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Author photo. Geoff in his beautiful silk shirt. Photo by Johan Anglemark.

Geoff in his beautiful silk shirt. Photo by Johan Anglemark.

Geoff Ryman

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Includes the names: G. Ryman, Jeff Ryman, Geoff Ryman, Geoff Ryman, Geoff Ryman, ジェフ・ライマン

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Works by Geoff Ryman
Was 885 copies, 15 reviews
Air: Or, Have Not Have 844 copies, 31 reviews
The Child Garden 716 copies, 17 reviews
253 547 copies, 20 reviews
The King's Last Song 226 copies, 8 reviews
Lust 220 copies, 8 reviews
The Warrior who Carried Life 166 copies, 6 reviews
The Unconquered Country 138 copies, 4 reviews
Unconquered Countries: Four Novellas 128 copies, 2 reviews
Paradise Tales: and Other Stories 85 copies, 2 reviews
When It Changed: Science into Fiction (Editor) 55 copies, 3 reviews
Tesseracts Nine: New Canadian Speculative Fiction (Editor) 38 copies, 3 reviews
V.A.O. 33 copies, 1 review
Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter (novelette) 21 copies, 2 reviews
The Film-Makers of Mars 18 copies, 3 reviews
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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection (Contributor) 528 copies, 6 reviews
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection (Contributor) 514 copies, 5 reviews
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventeenth Annual Collection (Contributor) 504 copies, 2 reviews
Brave New Worlds: Dystopian Stories (Contributor) 495 copies, 18 reviews
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twentieth Annual Collection (Contributor) 480 copies, 1 review
Alien Sex: 19 Tales by the Masters of Science Fiction and Dark Fantasy (Contributor) 473 copies, 6 reviews
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirteenth Annual Collection (Contributor) 411 copies, 4 reviews
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection (Contributor) 380 copies, 2 reviews
The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction (Contributor) 357 copies, 19 reviews
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twelfth Annual Collection (Author) 348 copies, 1 review
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection (Contributor) 279 copies, 6 reviews
Year's Best SF 9 (Contributor) 250 copies, 4 reviews
Year's Best SF 5 (Contributor) 248 copies, 2 reviews
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection (Contributor) 234 copies, 5 reviews
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Nineteenth Annual Collection (Contributor) 234 copies, 4 reviews
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2007: 20th Annual Collection (Contributor) 211 copies, 3 reviews
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume One (Contributor) 196 copies, 5 reviews
Year's Best SF 15 (Contributor) 195 copies, 3 reviews
Cities (Contributor) 194 copies, 1 review
The James Tiptree Award Anthology 1: Sex, the Future, & Chocolate Chip… (Contributor) 173 copies, 5 reviews
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection (Contributor) 159 copies, 2 reviews
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third Annual Collection (Contributor) 147 copies, 1 review
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Six (Contributor, some editions) 133 copies, 4 reviews
The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction (Contributor) 127 copies, 3 reviews
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four (Contributor) 125 copies, 2 reviews
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection (Contributor) 115 copies, 2 reviews
Nebula Awards Showcase 2013 (Contributor) 113 copies, 2 reviews
The Mammoth Book of the Best of Best New SF (Contributor) 102 copies
The Best of Interzone (Contributor) 98 copies
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 61 • June 2015 (Queers Destroy Science… (Contributor) 97 copies, 2 reviews
The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 1 (Contributor) 96 copies, 3 reviews
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Eight (Contributor) 95 copies, 5 reviews
The James Tiptree Award Anthology 3: Subversive Stories about Sex and… (Contributor) 94 copies, 2 reviews
Nebula Awards Showcase 2009 (Contributor) 91 copies, 8 reviews
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2014 Edition (Author) 76 copies, 4 reviews
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 18 (Contributor) 74 copies
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Eleven (Contributor) 73 copies
Fantasy: The Best of the Year, 2007 Edition (Contributor) 73 copies, 2 reviews
Interzone: The 1st Anthology 72 copies
Northern Suns : The New Anthology of Canadian Science Fiction (Contributor) 62 copies, 1 review
Year's Best Fantasy 7 (Contributor) 59 copies, 1 review
Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany (Contributor) 59 copies
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2016 Edition (Contributor) 55 copies, 4 reviews
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Ten (Contributor) 46 copies, 3 reviews
The Stories: Five Years of Original Fiction on tor.com (Contributor) 36 copies
New Worlds 10 (Contributor) 35 copies, 1 review
Year's Best Fantasy 9 (Contributor) 33 copies
Welcome to Dystopia: 45 Visions of What Lies Ahead (Contributor) 32 copies, 4 reviews
Sunspot Jungle: The Ever Expanding Universe of Fantasy and Science Fiction (Contributor) 32 copies, 1 review
London Centric: Tales of Future London (Contributor) 31 copies, 8 reviews
Burning Brightly: 50 Years of Novacon (Contributor) 31 copies, 13 reviews
Robots, A Science Fiction Anthology (Contributor) 29 copies, 1 review
Imaginarium 2012: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing (Contributor) 23 copies
Crossing the Border (Contributor) 20 copies, 1 review
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September/October 2013, Vol.… (Contributor) 17 copies, 4 reviews
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September/October 2016, Vol.… (Contributor) 13 copies, 1 review
Vital Signals: Virtual Futures, Near-Future Fictions (Contributor) 13 copies, 8 reviews
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September/October 2011, Vol.… (Contributor) 12 copies
Polder: A Festschrift for John Clute and Judith Clute (Contributor) 12 copies
Pulp Idol: SFX Short Story Competition Collection 2007 (Foreword) 8 copies
Apex Magazine 37 (June 2012) (Contributor) 5 copies
Galaxies 2010 (Contributor) 2 copies
Wielka Księga Horroru - Tom II (Contributor) 2 copies
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Canonical name
Legal name
Ryman, Geoffrey Charles
Other names
Date of birth
1951-05-09
Date of death
Burial location
Gender
male
Nationality
Canada
Country (for map)
Birthplace
Place of death
Cause of death
Places of residence
USA
England, UK
Canada (birth)
Education
University of California, Los Angeles (English | History)
Occupations
Lecturer (Creative Writing, University of Manchester)
novelist
science fiction writer
Relationships
Agents
Organizations
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
African Speculative Fiction Society
Awards and honors
Guest of Honour, Eastercon, UK (1992)
Short biography
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