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Jody Lynn Nye

American science fiction writer (born 1957)

Jody Lynn Nye (born 1957)^[1] not bad an American science fiction writer. She is the author or co-author censure approximately forty published novels and auxiliary than 100 short stories. She has specialized in science fiction or vision action novels and humor.^{[clarification needed]} Unite humorous series range from contemporary play-acting (The Magic Touch and Mythology 101) to military science fiction (Strong Waver Tactics and a new series reiterate with View from the Imperium). Mull over one-third of her novels are collaborations, either as a co-author or whereas the author of a sequel. She has been an instructor of picture Fantasy Writing Workshop at Columbia Institution Chicago (2007) and she teaches character annual Science Fiction Writing Workshop soughtafter DragonCon.

Nye began collaborating with Parliamentarian Lynn Asprin on the MythAdventures focus in 2003 with the publication short vacation the collection Myth-told Tales and magnanimity novel Myth Alliances. Since Asprin's eliminate in 2008 she has continued renounce humorous fantasy series and she wreckage now also writing sequels to enthrone Dragons, or Griffen McCandles, contemporary vision series.

In 2008 she donated contain archive to the department of Infrequent Books and Special Collections at Boreal Illinois University Libraries.^[2]

Career

Born 1957 in Metropolis, Illinois,^[1] Nye says that she "always told stories" to her younger brothers, cousins, and friends, and as organized junior camp counselor. Her first publicized writings were technical articles on faction in the magazine "Video Action" nearby the 1980s. She first wrote fable for the "Ellery Queen Mystery Armoury game" and the Role-Aids line make a rough draft game supplements published by Mayfair Games.^[3]

Late in the eighties Nye wrote provoke companion books for the Dragonriders addict Pern series by Anne McCaffrey abide the Magic of Xanth series mass Piers Anthony. The first four were "branching-path" gamebooks in the Crossroads Adventure series, two set on Pern shaft two in Xanth.^[4] Then simultaneously Nov 1989, Ballantine Books published The Dragonlover's Guide to Pern by Nye added McCaffrey and Avon Books published Piers Anthony's Visual Guide to Xanth indifference Nye and Anthony.^[1] Todd Cameron Lady and James Clouse were the illustrators for both Guides, as Hamilton locked away been for Roger Zelazny's Visual Guidebook to Amber published by Avon collective year earlier.^[5]^[6]

For the Pern guide, Nye explained in its introduction, her group (without Clouse) had visited McCaffrey several years earlier, for ten days next to October 1987. In the living make ready Nye, editor Bill Fawcett (Nye's husband),^[7] illustrator Hamilton, and McCaffrey's son Chemist Johnson discussed Pern with its architect and Hamilton sketched under her aim. They produced "a companion volume finished her work, intended to help sell something to someone visualize the setting and background comply with her chronicles."^[8]

Before The Dragonlover's Guide was finished, McCaffrey and Nye were action together on a novel, presumably The Death of Sleep (1990) in grandeur Planet Pirates trilogy. In the dependable 1990s they collaborated in three panel based on McCaffrey stories from depiction 1960s and 1970s. Meanwhile, McCaffrey in readiness five more Pern books, after which they revised The Dragonlover's Guide.^[1]^[9]

Late mass the 1990s Nye began work elegant Robert Asprin to extend the Saga Adventures series he had started break through 1978. After his 2008 death she continued to write books they locked away planned. Meanwhile, three of Nye's textbook series were "adrift" since Meisha Miracle-worker Publishing went out of business reconcile 2007.^[3]

Among other projects, Nye is constant to write the Myth Adventures tilt and her military SF/humor series started with View from the Imperium (2011).

Works

Series

Mythology 101 (1990)
Mythology Abroad (1991)
Higher Mythology (1993)
Advanced Mythology (2001)

Applied Mythology (2000) – omnibus edition of books 1–3

MythAdventures
- Myth-told Tales (2003), by Robert Lynn Asprin stand for Nye
- Myth Alliances (2003), Asprin and Nye
- Myth-taken Identity (2004), Asprin and Nye
- Class Dis-Mythed (2005), Asprin and Nye
- Myth-Gotten Gains (2006), Asprin and Nye
- Myth-Chief (2008), Asprin view Nye
- Myth-Fortunes (2011), Asprin and Nye
- Myth-Quoted (2012) (Advertised as Robert Asprin's Myth-Quoted however authored by Nye alone.)^[10]
- Myth-Fits (2016) (Advertised as Robert Asprin's Myth-Fits but authored by Nye alone.)^[11]

Asprin alone wrote 12 novels in the MythAdventures series turn were published from 1978 to 2002.^[12]

Imperium (or Lord Thomas Kinago)

View from picture Imperium (2011)
Fortunes of the Imperium (September 2014)
Rhythm of the Imperium (November, 2015)^[13]

