American novelist (1942–2024)
Terry Bisson
Bisson in 2009
Born Terry Ballantine Bisson
(1942-02-12 ) February 12, 1942Died January 10, 2024(2024-01-10) (aged 81) Language English Alma mater Grinnell College University of Louisville Spouse Deirdre Holst Children 3
Terry Ballantine Bisson (February 12, 1942 – January 10, 2024) was an Americanscience fiction andfantasy author. He was best known for hisshort stories , including "Bears Discover Fire ", which won theHugo Award and theNebula Award , and "They're Made Out of Meat ".
Terry Ballantine Bisson was born on February 12, 1942,[ 1] Madisonville, Kentucky , and raised inOwensboro, Kentucky .[ 2] [ 3]
While a student atGrinnell College (Iowa ) in 1961, Bisson was one of a group of students who traveled toWashington, D.C. , during theCuban Missile Crisis supportingU.S. President John F. Kennedy 's "peace race". Kennedy invited the group to theWhite House (the first time protesters had ever been so recognized) and they met for several hours withMcGeorge Bundy . The group received wide press coverage, and this event is regarded as the start of the student peace movement. Over time, they came to be known as theGrinnell 14 .[ 4]
After leaving Grinnell College, Bisson graduated from theUniversity of Louisville in 1964. He lived "on and off" in New York City for most of the next four decades, before moving toOakland, California , in 2002. He became a "working" writer in 1981. A self-identified member of theNew Left , he operated Jacobin Books, a "revolutionary" mail-order book service, from 1985 to 1990, in partnership with Judy Jensen.[ 2] May 19th Communist Organization .[ 5]
Bisson was married three times. He and his first wife, Deirdre Holst, had three children. His second marriage was to Mary Corey. Bisson married his "longtime companion" Judy Jensen on December 24, 2004; the couple had one daughter, and Bisson was stepfather to Jensen's two children.[ 2] [ 6]
In the 1960s, early in his career, Bisson collaborated on several comic book stories with Clark Dimond, and he editedMajor Publications ' black-and-whitehorror -comicsmagazine Web of Horror , but left before the fourth issue.
Bisson's first novel wasWyrldmaker , a science fiction novel influenced byJames Blish's The Seedling Stars .[ 3] Talking Man (1986), a fantasy about the titular wizard living in the contemporary American South.[ 3]
In 1996, he wrote two three-partcomic book adaptations ofNine Princes in Amber The Guns of Avalon Roger Zelazny's Amber series.
In 1997, afterWalter M. Miller, Jr.'s death in 1996, Bisson completed Miller's unfinishedSaint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman A Canticle for Leibowitz [ 7]
Bisson died in the early morning on January 10, 2024, at the age of 81.[ 1]
Wyrldmaker (1981)Talking Man Fire on the Mountain Voyage to the Red Planet (1990) Pirates of the Universe (1996)The Pickup Artist (2001)Any Day Now (2012)Billy Billy and the Ants (2005)Billy and the Bulldozer (2005)Billy and the Talking Plant (2006)Billy and the Fairy (2006)Billy and the Unicorn (2006)Billy and the Spacemen (2006)Billy and the Circus Girl (2006)Billy and the Magic Midget (2006)Billy and the Wizard (2007)Billy and the Flying Saucer (2008)Billy's Book (2009; also appeared asBilly's Picture Book (2010)); as by Terry Bisson andRudy Rucker Billy and the Pond Vikings (2009)Billy and the Time Skateboard (2009)Billy and the WITHC (2009)Billy in Dinosaur City (2009)Gemini Jack (with Stephanie Spinner) Be First in the Universe (2000)Expiration Date: Never (2001)Star Wars Universe Star Wars: Clone Wars Star Wars: Boba Fett Boba Fett: The Fight to Survive (2002)Boba Fett: Crossfire (2002)The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (as Brad Quentin)Jonny Quest: The Demon of the Deep (1996)Jonny