Terry Bisson

Terry Bisson

Terry Bisson also wrote as: Brad Quentin and T.B. Calhoun.

Terry Bisson was born in Owensboro, Kentucky on February 12th, 1942 and passed away at the age of 81 on January 10th, 2024.

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Terry Bisson Stats: The highest rated book by Terry Bisson on Book Notification is Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman, the 2nd novel in the St. Leibowitz series. The second-highest rated book is Bears Discover Fire and Other Stories, a Collection .

The most read book by Terry Bisson on Book Notification is They're Made Out of Meat and 5 other All-Talk Tales, a Collection. The second most read book is Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman (St. Leibowitz #2).

Below is a complete list of Terry Bisson books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.

List of NASCAR Pole Position Adventues Books in Publication Order (as T.B. Calhoun)

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Rolling Thunder
1998
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2
In the Groove
1998
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3
Race Ready
1998
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4
Speed Demon
1998
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5
Hammer Down
1999
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6
Spinout!
1999
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List of The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest Books in Publication Order (as Brad Quentin)

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Demon of the Deep
1996
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2
The Forbidden City of Luxor
1996
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3
The Pirates of Cyber Island
1996
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4
Peril In The Peaks
1996
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5
Evil Under The Ice
1997
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6
The Monsters from Beyond Time
1997
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7
Journey Into Q-Space
1997
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8
Attack of the Evil Cyber-God
1997
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9
Trouble on Planet Q
1997
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10
The Lake of Terror
1997
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11
The War of the Wizards
1998
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List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Wyrldmaker
1981
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2
Talking Man
1986
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3
Fire on the Mountain
1988
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4
Voyage to the Red Planet
1990
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5
Johnny Mnemonic
1995
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6
Virtuosity
1995
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7
Pirates of the Universe
1996
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8
The Fifth Element
1997
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9
Alien Resurrection
1997
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10
Galaxy Quest
1999
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11
Be First in the Universe (With: Stephanie Spinner)
2000
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12
The Sixth Day (With: Cormac Wibberley, Marianne Wibberley)
2000
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13
The Pickup Artist
2001
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14
Numbers Don't Lie
2001
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15
Expiration Date: Never (With: Stephanie Spinner)
2002
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16
Dear Abbey
2003
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17
Planet of Mystery
2008
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18
Billy's Book
2009
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19
Any Day Now
2012
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List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Bears Discover Fire
1990
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2
Press Ann (in Asimov's)
1991
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3
England Underway
1993
Go
4
The Shadow Knows
1993
Go
5
Dead Man’s Curve
1994
Go
6
Get Me to the Church on Time (in Asimov's)
1998
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7
Macs
1999
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8
The Cockroach Hat
2010
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9
Catch 'Em in the Act
2010
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10
Almost Home
2013
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11
Where the Lost Things Are (With: Rudy Rucker)
2014
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List of Collections in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8
Bears Discover Fire and Other Stories
1990
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2
In the Upper Room and Other Likely Stories
2000
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3
Greetings
2005
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4
TVA Baby
2011
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5
7
They're Made Out of Meat and 5 other All-Talk Tales
2019
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6
Tomorrowing
2024
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List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Nat Turner
1988
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2
On a Move
2001
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3
Tradin' Paint
2001
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List of Outspoken Authors Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Human Front (By: Ken MacLeod)
2001
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2
The Left Left Behind (With: Eleanor Arnason)
2009
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3
Lucky Strike (By: Kim Stanley Robinson)
2009
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4
The Underbelly (By: Gary Phillips, Eleanor Arnason)
2010
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5
Mammoths of the Great Plains (By: Eleanor Arnason)
2010
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6
The Wild Girls (By: Ursula K. Le Guin, Eleanor Arnason)
2011
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7
Modem Times 2.0 (By: Michael Moorcock, Eleanor Arnason)
2011
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8
The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (By: Cory Doctorow, Eleanor Arnason)
2011
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9
Report from Planet Midnight (By: Nalo Hopkinson, Eleanor Arnason)
2012
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10
The Science of Herself (By: Karen Joy Fowler, Eleanor Arnason)
2013
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11
Patty Hearst & The Twinkie Murders: A Tale of Two Trials (By: Eleanor Arnason, Paul Krassner)
2013
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12
New Taboos (By: John Shirley)
2013
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13
Raising Hell (By: Norman Spinrad, Eleanor Arnason)
2014
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14
My Life, My Body (By: Marge Piercy)
2015
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15
Gypsy (By: Carter Scholz, Eleanor Arnason)
2015
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16
Miracles Ain't What They Used to Be (By: Joe R. Lansdale, Eleanor Arnason)
2016
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17
Fire. (By: Elizabeth Hand, Eleanor Arnason)
2017
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18
Totalitopia (By: John Crowley)
2017
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19
The Atheist in the Attic (By: Samuel R. Delany, Eleanor Arnason)
2018
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20
Thoreau's Microscope (By: Michael Blumlein, Eleanor Arnason)
2018
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21
The Beatrix Gates (By: Rachel Pollack)
2019
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22
A City Made of Words (By: Paul Park)
2019
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List of St. Leibowitz Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
6.7
A Canticle for Leibowitz ( By: Walter M. Miller Jr.)
1959
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2
9
Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman (With: Walter M. Miller Jr.)
1997
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List of Star Wars: Boba Fett Books in Publication Order (with Elizabeth Hand)

