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BRUCE BOSTON
Speculative Fiction and Poetry
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Autobiographical Note
I was born of Catholic and Jewish heritage in Chicago in 1943. I grew up in Southern California in an era of rock and roll, the Cold War, and the Space Race. From 1961-2001, I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, attending and somehow graduating from the University of California, Berkeley, while active in the psychedelia and political protests of the 1960s.
I've worked in a variety of occupations, including computer programmer, college professor, technical writer, book designer, movie projectionist, gardener, and furniture mover. I now live in Ocala, Florida, with my wife, writer-artist Marge Simon. In addition to our solo work, Marge and I collaborate on poetry, short fiction, and cartoons.
My fiction and poetry have appeared in hundreds of publications, including Asimov's SF, Amazing Stories, Realms of Fantasy, Strange Horizons, Weird Tales, The Pedestal Magazine, Year's Best Fantasy & Horror, and the Nebula Awards Showcase, and received a number of awards, most notably the Pushcart Prize, the Asimov's Readers' Award, the Bram Stoker Award, the Rhysling Award, and the first Grand Master Award of the Science Fiction Poetry Association. I hold the distinctions of having appeared in more issues of Asimov's SF, and Strange Horizons, than any other author, and of coining the word "cybertext."
My work stretches from slapstick humor to literary surrealism, with many stops along the way for science fiction, fantasy, and horror. I've published more than forty books and chapbooks, including the novels The Guardener's Tale and Stained Glass Rain. My best stories are collected in Masque of Dreams, my best poetry in Quanta, Sensuous Debris, and Pitchblende.
For detailed biographical information through 1998, see my
essay "Fifteen Explanations in Search of a Life" in Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series, Volume 30, Gale Research, available at many libraries.
For my thoughts on speculative poetry and writing, see John Amen's interview with me at The Pedestal Magazine, JoSelle Vanderhooft's interview with me at Strange Horizons.
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News & Upcoming Events
2008 Asimov's Readers's Award for
Oasis 21, May 23-25
Orlando, Florida
Recent Books
New novel,
from Sam's Dot Publishing
Prometheus Award Nominee
Spanish edition forthcoming 2009
from Le Factoria de Ideas
Poetry Collection:
Shades Fantastic from Gromagon Press
Night Smoke by Bruce Boston and Marge Simon,
collaborative poetry collection,
including fifteen full color illustrations by Marge,
now available from Kelp Queen Press
Flash Fiction Collection:
Flashing the Dark from Sam's Dot Publishing
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