Gordon Eklund


Gordon Eklund is an American science fiction author whose works include the "Lord Tedric" series and two of the earliest original novels based on the 1960s Star Trek TV series. He has written under the pen name Wendell Stewart, and in one instance under the name of the late E. E. "Doc" Smith.

Career

Eklund's first published SF short story, "Dear Aunt Annie", ran in the April 1970 issue of Fantastic magazine and was nominated for a Nebula Award. Eklund won the Nebula for Best Novelette for the 1974 short story "If the Stars Are Gods", co-written with Gregory Benford. The two expanded the story into a full-length novel of the same title, published in 1977.
Eklund's Star Trek novel The Starless World was the first Star Trek story about a Dyson sphere.
In his teens, Eklund was a member of a Seattle SF fan club, The Nameless Ones, and in 1977, Eklund was a guest of honor at the 1977 SF convention Bubonicon 9, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Cushing Memorial Library of Texas A&M University has a "Gordon Eklund Collection" housing the typed manuscript of the story "The Stuff of Time".
Eklund has retired from a long career with the U.S. Postal Service, and is considering writing full-time again. He's a member of the Fantasy Amateur Press Association and the Spectator Amateur Press Society.

Awards

  • 1971 Nebula - Novelette "Dear Aunt Annie"
  • 1975 Nebula - Novelette winner "If the Stars Are Gods"

Quotes

Ted White, The WSFA Journal, : "Eklund is a major SF writer of long-standing, but he was a fan of some note for the decade that preceded his professional debut. In recent years he's combined the two to write fanfiction. 'Fanfiction' is defined here as 'fiction about fans'; this is its original definition and it still flourishes.... Most of Gordon's previous pieces of fanfiction have been short and ironic."

Novels

The Eclipse of Dawn A Trace of Dreams Beyond the Resurrection Inheritors of the Earth All Times Possible Serving in Time also known as Laser Books No. 6: Serving in Time Falling Toward Forever also known as Laser Books No. 10. Falling Toward Forever Dance of the Apocalypse also known as Laser Books No. 46. Dance of the Apocalypse The Grayspace Beast If the Stars Are Gods Twilight River The Garden of Winter Find the Changeling
  • ''A Thunder on Neptune''

Lord Tedric series

Series conceived by E. E. "Doc" SmithLord Tedric Space Pirates also known as Lord Tedric No. 2: Space Pirates Black Knight of the Iron Sphere also known as Lord Tedric III: Black Knight of the Iron Sphere Alien Realms as E. E. "Doc" Smith

''Star Trek''

The Starless World also known as Star Trek Adventures 3: The Starless World Devil World also known as ''Star Trek Adventures 8: Devil World''

Anthologies with Eklund stories

Universe 1 Universe 2 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 2 Chains of the Sea Universe 3 Universe 4 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 4 Nebula Award Stories 10 Universe 6 Universe 8 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 8 Beyond Reality Binary Star, No. 2 First Contact
  • ''The Science Fiction Century''

Short stories include

  • "Dear Aunt Annie"
  • "West Wind, Falling"
  • "Gemini Cavendish"
  • "To End All Wars"
  • "Grasshopper Time"
  • "Stalking the Sun"
  • "Free City Blues"
  • "The Shrine of Sebastian"
  • "The Ascending Aye"
  • "The Beasts in the Jungle"
  • "Moby, Too"
  • "If the Stars Are Gods"
  • "Tattered Stars, Tarnished Bars"
  • "What Did You Do Last Year?"
  • "Hellas Is Florida"
  • "Vermeer's Window"
  • "Objects Unidentified" "
  • "The Cross Road Blues"
  • "Sense of Wonder"
  • "I Said I Was Sorry Didnt I"