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8
The Fight to Survive
2002
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2
8
Crossfire
2002
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3
8
Hunted ( By: Elizabeth Hand)
2003
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4
8
A New Threat ( By: Elizabeth Hand)
2004
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5
8
Pursuit ( By: Elizabeth Hand)
2004
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6
8
Maze of Deception (By: Elizabeth Hand)
2014
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List of Picture Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Billy's Picture Book
2020
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List of The X-Files: Young Adult Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Bad Sign (By: Neal Shusterman)
1996
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2
The Calusari (By: Garth Nix)
1997
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3
Eve (By: Ellen Steiber)
1997
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4
Our Town (By: Eric Elfman)
1997
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5
Empathy (By: Ellen Steiber)
1997
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6
Fresh Bones (By: Les Martin)
1997
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7
Control (By: Cliff Nielsen, Everett Owens)
1997
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8
The Host (By: Les Martin)
1997
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9
Hungry Ghosts (By: Ellen Steiber)
1998
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10
Howlers (By: Everett Owens)
1998
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11
Dark Matter (By: Easton Royce)
1999
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12
Grotesque (By: Ellen Steiber)
1999
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13
Quarantine (By: Les Martin)
1999
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14
Regeneration (By: Everett Owens)
1999
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15
Haunted (By: Ellen Steiber)
2000
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16
Miracle Man
2000
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List of Year's Best Fantasy Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Year's Best Fantasy (By: George R.R. Martin, Terry Goodkind, Michael Swanwick, David G. Hartwell, Robert Sheckley, Nalo Hopkinson, Kathryn Cramer, Nicola Griffith, Alice Coppel-Tosic)
2001
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2
Year's Best Fantasy 2 (By: David G. Hartwell, James K. Morrow, Kathryn Cramer)
2002
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3
Year's Best Fantasy 3 (By: Kage Baker, Ursula K. Le Guin, David G. Hartwell, Charles de Lint, Neil Gaiman, China Miéville, Nalo Hopkinson, Kathryn Cramer, R. Garcia y Robertson, William Mingin, Patricia Bowne)
2003
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4
Year's Best Fantasy 4 (With: David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer)
2004
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5
Year's Best Fantasy 5 (By: David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer)
2005
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6
Year's Best Fantasy 6 (By: David G. Hartwell, Neil Gaiman, Kathryn Cramer)
2006
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7
Year's Best Fantasy 7 (By: David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer, L.E. Modesitt Jr.)
2007
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8
Year's Best Fantasy 8 (By: David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer, David Ackert)
2008
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9
Year's Best Fantasy 9 (By: David G. Hartwell, James K. Morrow, Kathryn Cramer)
2009
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List of Year's Best SF Anthology Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Year's Best SF (By: David G. Hartwell)
1996
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2
Year's Best SF 2 (By: David G. Hartwell, Sheila Finch)
1997
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3
Year's Best SF 3 (By: Paul Levinson, David G. Hartwell, Michael Moorcock)
1998
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4
Year's Best SF 4 (By: David G. Hartwell)
1999
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5
Year's Best SF 5 (By: David G. Hartwell)
2000
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6
Year's Best SF 6 (By: David G. Hartwell)
2001
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7
Year's Best SF 7 (With: David G. Hartwell, James K. Morrow, Kathryn Cramer)
2002
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8
Year's Best SF 8 (With: Michael Swanwick, Ursula K. Le Guin, David G. Hartwell, Gene Wolfe, Charles Stross, Robert Sheckley, Michael Moorcock, Jack Williamson, Robert Reed, Paul Di Filippo, Nancy Kress, Greg Egan, Carol Emshwiller, Bruce Sterling, Geoffrey A. Landis, Charles Sheffield, Eleanor Arnason, J.R. Dunn, Kathryn Cramer, Ken Wharton, Richard Chwedyk, A.M. Dellamonica, Neal Asher, Robert Onopa)
2003
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9
Year's Best SF 9 (By: David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer)
2004
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10
4
Year's Best SF 10 (By: David G. Hartwell, Brenda Cooper, Kathryn Cramer)
2005
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11
Year's Best SF 11 (By: Greg Bear, Michael Swanwick, James Patrick Kelly, David G. Hartwell, Gardner Dozois, Liz Williams, Stephen Baxter, Daryl Gregory, Ken MacLeod, Ted Chiang, Peter F. Hamilton, Adam Roberts, Alastair Reynolds, Justina Robson, Gregory Benford, Bruce Sterling, Cory Doctorow, Joe Haldeman, Vonda N. McIntyre, Hannu Rajaniemi, Rudy Rucker, Tobias Buckell, Kathryn Cramer, Neal Asher, R. Garcia y Robertson, David Langford, Matthew Jarpe, Lauren McLaughlin, Larissa Lai, Oliver Morton, Bud Sparhawk, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Paul J. McAuley)
2006
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12
Year's Best SF 12 (By: David G. Hartwell, Michael Flynn, Kathryn Cramer, Charlie Rosenkrantz)
2007
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13
Year's Best SF 13 (By: David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer)
2008
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14
