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2007-02-07

著名科幻作家杰弗里-兰迪斯(Geoffrey A. Landis)的个人网页内容

Geoffrey A. Landis

scientist and science-fiction writer

http://www.sff.net/people/geoffrey.landis

"Landis's finest success transcends mental acuity and dazzling storytelling: he gives "hard" science fiction a heart."
--Publisher's Weekly

"One of the best hard science-fiction writers ever. He really knows his stuff."
--Gregory Benford



Welcome to Geoffrey Landis's home page! The page does get a change now and then, so check back later and see
what's new

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my name in Chinese
Last updated: Feb. 5, 2006
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cover of Impact Parameter
Impact Parameter (and other quantum realities)
Award-winning short stories by Geoffrey A. Landis
$24.95 hardcover
Read the Reviews

order the Golden Gryphon press collector's edition of Impact Parameter:
"Science fiction at its best" --Charles Sheffield
My first novel, Mars Crossing , is available from Tor Books.
--Reviews --
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*   Winner of the Locus Award for best first novel  *

"... Geoffrey A. Landis has married the Zubrin-style bootstrap Mars expedition with the desperate, against-all-odds trek across a hostile wilderness toward a sole hope of survival. In Mars Crossinghe's done an excellent job in a classic vein, and the result is a ripping good yarn."
--Tom Easton, Analog

What people have to say about Mars Crossing:
Looking for science fiction in e-book format? Four of my stories are available in electronic form from Fictionwise ("excellence in eBooks for Palm, Pocket PC, eBookMan, WinCE, and PCs.")
Mars Exploration Rovers "Spirit" and "Opportunity" continue to explore Mars!
hills on the Spirit landing site


Appearances

Lectures

Conventions

I attend one or two science-fiction conventions each year. Look for me at:

Brief biography
bibliography of science fiction
Bibliography of reprints in translation
Geoffrey Landis bibliography compiled by the ISFDB

Me

Geoffrey A. Landis with Spirit model
me posing with the "Spirit" rover
photo by Barbara Sprungman


Writing is not my full time job. Right now I am the Ronald E. McNair-NASA Visiting Professor of Astronautics at M.I.T.

FAQs


Answers to some of the questions that people often ask me.
  • "What have you written recently?"
    See What's New.
  • "Are your stories available in a collection?"
    Yes, a short story collection, "Impact Parameter (and other quantum realities)" is available from Golden Gryphon Press . And many of my stories can be found in anthologies available from your local bookseller, or from Amazon
  • "In Mars Crossing, you quote lyrics from a song, "Abbas abd'el Sami." Is this song available anywhere?
    The lyrics are here: Abbas abd'el Sami. If you want the music, you'll have to write it yourself.
  • "In Mars Crossing, you show an expedition making rocket fuel on Mars. Is this real technology, or only science fiction?"
    It's real technology. Look at information and links about making rocket propellant on Mars.
  • "Do you have another novel coming out?"
    Recently I've written some short stories (see the "what's next" section in What's New. )
  • "Are you working on another novel?"
    I have a contract to write two novels, which will come out from Tor Books. No release date for these, though.
  • "Is one of these a sequel to Mars Crossing ?"
    The second one will have a section that takes place on Mars, although it's not a sequel. I'm eagerly waiting (and working on!) results of the upcoming missions to Mars


Science Stuff

  • You can find links to projects I've worked on here and there on the net.
  • I am a member of the science team of the Mars Exploration Rovers mission, two highly-capable rovers named "Spirit" and "Opportunity" that are currently roving across the surface of Mars.
  • Mars Pathfinder is one of the projects I worked on.
    me with rover model
    me posing with the Pathfinder "Sojourner" rover
    JPEG of me posing with the Pathfinder airbags
    Sojourner
    Here's my experiment (visible at the lower right corner of the Sojourner's solar panel) on Mars!

  • I worked on MIP, a project to demonstrate making oxygen for rocket fuel on the surface of Mars.
  • I also work on the design of airplanes to fly in the atmosphere of Mars and Venus (see pdf files here ).
  • I was principle investigator on a solar cell testbed project.
  • An especially fun project was working with a bunch of physicists and physicist/SF-writers at a NASA workshop on Faster than Light Travel. One result of this was that we determined that cosmic wormholes could have net negative mass. This paper was so interesting that the University of California put out a press release about it! I was featured in Discover magazine article about faster than light travel; the article is available from Findarticles.com, and you can also read my comments about the article.
  • Another project I spent a lot of time working on is developing was laser power beaming to power spacecraft. You can read a brief overview.
  • If you really want more details, you are welcome to see my complete scientific bibliography.

In the News


Photo Gallery

A gallery of pictures, mostly snapshots of me and various stuff I've been around.

Science Forum

Between 1992 and 2000, I was a participant in the "Science Forum" of the magazine Science Fiction Age. Here are five of the Science Forum columns that I conducted or participated in.


Essays


Science Fiction

Analog Cover
Cover by Jack Gaughan for "Elemental "

Two short-short stories and a couple of poems about time travel

Other stories:


More about Me: Views, Reviews, and Interviews

Interviews

Views and Reviews


Links & Stuff


Want to know what I'm up to lately, or just say hi?
Visit my newsgroup on SFF.net and leave a message-- or drop by and just hang out.
If you prefer a blog, my news and chat is now available in blog form as well


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