Jim Aikin

Jim Aikin
Born
James Douglas Aikin

1948 (age 77–78)
CitizenshipUnited States
Occupations
Writing career
Notable worksMusic Technology
  • Software Synthesizers: The Definitive Guide to Virtual Musical Instruments
  • Power Tools for Synthesizer Programming

Science fiction

  • Walk the Moons Road
  • The Wall at the Edge of the World
Websitewww.musicwords.net

James Douglas Aikin (born 1948) is an American science fiction writer based in Livermore, California. He is also a music technology writer, an interactive fiction writer, freelance editor and writer, cellist, and teacher. He frequently writes articles for various music industry magazines, including Electronic Musician, Keyboard Magazine, and Mix.

Aikin sold his first fiction story to Fantasy & Science Fiction where it appeared in the February 1981 issue.

Bibliography

All titles listed chronologically.

Short works

Collections

  • Beyond Armageddon (1985, "My Life in the Jungle")
  • The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories 13 (1987, "A Place to Stay for a Little While")
  • The Omni Book of Science Fiction 6 (1989, "Dance for the King")
  • The Year’s Best Fantasy: Second Annual Collection (1989, "Dancing Among Ghosts")

Novels

Interactive fiction

Non-fiction works

As editor

Sources:

References

  1. 1 2 "Stories, Listed by Author: Aikin, Jim". Locus Magazine. Archived from the original on 2007-02-23. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
  2. 1 2 "Jim Aikin". SFBook.com. Archived from the original on 2006-05-19.
  3. 1 2 3 Van Gelder, Gordon (September 2008). "Run! Run! (headnote)". Fantasy & Science Fiction. 115 (3): 153–160.
  4. 1 2 "Articles by Jim Aikin". Electronic Musician. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
  5. ↑ "Jim Aikin (bibliography, books, series, web links)". SciFan. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
  6. ↑ "Jim Aikin's Resume". Archived from the original on 2007-06-12. Retrieved 2007-06-17.