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Walter Jon Williams (born 1953) is an American writer, primarily of science fiction. Previously he wrote nautical adventure fiction under the name Jon Williams, a series of historical novels set during the age of sail, Privateers and Gentlemen (1981–1984).〔 ==Career== As Jon Williams, he designed the game ''Heart of Oak'' (1982) and ''Privateers and Gentlemen'' (1983) for Fantasy Games Unlimited. A ''Cyberpunk'' RPG sourcebook called ''Hardwired'' (1989) was licensed by R. Talsorian Games, based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Williams.〔 Several of Williams' novels have a distinct cyberpunk feel to them, notably ''Hardwired'' (also an homage to Roger Zelazny's novel ''Damnation Alley''), ''Voice of the Whirlwind'' and ''Angel Station''. However, he has explored a number of different styles and genres, including farce (e.g., the ''Majistral'' series), postcyberpunk space opera (''Aristoi''), military science fiction (''Dread Empire's Fall'' series), alternative history (''Wall, Stone, Craft''), science fantasy/arcanepunk (''Metropolitan'' and ''City on Fire''), disaster thriller (''The Rift''), a Star Wars novel (''The New Jedi Order: Destiny's Way'') and historical adventure (''Privateers and Gentlemen'' series), and police procedural (''Days of Atonement''), usually in a science fiction context. He has also contributed to some of the Wild Cards cooperative novels. Williams was born in Duluth, Minnesota and attended the University of New Mexico, where he received his BA degree in 1975. He currently lives in Valencia County, south of Albuquerque in New Mexico. Williams played roleplaying games (in a group with other sf authors including George R. R. Martin and Melinda Snodgrass, which led to him becoming a contributor to their ''Wild Cards'' series) and has written both fiction and rulebooks for the games ''Privateers and Gentlemen'' from Fantasy Games Unlimited and ''Cyberpunk'' from R. Talsorian Games. In 2006, Williams founded the Taos Toolbox, a two-week writer's workshop for fantasy and science fiction writers. 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「Walter Jon Williams」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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