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Wil McCarthy

{{Short description|American science fiction writer (born 1966)}}

{{Use American English|date=July 2022}}

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{{Infobox writer

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|09|16}}

| birth_place = Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.

| language = English

| nationality = American

| occupation = President, RavenBrick LLC

| genre = Science fiction

| subject = Science and technology

| awards = Prometheus Award

| website = {{URL|wilmccarthy.com}}

}}

Wil McCarthy (born September 16, 1966) is an American science fiction novelist, president and co-founder of RavenBrick (a solar technology company),{{citation|url=http://www.ravenbrick.com/goto/Management_Team|publisher=RavenBrick LLC|title=RavenBrick management team|access-date=2012-04-16}} and the science columnist for Syfy. He currently resides in Colorado.{{Cite journal|url=http://www.randomhouse.com/delrey/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780345485373|title='Bloom' author biography|publisher=Random House|access-date=2008-03-23}} Rich Man's Sky won the 2022 Prometheus Award. Beggar's Sky is a finalist for the 2025 Prometheus Award.

Wil McCarthy popularized the concept of programmable matter, which he calls wellstone.

Bibliography

{{Incomplete list|date=October 2023}}

=Novels=

  • {{cite book |title=Flies from the amber |date=1995 }}
  • {{cite book |title=Murder in the solid state |date=1996 }}
  • Bloom (1998) {{ISBN|0-345-40857-8}}
  • Antediluvian (2019) {{ISBN|978-1481484312}}{{citation|work=Publishers Weekly|title=Antediluvian|type=book review|date=October 2019|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-4814-8431-2}}

;Aggressor Six

  1. Aggressor Six (1994) {{ISBN|0-451-45405-7}}
  2. The Fall of Sirius (1996) {{ISBN|0-451-45485-5}}

;The Queendom of Sol

{{Details|The Queendom of Sol}}

  1. The Collapsium (2000) {{ISBN|0-345-40856-X}}Nebula Award nominee.
  2. The Wellstone (2003) {{ISBN|0-553-58446-4}}
  3. Lost in Transmission (2004) {{ISBN|0-553-58447-2}}
  4. {{cite book |title=To Crush the Moon |date=2005 }}

;Rich Man's Sky

  1. Rich Man's Sky (2021) {{ISBN|9781982125295}}{{citation|work=Publishers Weekly|title=Rich Man's Sky|type=book review|date=April 2021|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-982125-29-5}}
  2. Poor Man's Sky (2023) {{ISBN|9781982192341}}
  3. Beggar's Sky (2024) {{ISBN|9781982193188}}

= Short fiction =

;StoriesShort stories unless otherwise noted.

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width=25%|Title

!|Year

!|First published

!|Reprinted/collected

!|Notes

Wyatt Earp 2.0

|2016

|{{cite journal |author=McCarthy, Wil |date=January–February 2016 |title=Wyatt Earp 2.0|journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |volume=136 |issue=1&2 |pages=8–41}}

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|Novella

  • "Amerikano Hiaika", Aboriginal Science Fiction, May/June 1991.
  • "Dirtyside Down", Universe 3, 1994.
  • "The Dream of Houses", Analog, November 1995.Appeared on the Locus recommended reading list.
  • "The Dream of Castles", Analog, April 1997.
  • "The Dream of Nations", Analog, October 1998.
  • "Once Upon a Matter Crushed", Science Fiction Age, May 1999.Theodore Sturgeon Award Nominee.Became the first portion of The Collapsium.
  • "No Job Too Small", Aboriginal Science Fiction, Spring 2001.
  • "Pavement Birds", Analog, July/August 2002.
  • "He Died that Day, in Thirty Years", Once Upon a Galaxy, 2002
  • "Garbage Day", Analog, December 2002.Became part of The Wellstone.

=Non-fiction=

  • "[http://www.wilmccarthy.com/nature.pdf Programmable Matter]" (AKA "Programmable Matter: A Retrospective"), Nature, October 6, 2000. {{doi|10.1038/35036656}}.
  • "[https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.10/atoms.html Ultimate Alchemy]", Wired 9.10, October 2001
  • Hacking Matter (2003), {{ISBN|0-465-04428-X}}
  • "[https://spectrum.ieee.org/this-looks-like-a-job-forsuperatoms This Looks Like a Job for...Superatoms]", IEEE Spectrum, August 2005

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Other media

=Radio plays=

  • I Love Bees, writer{{citation|url=http://www.seanstewart.org/interactive/ilovebees/|author=Sean Stewart|author-link=Sean Stewart|title=I love bees information page|access-date=2012-04-18}}{{IMDb name|id=1788424}}

=Radio appearances=

  • Coast to Coast AM, "Programmable Matter", April 18, 2003{{citation|publisher=Coast to Coast AM|title=Programmable Matter|date=April 18, 2003|url=http://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2003/04/18}}
  • Coast to Coast AM, "Quantum Dots", April 26, 2004{{citation|publisher=Coast to Coast AM|title=Quantum Dots|date=April 26, 2004|url=http://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2004/04/26}}

References

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External links

  • [http://www.wilmccarthy.com/ WilMcCarthy.com]
  • {{isfdb name|id=Wil_McCarthy|name=Wil McCarthy}}
  • {{IMDb name|1788424}}
  • [http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=0&f=S&l=50&TERM1=mccarthy%2C+wil&FIELD1=&co1=AND&TERM2=&FIELD2=&d=PTXT Wil McCarthy U.S. patents]

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