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Alan Smale

Smale, Alan Peter

Birth place: Cheadle, Cheshire, England, UK

39 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
1995 30 Poem Nanotuned Argonaut, Summer 1995
November 1997 45 Short Fiction Feathers Night Terrors, November 1997
February 1998 17 Short Fiction The Quantum Physics of Woodland Sprites The Leading Edge Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy, #35, February 1998
June 1998 50 Short Fiction Moments of Truth Realms of Fantasy, June 1998
August 1998 4 Short Fiction When Centaurs Dance Adventures of Sword and Sorcery, #5, 1998
September 2001 30 Short Fiction Bridges Dark Regions, Fall 2001
April 2002 40|40.30 Review Bridges Science Fiction Chronicle, #223 April 2002
March 2003 46 Short Fiction Golgotha Paradox #1, Spring 2003
August 2003 42 Short Fiction Kristin, with Caprice Realms of Fantasy, August 2003
August 2007 60 Short Fiction A Trade in Serpents Realms of Fantasy, August 2007
January 2008 |5 Short Fiction Quartet, with Mermaids Abyss & Apex, 1st Quarter 2008
February 2009 47 Short Fiction Fossil Fuels Realms of Fantasy, February 2009
April 2010 Short Fiction Wearing the Dead Pseudopod, #190
October 2010 Short Fiction High Art Abyss & Apex, 4th Quarter 2010
October 2010 38 Short Fiction Saint's-Paw Realms of Fantasy, October 2010
August 2011 43 Short Fiction Leap of Faith Realms of Fantasy, August 2011
November 2011 |3 Essay Planetary Alchemy Lightspeed, November 2011
December 2011 |12 Essay Armageddon Rock Lightspeed, December 2011
October 2012 14 Short Fiction The Mongolian Book of the Dead Asimov's Science Fiction, October-November 2012
September 2015 108 Review Clash of Eagles Analog Science Fiction and Fact, September 2015
October 2015 16 Short Fiction English Wildlife Asimov's Science Fiction, October-November 2015
December 2015 109 Review Clash of Eagles Asimov's Science Fiction, December 2015
January 2016 104 Review Clash of Eagles Asimov's Science Fiction, January 2016
March 2016 |7.3 Review Eagle in Exile Fantastic Stories of the Imagination, March-April 2016
June 2016 106 Review Eagle in Exile Analog Science Fiction and Fact, June 2016
March 2017 81 Short Fiction Kitty Hawk Asimov's Science Fiction, March-April 2017
September 2017 202 Review Eagle and Empire Analog Science Fiction and Fact, September-October 2017
March 2018 206 Review Eagle and Empire Asimov's Science Fiction, March-April 2018
May 2018 16 Short Fiction The Wandering Warriors Asimov's Science Fiction, May-June 2018
July 2022 84 Essay Earthrise Galaxy's Edge, July 2022
September 2022 85 Essay The Chicxulub Impact Galaxy's Edge, September 2022
November 2022 |11.8 Review Hot Moon Galaxy's Edge, November 2022
November 2022 75 Essay The Antikythera Mechanism Galaxy's Edge, November 2022
January 2023 194 Review Hot Moon Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January-February 2023
January 2023 74 Essay X-Ray Lasers Galaxy's Edge, January 2023
March 2023 199 Review Hot Moon Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March-April 2023
March 2023 103 Essay Rome Falls Galaxy's Edge, March 2023
May 2023 146 Essay The Mongol Horde Galaxy's Edge, May 2023
March 2025 204 Review Radiant Sky Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March-April 2025

7 English-language books

Year Type Title Author(s)
2015 Novel Clash of Eagles Alan Smale
2016 Novel Eagle in Exile Alan Smale
2017 Novel Eagle and Empire Alan Smale
2020 Anthology The Wandering Warriors Alan Smale & Rick Wilber
2022 Novel Hot Moon Alan Smale
2024 Novel Radiant Sky Alan Smale
2025 Novel Burning Night Alan Smale

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
2010 Sidewise Awards for Alternate History Best Short Form Alternate History A Clash of Eagles Winner
2013 Asimov's Readers' Poll Best Novella The Mongolian Book of the Dead Finalist
2013 Locus Poll Award Best Novella The Mongolian Book of the Dead Nominee
2017 Sidewise Awards for Alternate History Best Long Form Alternate History Clash of Eagles Nominee
2017 Sidewise Awards for Alternate History Best Long Form Alternate History Eagle in Exile Nominee
2017 Sidewise Awards for Alternate History Best Long Form Alternate History Eagle and Empire Nominee
2021 Sidewise Awards for Alternate History Best Short Form Alternate History Gunpowder Treason Winner

1986 PhD in Astrophysics from University of Oxford in the UK. NASA scientist and manager since 1988.

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