Howard V. Hendrix

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Xavier University (BS)
University of California, Riverside (MA, PhD)}}

| period = 1981–present

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Howard Vincent Hendrix (born 1959) is an American scholar and science fiction writer. He is the author of the novels Lightpaths and Standing Wave, Better Angels, Empty Cities of the Full Moon, The Labyrinth Key, and Spears of God. His early short stories are found in the ebook Mobius Highway.

Early life, family and education

Howard Vincent Hendrix was born in 1959{{cite magazine |url= http://www.locusmag.com/index/s309.htm#A7254| title= Stories, Listed by Author| magazine=Locus |access-date=March 27, 2013}} in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.

He graduated in 1980 with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Xavier University. He earned a Master's (1982) and a Ph.D (1987) in English literature from the University of California, Riverside.{{cite web|url=http://howardvhendrix.com/biographics|title=Biographics| website= howardvhendrix.com| first=Howard V. |last= Hendrix |access-date=March 27, 2013}}

Career

Hendrix published his first short story, "Bad/Night/Vision", in 1983 in UC Riverside's art and literary journal, Mosaic. Since then, he has published over 30 short stories and poems as well as six science fiction novels, beginning with Lightpaths in September 1997 through Ace Books. His most recent novel is the 2006 Spears of God, published through Del Rey. His poem "Bumbershoot" won the 2010 Dwarf Stars Award from the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association.{{cite web| url= http://www.fresnostate.edu/artshum/english/faculty/hendrix-howard.html| title= Howard Hendrix| website= fresnostate.edu| publisher= Department of English, California State University, Fresno| date= | access-date= February 11, 2021| archive-date= March 5, 2021| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210305045237/http://fresnostate.edu/artshum/english/faculty/hendrix-howard.html| url-status= dead}}

He is an English professor at California State University, Fresno.

Bibliography

= Novels =

{{cite book |title=Lightpaths |year=1997}}
{{cite book |title=Standing Wave |year=1998}}
Better Angels (1999)
Empty Cities of the Full Moon (2001)
The Labyrinth Key (2004)
Spears of God (2006)

Awards

Abraham L. Polonsky Award winner, 1983, for "Bad/Night/Vision"{{citation needed|date=March 2013}}
Writers of the Future Third Quarter First Place, 1986, for "In the Smoke"{{cite magazine|url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Hubbard1986.html#wr3|title=The Locus Index to SF Awards: 1986 Hubbard Writers/Illustrators of the Future|access-date=March 26, 2013|magazine=Locus|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025193122/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Hubbard1986.html#wr3|archive-date=October 25, 2012}}
Nebula Award nominee (several times), Science Fiction Writers of America, 1986–1994{{citation needed|date=March 2013}}
Theodore Sturgeon Award nominee, 1994, for "At the Shadow of a Dream"{{cite magazine|url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/SturgeonNomList.html|title=The Locus Index to SF Awards: Sturgeon Nominees List|access-date=March 26, 2013|magazine=Locus|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130110011408/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/SturgeonNomList.html|archive-date=January 10, 2013}}
Pushcart Prize nominee, 1989, for "The Art of Memory"{{citation needed|date=March 2013}}

International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day

Hendrix created a stir among science fiction and fantasy fans and authors with a LiveJournal posting on April 12, 2007.{{cite web|url=http://community.livejournal.com/sfwa/10039.html |title=Howard V. Hendrix, SFWA's current V.P. |first=Howard V. |last=Hendrix |editor1-first=Will |editor1-last=Shetterly |editor1-link=Will Shetterly |date=April 12, 2007 |access-date=March 26, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090104175657/http://community.livejournal.com/sfwa/10039.html |archive-date=January 4, 2009 }} The purpose of the posting was to explain, in part, why he would not be seeking the presidency of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America after having served as its vice president. He criticized authors who offer their works for free on the internet, either as written works, or recorded as podcasts. His comments have drawn criticism from a number of other authors, such as Jo Walton, Michael A. Stackpole,[http://www.stormwolf.com/thesecrets/podcasts/tsvse01.mp3 Audio response by Michael A. Stackpole to Hendrix] John Scalzi,[http://community.livejournal.com/sfwa/11289.html Response to Hendrix by John Scalzi] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070428133014/http://community.livejournal.com/sfwa/11289.html |date=2007-04-28 }} and David Wellington,[http://www.brokentype.com/davidwellington/2007/04/message_from_a.html Response to Hendrix by David Wellington] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070502215912/http://www.brokentype.com/davidwellington/2007/04/message_from_a.html |date=2007-05-02 }} and resulted in International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day.

References

External links

[https://archive.today/20120712231621/http://papersky.livejournal.com/320114.html Celebration of International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day]
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Category:1959 births

Category:Living people

Category:20th-century American novelists

Category:21st-century American novelists

Category:American male novelists

Category:American science fiction writers

Category:University of California, Riverside alumni

Category:Writers from Cincinnati

Category:Xavier University alumni

Category:American male short story writers

Category:20th-century American poets

Category:21st-century American poets