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Rick Wilber

St. Petersburg, Florida

Novelist, editor, textbook author, short-story writer, essayist.

Interests: Writing, reading, editing, teaching, soccer, baseball, science fiction, thrillers, and more. rickwilber@tampabay.rr.com.

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"The Secret City" novella is short-listed for the Sidewise Award.

"The Secret City," my story from the September/October 2018 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine, has been named a finalist for the Sidewise Award, which each year honors the best alternate-history stories in both Short Form and Long Form. I'm delighted to be shortlisted for this great award! The story... Continue reading

Posted Aug 19, 2019 at Rick Wilber's Blog

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Making History: Classic Alternate History Stories

I'm delighted to report that I am the editor of a reprint anthology, MAKING HISTORY: CLASSIC ALTERNATE HISTORY STORIES, that is now out in ebook form from New Word City publishers. A print edition will follow in a few weeks. I am the editor. Many of the stories were award... Continue reading

Posted Mar 9, 2019 at Rick Wilber's Blog

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The Moe Berg Episodes reprints four stories from Asimov's SF magazine

The Moe Berg Episodes: Alternate Histories of the Ballplayer and Spy, is available now in the Kindle store on Amazon and at other digital bookstores. The book reprints, in order of their appearance in Asimov's Science Fiction magazine, my four alternate history stori es featuring a fictional version of the... Continue reading

Posted Oct 24, 2018 at Rick Wilber's Blog

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Some nice reviews of "Today is Today" and "The Secret City"

I don't pay any attention to reviews except, when, like, you know, I do. So I'll admit to being pleased when a reviewer seems to find the same sweet spot in reading the story that I found when I writing it. In this case, over the past two or three... Continue reading

Posted Sep 1, 2018 at Rick Wilber's Blog

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More Moe! "The Secret City" novella is in the Sept/Oct Asimov's

I'm delighted to see my "The Secret City" novella out in the September/October 2018 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine. It's my fourth alternate-history/Moe Berg story. All four have appeared in Asimov's, and they'll be out as an ebook with a print edition sometime this fall. In the Asimov's website... Continue reading

Posted Aug 25, 2018 at Rick Wilber's Blog

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"The Wandering Warriors" collaboration with Alan Smale romps through Rome

About the most pure fun I've had in writing in many years came from working with writer Alan Smale to create "The Wandering Warriors," a novella that was the cover story for the May/June 2018 Asimov's Science Fiction magazine, and will be out on its own as a short ebook... Continue reading

Posted Jun 18, 2018 at Rick Wilber's Blog

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The Cold Road is back!

I'm delighted to report that a new edition of my novel, The Cold Road, from New Word City, Inc., is now available in ebook form on Amazon and elsewhere. In The Cold Road, young Melissa O'Malley has inherited a strange obeah sensitivity from her Jamaican mother and grandmother, and it... Continue reading

Posted Aug 29, 2017 at Rick Wilber's Blog

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Alien Morning named a finalist for Campbell Award for Best SF Novel of 2016

I'm delighted to report that Alien Morning (Tor Books, 2016), has been named a Finalist for the John W. Campbell Award for Best Science Fiction Novel of 2016. You can read about the award and see the list of finalists here: http://www.sfcenter.ku.edu/campbell-finalists.htm . Frankly, it's a great list and I'm... Continue reading

Posted Jun 7, 2017 at Rick Wilber's Blog

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Alien Morning Makes a Recommended Reading list and Is Named a Bestseller

I was very pleased to see another positive review of Alien Morning, this one in the San Jose Mercury News. And that same week the February issue of Locus magazine (a top industry magazine that keeps track of the science-fiction and fantasy fields) my Alien Morning novel made the Recommended... Continue reading

Posted Feb 11, 2017 at Rick Wilber's Blog

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Signing and reading in Fort Collins and San Diego this week

I had a great time at the Tampa Bay Times Festival of Reading, chatting about the book and reading a couple of short excerpts. Host Allan Smith did a great job of introducing me, and that's him on the left here, me on the right. Tampa Bay Times Book Editor... Continue reading

Posted Nov 15, 2016 at Rick Wilber's Blog

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SF in SF today! I'm heading west to San Francisco,...

SF in SF today! I'm heading west to San Francisco, where I'm reading from Alien Morning and chatting about the book. I'm there with terrific writer Nick Mamatas. If you're in the area, stop by this evening. Here's the link: http://www.sfinsf.org/?p=2200 Continue reading

Posted Nov 13, 2016 at Rick Wilber's Blog

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I had a great time at the Tampa Bay Times Festival...

I had a great time at the Tampa Bay Times Festival of Reading in St. Pete, FL. Read some excerpts from Alien Morning and then talked about the book, and then over to the signing desk to sign some copies. Beautiful day, big crowds, great fun. Continue reading

Posted Nov 13, 2016 at Rick Wilber's Blog

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I'm doing a Reddit AMA today, Nov. 11th, at noon,...

