Geoffrey Charles Ryman (born 1951) is a Canadian writer of science fiction, fantasy, slipstream and [fiction]. ==Biography== Ryman was born in Canada and moved to the United States at age 11.
He earned degrees in History and English at UCLA, then moved to England in 1973, where he has lived most of his life.
His novel The King's Last Song (2006) was set both in the Angkor Wat era and the time after Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. Ryman has written, directed and performed in several plays based on works by other writers. He was guest of honour at Novacon in 1989 and has twice been a guest speaker at Microcon, in 1994 and in 2004.
He is gay. In addition to being an author, Ryman started a web design team for the UK government at the Central Office of Information in 1994.
His novel The King's Last Song (2006) was set both in the Angkor Wat era and the time after Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. Ryman has written, directed and performed in several plays based on works by other writers. He was guest of honour at Novacon in 1989 and has twice been a guest speaker at Microcon, in 1994 and in 2004.
(1992) 253, or Tube Theatre (1996 online, 1998 print) Lust (2001) Air: Or, Have not Have (2005) The King's Last Song (2006 UK, 2008 US) ===Collections=== Unconquered countries: Four novellas (1994) Paradise Tales (July 2011, Small Beer Press) == Awards == |- | valign=top | British Science Fiction Award The Unconquered Country for Best Short (1984) Air for Best Novel (2005) World Fantasy Award The Unconquered Country Best Novella (1985) Arthur C.
Dick Award 253: The Print Remix, 1998 James Tiptree, Jr.
The Mundane SF movement was founded in 2002 during the Clarion workshop by Ryman and others.
His novel The King's Last Song (2006) was set both in the Angkor Wat era and the time after Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. Ryman has written, directed and performed in several plays based on works by other writers. He was guest of honour at Novacon in 1989 and has twice been a guest speaker at Microcon, in 1994 and in 2004.
He was also the guest of honour at the national Swedish science fiction convention Swecon in 2006, at Gaylaxicon 2008, at Wiscon 2009, and at Åcon 2010. Mundane science fiction is a subgenre of science fiction focusing on stories set on or near the Earth, with a believable use of technology and science as it exists at the time the story is written.
He was also the guest of honour at the national Swedish science fiction convention Swecon in 2006, at Gaylaxicon 2008, at Wiscon 2009, and at Åcon 2010. Mundane science fiction is a subgenre of science fiction focusing on stories set on or near the Earth, with a believable use of technology and science as it exists at the time the story is written.
In 2008 a Mundane SF issue of Interzone magazine was published, guest-edited by Ryman, Julian Todd and Trent Walters. Ryman currently lectures in Creative Writing for University of Manchester's English Department. As of 2008 he was at work on a new historical novel set in the United States before their Civil War. ==Bibliography== ===Novels=== The Unconquered Country (1984) The Warrior Who Carried Life (1985) The Child Garden (1989) Was...
(1992) 253, or Tube Theatre (1996 online, 1998 print) Lust (2001) Air: Or, Have not Have (2005) The King's Last Song (2006 UK, 2008 US) ===Collections=== Unconquered countries: Four novellas (1994) Paradise Tales (July 2011, Small Beer Press) == Awards == |- | valign=top | British Science Fiction Award The Unconquered Country for Best Short (1984) Air for Best Novel (2005) World Fantasy Award The Unconquered Country Best Novella (1985) Arthur C.
He was also the guest of honour at the national Swedish science fiction convention Swecon in 2006, at Gaylaxicon 2008, at Wiscon 2009, and at Åcon 2010. Mundane science fiction is a subgenre of science fiction focusing on stories set on or near the Earth, with a believable use of technology and science as it exists at the time the story is written.
He was also the guest of honour at the national Swedish science fiction convention Swecon in 2006, at Gaylaxicon 2008, at Wiscon 2009, and at Åcon 2010. Mundane science fiction is a subgenre of science fiction focusing on stories set on or near the Earth, with a believable use of technology and science as it exists at the time the story is written.
(1992) 253, or Tube Theatre (1996 online, 1998 print) Lust (2001) Air: Or, Have not Have (2005) The King's Last Song (2006 UK, 2008 US) ===Collections=== Unconquered countries: Four novellas (1994) Paradise Tales (July 2011, Small Beer Press) == Awards == |- | valign=top | British Science Fiction Award The Unconquered Country for Best Short (1984) Air for Best Novel (2005) World Fantasy Award The Unconquered Country Best Novella (1985) Arthur C.
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