(1944-04-22) 22 April 1944 (age 80) Melbourne, Australia
Occupation
Writer and editor
Nationality
Australian
Genre
Science fiction, popular science
Notable works
The Dreaming Dragons
Damien Francis Broderick (born 22 April 1944) is an Australian science fiction[1] and popular science writer and editor of some 74 books.[2] His science fiction novel The Dreaming Dragons (1980) introduced the trope of the generation time machine,[3] his The Judas Mandala (1982) contains the first appearance of the term "virtual reality" in science fiction,[4] and his 1997 popular science book The Spike was the first to investigate the technological singularity in detail.[5]
^Bear, Greg (24 June 2008). "Locus guest reviewer Greg Bear reviews Damien Broderick". Locus. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
^see detailed bibliography below
^Simone Caroti, The Generation Starship in Science Fiction: A Critical History, 1934–2001, p. 201.
Damien Francis Broderick (born 22 April 1944) is an Australian science fiction and popular science writer and editor of some 74 books. His science fiction...
(1983 with DamienBroderick) The Bomb-Monger's Daughter (1984) Water From The Moon (1989 with James Birrell) Zones (1997 with DamienBroderick) The Book...
manipulate, the structure of the universe itself. In Godplayers (2005), DamienBroderick surmises that a matrioshka brain would allow simulating entire alternate...
Arnaud de Borchgrave and Robert Moss The Spike (Broderick book), a 1997 nonfiction book by DamienBroderick "The Spike" (essay) by George Orwell The Spike...
1975), French footballer DamienBroderick (born 1944), Australian writer Damien Broothaerts (born 1983), Belgian athlete Damien Brown (soccer) (born 1975)...
(novel), a novel by Arnaud de Borchgrave The Spike (Broderick book), a nonfiction book by DamienBroderick The Spike, a starship in Peter F. Hamilton's The...
may refer to: Transcension (novel), a 2002 science fiction novel by DamienBroderick Transcension, a 2012 album by the band Sleepers Awake "Transcension"...
Louis Benabid Russell Blackford Nick Bostrom Marshall Brain David Brin DamienBroderick Vitalik Buterin Riccardo Campa Tim Cannon Jamais Cascio Pierre Teilhard...
Australian Science Fiction and Mortal Fire (the latter with Terry Dowling). DamienBroderick also edited numerous anthologies in additionto his work as a writer...
Dubé "Zone", a poem by Guillaume Apollinaire Zones (novel), 1997, by DamienBroderick and Rorey Barns Zone (band), an all-female J-pop group Zones (band)...
The White Abacus is a 1997 science fiction novel by DamienBroderick. It follows the story of Telmah Lord Cima who travels to Earth from a far-off world...
in a science fiction context in The Judas Mandala, a 1982 novel by DamienBroderick. Widespread adoption of the term "virtual reality" in the popular media...
Fiction of Cordwainer Smith". Science Fiction 10 (1982). Reprint in DamienBroderick and Van Ikin (eds) Warriors of the Tao: The Best of Science Fiction:...
the 2008 book Year Million: Science at the Far Edge of Knowledge by DamienBroderick. The narrative alternates tells the story of a family of three in the...
when considering fantasy, specifically the work of J. R. R. Tolkien. DamienBroderick builds on this concept, separating Brooke-Rose's criticism of Tolkien...
artist, whose renderings have been adapted for book covers by futurist DamienBroderick: The Dreaming, Earth is But a Star, The Judas Mandala, Skiffy and Mimesis...
(with DamienBroderick). Borgo Press, 2011. Xeno Fiction: More Best of Science Fiction: A Review of Speculative Literature (with DamienBroderick). Wildside/Borgo...
Since 2003, honourable mentions have been awarded intermittently. DamienBroderick and Jay Kristoff have won the award three times, while five have won...
character development. The Revelation Space Trilogy was listed in DamienBroderick's book Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels 1985-2010. Revelation Space...
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