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Ian Watson

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Ian Watson's many novels have won innumerable prizes and awards, starting with the John W. Campbell Award and the French Prix Apollo for his first novel The Embedding. His latest, Mockymen, will be published by Golden Gryphon Press in 2003, and he has also written enough short fiction to fill eight collections. He lives in the heart of rural England with a cat.

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Known for

Techno-MysticismTheologicalSoft SFWonderMysticalCosmic Dread

Awards

1 won · 3 shortlisted
WinnerBSFAThe Jonah Kit1978FinalistClarkeWhores of Babylon1989FinalistNebulaThe Embedding1976FinalistCampbellThe Embedding1974

Details

Born
20 Apr 1943
Country
United Kingdom
First book
The Embedding, 1973

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