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Jerry Oltion

Oltion, Jerry Brian

September 22, 1957 (age 68)

Birth place: Sheridan, Wyoming, USA

211 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
November 1982 148 Short Fiction Much Ado About Nothing Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, November 1982
March 1983 122 Short Fiction The Sense of Discovery Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, March 1983
January 1984 94 Short Fiction Frame of Reference Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, January 1984
December 1984 130 Short Fiction The Life of Boswell Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, December 1984
April 1985 42 Short Fiction The Getaway Special Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, April 1985
June 1985 148 Short Fiction All Your Dreams Come True Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, June 1985
August 1985 136 Short Fiction The BASIC Universe Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, August 1985
July 1986 80 Short Fiction Déjà View Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, July 1986
August 1987 12 Short Fiction The Love Song of Laura Morrison Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, August 1987
September 1987 166 Short Fiction In the Creation Science Laboratory Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, September 1987
October 1987 108 Short Fiction What's a Nice Girl Like You ... Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, October 1987
November 1987 112 Short Fiction Neither Rain Nor Sleet Nor Weirdness Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, November 1987
October 1988 12 Short Fiction Sunstat Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, October 1988
December 1988 13 Short Fiction Alternating Current Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine, Winter 1988
December 1988 80 Short Fiction If You Wish Upon a Star... Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, December 1988
February 1989 66 Short Fiction Big Two-Sided River Analog Science Fiction and Fact, February 1989
July 1989 70 Short Fiction Moonsong Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July 1989
September 1989 116 Short Fiction Down the Colorado! Analog Science Fiction and Fact, September 1989
1990 27 Short Fiction Suicide by UFO Science Fiction Review, Summer 1990
January 1990 186 Short Fiction The Baseline Project Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January 1990
February 1990 90 Short Fiction Parapsychology Today Analog Science Fiction and Fact, February 1990
May 1990 158 Short Fiction Time Out Analog Science Fiction and Fact, May 1990
August 1990 3 Review Arrival Paperback Inferno, #85
August 1990 112 Short Fiction Schrodinger's Lifeboat Analog Science Fiction and Fact, August 1990
November 1990 173 Short Fiction The Signing Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine, Fall 1990
December 1990 70 Short Fiction Peace on Earth Analog Science Fiction and Fact, December 1990
September 1991 29 Essay 30 Strategies for Making Yourself Work The Report, September 1991, No. 4
September 1991 66 Short Fiction A Little Knowledge Dragon Magazine, September 1991
September 1991 23 Short Fiction Junk Mail Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine, September 20, 1991
October 1991 91 Short Fiction Red Alert Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, October 1991
November 1991 12 Short Fiction Contact Analog Science Fiction & Fact, November 1991
November 1991 78 Review Professionalism Amazing Stories, November 1991
December 1991 76 Short Fiction Floor in Landida Analog Science Fiction and Fact, December 1991
December 1991 21 Short Fiction One Last Gift Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine, December 31, 1991
December 1991 14 Short Fiction Peace and Quiet Science Fiction Review, December 1991
December 1991 53 Short Fiction The Ghost in the Machine Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine, December 31, 1991
December 1991 62 Short Fiction The Scents of Compulsion Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Mid-December 1991
August 1992 80 Short Fiction The Clone in the Moon Analog Science Fiction and Fact, August 1992
August 1992 80 Interior Art The Clone in the Moon Analog Science Fiction and Fact, August 1992
February 1993 38 Short Fiction The Grass Is Always Greener The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1993
April 1993 46 Short Fiction Hit and Run Analog Science Fiction and Fact, April 1993
September 1993 43 Short Fiction Blue Light Special The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 1993
September 1993 14 Short Fiction Course Changes Analog Science Fiction and Fact, September 1993
September 1993 58 Essay The Pro Shop: At Least They're Reading Figment, Fall 1993
October 1993 69 Short Fiction Dedication Analog Science Fiction and Fact, October 1993