Year's Best SF 14 (By: David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer)
2009
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15
Year's Best SF 15 (By: David G. Hartwell, Chris Roberson, Kathryn Cramer)
2010
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16
Year's Best SF 16 (By: David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer)
2011
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17
Year's Best SF 17 (By: David G. Hartwell, Carolyn Ives Gilman, Kathryn Cramer)
2012
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18
Year's Best SF 18 (By: David G. Hartwell, Elizabeth Bear, Sean McMullen)
2013
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List of Terry Bisson Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Age of Wonders: Exploring the World of Science Fiction
1984
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2
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, August 1990
1990
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3
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, August 1991
1991
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4
Nebula Awards 26
1992
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5
Fifth Annual Collection
1992
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6
Nebula Awards 27
1993
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7
Asimov\'s Science Fiction Magazine, September 1993
1993
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8
The New Hugo Winners, Vol. 3
1994
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9
Asimov's Science Fiction, June 1994
1994
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10
Seventh Annual Collection
1994
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11
Nebula Awards 29
1995
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12
Isaac Asimov's Ghosts
1995
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13
Hugo & Nebula Award Winning Stories from Asimov's Science Fiction
1995
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14
Year's Best SF
1996
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15
Asimov's Science Fiction, August 1996
1996
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16
Visions of Wonder
1996
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17
Modern Classics of Fantasy
1997
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18
Tell Me a Story: Science Fiction One
1997
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19
Year's Best SF 2
1997
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20
Year's Best SF 2
1997
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21
6
Isaac Asimov's Moons
1997
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22
Year's Best SF 3
1998
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23
7
The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy
1998
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24
Asimov's Science Fiction, May 1998
1998
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25
Isaac Asimov's Valentines
1999
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26
Year's Best SF 4
1999
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27
The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: The 50th Anniversary Anthology
1999
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28
Year's Best SF 5
2000
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29
Year's Best SF 6
2001
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30
Starlight 3
2001
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31
Nebula Awards 36 (2002)
2002
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32
Year's Best SF 7
2002
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33
Year's Best SF 8
2003
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34
New Skies: An Anthology of Today's Science Fiction
2003
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35
Modern Greats of Science Fiction
2003
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36
Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian
2003
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37
The Best of Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine: Joe Haldeman and Others
2003
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38
The Best Short Science Fiction Novels of the Year
2004
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39
Year's Best SF 9
2004
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40
Flights
2004
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41
The Year's Best Science Fiction: 21 Annual Edition
2004
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42
The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels
2005
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43
4
Year's Best SF 10
2005
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44
Year's Best SF 11
2006
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45
8
Wizards / Dark Alchemy
2007
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46
Year's Best SF 12
2007
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47
Year's Best SF 13
2008
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48
Masterpieces
2008
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49
The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction: Sixtieth Anniversary Anthology
2009
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50
Golden Age SF
2009
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51
Year's Best SF 14
2009
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52
The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF
2009
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53
Year's Best SF 15
2010
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54
6
The Secret History of Fantasy
2010
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55
Year's Best SF 16
2011
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56
Year's Best SF 17
2012
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57
Telling Tales: The Clarion West 30th Anniversary Anthology
2013
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58
Year's Best SF 18
2013
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59
Worst Contact
2016
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60
18 Wheels of Science Fiction
2018
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61
Sense of Wonder
2023
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Terry Bisson

