Brian Thomsen
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 Brian Thomsen and SF/Fantasy book cover model, Lisa Feerick Pollison at the 1994 ABA Book Expo in downtown Los Angeles. | |
| Born | Brian Michael Thomsen April 13, 1959 |
| Died | September 21, 2008 (aged 49) Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | American |
Brian Michael Thomsen (April 13, 1959 – September 21, 2008) was an American science fiction editor, author, and anthologist.
Career[]
Thomsen was raised in the New York City neighborhood of Rockaway Beach and attended Regis High School in Manhattan.[1]
He was a founding editor of Warner Books' Questar Science Fiction line,[2] in which position he was nominated for the 1988 Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor.[3] Thomsen served as managing fiction editor at TSR, Inc.; he also wrote more than 30 short stories and was a collaborator with longtime DC Comics managing editor Julius Schwartz on Schwartz's autobiography.[4] He also worked at one point as the publisher for TSR's Periodicals Department.[5] He was also a consulting editor for publisher Tor Books.[2]
He died on September 21, 2008, at his home in Brooklyn, New York at the age of 49.[2] He was survived by his wife, Donna.[2]
Bibliography[]
Novels[]
- Once Around the Realms, 1995
- The Mage in the Iron Mask, 1996
Anthologies[]
- The Reel Stuff, 1998
- A Date Which Will Live in Infamy, with Martin H. Greenberg, 2001
- Oceans of Magic, with Martin H. Greenberg, 2001
- Alternate Gettysburgs, with Martin H. Greenberg, 2002
- The American Fantasy Tradition, 2002
- Oceans of Space, with Martin H. Greenberg, 2002
- The Repentant, with Martin H. Greenberg, 2003
- A Yuletide Universe, 2003
- Blue & Gray at Sea, 2004
- Masters of Fantasy, with Bill Fawcett, 2004
Nonfiction[]
- Man of Two Worlds, with Julius Schwartz, 2000
Short stories[]
- "Gloria Remembers," Alternate Kennedys, 1992
- "The Missing Thirty-Fifth President," Alternate Kennedys, 1992
- "Paper Trail," Alternate Presidents, 1992
- "Reunion," Grails: Quests of the Dawn, 1992
- "The Case of the Skinflint's Specters," Christmas Ghosts, 1993
- "A Sense of Loyalty, a Sense of Betrayal," Alternate Warriors, 1993
- "Bigger Than U.S. Steel," Alternate Outlaws, 1994
- "Iguanacon, Too," Alternate Worldcons, 1994
- "A Night on the Plantation," By Any Other Fame, 1994
- "Infallibility, Obedience & Acts of Contrition," Alternate Tyrants, 1997
- "Oscar Night at Swifty's," Alternate Skiffy, 1997
- "Bloodstained Ground," Alternate Generals, 1998
- "Dearest Kitty," Legends: Tales from the Eternal Archives, 1999
- "Mouse the Magic Guy," Merlin, 1999
- "Fragment of the Log of Captain Amasa Delano," Oceans of Space, 2002
- "The Grand Tour," Sol's Children, 2002
- "It's a Wonderful Miracle on 34th Street's Christmas Carol," A Yuletide Universe, 2002
References[]
- ^ Greenberg, Martin H.; Hughes, Kerrie, eds. (2009). Gamer Fantastic. New York, NY: Daw Books. p. 237. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Obituary: Brian M. Thomsen". Publishers Weekly. September 29, 2008. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
- ^ "1988 Hugo Awards". World Science Fiction Society. Archived from the original on October 15, 2014. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
- ^ "Obituary: Brian Thomsen". Locus. September 22, 2008. Archived from the original on January 7, 2009. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
- ^ Carroll, Bart (June 7, 2011). "Wolfgang Baur". Archived from the original on June 1, 2013.
External links[]
- Brian M. Thomsen at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- List of Thomsen's awards at the ISFDB
- Obituary at Tor Books
- "Brian Thomsen :: Pen & Paper RPG Database". Archived from the original on February 25, 2005. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
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- 1959 births
- 2008 deaths
- 20th-century American male writers
- 20th-century American novelists
- American male novelists
- American science fiction writers
- Novelists from New York (state)
- Regis High School (New York City) alumni
- Science fiction editors