October 1993 40 Essay Letter (Locus #393) Locus, #393 October 1993
December 1993 1 Short Fiction Mid-life Crossing Sirius*Visions, Alban Arthuan/December 21, 1993
1994 52 Short Fiction The Descartes Dilemma Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine, Issue 17
March 1994 14 Short Fiction Waterworld Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 1994
May 1994 74 Short Fiction The Firefly Farce Analog Science Fiction and Fact, May 1994
June 1994 65 Review The Gigantic Three in One Complete History of the Universe Locus, #401 June 1994
July 1994 41 Short Fiction Abridged Edition The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 1994
December 1994 96 Short Fiction Fermat's Lost Theorem Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Mid-December 1994
December 1994 86 Short Fiction The Pandora Probe Analog Science Fiction and Fact, December 1994
January 1995 81 Short Fiction The Great Martian Pyramid Hoax The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 1995
February 1995 94 Short Fiction Schrödinger's Kiln Analog Science Fiction and Fact, February 1995
May 1995 81 Short Fiction Come Together Analog Science Fiction and Fact, May 1995
May 1995 19 Essay Kent Patterson: 1943-1995 Sirius*Visions, Beltane/May 1, 1995
July 1995 178 Short Fiction Fait Accompli Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July 1995
August 1995 171|171.1 Essay Letter (Analog, August 1995) Analog Science Fiction and Fact, August 1995
August 1995 2 Short Fiction Unfamiliar, Foreign, Outré Tomorrow Speculative Fiction, August 1995
September 1995 44 Short Fiction Dutchman's Gold The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 1995
December 1995 87 Short Fiction Away in a Manger Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Mid-December 1995
December 1995 71 Short Fiction Uncertainty The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 1995
January 1996 46 Short Fiction The Plight Before Christmas The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 1996
August 1996 73 Short Fiction There Goes the Neighborhood The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 1996
October 1996 72 Short Fiction Unfinished Business Analog Science Fiction and Fact, October 1996
November 1996 86 Short Fiction The Spectral Stardrive Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November 1996
December 1996 100 Short Fiction Abandon in Place The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 1996
January 1997 132 Short Fiction Holiday Spirits Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January 1997
March 1997 103 Short Fiction The Difference Between Science Fiction and Fantasy The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 1997
June 1997 48|48.09 Review Buried Treasures: An Anthology of Unpublished Pulphouse Stories Science Fiction Chronicle, #192 June 1997
July 1997 74 Short Fiction The Space Program Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July-August 1997
October 1997 72 Short Fiction Cease and Deceased Analog Science Fiction and Fact, October 1997
October 1997 90 Short Fiction Deus X The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October-November 1997
February 1998 91 Short Fiction What's it Like? Analog Science Fiction and Fact, February 1998
March 1998 69 Short Fiction Why Didn't You Think of That Before We Left? Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 1998
October 1998 38 Short Fiction Artifacts Analog Science Fiction and Fact, October 1998
November 1998 43 Short Fiction Kissing Cousins Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November 1998
December 1998 71 Short Fiction The Miracle The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 1998
January 1999 94 Short Fiction Gems in the Rough Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January 1999
May 1999 59 Review Where Sea Meets Sky Interzone, May 1999
June 1999 40 Short Fiction Biosphere The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 1999
July 1999 8 Short Fiction The Astronaut from Wyoming Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July-August 1999
October 1999 86 Short Fiction The Menace from Earth Analog Science Fiction and Fact, October 1999
February 2000 10 Short Fiction A Star Is Born Analog Science Fiction and Fact, February 2000
August 2000 33 Short Fiction The Pain in the Ass The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 2000
November 2000 83|83.1 Review Abandon in Place Talebones, Fall 2000
December 2000 74 Short Fiction It's the Thought That Counts Analog Science Fiction and Fact, December 2000
February 2001 68 Review Abandon in Place Locus, #481 February 2001
June 2001 134 Review Abandon in Place Analog Science Fiction and Fact, June 2001
July 2001 52 Review Abandon in Place The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 2001
March 2002 31 Review The Getaway Special Vector 222
April 2002 54 Short Fiction Chum Analog Science Fiction and Fact, April 2002
