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Simon Ings

Simon Ings

Ings, Simon David

Birth place: Horndean, Hampshire, England, UK

102 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
July 1983 32 Essay Letter (Matrix 48) Matrix, #48
September 1983 28 Essay Letter (Matrix 49) Matrix, #49
December 1983 11 Essay Review of the film 'Malevil' by Christian de Chalonge Matrix, #50
April 1984 49 Essay Letter (Vector 119) Vector 119
April 1984 15 Essay Review of the album 'Zones' by Hawkwind Matrix, #52
April 1984 16 Essay Review of the BBC TV play 'Z for Zachariah' Matrix, #52
June 1984 16 Essay Review of the TV show 'O Alien' by David Gladwell Matrix, #53
October 1984 7 Essay Review of the film 'Seconds' by John Frankenheimer Matrix, #55
1989 62 Essay Letter: Slusser and the Ill-Natured Foundation, #44 Winter 1988/89
February 1990 5 Essay Letter (Vector 154) Vector 154
1991 93 Review Comeback Tour Foundation, #53 Autumn 1991
1991 91 Review Demon Download Foundation, #53 Autumn 1991
1991 105 Review Fire on the Border Foundation, #52 Summer 1991
1991 94 Review Krokodil Tears Foundation, #53 Autumn 1991
1991 87 Essay Letter: On Vonarburg and Westfahl Foundation, #53 Autumn 1991
1991 110 Review The Far Stars War Foundation, #52 Summer 1991
February 1991 14 Essay Flabby Engineering Vector 159
March 1991 48 Essay Cabarets and Talking Heads Interzone, March 1991
April 1991 4 Essay Letter (Vector 160) Vector 160
July 1991 48 Essay Amazingly Extended Metaphors, Now Verified by Modern Science! Interzone, July 1991
1992 97 Review Transreal! Foundation, #54 Spring 1992
January 1992 2 Short Fiction The Cathedral at Baleares Scheherazade 3
July 1992 55 Review Hot Head Locus, #378 July 1992
August 1992 19 Review Hot Head Vector 168
August 1992 62|62.3 Review Hot Head Interzone, August 1992
1993 121 Review Beauty Foundation, #57 Spring 1993
1993 120 Review Elvissey Foundation, #59 Autumn 1993
1993 113 Review Lost Futures Foundation, #57 Spring 1993
1993 113 Review Memories of the Body Foundation, #57 Spring 1993
January 1993 49 Short Fiction The Dead Interzone, January 1993
April 1993 15|15.1 Review Hot Head The New York Review of Science Fiction, April 1993
June 1993 58 Short Fiction Grand Prix Omni, June 1993
December 1993 13|22 Essay The Future: Disguising the Real Focus, #25
1994 112 Review Nomansland Foundation, #61 Summer 1994
1994 121 Review The Aliens of Earth Foundation, #60 Spring 1994
1994 Interview Transatlantic Interface Dazed & Confused, No 8, 1994
August 1994 22 Review City of the Iron Fish Vector 180
October 1994 |5 Review Hothead First Impressions, Installment Sixteen
December 1994 64 Review City of the Iron Fish Locus, #407 December 1994
1995 30 Review Hotwire Vector 184 Summer 1995
February 1995 |4 Review The City of the Iron Fish First Impressions, Installment Eighteen
March 1995 70 Short Fiction Volatile Omni, March 1995
September 1995 63 Review Hotwire Beyond Fantasy & Science Fiction, September-October 1995
November 1995 61 Review Hotwire Interzone, November 1995
1996 Interview Love on Line Dazed & Confused, No 25, 1996
February 1996 26 Short Fiction The Rio Brain Interzone, February 1996
October 1996 278 Review Hotwire Asimov's Science Fiction, October-November 1996
April 1997 Short Fiction Open Veins Omni Online, April 1997
1999 104 Review Headlong Foundation, #75 Spring 1999
1999 41 Review Headlong The Third Alternative, #20
1999 127 Review The Day of the Triffids Foundation, #76 Summer 1999
March 1999 58 Review Headlong Interzone, March 1999
May 1999 26 Review Headlong Vector 205
August 1999 138 Review Headlong Asimov's Science Fiction, August 1999
September 1999 25 Interview A Lead-Lined Window on Hell Interzone, September 1999
2000 40 Review Painkillers The Third Alternative, #24
August 2000 18 Interview Headlong, Backwards and Forwards: Interview with Simon Ings The Zone, Summer 2000
2001 44 Short Fiction All Cats Are Grey The Third Alternative, #26
2001 109 Review Dervish is Digital Foundation, #82 Summer 2001
2001 117 Review Parallax View Foundation, #82 Summer 2001
2001 62 Essay Review of the non-genre collection "Nights in a Foreign Country" by Jean McNeil The Third Alternative, #27
2001 63 Review Supertoys Last All Summer Long and Other Stories of Future Time The Third Alternative, #27
2001 99 Review The Light of Other Days Foundation, #81 Spring 2001
2001 58|58.1 Review Tik-Tok The Third Alternative, #27
2001 120 Review Time's Hammers: The Collected Short Fiction of James Sallis Foundation, #81 Spring 2001
February 2001 136 Review Painkillers Asimov's Science Fiction, February 2001
March 2001 5 Short Fiction Myxomatosis Interzone, March 2001
March 2001 60 Review Painkillers Interzone, March 2001
June 2001 Short Fiction Russian Vine Sci Fiction, June 6, 2001
August 2001 32|32.06 Review All Cats Are Grey Science Fiction Chronicle, #215 August 2001
October 2001 144 Short Fiction Ménage Asimov's Science Fiction, October-November 2001
January 2002 34 Interview Embracing the Catastrophe: Simon Ings Interviewed Cold Print #6, 2002
November 2002 13 Essay On not being a science-fiction writer Vector 226
December 2002 8 Short Fiction The Convert Asimov's Science Fiction, December 2002
February 2003 28 Short Fiction Elephant Asimov's Science Fiction, February 2003
May 2006 Review The Weight of Numbers Strange Horizons, 15 May 2006
October 2006 1 Review The Weight of Numbers The New York Review of Science Fiction, October 2006
November 2011 47 Review Dead Water Interzone, November-December 2011
2012 Editor Arc 1.1: The Future Always Wins Arc 1.1: The Future Always Wins
2012 Editor Arc 1.2: Post Human Conditions Arc 1.2: Post Human Conditions
2012 |5 Essay Petersburg's Prometheus Arc 1.2: Post Human Conditions
2012 Essay Sir John Schorne's Devil Arc 1.1: The Future Always Wins
2012 Essay Welcome to the Future Arc 1.1: The Future Always Wins
2012 |1 Essay What Will We Be Tomorrow? Arc 1.2: Post Human Conditions
September 2012 Editor Arc 1.3 / Afterparty Overdrive Arc 1.3 / Afterparty Overdrive
September 2012 36 Essay Dancing on the Ruins Arc 1.3 / Afterparty Overdrive
September 2012 4 Essay Editorial: The Party's Over Arc 1.3 / Afterparty Overdrive
September 2012 106 Interview The End of Sitting Arc 1.3 / Afterparty Overdrive
December 2012 Editor Arc 1.4 / Forever Alone Drone Arc 1.4 / Forever Alone Drone
December 2012 4 Essay Editorial: Only Connect Arc 1.4 / Forever Alone Drone
January 2014 Editor Arc 2.2 / Exit Strategies Arc 2.2 / Exit Strategies
February 2014 Review Wolves Strange Horizons, 10 February 2014
March 2014 71 Interview A Beast Licking Its Chops Interzone, March-April 2014
March 2014 70 Review Wolves Interzone, March-April 2014
April 2014 Editor Arc 2.2 / Chromewash Arc 2.2 / Chromewash
April 2014 14 Review Wolves Locus, #639 April 2014
February 2015 6 Interview Simon Ings: Hyperreal Locus, #649 February 2015
March 2018 88 Review The Smoke Interzone, March-April 2018
May 2018 17 Review The Smoke Locus, #688 May 2018
August 2019 |4 Review The Smoke Strange Horizons, 19 August 2019
January 2020 196 Review The Smoke Asimov's Science Fiction, January-February 2020
October 2024 15 Review The Great When The Sunday Telegraph, 6 October 2024

