Jim Aikin

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| birth_name = James Douglas Aikin

| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1948}}

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Editor
teacher
writer (music technology, science fiction)

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| citizenship = United States

| notableworks = Music Technology

Software Synthesizers: The Definitive Guide to Virtual Musical Instruments
Power Tools for Synthesizer Programming

Science fiction

Walk the Moons Road
The Wall at the Edge of the World

| website = {{URL|http://www.musicwords.net/}}

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James Douglas Aikin (born 1948){{cite web|url=http://www.locusmag.com/index/s6.html#A123 |title=Stories, Listed by Author: Aikin, Jim |publisher=Locus Magazine |access-date=2007-06-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070223212517/http://www.locusmag.com/index/s6.html#A123 |archive-date=2007-02-23 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://sfbook.com/modules.php?authorid=198 |title=Jim Aikin |publisher=SFBook.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060519101526/http://sfbook.com/modules.php?authorid=198 |archive-date=2006-05-19 }} is an American science fiction writer based in Livermore, California. He is also a music technology writer, an interactive fiction writer, freelance editor and writer, cellist, and teacher. He frequently writes articles for various music industry magazines, including Electronic Musician, Keyboard Magazine, and Mix.{{cite journal |last=Van Gelder |first= Gordon|author-link=Gordon Van Gelder|date=September 2008 |title=Run! Run! (headnote) |journal=Fantasy & Science Fiction |volume=115 |issue=3 |pages=153–160}}{{cite magazine|url=http://emusician.com/searchresults/?ord=d&terms=Jim+Aikin&x=0&y=0|title=Articles by Jim Aikin|magazine=Electronic Musician|access-date=2007-06-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927200610/http://emusician.com/searchresults/?ord=d&terms=Jim+Aikin&x=0&y=0|archive-date=2007-09-27|url-status=dead}}

Aikin sold his first fiction story to Fantasy & Science Fiction where it appeared in the February 1981 issue.

Bibliography

All titles listed chronologically.

=Short works=

Cleaving, Amazing, November 1984
Statues, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, November 1984
Dance for the King, Omni, November 1984
My Life in the Jungle, Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1985
A Place to Stay for a Little While, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, 1986
Dancing Among Ghosts, Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1988
Run! Run!, Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 2008
An Elvish Sword of Great Antiquity, Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 2009
Leaving the Station, Asimov's Science Fiction, December 2009

==Collections==

Beyond Armageddon (1985, "My Life in the Jungle")
The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories 13 (1987, "A Place to Stay for a Little While")
The Omni Book of Science Fiction 6 (1989, "Dance for the King")
The Year’s Best Fantasy: Second Annual Collection (1989, "Dancing Among Ghosts")

=Novels=

Walk the Moons Road (May 1985, {{ISBN|0-345-32169-3}}, Del Rey)
The Wall at the Edge of the World (March 1993, {{ISBN|0-441-87140-2}}, Ace Books)

=Interactive fiction=

Not Just an Ordinary Ballerina (1999)
Last Resort (2006)
Lydia's Heart (2007)
Mrs. Pepper's Nasty Secret (2008, with Eric Eve)
April in Paris (2008)
A Flustered Duck (2009; winner of the Spring Thing)
The Only Possible Prom Dress (2022)

=Non-fiction works=

Power Tools for Synthesizer Programming (January 2004, {{ISBN|0-87930-773-0}}, Backbeat Books)
A Player's Guide to Chords & Harmony (June 2004, {{ISBN|0-87930-798-6}}, Backbeat Books)
Picture Yourself Playing Cello (2012, {{ISBN|1-4354-5868-0}}, Course Technology)
Csound Power! (2013, {{ISBN|1-4354-6004-9}}, Course Technology)

=As editor=

The Guide To MIDI Orchestration (3rd Edition, August 2004, {{ISBN|0-9646705-3-4}}, Musicworks Atlanta)
Real World Digital Audio (2005-11-30, {{ISBN|0-321-30460-8}}, Peachpit Press)

Sources:{{cite web|url=http://www.scifan.com/writers/aa/AikinDJames.asp |title=Jim Aikin (bibliography, books, series, web links) |publisher=SciFan |access-date=2007-06-17 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930030118/http://www.scifan.com/writers/aa/AikinDJames.asp |archive-date=2007-09-30 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.musicwords.net/resume.htm |title=Jim Aikin's Resume |access-date=2007-06-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070612121922/http://musicwords.net/resume.htm |archive-date=2007-06-12 |url-status=dead }}