May 2002 96 Short Fiction Cabin Fever Analog Science Fiction and Fact, May 2002
June 2002 106 Short Fiction Ships in the Night Analog Science Fiction and Fact, June 2002
September 2002 74 Short Fiction Renewable Resources Analog Science Fiction and Fact, September 2002
December 2002 30 Short Fiction The Ulti Mate Talebones #25, Fall 2002
December 2002 113 Short Fiction The Unfamiliar The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 2002
December 2002 34 Short Fiction Witness Analog Science Fiction and Fact, December 2002
February 2003 100 Short Fiction The HASEG Analog Science Fiction and Fact, February 2003
October 2003 124 Short Fiction The Navatar The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October-November 2003
December 2003 28 Short Fiction The Glass Ceiling Artemis, Winter 2003
January 2004 36 Review The Getaway Special Vector 233
March 2004 104 Short Fiction The Uncommon Cold Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 2004
May 2004 70 Short Fiction Damned If You Don't Analog Science Fiction and Fact, May 2004
September 2004 8 Short Fiction Trophies and Treasures Analog Science Fiction and Fact, September 2004
May 2005 78 Short Fiction Tainted Analog Science Fiction and Fact, May 2005
July 2005 26 Review Anywhere But Here Vector 242
July 2005 232 Review Paradise Passed Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July-August 2005
September 2005 29 Review Paradise Passed The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 2005
September 2005 71 Short Fiction The Best-Laid Plans Analog Science Fiction and Fact, September 2005
2006 13 Essay Two Heads Are More Work Than One The SFWA Bulletin, Spring 2006
May 2006 88 Short Fiction Slide Show Analog Science Fiction and Fact, May 2006
December 2006 82 Short Fiction Diatomaceous Earth Analog Science Fiction and Fact, December 2006
January 2007 115 Short Fiction If Only We Knew Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January-February 2007
April 2007 60 Short Fiction Crackers Analog Science Fiction and Fact, April 2007
August 2007 22 Short Fiction Starlings Darker Matter, #5, August 2007
December 2007 72 Short Fiction Salvation Analog Science Fiction and Fact, December 2007
January 2008 166 Short Fiction A New Generation Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January-February 2008
April 2008 86 Short Fiction The Anthropic Precipice Analog Science Fiction and Fact, April 2008
July 2008 132 Short Fiction Outside the Box Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July-August 2008
January 2009 82 Short Fiction All in Fun The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 2009
April 2009 50 Short Fiction A Jug of Wine and Thou Analog Science Fiction and Fact, April 2009
September 2009 68 Short Fiction Her Heart's Desire Asimov's Science Fiction, September 2009
October 2009 56 Short Fiction In the Autumn of the Empire Analog Science Fiction and Fact, October 2009
November 2009 66 Short Fiction Foreign Exchange Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November 2009
December 2009 30 Short Fiction The Jolly Old Boyfriend Analog Science Fiction and Fact, December 2009
April 2010 74 Short Fiction When We Were Fab Analog Science Fiction and Fact, April 2010
June 2010 42 Short Fiction Space Aliens Taught My Dog to Knit! Analog Science Fiction and Fact, June 2010
September 2010 72 Short Fiction The View from the Top Analog Science Fiction and Fact, September 2010
October 2010 74 Short Fiction Never Saw it Coming Analog Science Fiction and Fact, October 2010
November 2010 152 Short Fiction Planning Ahead The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November-December 2010
December 2010 50 Short Fiction Tools of the Devil Realms of Fantasy, December 2010
March 2011 78 Short Fiction Taboo Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 2011
April 2011 75 Short Fiction Quack Analog Science Fiction and Fact, April 2011
May 2011 62 Short Fiction What I Did On My Summer Vacation Analog Science Fiction and Fact, May 2011
October 2011 52 Short Fiction Second Childhood Realms of Fantasy, October 2011
October 2011 37 Short Fiction The Last of Lust Analog Science Fiction and Fact, October 2011
November 2011 62 Short Fiction Rocket Science Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November 2011
January 2012 78 Essay What Science Means To Me Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January-February 2012
April 2012 54 Short Fiction You Say You Want a Revolution Analog Science Fiction and Fact, April 2012
June 2012 51 Short Fiction An Ounce of Prevention Analog Science Fiction and Fact, June 2012
June 2012 106 Essay Letter (Analog, June 2012) Analog Science Fiction and Fact, June 2012
September 2012 Short Fiction Judgment Passed The Drabblecast, #257
September 2012 110 Essay Letter: The Author Replies ... (Analog, September 2012) Analog Science Fiction and Fact, September 2012
