Jeanne Cavelos
Autor(a) de The Shadow Within
About the Author
Before becoming an author, Jeanne Cavelos was an astrophysicist and mathematician, who taught astronomy at Michigan State University and Cornell University and worked in the Astronaut Training Division at NASA's Johnson Space Center. She decided to go into publishing and earned a MFA in creative mostrar mais writing. As senior editor of Bantam Doubleday Dell, she was the head of the science fiction/fantasy publishing program and created the Abyss imprint of psychological horror, for which she won the World Fantasy Award. In 1994, she decided to become a full-time author. She has written The Science of Star Wars, The Science of the X-Files, and The Passing of the Techno-Mages trilogy set in the Babylon 5 universe as well as short fiction, essays, and reviews. She also runs the full-service freelance company Jeanne Cavelos Editorial Services, which provides editing, ghostwriting, consulting, and critiquing services. She is the director of Odyssey, an annual summer workshop for fantasy, science fiction, and horror writers, and teaches writing and literature at Saint Anselm College. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Séries
Obras de Jeanne Cavelos
The Science of Star Wars: An Astrophysicist's Independent Examination of Space Travel, Aliens, Planets, and Robots… (1999) 227 cópias
Negative Space 1 exemplar(es)
Coming From Abyss 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
Decalog 5: Wonders: Ten Stories, A Billon Years, An Infinite Universe (1997) — Contribuinte — 68 cópias
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1960-05-26
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Summit, New Jersey, USA
- Educação
- American University (MFA|Creative Writing)
- Ocupação
- writer
editor
astrophysicist
teacher - Organizações
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
St. Anselm College, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA - Pequena biografia
- From SFF.net: Jeanne Cavelos began her professional life as an astrophysicist and mathematician, teaching astronomy at Michigan State University and Cornell University, and working in the Astronaut Training Division at NASA's Johnson Space Center. After earning an MFA in creative writing, she moved into a career in publishing, becoming a senior editor at Bantam Doubleday Dell, where she created and launched the Abyss imprint of psychological horror. She also ran the science fiction/fantasy publishing program. In addition, she edited a wide range of fiction and nonfiction and gained a reputation for discovering and nurturing new writers. In 1994, she left New York to pursue her own writing career. Her first published book, "The Shadow Within," went out of print a few years ago but was recently reissued by Del Rey. Other works include a novella, "Negative Space," short fiction, essays, and reviews. Jeanne Cavelos also created and serves as director of Odyssey, an annual six-week summer writing workshop for writers of fantasy, science fiction, and horror held at St. Anselm College in Manchester, NH.
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This seemed appropriate to read around Halloween!
I was actually surprised at the quality and variety of the stories featured here. You'd think that the concept (asking authors to write a story about Stoker's vampire hunter) might get a bit one-note, but no. There's some really good stuff here, from some excellent authors, and although I believe all the stories were written specifically for this volume, I didn't think any of them felt "commissioned." I guess Van Helsing is just an inspiring character!
The only story that I felt really didn't fit was the piece by Nina Kiriki Hoffman. There's no Van Helsing in it, and I didn't really like the story, either.
However, I particularly liked: Joe Hill's "Abraham's Boys" (Stephen King's son, good even before his first novel came out), Kathe Koja's "Anna Lee" (though it's short), Thomas F. Monteleone's "Sideshow," Tanith Lee's gorgeous and heartwrenching origin story, "Remember Me," and Brian Hodge's horror story of Goya, "Brushed in Blackest Silence."… (mais)
I was actually surprised at the quality and variety of the stories featured here. You'd think that the concept (asking authors to write a story about Stoker's vampire hunter) might get a bit one-note, but no. There's some really good stuff here, from some excellent authors, and although I believe all the stories were written specifically for this volume, I didn't think any of them felt "commissioned." I guess Van Helsing is just an inspiring character!
The only story that I felt really didn't fit was the piece by Nina Kiriki Hoffman. There's no Van Helsing in it, and I didn't really like the story, either.
However, I particularly liked: Joe Hill's "Abraham's Boys" (Stephen King's son, good even before his first novel came out), Kathe Koja's "Anna Lee" (though it's short), Thomas F. Monteleone's "Sideshow," Tanith Lee's gorgeous and heartwrenching origin story, "Remember Me," and Brian Hodge's horror story of Goya, "Brushed in Blackest Silence."… (mais)
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AltheaAnn | 1 outra resenha | Feb 9, 2016 |
AltheaAnn | 1 outra resenha | Feb 9, 2016 | Overall I was really pleased with this collection. There were a couple stories I found boring, and one that I didn't understand, but other than that, I really enjoyed all the unique takes on Van Helsing and his life. I bought this book solely for Tanith Lee's story (which I really loved), but I came away very glad to have read all the other stories.
1 MillieHennessy | 1 outra resenha | Jul 18, 2012 |
MillieHennessy | 1 outra resenha | Jul 18, 2012 | 
This woman is obsessed with Star Wars. I mean, seriously, beyond anyone I've ever known, obsessed with Star Wars. It's not obvious right at first, although on the flyleaf it told about how the author decided to become an astronomer after watching Star Wars for the first time. But as I was reading the book, I realized this was a whole different magnitude of fandom. She has obviously watched the movies hundred of times, and read every single book in all the series, at least once. But the reali giveaway was when she referred to Jar Jar Binks as "a loveable goofball." OK, that is just not normal.
But about the book - it wasn't quite what I expected either. It takes the whole Star Wars thing so seriously, and tries to seriously account for every aspect of the movie - the planets, the lifeforms, and so on. There wasn't enough tongue in cheek for me to be able to pay attention to the science. Only recommended for real Star Wars geeks.… (mais)
But about the book - it wasn't quite what I expected either. It takes the whole Star Wars thing so seriously, and tries to seriously account for every aspect of the movie - the planets, the lifeforms, and so on. There wasn't enough tongue in cheek for me to be able to pay attention to the science. Only recommended for real Star Wars geeks.… (mais)
2 cmbohn | outras 2 resenhas | Apr 21, 2010 |
cmbohn | outras 2 resenhas | Apr 21, 2010 | Prêmios
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This book was available at the library and so is the first of the Babylon 5 books i've read. I wasn't disappointed. The book focuses mainly on the story of the Icarus which journeyed to Z'ha'dum with John Sheridan's wife Anna aboard before the dedication of Babylon 5. It also intertwines pieces of story about John Sheridan and Jeff Sinclair and their activities during this same time period. I think i most enjoyed seeing John Sheridan and Jeff Sinclair prior to their arcs in the TV series. It felt good, and helped make a bit more meaningful the change in leadership which occurred on Babylon 5.
If you enjoyed the TV series, you'll enjoy this book.… (mais)