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Dr. Phil D’Amato is the central character in three science fiction mystery novelettes and three novels written by Paul Levinson. The first novelette, "The Chronology Protection Case", was adapted into a radio play which was nominated for an Edgar Award by the Mystery Writers of America. The first novel, ''The Silk Code'', won the Locus Award for the Best First Novel of 1999. The fictional D'Amato, who has a PhD in forensic science, is a detective with the NYPD. ==The Novelettes== ==="The Chronology Protection Case"=== Dr. Phil D’Amato debuted in "The Chronology Protection Case", published in the American magazine ''Analog'' in 1995. The novelette was nominated for Nebula and Sturgeon Awards. It has been reprinted five times: *''The Mammoth Book of Time Travel SF'' edited by Mike Ashley, 2013 *''The Best Time Travel Stories of All Time'' edited by Barry Malzberg, 2003 *''Nebula Awards 32: SFWA's Choices for the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year'' edited by Jack Dann, 1998 *''Supernatural Sleuths'' edited by Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg, 1996 *''Infinite Edge'', a webzine, 1997 The novelette was adapted into a radio play written by Mark Shanahan (with Paul Levinson and Jay Kensinger) in 2002, and performed at New York City's Museum of Television and Radio. In addition to being nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Play, the radio play was later recorded and released as an audiobook by Listen & Live/Audible.com in 2004. "The Chronology Protection Case" was also adapted into a student film by director Jay Kensinger, which premiered at the I-Con SF Convention in 2002, and was later released on DVD by MODVEC Productions. A review can be found (here ). A re-cut version of the movie, in black-and-white and with a new extended ending, was released in 2013. "The Chronology Protection Case" extrapolates from Stephen Hawking’s chronology protection conjecture, and posits a vengeful universe that seeks to protect itself from time travel by killing any scientists who discover or even begin to understand how to do it. ==="The Copyright Notice Case"=== D’Amato returned in "The Copyright Notice Case", published in Analog in 1996. The novelette was nominated for a Nebula Award, won the HOMer Award, and was reprinted in Levinson’s anthology, ''Bestseller: Wired, Analog, and Digital Writings'' in 1999. The novelette explores what might happen had an inviolable copyright notice been embedded in human DNA in the prehistoric past. Phil meets Jenna Katen for the first time in this story. 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「Phil D'Amato」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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