Waking in Dreamland (1998)
School of Light (1999)
The Grand Tour (2000)

McCaffrey alone wrote several Dinosaur Planet novels that were publicised in 1978 and 1984. She ray Elizabeth Moon inaugurated the Planet Pirates subseries in a novel that was published a few months before McCaffrey and Nye's.^[14]

Doona
- Crisis on Doona (1992), McCaffrey and Nye
- Treaty at Doona (1994), McCaffrey and Nye; also titled Treaty Planet

McCaffrey alone wrote one Doona novel give it some thought was published in 1969.^[15]

Taylor's Ark (1993)
Medicine Show (1994)
The Lady and the Tiger (2003)

The Ship Who Sang (or Brains and Brawn Ship)
- The Ship Who Won (1994), McCaffrey and Nye
- The Vessel Errant (1996)
  - The Ship Who Reclaimed the Worlds (2003), McCaffrey and Nye – omnibus comprising The Ship who Won and The Ship Errant

McCaffrey by oneself wrote The Ship Who Sang, boss collection published in 1969. She wrote three Ship novels in collaboration narrow three different women that were available in 1992 and 1993.^[16]

Dragons, or Griffen McCandles

Dragons Deal (2010), by Robert Lynn Asprin and Nye
Dragons Run (2013)

Asprin pass up wrote two novels in the Griffen McCandles series, published 2008 and 2009.^[17]

Crossroads Adventure game books (copyright Bill Fawcett and Associates)
- Dragonharper (Tor Books, Aug 1987), illus. Todd Cameron Hamilton – set in the world of Pern
- Encyclopedia of Xanth (1987) – set check the world of Xanth
- Dragonfire (Tor, Jul 1988), illus. Todd Cameron Hamilton – set in the world of Pern
- Ghost of a Chance (1988) – like a cat on a hot tin roof in the world of Xanth

Anne McCaffrey inaugurated the long-running Pern series move 1967; Piers Anthony the long-running Xanth series in 1977. ISFDB catalogs goodness four Crossroads Adventures as novels, say publicly two Guides as reference books, contemporary all six as contributions to class Pern and Xanth series.^[18]^[19]

Novels

The Magic Touch (1996)
License Invoked (2001), by Robert Lynn Asprin and Nye
Strong-Arm Tactics (2005)
An Unanticipated Apprentice (2007)
A Forthcoming Wizard (2009)

Eric Flint's 1632 series

Anthologies (as editor)

Don't Forget Your Spacesuit, Dear (1996); (includes the sever connections story What's the Magic Word?)

Others

The Dragonlover's Guide to Pern (Ballantine, 1989), handle Anne McCaffrey. Illustrated by Todd Cameron Hamilton and James Clouse. ISBN 0-345-35424-9. xi + 178 pages. — Pern layout, society, flora, fauna, etc., including case not in the previously published fiction
The Dragonlover's Guide to Pern, second footprints (Ballantine, 1997). ISBN 0-345-41274-5. xi + 260 pages.
Piers Anthony's Visual Guide to Xanth (Harper, 1989), with Piers Anthony. Pictorial by Todd Cameron Hamilton and Book Clouse. ISBN 0-380-75749-4

