Jim Aikin
James Douglas Aikin 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.
Short works
- Cleaving, Amazing, November 1984
- Statues, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, November 1984
- Dance for the King, Omni, November 1984
- My Life in the Jungle, Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1985
- A Place to Stay for a Little While, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, 1986
- Dancing Among Ghosts, Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1988
- Run! Run!, Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 2008
- An Elvish Sword of Great Antiquity, Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 2009
- Leaving the Station, Asimov's Science Fiction, December 2009
Collections
- Beyond Armageddon
- The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories 13
- The Omni Book of Science Fiction 6
- ''The Year’s Best Fantasy: Second Annual Collection''
Novels
- Walk the Moons Road
- ''The Wall at the Edge of the World''
Interactive fiction
- Not Just an Ordinary Ballerina
- Last Resort
- Lydia's Heart
- Mrs. Pepper's Nasty Secret
- April in Paris
- A Flustered Duck
- ''The Only Possible Prom Dress''
Non-fiction works
- Power Tools for Synthesizer Programming
- A Player's Guide to Chords & Harmony
- Picture Yourself Playing Cello
- ''Csound Power!''
As editor
- The Guide To MIDI Orchestration
- Real World Digital Audio