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Howard Waldrop


Born
in Houston, Mississippi, The United States
September 15, 1946

Died
January 14, 2024

Genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Short Stories, Fantasy


Howard Waldrop was an American science fiction author who worked primarily in short fiction, with shorties that combined elements such as alternate history, American popular culture, the American South, old movies, classical mythology, and rock 'n' roll music. He received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2021. ...more

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Average rating: 3.8 · 28,021 ratings · 2,699 reviews · 174 distinct works • Similar authors
Them Bones
3.88 avg rating — 728 ratings — published 1984 — 13 editions
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Howard Who?
4.03 avg rating — 233 ratings — published 1986 — 8 editions
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Night of the Cooters
4.05 avg rating — 132 ratings — published 1990 — 9 editions
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Things Will Never Be the Sa...
4.17 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions
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The Ugly Chickens
4.02 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 2000
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Horse of a Different Color
4.09 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions
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Custer's Last Jump and Othe...
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4.12 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions
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4.03 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 1987 — 2 editions
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A Dozen Tough Jobs
4.22 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1989 — 2 editions
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Going Home Again
4.34 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions
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“I can't die yet - I haven't seen The Jolson Story!”
― Howard Waldrop
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“Gravestones tell truth scarcely fourty years. Generations pass while some trees stand, and old Families last not three Oaks.’ – Browne, Urn Burial, 1658”
― Howard Waldrop, Them Bones
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