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Geoff Ryman


Born
in Canada
January 01, 1951

Twitter
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Genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Literature & Fiction


Geoffrey Charles Ryman (born 1951) is a writer of science fiction, fantasy and slipstream fiction. He was born in Canada, and has lived most of his life in England.

His science fiction and fantasy works include The Warrior Who Carried Life (1985), the novella The Unconquered Country (1986) (winner of the British Science Fiction Award and the World Fantasy Award), and The Child Garden (1989) (winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the Campbell Award). Subsequent fiction works include Was (1992), Lust (2001), and Air (2005) (winner of the James Tiptree, Jr. Award, the British Science Fiction Award and the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and on the short list for the Nebula Award).

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Average rating: 3.79 · 17,696 ratings · 2,401 reviews · 97 distinct works • Similar authors
Air
3.59 avg rating — 2,509 ratings — published 2004 — 17 editions
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Was
3.88 avg rating — 1,865 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions
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The Child Garden
3.66 avg rating — 1,539 ratings — published 1989 — 23 editions
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253
3.58 avg rating — 1,288 ratings — published 1998 — 11 editions
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The King's Last Song
3.75 avg rating — 442 ratings — published 2007 — 10 editions
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Him
3.75 avg rating — 419 ratings — published 2023 — 6 editions
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Lust: or No Harm Done
3.52 avg rating — 219 ratings — published 2003 — 8 editions
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The Warrior Who Carried Life
3.51 avg rating — 158 ratings — published 1985 — 15 editions
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The Unconquered Country
3.75 avg rating — 134 ratings — published 1986 — 9 editions
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Unconquered Countries
3.93 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 1987 — 5 editions
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“Everything, no matter how beautiful, is only with us for awhile.”
― Geoff Ryman
tags: philosophy
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“In a sense who you are has always been a story that you told to yourself. Now your self is a story that you tell to others.”
― Geoff Ryman, Paradise Tales: and Other Stories
tags: blogging, science-fiction, stories, the-self, writing
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“Sex complicates, but it is the power of love to simplify.”
― Geoff Ryman, The Child Garden: A Low Comedy
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