Lucius Shepard (1943–2014)
Author of Life During Wartime
About the Author
Lucius Shepard was born in Lynchburg, Virginia in 1947. He wrote in many different genres including science fiction and fantasy, cyberpunk, magical realism, poetry, and non-fiction. He published his first short stories in 1983 and his first novel, Green Eyes, in 1984. His other works include Life show more During Wartime, The Jaguar Hunter, and Two Trains Running. He won several awards including the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1985, the Nebula Award for the novella R&R, the Hugo Award for the novella Barnacle Bill the Spacer, and the Shirley Jackson Award for the novella Vacancy. He died on March 18, 2014 at the age of 66. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series
Works by Lucius Shepard
Salvador 18 copies
Shades [short fiction] 11 copies
The All-Consuming [short fiction] 11 copies
R & R [novella] 10 copies
The Jaguar Hunter [short story] 10 copies
A Spanish Lesson {short story} 9 copies
Life of Buddha [short fiction] 7 copies
Radiant green star {novella} 7 copies
Delta Sly Honey [short fiction] 7 copies
Black Coral 6 copies
Stars Seen Through Stone 6 copies
Eternity And Afterward 5 copies
A Little Night Music [short story] 5 copies
Dead Money 5 copies
Halloween Town 5 copies
Aymara [short fiction] 5 copies
The Last Time 4 copies
The Night of White Bhairab 4 copies
A Traveler's Tale 4 copies
Beast of the Heartland [short story] 4 copies
Jailwise 3 copies
Mengele 3 copies
Over Yonder 3 copies
Hands up! Who Wants To Die? 3 copies
Bound for Glory 2 copies
Nomans Land 2 copies
Sfârşitul Pământului #2 2 copies
A Wooden Tiger 2 copies
The Black Clay Boy 2 copies
On the border 2 copies
Sports in America 2 copies
All the Perfumes of Araby 2 copies
Human History 2 copies
The Exercise of Faith 2 copies
Señor Volto 2 copies
Larissa Miusov 2 copies
The Drive-in Puerto Rico 2 copies
Jack's Decline 2 copies
How the wind spoke at Madaket 2 copies
The Skinny Girl 1 copy
Slice of Life 1 copy
The Boy Who Spoke Cat 1 copy
Visitor 1 copy
Vermillion #2 1 copy
Petite musique de nuit 1 copy
Anti-Trek 1 copy
Solitario's Eyes 1 copy
Romance of the Century 1 copy
Emerald Street Expansions 1 copy
A Walk In the Garden 1 copy
The Emperor 1 copy
The Lepidopterist 1 copy
After Ildiko 1 copy
Chinandega 1 copy
Carlos Manson Lives 1 copy
The Arcevoalo 1 copy
Multiplexity 1 copy
Blade Runner Had a Baby 1 copy
Korean Futures 1 copy
Curse of the Deadly Sequel 1 copy
Star Wars, They're Not 1 copy
Earth Hits the Fan 1 copy
The Master of Error 1 copy
Say You Want a Revolution 1 copy
Funky, Funky Moscow 1 copy
Associated Works
The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy (2004) — Contributor — 272 copies
Storming the Reality Studio: A Casebook of Cyberpunk and Postmodern Science Fiction (1991) — Contributor — 249 copies
Ghosts by Gaslight: Stories of Steampunk and Supernatural Suspense (2011) — Contributor — 207 copies
Nebula Awards 32: SFWA's Choices for the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year (1998) — Contributor — 91 copies
The Best Fantasy Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (1985) — Contributor — 70 copies
Nebula Awards 24: SFWA's Choices for the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 1988 (1988) — Contributor — 58 copies
Nebula Awards 29: SFWA's Choices For The Best Science Fiction And Fantasy Of The Year (Nebula Awards Showcase) (1995) — Contributor — 55 copies
Nebula Awards 22: Sfwa's Choices for the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 1986 (Nebula Awards Showcase (Paperback)) (1988) — Contributor — 49 copies
The Best Horror Stories from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (1988) — Contributor — 46 copies
Take My Advice: Letters to the Next Generation from People Who Know a Thing or Two (2002) — Contributor — 44 copies
Nebula Awards 20: SFWA's Choices for the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 1984 (1985) — Contributor — 28 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 2008, Vol. 115, No. 6 (1973) — Movie reviewer — 23 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August/September 2009, Vol. 117, Nos. 1 & 2 (2009) — Contributor — 19 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May/June 2013, Vol. 124, Nos. 5 & 6 (2013) — Movie reviewer — 19 copies
The Best Horror Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Vol. II (1990) — Contributor — 17 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1985, Vol. 69, No. 6 (1985) — Contributor — 15 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 2008, Vol. 114, No. 6 (2008) — Contributor — 15 copies
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 14, No. 7 [July 1990] (1990) — Contributor — 14 copies
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 10, No. 10 [October 1986] (1986) — Contributor — 14 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July/August 2011, Vol. 121, Nos. 1 & 2 (2011) — Contributor — 14 copies
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 9, No. 12 [December 1985] (1905) — Contributor — 13 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1985, Vol. 68, No. 5 (1985) — Contributor — 13 copies
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 13, No. 9 [September 1989] (1989) — Contributor — 13 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1988, Vol. 75, No. 4 (1988) — Author — 13 copies
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 9, No. 1 [January 1985] (1985) — Contributor — 13 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 2008, Vol. 114, No. 4 (2008) — Movie reviewer — 12 copies
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 16, No. 8 [July 1992] (1992) — Contributor — 12 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November/December 2010, Vol. 119, No. 5 & 6 (2010) — Film reviewer — 12 copies
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 10, No. 8 [August 1986] (1986) — Contributor — 11 copies
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 13, No. 8 [August 1989] (1989) — Contributor — 11 copies
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 11, No. 12 [December 1987] (1987) — Contributor — 11 copies
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 10, No. 11 [November 1986] (1986) — Author — 11 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1989, Vol. 77, No. 4 (1989) — Author — 10 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1984, Vol. 67, No. 6 (1984) — Contributor — 8 copies
Subterranean Magazine Spring 2009 — Contributor — 5 copies
Nuove avventure nell'ignoto — Contributor — 2 copies
Subterranean Magazine Summer 2010 — Contributor — 2 copies
Science Fiction Eye #07, August 1990 — Contributor — 1 copy
Mondaugen — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Shepard, Lucius Taylor
- Other names
- Carteret, Sally
- Birthdate
- 1943-08-21
- Date of death
- 2014-03-18
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
- Place of death
- Portland, Oregon, USA
- Places of residence
- Vancouver, Washington, USA
Daytona Beach, Florida, USA - Occupations
- writer
- Organizations
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
- Awards and honors
- John W. Campbell Award (1985)
Hugo (1993, novella)
Nebula (1987, novella)
World Fantasy Award (1992, 1998, collection)
Theodore Sturgeon Award (2003)
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Statistics
- Works
- 145
- Also by
- 170
- Members
- 3,728
- Popularity
- #6,794
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 81
- ISBNs
- 174
- Languages
- 9
- Favorited
- 24
The title pretty much says it all. A lot of good tales in here, but he does tend to dark themes