- Jack C. Haldeman II
Jack Carroll "Jay" Haldeman II (
December 18 ,1941 -January 1 ,2002 ) was an Americanbiologist andscience-fiction writer. He was the older brother of SF writerJoe Haldeman .Biography
Jack Haldeman studied
environmental engineering andbiology at theUniversity of Oklahoma , and received a degree fromJohns Hopkins University . His scientific career included work inparasitology , field studies ofwhale s in theCanadian Arctic , study of thegreenhouse effect , and coordination of awebsite and aCD-ROM relating toagriculture inFlorida . The tapeworm "Hymenapolis haldemanii" was named after him.Haldeman published more than 100 short stories, beginning with "Garden of Eden" in the magazine "
Fantastic " (Dec. 1971). He is notable for writing science fiction withsports themes; "Home Team Advantage", first appearing in "Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine" in 1977, has been anthologized a number of times. "High Steel", a 1982 story co-authored withJack Dann , was aNebula Award nominee; it was later expanded into a novel.Haldeman became a member of the
Science Fiction Writers of America in 1971, and went on to chair eight SF conventions. He was married to writerBarbara Delaplace ; they collaborated on stories beginning with "That'll be the Day" in the anthology "Alternate Tyrants".Haldeman died of
cancer at the Hospice of North Central Florida in his home town ofGainesville, Florida ,Bibliography
Novels
*"Vector Analysis" (
G. P. Putnam's Sons 1978;Berkley Books 1980;Ace Books 1984 ISBN 0-441-86071-0
*"The Fall Of Winter" (Baen Books 1985, ISBN 0-671-55947-8)
*"There Is No Darkness (1983, with Joe Haldeman; Ace Books 1986, ISBN 0-441-80567-1)
*"Echoes Of Thunder" (1991, with Jack Dann)
*"High Steel" (Tor Books 1993, with Jack Dann, ISBN 0-312-93163-8)eries
Star Trek Adventures
* 4. "Perry's Planet" (Bantam Books 1984, ISBN 0-553-13580-5;1996; reissued 1996, ISBN 0-553-24193-1)Spaceways
* 11. "The Iceworld Connection" (1983; as "John Cleve" a collaborative pen name with Jack Dann)Bill, the Galactic Hero
* 5. "...on the Planet of Zombie Vampires" (1991; withHarry Harrison )Anthologies with Jack Haldeman stories
*"Alternities" (1974)
*"" (1982)
*"100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories" (1984)
*"Shadows 7" (1984)
*"First Contact" (1987)
*"Alternate Warriors" (1993)
*"By Any Other Fame" (1993)
*"Alternate Worldcons" (1994)
*"Bruce Coville's Book of Aliens: Tales to Warp Your Mind" (1994)
*"Deals with the Devil" (1994)
*"Warriors of Blood and Dream" (1995)
*"Alternate Tyrants" (Tom Doherty Associates 1997, ISBN 0-8125-4835-3)External links
* [http://www.sff.net/people/jack.haldeman/ Jack Haldeman homepage]
* [http://www.sfwa.org/News/jayhald.htm "SF/F & Publishing News": Jack C. Haldeman II (1941-2002)]
* [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/h/jack-c-haldeman/ Fantastic Fiction: Jack C. Haldeman II]
* [http://www.catch22.com/sf/arb/SFH/Haldeman,Jack.php3 Alpha Ralpha Boulevard: Jack C. Haldeman II]
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