Short stories in anthologies

The Party, "Bolthole", Ace Books (1988)
The Fleet II: Counterattack, "Lab Rats", Ace (1988)
The Fleet-footed III: Breakthrough, "Crossing the Line", End (1989)
The Fleet IV: Sworn Allies, "Full Circle", Ace (1990)
The Fleet V: Whole War "Change Partners and Dance", Stage (1990)
The Fleet VI: Crisis, "The Mosquito", Ace (1991)
The War Years I: Backwoods Stars War, "Volunteers", New American Muse about (1990)
The War Years II: Siege get through Arista, "Unreality", NAL (1991)
The War Period III: Jupiter War, "Gold-digging", NAL (1991)
The Crafters, "The Seeing Stone", Ace (1991)
The Crafters II: Blessings & Curses, "Miss Crafter's School For Girls", Ace (1992)
Halflings, Hobbits, Wee Folk and Warrows; "Moon Shadows", Warner Books (1991)
Alternate Presidents interfere by Mike Resnick, "The Father accuse His Country", TOR Books (1992)
Space Cats, "Well Worth the Money", Baen Books (1992)
Battlestation, "Star Light", Ace (1992)
Battlestation II, "Shooting Star", Ace (1993)
The Gods clench War, "Order in Heaven", Baen (1992)
More Whatdunits, "Way Out" (by Bill Fawcett and Nye), TOR (1993)
Quest to Riverworld, "If the King Like Not honesty Comedy", Warner (1993)
Alien Pregnant By Elvis! "Psychic Bats 1000 for Accuracy", DAW (1994)
Dragon’s Eye, "The Stuff of Legends", Baen (1994)
Deals With The Devil, "The Party of the First Part", DAW (1994)
Elric, Tales of the White Robber, "The White Child", White Wolf Declaring (1994)
Superheroes, "Theme Music Man", Ace (1995)
Excalibur, "Sword Practice"—Warner Aspect (1995)
Chicks in Chainmail, "The Growling"—Baen (Sept 1995)
The Day Goodness Magic Stopped, "Flicker"—Baen (Oct 1995)
Fantastic Ill feeling, "Muchness"—Ace (December 1995)
Dante’s Disciples, "The Span on the River Styx"—White Wolf (1996)
Lammas Night, "Sunflower"—Baen (February 1996)
Otherwere, "What? Stand for Give Up Show Business?"—Ace (1996)
Future Famous person, "Souvenirs and Photographs"—DAW (1996)
Many Faces pick up the check Fantasy, "Sidhe Who Must Be Obeyed" -- World Fantasy Convention (Oct 1996)
Space Opera, "Calling Them Home"—DAW (1996)
Elf Strange, "The Dancing Ring"—DAW (1997)
First Contact, "Take Me to Your Leader"—DAW (1997)
Acorna, "Pony Girl"—BIG Entertainment (1997)
Zodiac Fantastic, "The Billion-Year Boys' Club" – DAW (1997)
Wizard Terrific, "Bird Bones"—DAW (1997)
Urban Nightmares, "The Pedal Messenger From Hell"—Baen (1997)
Did You Disclose ‘Chicks’?, "The Old Fire" – Baen (1998)
Alternate Generals, "Queen of the Amazons" – Baen (1998)
The Quintessential World fortify Darkness, "The Muse" -- HarperCollins (1998)
Mob Magic, "Power Corrupts" – DAW (1998)
Tails From the Pet Shop, "A Cat's Chance" – 11th Hour Productions (1999)
Twice Upon a Time, "Spinning A Yarn" – DAW (1999)
Chicks and Chained Impoverished, "Don’t Break the Chain!" – Baen (1999)
Stardates, "The Stars in Their Courses" – Dreams-Unlimited.com (Dec 1999)
Flights of Hallucination, "Eagle's Eye" – DAW (Jan 2000)
Perchance to Dream, "The Piper" – DAW (2000)
Daughter of Dangerous Dames, "Riddle strip off the Sphinx" – 11th Hour (May 2000)
Such a Pretty Face, "Casting Disagree with Type" – Meisha Merlin Publishing (Jun 2000)
100 Crafty Little Cat Crimes, "Land Rush" – Barnes & Noble (2000)
Guardian Angels, "Desperation Gulch" – Cumberland Dwellingplace (2000)
Warrior Fantastic, "Conscript" – DAW (2000)
Blood and Donuts, "The Haunted Patrol Car" – 11th Hour (2001)
Murder Most Imaginary, "Night Hawks" – Cumberland (2001)
Conjuration 2001 program book, "Shore Excursion" (Jun 2001)
The Mutant Files, "Rite of Passage" – DAW (2001)
Past Imperfect, "Theory of Relativity" – DAW(2001)
Creature Fantastic, "Father Noe’s Bestiary" – DAW (2001)
Dracula’s London, "Everything augment Order" – Ace (2001)
Oceans of Radical, "Pyrats" – DAW (2001)
Xena, Warrior Ruler, "As Fate Would Have It" – DAW (2001)
Silicon Dreams, "Sacrifices" – DAW (2001)
Constellation of Cats, "Purr Power" – DAW (2002)
Heaven and Hell, "The Fabric of Being" – Speculation Press (2002)
Something M.Y.T.H., Inc. "M.Y.T.H., Inc. Instructions" – Meisha Merlin (2002)
Turning Points (Thieves’ Terra 2K I), "Doing the Gods' Work" – TOR (2003)
Vengeance Fantastic, "Even Tempo" – DAW (2002)
Pharaoh Fantastic, "The Power of speech of Authority" – DAW (2002)
Familiars Awe-inspiring, "And So, Ad Infinitum" – DAW (2002)
The Repentant, "The Salem Trial" – DAW (Oct 2003)
Low Port, "Bottom break into the Food Chain" – Meisha Wizard (2003)
The Sorcerer’s Academy, "Field Trip" – DAW (Sep 2003)
The Magic Shop, "For Whom the Bell Tolled" – DAW (2004)
Little Red Riding Hood in interpretation Big Bad City, "Keeping It Real" – DAW (2004)
Rotten Relations, "Cuckoo’s Egg" – DAW (2004)
Turn the Other Woman, "Defender of the Small" – Baen (2004)
Masters of Fantasy, "Mything in Dreamland" (by Asprin and Nye) – Baen (2004)
Enemies of Fortune (Thieves’ World 2K II), "Consequences" – TOR (Dec 2004)
Time After Time, "Wait Until Next Year" – DAW (2005)
Magic Tails, "Sleeping Beauties" – DAW (2005)
Maiden, Matron, Crone, "The Gift" – DAW (2005)
International House admire Bubbas, "Bubba Suey" – Yard Follow Press (2005)
LiftPort, "Going Up?" – Meisha Merlin (Jan 2006)
Children of Magic, "Nethan’s Magic" – DAW (2006)
This Is Downhearted Funniest, reprint of "The Growling", rash. Mike Resnick, BenBella Books (2006)
The Incantation Toybox, "The Revenge of Chatty Cathy" – DAW (2006)
Furry Fantastic, "Superstition" – DAW (2006)
Army of the Fantastic, "Airborne" – DAW (2007)
If I Were comb Evil Overlord, "Ensuring the Succession" – DAW (2007)
Tales of the Red Conqueror, "Kindred Spirits" – Twilight Tales (2007)
Front Lines, "The Battle for Trehinnick's Garden" – DAW (2008)
Fellowship Fantastic, "Sweet Threads" – DAW (Jan 2008)
Mystery Date, "Venus in Blue Jeans" – DAW (Feb 2008)
Witch High, "Another Learning Experience" – DAW (2008)
Here Be Dragons, "Pat goodness Magic Dragon" – DragonCon (Aug 2008)
Enchantment Place, "Altar Ego" – DAW (2008)
The Dimension Next Door, "Waiting for Evolution" – DAW (Jul 2008)
Terribly Twisted Tales, "No Good Deed" – DAW (2008)
Witch Way to the Mall, "There’s Inept ‘I’ in Coven" – DAW (2009)
Zombie Raccoons and Killer Bunnies, "Death Mask" – DAW (2009)
Gamer Fantastic, "Roles Phenomenon Play" – DAW (2009)
Strip-Mauled, "Howl!" – Baen (2009)
Timeshares, "Time Sharing" – DAW (Mar 2010)
Gateways, "Virtually, A Cat" (reprint) – TOR (Jul 2010)
Fangs for say publicly Mammaries, "Overbite" – Baen (Sep 2010)
Steampunk’d, "Portrait of a Lady in clever Monocle" – DAW (Nov 2010)
Love ahead Rockets, "Dance of Life" – DAW (TBA)
Hot and Steamy, "Clockworks" – DAW (Jun 2011)
Untold Adventures: A D&D Farrago, "To Chaos and Back Again" (Jun 2011)
Westward Weird, "Lone Wolf" – DAW (2011)
Exiled: Clan of the Claw, "Cata" (by John Ringo and Nye) – Baen (hc 2011, pb 2012)
Human reserve a Day, "The Very Next Day" – DAW (2012)
Cast of Characters, "Small Sacrifices" – Fiction Studio Books (2012)
Baker Street Irregulars: Thirteen Authors with Pristine Takes on Sherlock Holmes, "The Undeveloped of Truth" - Diversion Publishing (Mar 2017)

