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Geoff Ryman Biography & Notes


Geoffrey Charles Ryman (born 1951) is a science fiction and mainstream fiction writer. 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). His more mainstream fiction works include Was (1992), Lust (2001), and Air (2002).

His work 253, or Tube Theatre was first published as hypertext fiction on a Web site [1] (http://www.ryman-novel.com/). The print version was published in 1998 and won the Philip K. Dick Memorial Award.


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Air Air (or, Have Not Have) by Geoff Ryman ( 2004)

The link between the inhabitants of the isolated farming village of Kisuldah, Karzistan, and the culture of the world beyond, Chung Mae finds her life turned upside down when a test of Air, a new wireless communication technology that will connect everyone throughout the world, backfires, killing many with the shock.
Aire/ Air Aire/ Air by Geoff Ryman ( 2007)

Mae Chung, who guides women in the remote farming village of Kizuldah/Karzistan in dress, make-up, and hairstyling, struggles to prepare her people for the inevitable changes while preserving their past when the UN decides to test the AIR, the latest wireless communication technology that will connect everyone throughout the world, but when the test backfires, many are killed in the massive surge of air.
The Child Garden The Child Garden Or a Low Comedy by Geoff Ryman ( 1994)

The multiple-award-winning sf classic from the acclaimed author of Was. In the city of the future, humans photosynthesize, viruses educate people, organics have replaced electronics . . . and almost no one lives past 40. The outcast Milena feels alone--until she meets the genetically engineered Rolfa.
The Child Garden/ or a Low Comedy by Geoff Ryman ( 1990)

In a twenty-first-century world where mankind's cancer cure has accidentally halved the human lifespan and where children rule, Milena's obsessive attempts to stage an operatic adaptation of "The Divine Comedy" has worldwide consequences.
Cities by China Mieville ( 2004)
The King's Last Song, Or Kraing Meas The King's Last Song, Or Kraing Meas by Geoff Ryman ( 2008)
Lust Lust Or No Harm Done by Geoff Ryman ( 2003)

A modern erotic fable finds young scientist David an unwitting subject in a bizarre sexual experiment that enables him to experience a broad range of fantasies with numerous celebrities.
Lust, Or, No Harm Done by Geoff Ryman ( 2001)
Tesseracts Nine Tesseracts Nine New Canadian Speculative Fiction by Nalo Hopkinson ( 2005)
Unconquered Countries Four Novellas by Geoff Ryman ( 1994)

A collection of astonishing and inventive works by a groundbreaking author of speculative fiction includes "O Happy Day," "Please Say Hello," "The Unconquered Country," and "A Fall of Angels, or On the Possibility of Life Under Extreme Conditions."
The Unconquered Country A Life History by Geoff Ryman ( 1987)

When the Neighbors invade and Sharks attacking from the skies kill her family, Third Child must find her own way through a rapidly changing world.
The Warrior Who Carried Life by Geoff Ryman ( 1987)

A young woman from a land of magic transforms herself into a mighty warrior to redeem her world from the grip of an ancient Evil.
When It Changed Science-into-fiction, an Anthology by Patricia Duncker, Sara Maitland, Frank Cottrell Boyce ( 2010)
253 253 The Print Remix by Geoff Ryman ( 1998)

Describes the 253 people (including the driver) riding on a train from London on January 11, 1995, and the connections between them.

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