Stephen Goldin

{{short description|American novelist}} {{Infobox writer |name = Stephen Charles Goldin |image = |imagesize = 150px | |caption = |pseudonym = Stephen Goldin |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|2|28|mf=y}} |birth_place = [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |occupation = Author |alma_mater = [[University of California, Los Angeles]] |genre = [[Science fiction]], [[fantasy]] |movement = |magnum_opus = |debut_works = |influences = |influenced = |website = }}

'''Stephen Charles Goldin''' (born February 28, 1947) is an American [[science fiction]] and [[fantasy]] author.

==Biography== Goldin was born in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]].

A graduate of [[University of California Los Angeles|UCLA]] with a bachelor's degree in astronomy, he worked for the [[U.S. Navy]] as a civilian space scientist before becoming a full-time writer. He has also worked as a writer and editor for the ''[[San Francisco Ball]]'', designed and written manuals for a number of computer games, and co-taught a writing class at the [[California State University at Northridge]]. A member of the [[Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America]] (SFWA), he has served as editor of its ''SFWA Bulletin'' and held the position of the association's western regional director.

Goldin has been married twice, first to [[Kathleen Sky]] (from 1972 to 1982) and later to Mary Mason (from 1987 to present). He has collaborated with both in his fiction. Goldin lives in [[California]].

Goldin's "The Last Ghost" was a 1972 nominee for the [[Nebula Award]] for best [[short story]].<ref>[http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/NebulaNomList.html The LOCUS Index to SF Awards: Nebula Nominees List] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424095142/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/NebulaNomList.html |date=2012-04-24 }}</ref>

==Bibliography==

===Series=== * '''[[Family D'Alembert|Family d'Alembert]]''' (based on a novella by [[E. E. Smith|E.E. "Doc" Smith]]): # ''[[Imperial Stars]]'' (with E.E. "Doc" Smith, 1976) # ''[[Stranglers' Moon]]'' (1976) # ''The Clockwork Traitor'' (1977) # ''Getaway World'' (1977) # ''Appointment at Bloodstar'' (1978) # ''The Purity Plot'' (1978) # ''Planet of Treachery'' (1982) # ''Eclipsing Binaries'' (1983) # ''The Omicron Invasion'' (1984) # ''Revolt of the Galaxy'' (1985)

*'''Agents of ISIS''' (loosely based on Family D'Alembert but entirely the author's) # ''Tsar Wars'' (2010) # ''Treacherous Moon'' (2010) # ''Robot Mountain'' (2010) # ''Sanctuary Planet'' (2010) # ''Stellar Revolution'' (2010) # ''Purgatory Plot'' (2010) # ''Traitors' World'' (2010) # ''Counterfeit Stars'' (2010) # ''Outworld Invaders'' (2010) # ''Galactic Collapse'' (2010)

* '''The Parsina Saga''' ** ''Shrine of the Desert Mage'' (1988) ** ''The Storyteller and the Jann'' (1988) ** ''Crystals of Air and Water'' (1989) ** ''Treachery of the Demon King'' (2002) * '''The Rehumanization of Jade Darcy''' (with Mary Mason): ** ''Jade Darcy and the Affair of Honor'' (1988) ** ''Jade Darcy and the Zen Pirates'' (1990) * '''The Mindsaga''' ** ''Mindflight'' (1978) ** ''Mindsearch'' (2011)

===Novels=== * ''Herds'' (1975) * ''Caravan'' (1975) * ''Scavenger Hunt'' (1976) * ''Finish Line'' (1976) * ''Assault on the Gods'' (1977) * ''[[Trek to Madworld]]'' ([[Star Trek]]) (1979) * ''The Eternity Brigade'' (1980) * ''A World Called Solitude'' (1981) * ''And Not Make Dreams Your Master'' (1981) * ''Crossroads of the Galaxy'' (1999) * ''Polly!'' (2008) * ''Quiet Post'' (2014) * ''Into The Out'' (2016)

===Collections=== * ''The Last Ghost and Other Stories'' (collection) (1999) * ''Star Rooks'' (2004 - ebook only) (with Kathleen Sky) * ''Alien Murders'' (2009) * ''Angel in Black'' (2010)

===Anthologies (editor)=== * ''[[Protostars (book)|Protostars]]'' (1971) (with [[David Gerrold]]) * ''The Alien Condition'' (1973)

===Nonfiction=== * ''An Hour with Kathleen Sky'' (cassette [[audiobook]]) (1979) (with [[Kathleen Sky]]) * ''The Business of Being a Writer'' (1982) (with Kathleen Sky)

===Video games=== * ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation (1994 video game)|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' (1994) * ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation – A Final Unity]]'' (1995)

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{ISFDB name|id=Stephen_Goldin|name=Stephen Goldin}}

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