September 2012 96 Short Fiction The Long View Analog Science Fiction and Fact, September 2012
January 2013 8 Short Fiction In the Moment Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January-February 2013
March 2014 46 Short Fiction Not for Sissies Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 2014
May 2014 48 Short Fiction Our New Overlords Analog Science Fiction and Fact, May 2014
January 2015 91 Short Fiction Why the Titanic Hit the Iceberg Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January-February 2015
November 2016 42 Short Fiction The Tattling Tats Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November 2016
September 2017 72 Short Fiction A Tinker's Damnation Analog Science Fiction and Fact, September-October 2017
January 2018 Short Fiction Molten Souls Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, January 2018
March 2018 190 Essay Science: Naked Eye Astronomy The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March-April 2018
March 2018 84 Short Fiction Sicko Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March-April 2018
July 2018 124 Short Fiction Fiction Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, July 2018
July 2018 193 Essay Science: Why Do Kites Fly? The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July-August 2018
September 2018 67 Short Fiction In the Garden, a Late Flower Blooms Unfit Magazine, #1 September 2018
September 2018 193 Essay Science: The Telltale Vein The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September-October 2018
November 2018 190 Essay Science: Space Drives Real and Imaginary The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November-December 2018
November 2018 160 Short Fiction The Ascension Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November/December 2018
January 2019 207 Essay Science: When Betelgeuse Blows The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January/February 2019
March 2019 197 Essay Science: E.T. Schmee-T The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March/April 2019
May 2019 200 Essay Science: How to Calculate an Orbit The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May/June 2019
July 2019 194 Essay Science: How Vaccines Work The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/August 2019
September 2019 204 Essay Science: Net Up or Net Down The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September/October 2019
November 2019 8 Short Fiction An Eye for an Eye Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November-December 2019
November 2019 195 Essay Science: Portable Power The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November/December 2019
2020 105 Essay Ed Bryant and the New Guy Unreal Magazine, Fall 2020
January 2020 42 Essay Reminiscences on "The Astronaut from Wyoming" Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January-February 2020
January 2020 205 Essay Science: Where's My Flying Car? The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January/February 2020
March 2020 188 Essay Films: Wet Screams The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March-April 2020
March 2020 193 Essay Science: Natural Disasters in Utopia The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March-April 2020
May 2020 142 Short Fiction Obsession Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, Winter 2020
May 2020 200 Essay Science: Starlink, Star Junk The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May-June 2020
July 2020 99 Short Fiction Rite of Passage Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July-August 2020
July 2020 195 Essay Science: What the Heck Is an Analemma? The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July-August 2020
September 2020 195 Essay Science: The Science of Printing The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September-October 2020
November 2020 186 Essay Science: Is Math Real? The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November-December 2020
January 2021 201 Essay Science: How Fast Are We Going? The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January-February 2021
January 2021 80 Short Fiction What Were You Thinking? Analog Science Fiction & Fact, January-February 2021
March 2021 69 Short Fiction If a Tree Doesn't Fall Analog Science Fiction & Fact, March-April 2021
March 2021 225 Essay Science: How Science Works The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March-April 2021
April 2021 23 Short Fiction A Rough Day at Theophice Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, April 2021
July 2021 226 Essay Science: Running Hot and Cold The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July-August 2021
September 2021 224 Essay Science: String Theory—The Musical Kind The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September-October 2021
October 2021 18 Short Fiction Ecstatically Ever After · Jerry & Kathy Oltion Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, October 2021
