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Terry Bisson
| Full Name: |
Terry
Ballantine
Bisson |
| Born: |
February 12, 1942
Owensboro, Kentucky, USA |
| Died: |
January 10, 2024 |
| Occupation: |
writer |
| Nationality: |
American |
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Biography
Terry Bisson was an American science fiction and fantasy author, born on February 12, 1942, in Owensboro, Kentucky. His many novels include Talking Man (1986), Fire on the Mountain (1988), Voyage to the Red Planet (1990), Pirates of the Universe (1996), and The Pickup Artist (2001). His 1990 short story "Bears Discover Fire" won both the Hugo and the Nebula awards, and his all-dialogue story "They're Made Out of Meat" is one of the most widely-reprinted SF stories of the last several decades. He published several volumes of short fiction, including Bears Discover Fire and Other Stories (1993), In the Upper Room and Other Likely Stories (2000), Greetings (2005), and TVA Baby (2011), which takes its title from a Tor.com Original Story.
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