassiz confronts anarchists, voodoo, academic maneuverings, swordfights, and a Lovecraftian horror all without losing a hint of his arrogance or smug assurances.
The final novella, "Walt and Emily," follows Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman's blossoming love as they join a spiritualist and scientific expedition into the afterlife. More than either of the previous stories, "Walt and Emily" delights in literary references and games. The story is saturated with poetic quotations and the unrepentant silly fun not only of a love story between Dickenson and Whitman but the idea of them visiting the afterlife.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Silver, Steven (2014-09-10). "An Interview with Paul di Filippo, Early Steampunk Adopter". Amazing Stories. Retrieved 2014-09-10.
- ^ "Paul Di Filippo, 1954-". Contemporary Authors. Autobiography Series. V. 29. 1998. pp. 79–99.
- ^ a b Urias, Antonio (July 11, 2014). "Book Review: The Steampunk Trilogy by Paul Di Filippo". Antonio Urias. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
- ^ "Paul Di Filippo - WikiWorld cover art and synopsis reveal". Upcoming4.me. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
- ^ Von Ruff, Al. "Bibliography: Guest Editorial (Postscripts 11)". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Paul Di Filippo: author's page at 40kBooks.com
- Weird Universe created by Di Filippo, Alex Boese & Chuck Shepherd
- Paul Di Filippo at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Paul Di Filippo's online fiction at Free Speculative Fiction Online
- Golden Gryphon Press site for Strange Trades
- 2006 interview with Paul Di Filippo at small WORLD podcast
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