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Find sources: "Richard Foss" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (October 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Richard Foss Born (1956-10-07) October 7, 1956 (age 69) California, U.S. Occupation Author, journalist Nationality American Notable works Rum: A Global History **Richard Foss** is an American [journalist](/source/Journalist), [science fiction author](/source/List_of_science_fiction_authors), and food historian who has also chaired science fiction conventions and worked as a [travel agent](/source/Travel_agency), restaurant reviewer, theater director, and instructor in Elizabethan history and culinary history at Osher Institute/UCLA Extension. ## Writing career Foss's science fiction stories have been published in the magazine *[Analog](/source/Analog_Science_Fiction_and_Fact)* and the anthologies *[Alternate Generals II](/source/Alternate_Generals_II)* and *[The Enchanter Completed: A Tribute Anthology for L. Sprague de Camp](/source/The_Enchanter_Completed%3A_A_Tribute_Anthology_for_L._Sprague_de_Camp)*. His short story "[The History of Chan's Journey to the Celestial Regions](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_History_of_Chan%27s_Journey_to_the_Celestial_Regions&action=edit&redlink=1)", published in the April 2002 *[Analog](/source/Analog_Science_Fiction_and_Fact)*, was a nominee for the 2002 [Analog Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Analog_Award&action=edit&redlink=1) for Best Short Story. Foss's restaurant reviews have appeared in *The [Easy Reader](/source/Easy_Reader)*, *[Manhattan People](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manhattan_People&action=edit&redlink=1)*, *[Peninsula People](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peninsula_People&action=edit&redlink=1)*, *[LA CityBeat](/source/LA_CityBeat)*, and *[LA ValleyBeat](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=LA_ValleyBeat&action=edit&redlink=1)* magazine. He is currently on the Board of the Culinary Historians of Southern California. In 2012 his book *Rum: A Global History* was released by [Reaktion Books](/source/Reaktion_Books) in the Edible Series. His book *Food in the Air and Space: The Surprising History of Food and Drink in the Skies* appeared in December 2014 from [Rowman & Littlefield](/source/Rowman_%26_Littlefield). ## Bibliography ### Fiction - "The History of Chan's Journey to the Celestial Regions" (*Analog*, Apr. 2002) - "Probability Zero: Counterspy" (*Analog*, Jan. 2003) - "Probability Zero: Just an Average Guy" (*Analog*, Oct. 2003) - "Compadres" (with [S. M. Stirling](/source/S._M._Stirling)) (*[Alternate Generals II](/source/Alternate_Generals_II)*, ed. [Harry Turtledove](/source/Harry_Turtledove) and [Martin H. Greenberg](/source/Martin_H._Greenberg), [Baen Books](/source/Baen_Books), Mar. 2004) - "Ripples" (*[The Enchanter Completed: A Tribute Anthology for L. Sprague de Camp](/source/The_Enchanter_Completed%3A_A_Tribute_Anthology_for_L._Sprague_de_Camp)*, ed. [Harry Turtledove](/source/Harry_Turtledove), [Baen Books](/source/Baen_Books), 2005) - "Probability Zero: Keeping Track" (*Analog*, Nov. 2005) - "Incarnation in The Delta" (*Abyss and Apex*, Jan. 2009) - "To Leap the Highest Wall" (*Analog*, Jan./Feb. 2009) - "Madman's Bargain" (*Analog*, Mar. 2009) - "At Last the Sun" (*Analog*, Jun. 2010) ### Nonfiction - *Rum: A Global History* (2012) - *Food in the Air and Space: The Surprising History of Food and Drink in the Skies* (2014) ### Reviews - "*Singularity's Ring* by [Paul Melko](/source/Paul_Melko)" (*Analog*, Apr. 2009) - "*Blue War* by [Jeffrey Thomas](/source/Jeffrey_Thomas_(writer))" (*Analog*, Apr. 2009) - "*Death's Head: Maximum Offense* by [David Gunn](/source/David_Gunn_(author))" (*Analog*, Apr. 2009) - "*Pirate Sun* by [Karl Schroeder](/source/Karl_Schroeder)" (*Analog*, Apr. 2009) - "*Reading The Wind* by [Brenda Cooper](/source/Brenda_Cooper)" (*Analog*, Apr. 2009) - "*The Science Fiction Hall Of Fame, Volume Two B* by [Ben Bova](/source/Ben_Bova)" (*Analog*, Apr. 2009) - "*The Coming Convergence* by [Stanley Schmidt](/source/Stanley_Schmidt)" (*Analog*, Apr. 2009) ## References - [Richard Foss](https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Richard_Foss) at the [Internet Speculative Fiction Database](/source/Internet_Speculative_Fiction_Database) ## External links - [Official website](http://www.richardfoss.com/) - [Rum History website](http://www.rumhistory.com/) - [History of food in flight website](http://airfoodhistory.com/) - [Interview about rum history](http://www.easyreadernews.com/50552/thisll-warm-us-up-drinking-rum-with-richard-foss/) in [Easy Reader](/source/Easy_Reader) Newspaper, published in Hermosa Beach CA, 3 May 2012 Authority control databases International VIAF WorldCat National United States Czech Republic Latvia Other IdRef Yale LUX This article about an American science fiction writer is a stub. 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