I'm doing a Reddit AMA today, Nov. 11th, at noon, talking about the Alien Morning novel. Join us, and Ask Me Anything! Continue reading

Posted Nov 11, 2016 at Rick Wilber's Blog

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The One Book That Changed My Life Three Times

Tor. com recently asked me to write a piece on the one book that changed my life. I knew which book to talk about instantly, Walter M. Miller's famous "A Canticle for Leibowitz," which won science fiction's Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1961. It changed my life -- or... Continue reading

Posted Nov 10, 2016 at Rick Wilber's Blog

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My Book, The Movie: What if "Alien Morning" was turned into a feature film?

Here's a fun interview with blogger Marshal Zeringue. He wanted my thoughts on who I'd cast in the major roles of the movie version of my Alien Morning novel. I had some good fun thinking this through. Take a look and see what you think. http://mybookthemovie.blogspot.com/2016/11/rick-wilbers-alien-morning.html Wednesday, November 9, 2016... Continue reading

Posted Nov 9, 2016 at Rick Wilber's Blog

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Launch Day! Rick Wilber's "Alien Morning" (Tor Books) is available now

Today is launch day for my Alien Morning novel. Check it out in your local independent bookstore, or online in the usual places. I could tell you all about it, but I think I'll let some of these top reviewers and famous writers do that, instead. Here are a few... Continue reading

Posted Nov 8, 2016 at Rick Wilber's Blog

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Paul Semel Interviews Me About Alien Morning.

Had a great interview the other day with blogger/writer Paul Semel, about my Alien Morning novel. This interview covers a lot of ground, from what about the book's movie possibilities to where did those aliens come from? This interview gave me a chance to talk a little bit about what... Continue reading

Posted Nov 7, 2016 at Rick Wilber's Blog

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This is launch week for my new novel, Alien...

This is launch week for my new novel, Alien Morning, and to kick off the week here's a story from writing colleague and pal Lawrence Schoen about traveling through Ireland with my wife, our good friends Gay and Joe Haldeman, and a group of students we had with us. Joe... Continue reading

Posted Nov 7, 2016 at Rick Wilber's Blog

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ALIEN MORNING approaches pub date and gets some great comments.

I'm delighted to report that my new novel, Alien Morning, is scheduled for publication on November 8th, 2016. The novel, published by Tor Books, is the first of a trilogy, and while I've been copy-editing proofs and working with the fine promotional staff at Tor to nail down some book... Continue reading

Posted Aug 31, 2016 at Rick Wilber's Blog

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Miy "Walking to Boston" novelette in the...

Miy "Walking to Boston" novelette in the October/November issues of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine got a nice review from Locus Online (one of the top review sites). Reviewer Lois Tilton gave it a Recommended (the only Recommended she gave for this particular round of reviews) and said "Wilber is a... Continue reading

Posted Sep 26, 2015 at Rick Wilber's Blog

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"Walking to Boston" novelette in October/November Asimov's magazine

My novelette, "Walking to Boston," is in the current Oct/Nov issue of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine. The story is in conversation with a story I published nearly 15 years ago, "Where Garagiola Waits" where a woman suffering from Alzheimer's is able to manipulate time and, apparently, space to give her... Continue reading

Posted Sep 14, 2015 at Rick Wilber's Blog

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Kindle edition of Field of Fantasies on sale for $1.99

If you've been waiting for the Big Sale on the Kindle edition of the Field of Fantasies anthology, this is your moment. Starting today the Kindle edition is on sale for $1.99. Reprints of great stories by Stephen King and Stewart O'Nan, Karen Joy Fowler, Jack Kerouac (!), Rod Serling,... Continue reading

Posted Feb 23, 2015 at Rick Wilber's Blog

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Red Planet Blues by Robert J. Sawyer

I read "Red Planet Blues" this week (at last), from pal Robert J. Sawyer, and thought it was a great blend of hard-boiled private eye murder and mayhem with classic near-future Martian hard sf. It has its own sort of Maltese Falcon to fret over, plenty of violence and suspense,... Continue reading

Posted Feb 8, 2015 at Fifty Fives

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F. Scott and Zelda

I've become a Stewart O'Nan fan! Who knew? I really hadn't read any of his work until I acquired O'Nan and Stephen King's story, "A Face in the Crowd," for my Field of Fantasies anthology. Curious, I read "West of Sunset" and was wowed by it. It's a novelization of... Continue reading

Posted Feb 8, 2015 at Fifty Fives

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"Field of Fantasies" anthology gets some great reviews

My anthology, Field of Fantasies (Night Shade/Skyhorse), has garnered some great reviews. Chicago Tribune reviewer Gary Wolfe included it in his science fiction roundup, along with new work by Paolo Bacigalupi and Jonathan Carroll. It was great to be in that kind of company since I'm a major admirer of... Continue reading

Posted Jan 22, 2015 at Rick Wilber's Blog

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