Doug Beason

Doug Beason is an American scientist and science fiction author.

He graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1977 with a dual major in physics and math. He started his first novel while at the Academy after returning there as an officer in the 1980s to teach physics. He is a retired Air Force Colonel with a PhD in physics. He is also a Fellow of the American Physical Society and has published two non-fiction books. His book "Science and Technology Policy for the post-Cold War: A Case for Long-Term Research", was awarded the National Defense University President's Strategic Vision award. He also worked on a few books, (e.g. Lifeline, The Trinity Paradox, and Nanospace) with Kevin J. Anderson. He is currently Associate Laboratory Director for Threat Reduction at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.^[1][2]

Books

Science-fiction novels

• Return to Honor (1989)
• Assault on Alpha Base (1990)
• Strike Eagle (1991)
• Wild Blue U (2005)

Non-fiction books

• Science and Technology Policy for the post-Cold War: A Case for Long-Term Research
• The E-Bomb: How America's new directed energy weapons will change the way future wars will be fought (2005)

Short works

• Lifeguard (1987) in New Destinies : Volume I
• Rescue at L-5 (1990) in Project Solar Sail
• Defense Conversion (1995) in How to Save the World

Co-authored with Kevin J. Anderson

• Lifeline (1990)
• The Trinity Paradox (1991)
• Assemblers of Infinity (1993)
• Ill Wind (1995)
• Ignition (1997)

Craig Kreident Series:

• Virtual Destruction (1996)
• Fallout (1997)
• Lethal Exposure (1998)

References

1. ^ "Doug Beason - Summary Bibliography". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Doug_Beason. Retrieved 2009-03-07. 
2. ^ Black, Krista D. (2006-05-26). "Beason speaks at Memorial Day breakfast; Veterans Hall is dedicated". Los Alamos National Laboratory. http://www.lanl.gov/news/index.php/fuseaction/home.story/story_id/8484. Retrieved 2009-03-07. 

External links

• http://www.dougbeason.com
• http://www.wordfire.com/
• Doug Beason at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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