10 English-language books

Year Type Title Author(s)
1992 Novel Hot Head Simon Ings
1994 Novel City of the Iron Fish Simon Ings
1995 Novel Hotwire Simon Ings
1999 Novel Headlong Simon Ings
2000 Novel Painkillers Simon Ings
2007 Novel The Weight of Numbers Simon Ings
2011 Novel Dead Water Simon Ings
2014 Novel Wolves Simon Ings
2018 Novel The Smoke Simon Ings
2020 Anthology We, Robots Simon Ings

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
1992 British Science Fiction Award Best Novel Hot Head Nominee
1999 British Science Fiction Award Best Novel Headlong Nominee
2000 Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis Bestes ausländisches Werk Datafat Nominee
2000 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Headlong Nominee
2001 British Science Fiction Award Best Short Fiction Myxomatosis Nominee
2002 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Ménage Nominee
2002 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Russian Vine Nominee
2003 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette The Convert Nominee
2014 British Science Fiction Award Best Novel Wolves Nominee
2015 John W. Campbell Memorial Award Best Science Fiction Novel Wolves Nominee
2015 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Wolves Nominee
2018 British Science Fiction Award Best Novel The Smoke Nominee
2019 The Kitschies Red Tentacle (Best Novel) The Smoke Nominee

SFE3 lists Petersfield (also in Hampshire, England) as the place of birth.

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Year Publication Title
January 1985 Cassandra Anthology, #6, 1985 Cassandra Anthology, #6, 1985
Cover March 1985 Cassandra Anthology, #8, 1985 Cassandra Anthology, #8, 1985
April 1985 Cassandra Anthology, #9, 1985 Cassandra Anthology, #9, 1985