{{Short description|American writer (born 1948)}} {{Infobox writer | name = Jim Aikin | image = | imagesize = | alt = | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_name = James Douglas Aikin | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1948}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = {{flatlist| * Editor * teacher * writer (music technology, science fiction) }} | citizenship = United States | notableworks = '''Music Technology''' *''Software Synthesizers: The Definitive Guide to Virtual Musical Instruments'' *''Power Tools for Synthesizer Programming''
'''Science fiction''' *''Walk the Moons Road'' *''The Wall at the Edge of the World'' | website = {{URL|http://www.musicwords.net/}} }}
'''James Douglas Aikin''' (born 1948)<ref name="locus">{{cite web|url=http://www.locusmag.com/index/s6.html#A123 |title=Stories, Listed by Author: Aikin, Jim |publisher=Locus Magazine |access-date=2007-06-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070223212517/http://www.locusmag.com/index/s6.html#A123 |archive-date=2007-02-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="sfbook">{{cite web|url=http://sfbook.com/modules.php?authorid=198 |title=Jim Aikin |publisher=SFBook.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060519101526/http://sfbook.com/modules.php?authorid=198 |archive-date=2006-05-19 }}</ref> 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''.<ref name="fsf200809">{{cite journal |last=Van Gelder |first= Gordon|author-link=Gordon Van Gelder|date=September 2008 |title=Run! Run! (headnote) |journal=Fantasy & Science Fiction |volume=115 |issue=3 |pages=153–160}}</ref><ref name="em">{{cite magazine|url=http://emusician.com/searchresults/?ord=d&terms=Jim+Aikin&x=0&y=0|title=Articles by Jim Aikin|magazine=Electronic Musician|access-date=2007-06-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927200610/http://emusician.com/searchresults/?ord=d&terms=Jim+Aikin&x=0&y=0|archive-date=2007-09-27|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Aikin sold his first fiction story to ''Fantasy & Science Fiction'' where it appeared in the February 1981 issue.<ref name="fsf200809"/>
==Bibliography== {{Library resources box|about=no|by=yes}} All titles listed chronologically.
===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'' (1985, "My Life in the Jungle") *''The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories 13'' (1987, "A Place to Stay for a Little While") *''The Omni Book of Science Fiction 6'' (1989, "Dance for the King") *''The Year’s Best Fantasy: Second Annual Collection'' (1989, "Dancing Among Ghosts")
===Novels=== *''Walk the Moons Road'' (May 1985, {{ISBN|0-345-32169-3}}, Del Rey) *''The Wall at the Edge of the World'' (March 1993, {{ISBN|0-441-87140-2}}, Ace Books)
===Interactive fiction=== *''Not Just an Ordinary Ballerina'' (1999) *''Last Resort'' (2006) *''Lydia's Heart'' (2007) *''Mrs. Pepper's Nasty Secret'' (2008, with Eric Eve) *''April in Paris'' (2008) *''A Flustered Duck'' (2009; winner of the Spring Thing) *''The Only Possible Prom Dress'' (2022)
===Non-fiction works=== *''Power Tools for Synthesizer Programming'' (January 2004, {{ISBN|0-87930-773-0}}, Backbeat Books) *''A Player's Guide to Chords & Harmony'' (June 2004, {{ISBN|0-87930-798-6}}, Backbeat Books) *''Picture Yourself Playing Cello'' (2012, {{ISBN|1-4354-5868-0}}, Course Technology) *''Csound Power!'' (2013, {{ISBN|1-4354-6004-9}}, Course Technology)
===As editor=== *''The Guide To MIDI Orchestration'' (3rd Edition, August 2004, {{ISBN|0-9646705-3-4}}, Musicworks Atlanta) *''Real World Digital Audio'' (2005-11-30, {{ISBN|0-321-30460-8}}, Peachpit Press)
<small>'''Sources:'''<ref name="locus"/><ref name="sfbook"/><ref name="fsf200809"/><ref name="em"/><ref name="scifan">{{cite web|url=http://www.scifan.com/writers/aa/AikinDJames.asp |title=Jim Aikin (bibliography, books, series, web links) |publisher=SciFan |access-date=2007-06-17 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930030118/http://www.scifan.com/writers/aa/AikinDJames.asp |archive-date=2007-09-30 }}</ref><ref name="resume">{{cite web|url=http://www.musicwords.net/resume.htm |title=Jim Aikin's Resume |access-date=2007-06-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070612121922/http://musicwords.net/resume.htm |archive-date=2007-06-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref></small>
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==External links== *{{isfdb name|id=Jim_Aikin|name=Jim Aikin}}
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