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Geoff Ryman (born 1951) is a writer of science fiction, fantasy, historical fiction, he was also one of the founding members of the Mundane science fiction movement. In 2008 a Mundane SF issue of Interzone magazine was published, guest edited by Geoff Ryman, Julian Todd and Trent Walters. Ryman says he knew he was a writer "before () could talk", with his first work published in his Mother's newspaper column at six years of age.〔http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/nonfiction/intgr.htm〕 He is most well known for his science fiction writing, however his first novel was the fantasy ''The Warror Who Carried Life'', and his revisionist fantasy ''Was'' has been called "his most accomplished work".〔Ency fantasy〕 Much of his work is based on travels to Cambodia. The first of these The Unconquered Country (1986) was winner of the World Fantasy Award and British Science Fiction Association Award. His novel The King's Last Song (2006) was set both in the Angkor Wat era and the time after Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge.〔http://www.arts.manchester.ac.uk/newwriting/about/geoffryman/〕 He was guest of honour at Novacon in 1989 and has twice been a guest speaker at Microcon, in 1994 and in 2004.〔(''Ansible #199'', February 2004 )〕〔(''Ansible #79'', February 1994 )〕〔(John Grant: Gulliver Unravels: Generic Fantasy and the Loss of Subversion - infinity plus non-fiction )〕 He was also the guest of honour at Gaylaxicon 2008.〔http://www.gaylaxicon2008.org/author.html〕 Ryman has written and published seven novels, inclusding an early example of a hypertext novel, ''253, or Tube Theatre''. He is currently at work on a new historical novel set in the United States before the Civil War.〔 His novels and novelas have won multiple awards, including the World Fantasy Award, and his novel ''Was'' was inducted into the Gaylactic Spectrum Hall of Fame. His novel Air'' was nominated for eight awards, winning four. In total, Ryman's works have been nominated for 59 speculative fiction awards. ==Arthur C. Clarke Awards== The Arthur C. Clarke Award is a British award given for the best science fiction novel first published in the United Kingdom during the previous year. The award was established with a grant from Arthur C. Clarke and the first prize was awarded in 1987. The book is chosen by a panel of judges from the British Science Fiction Association, the Science Fiction Foundation and a third organization, currently SF Crowsnest. It is now administered by the Serendip Foundation. The winner receives a prize consisting of a number of pounds sterling equal to the current year (£2008 for year 2008). In recent years, the award has been presented on the opening night of the SCI-FI-LONDON film festival. |- | 1990 || ''The Child Garden''|| Arthur C. Clarke Award || |- | 2005|| ''Air, or Have not Have'' || Arthur C. Clarke Award || 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of awards and nominations received by Geoff Ryman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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