November 2021 220 Essay Science: Telescopes in Fact and Fiction The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November-December 2021
January 2022 202 Essay The Ladder of Time The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January/February 2022
February 2022 58 Short Fiction A Fool and His Money Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, February 2022
March 2022 243 Essay Science: The Ladder of Distance The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March/April 2022
May 2022 160 Short Fiction As If Nothing Had Happened Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, May 2022
May 2022 99 Short Fiction Now We're Talking Analog Science Fiction and Fact, May-June 2022
May 2022 247 Essay Science: The Asteroid Age The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May/June 2022
June 2022 94 Short Fiction Ashes to Ashes Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, June 2022
July 2022 229 Essay Science: Staying Alive in Space The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/August 2022
July 2022 124 Short Fiction The Dark Ages Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July-August 2022
September 2022 221 Essay Science: The Moon Illusion The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September/October 2022
September 2022 8 Short Fiction Shepherd Moons Analog Science Fiction and Fact, September-October 2022
September 2022 166 Short Fiction Terrier at 20,000 Feet Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, September 2022
November 2022 239 Essay Science: Color It Blue The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November/December 2022
January 2023 184 Essay Science: The Measure of a Year The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January/February 2023
March 2023 243 Essay Science: The Science Of Love The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March/April 2023
May 2023 227 Essay Science: Fun in the Sun The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May/June 2023
July 2023 247 Essay Science: Fireworks The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July-August 2023
September 2023 226 Essay Science: Slipsticks in Science and Science Fiction The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September-October 2023
November 2023 208 Essay Science: Space Dust The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November-December 2023
2024 200 Essay Science: Newton vs. Mach The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Summer 2024
January 2024 234 Essay Science: The World's Greatest Telescopes The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Winter 2024
November 2024 113 Short Fiction In Your Dreams Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November-December 2024

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
1987 Analog Award Best Short Story Neither Rain Nor Sleet Nor Weirdness Finalist
1987 Analog Award Best Short Story The Love Song of Laura Morrison Winner
1988 Analog Award Best Short Story If You Wish Upon a Star... Finalist
1991 Analog Award Best Novella/Novelette Contact Finalist
1993 Nebula Award Novella Contact Nominee
1994 Analog Award Best Short Story The Pandora Probe Finalist
1994 Hugo Award Best Novelette Course Changes Nominee
1995 Hugo Award Best Short Story The Pandora Probe Nominee
1995 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story The Pandora Probe Nominee
1996 Nebula Award Novelette Fermat's Lost Theorem Nominee
1997 Hugo Award Best Novella Abandon in Place Finalist
1997 Locus Poll Award Best Novella Abandon in Place Nominee
1997 SF Chronicle Award Novella Abandon in Place Finalist
1998 Analog Award Best Short Story Artifacts Finalist
1998 Nebula Award Novella Abandon in Place Winner
1998 Nebula Award Short Story The Spectral Stardrive Nominee
1999 Analog Award Best Novella The Astronaut from Wyoming Winner
1999 HOMer Award Novella The Astronaut from Wyoming Nominee
2000 Hugo Award Best Novella The Astronaut from Wyoming Finalist
2000 Locus Poll Award Best Novella The Astronaut from Wyoming Nominee
2000 Nebula Award Novella The Astronaut from Wyoming Nominee
2001 Endeavour Award Distinguished Novel or Collection Abandon in Place Nominee
2002 Endeavour Award Distinguished Novel or Collection The Getaway Special Nominee
2003 Nebula Award Novel The Getaway Special Nominee
2005 Endeavour Award Distinguished Novel or Collection Paradise Passed Nominee
2006 Endeavour Award Distinguished Novel or Collection Anywhere But Here Winner
2007 Analog Award Best Short Story Salvation Finalist
2008 Analog Award Best Short Story A New Generation Finalist
2008 British Science Fiction Award Best Short Fiction Judgment Passed Nominee
2009 Analog Award Best Short Story Foreign Exchange Finalist
2022 Analog Award Best Novelette Shepherd Moons Winner
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