Quest: Peril in the Peaks (1997)Jonny Quest: Attack of the Evil Cyber-God (1997)Novelizations Bears Discover Fire and Other StoriesIn the Upper Room and Other Likely Stories (2000)Meucs (French language; 2003)Greetings (2005)Numbers Don't Lie (2005)The Left Left Behind (2009)TVA Baby and Other Stories (2011)Dear Abbey (2003)Planet of Mystery (2008)Catch 'Em in the Act (2010)TVA Baby (2011)The Cockroach Hat (2011)Short fiction series [ edit ] Wilson Wu and Irving collected inNumbers Don't Lie (2001) "The Hole in the Hole" (1994) "The Edge of the Universe" (1996) "Get Me to the Church on Time" (1998) Dialogue This Month in History "This Month in History"Locus "This Month in History"Locus #610 (2011) - #642 (2014) "Over Flat Mountain" (1990) "Bears Discover Fire " (1990) "The Two Janets" (1990) "The Coon Suit" (1991) "Carl's Lawn & Garden" (1992) "Two Guys from the Future" (1992) "Are There Any Questions?" (1992) "Canción Autentica de Old Earth" (1992) "Necronauts" (1993) England Underway (1993) "By Permit Only" (1993) "The Toxic Donut" (1993) "The Shadow Knows" (1993) "The Message" (1993) "George" (1993) "Partial People" (1993) "Tell Them They Are All Full of Shit and They Should Fuck Off" (1994) "Dead Man's Curve" (1994) "The Joe Show" (1994) "10:07:24" (1995) "There Are No Dead" (1995) ""Hawk" Debate Heats Up" (1996) "In the Upper Room" (1996) "An Office Romance" (1997) "The Reef Builders" (1997) withKaren Joy Fowler ,Maureen F. McHugh andRosaleen Love "The Player" (1997) "Incident at Oak Ridge" (1998) "First Fire" (1998) "Not This Virginia" (1999) "Smoother" (1999) "macs " (1999); also appeared as: "Macs" (1999) "Pleasantville Monster Project: A Film" (1999) "Lucy" (2000) "He Loved Lucy" (2000) "The Old Rugged Cross" (2001) "A View From the Bridge" (2001) "Charlie's Angels" (2001) "The Hugo Nominee (2002) "OpenClose" (2002) "I Saw the Light" (2002) "Come Dance with Me" (2003) "Dear Abbey" (2003) "Greetings" (2003) "Almost Home" (2003) "Death's Door" (2004) "Robert's Rules of Order" (play, 2004) "Scout's Honor" (2004) "Super 8" (2004) "Special Relativity" (2006) "2+2=5" (2006) withRudy Rucker "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" (2006); also appeared as "Brother Can You Spare a Dime?" (2011) "Put Up Your Hands" (2006) "Pirates of the Somali Coast" (2007) "BYOB FAQ" (2007) "Captain Ordinary" (2008) "The Stamp" (2008) "Let Their People Go: The Left Left Behind" (2008); also appeared as "The Left Left Behind: "Let Their People Go!"" (2008) "Private Eye" (2008) "Catch 'Em in the Act" (2008) "Planet of Mystery" (2008) "TVA Baby" (2009) "Corona Centurion™ FAQ" (2009); also appeared as "Corona FAQ" (2011) "Farewell Atlantis" (2009) "The Cockroach Hat" (2010) "About It" (2010) "Teen Love Science Club" (2010) "A Special Day" (2011) "Where the Lost Things Are" (2014) withRudy Rucker [ edit ] In the upper room and other likely stories ^a b "Terry Bisson (1942-2024)" .Locus . Retrieved2024-01-06 .^a b c Bisson, Terry (11 April 2019)."TERRY BISSON of the UNIVERSE: Life & Works" . Retrieved17 January 2024 . ^a b c Paul Kincaid, "Bisson, Terry (Ballentine)", inDavid Pringle ,St. James Guide to Fantasy Writers . New York, St. James Press.ISBN 1558622055 ^ Grinnell Magazine, Fall 2011: The Grinnell 14 Go to Washington Archived 2020-02-04 at theWayback Machine ^ Reverby, Susan (2020).Co-conspirator for Justice: The Revolutionary Life of Dr. Alan Berkman . Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. p. 117. ^ "People and Publishing,"Locus ^ Bisson, Terry (1997)."A CANTICLE FOR MILLER; or, How I Met Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman but not Walter M. Miller, Jr" . Archived fromthe original on 10 February 2016. Retrieved13 December 2015 .
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