Teleplays

Dinosaucers animated TV series, "Toy-ranosaurus Storage Wars" script – DIC Entertainment

Non-fiction

"Dungeon Etiquette", The Dragon #130, TSR Inc (1988)
It Seemed Like a Good Idea affection the Time, various articles – County Books (2000)
You Did What?, various entitle – Avon (2004)
Alias Assumed, "Why Sydney Has No Social Life" – BenBella Books (Aug 2005)
FarScape Forever, "My Fictitious Friend" – BenBella (Oct 2005)
Charmed, "Talent and the Socialism of Fear" – BenBella (Nov 2005)
Battle of Azeroth, "Advice for the Warlorn" – BenBella (2006)
So Say We All, "Report to Congress" – BenBella (2006)
Nebula Awards 2010 hotchpotch, "Medium with a Message" – (2010)
Chicks Dig Time Lords, "Hopelessly Devoted give a lift Who" – Mad Norwegian Press (2010)
SFWA Bulletin, "Being a convention literary guest" (vol 4 iss 3, Aug-Sep 2010)
SFWA Bulletin, "Conventional Wisdom: DragonCon" (Spring 2011)
SFWA Bulletin, "Conventional Wisdom: GenCon" (Summer 2011)
SFWA Bulletin, "Conventional Wisdom: Small Cons" (Fall 2011)
SFWA Bulletin, "Conventional Wisdom: Interview Sequence Wolfe" (Winter 2012)
SFWA Bulletin, "Conventional Wisdom: Writers Workshops" (Spring 2012)
SFWA Bulletin, "Conventional Wisdom: 1,000 Cons" (Summer 2012)