Tom Purdom
Thomas Edward Purdom was an American writer best known for science fiction and nonfiction. His story "Fossil Games" was a nominee for the Hugo Award for Best Novelette in 2000. He has also done music criticism since 1988. His works have been translated into German, Chinese, Burmese, Russian, and Czech. He lived in Philadelphia. Purdom died on January 14, 2024, at the age of 87.
Novels
;Collections- Lovers & Fighters, Starships & Dragons
Essays and reviews
- Various on Broad Street Review since 2011
| Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected | Notes |
| Sordman the Protector | 1960 | Novelette | ||
| Courting Time | 1966 | Novelette | ||
| Fossil games | 1999 | |||
| Warlord | 2013 | Novelette | ||
| A stranger from a foreign ship | 2013 | |||
| Bogdavi's dream | 2014 | Novelette | ||
| Day job | 2015 | Novelette |
Critical studies and reviews of Purdom's work
;Romance on four worlds;Notes