Terry Bisson was born on February 12th, 1942. Terry passed away January 10th, 2024 at 81 years old. Terry Bisson was born in Owensboro, Kentucky.

Terry Bisson is probably best known for his Standalone Novels. There are currently 19 novels available. The first standalone was released in 1981 with the novel Wyrldmaker. The most recently released novel was Any Day Now which was released in 2012.

Terry Bisson: Awards & Accolades

The following novels by Terry Bisson were nominated for these awards:

  • Talking Man: World Fantasy Award, Novel (1987).
  • Bears Discover Fire: World Fantasy Award, Short Fiction (1991).
  • Press Ann (in Asimov's): Hugo Award, Best Short Story (1992).
  • England Underway: Hugo Award, Best Short Story (1994). World Fantasy Award, Short Fiction (1994).
  • The Shadow Knows: Hugo Award, Best Novelette (1994).
  • Dead Man’s Curve: Hugo Award, Best Short Story (1995).
  • Get Me to the Church on Time (in Asimov's): Hugo Award, Best Novella (1999).
  • Macs: Hugo Award, Best Short Story (2000).

Related Authors

The most common authors followed by users who also follow Terry Bisson are:

  1. J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter Series.
  2. George R.R. Martin, author of the A Song Of Ice and Fire Series.
  3. J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings Series.
  4. Brandon Sanderson, author of the Mistborn Series.
  5. Ursula K. Le Guin, author of the Earthsea Cycle Series.

Terry Bisson: F.A.Q

When was Terry Bisson Born?

Terry Bisson was born on February 12th, 1942.

When did Terry Bisson die?

Terry Bisson died on January 10th, 2024 at 81 years old.

Where was Terry Bisson Born?

Terry Bisson was born in Owensboro, Kentucky.

What was the first book Terry Bisson wrote?

The first book written by Terry Bisson was Wyrldmaker, published in 1981.

What was the most recent book Terry Bisson wrote?

His most recently released work was Tomorrowing on May 14th, 2024.

How many books has Terry Bisson written?

Terry Bisson has written 63 books across 16 series, excluding contributions to anthologies.
  • 6 books in the NASCAR Pole Position Adventues Series
  • 11 books in The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest Series
  • 19 Standalone Novels
  • 11 Short Stories/Novellas
  • 6 Collections
  • 3 Non-Fiction Books
  • 1 book in the Outspoken Authors Series
  • 1 book in the St. Leibowitz Series
  • 2 books in the Star Wars: Boba Fett Series
  • 1 Picture Books
  • 1 book in The X-Files: Young Adult Series
  • 1 book in the Year's Best Fantasy Series

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