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Peter Watts

Watts, Peter

January 25, 1958 (age 68)

Birth place: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

83 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
May 1994 9 Short Fiction Nimbus On Spec, Summer 1994
February 1995 31 Short Fiction Fractals, or: Reagan Assured Gorbachev of Help Against Aliens On Spec, Spring 1995
February 1997 17 Essay Guest Editorial: ON the Other Hand... Reluctant Praise On Spec, Spring 1997
1999 33 Review Starfish TransVersions, #11
March 1999 69 Short Fiction Home On Spec, Spring 1999
June 1999 Review Starfish Science Fiction Chronicle, #202 June 1999
July 1999 56 Review Starfish Locus, #462 July 1999
August 1999 59 Review Starfish Interzone, August 1999
October 1999 15 Review Starfish The New York Review of Science Fiction, October 1999
November 1999 37 Review Starfish Vector 208
November 1999 135 Review Starfish Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November 1999
2000 3 Interior Art Alien Intents (frontispiece) On Spec, Spring 2000
2000 173 Short Fiction Bulk Food On Spec, Fall 2000
2000 102 Review Starfish Foundation, #79 Summer 2000
April 2000 137 Review Starfish Asimov's Science Fiction, April 2000
2001 3 Essay Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Clone On Spec, Winter 2001
September 2001 43 Review Maelstrom SFRA Review #254-5
December 2001 31 Review Maelstrom Locus, #491 December 2001
March 2002 Review Starfish Strange Horizons, 4 March 2002
April 2002 130 Review Maelstrom Analog Science Fiction and Fact, April 2002
April 2002 20 Review Maelstrom The New York Review of Science Fiction, April 2002
April 2002 20 Review Ten Monkeys, Ten Minutes The New York Review of Science Fiction, April 2002
July 2002 11 Essay This Time It's Personal The New York Review of Science Fiction, July 2002
September 2002 29 Review Maelstrom Vector 225
2003 3 Essay Margaret Atwood and the Hierarchy of Contempt On Spec, Summer 2003
March 2003 135 Review Maelstrom Asimov's Science Fiction, March 2003
2004 21 Essay On Film & SF: Choosing the Way of Pain: A Dialogue on Lord of the Rings On Spec, Spring 2004
July 2004 24 Review Behemoth: B-Max SFRA Review #269
October 2004 74 Review Behemoth: B-Max Amazing Stories, October 2004
December 2004 133 Review Behemoth: B-Max Analog Science Fiction and Fact, December 2004
December 2004 Interview Interview with Peter Watts Challenging Destiny, December 2004
March 2005 71 Review Behemoth: Seppuku Amazing Stories, March 2005
May 2005 28 Review Behemoth: Seppuku Vector 241
July 2006 17 Review Blindsight SFRA Review #277
October 2006 15 Review Blindsight SFRA Review #278
December 2006 58 Review Blindsight Interzone, December 2006
2007 115 Review Blindsight Foundation, #99 Spring 2007
January 2007 33 Review Blindsight Vector 250
January 2007 226 Review Blindsight Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January-February 2007
April 2007 231 Review Blindsight Asimov's Science Fiction, April-May 2007
July 2007 17 Review Blindsight Subterranean Online, Summer 2007
November 2007 760 Short Fiction Repeating the Past Nature, November 29, 2007
December 2007 Short Fiction The Second Coming of Jasmine Fitzgerald StarShipSofa, No 2
March 2008 76 Interview Peter Watts: Lesser Evils Locus, #566 March 2008
May 2008 Essay Cognitive Entanglement StarShipSofa, No 26
July 2008 550 Short Fiction Hillcrest v. Velikovsky Nature, July 24, 2008
August 2008 Review Blindsight Strange Horizons, 25 August 2008
January 2010 31 Short Fiction The Things Clarkesworld Magazine, January 2010
June 2010 Short Fiction The Island StarShipSofa, No 143
June 2012 Short Fiction Malak StarShipSofa, No 244
December 2013 49 Review Beyond the Rift Locus, #635 December 2013
March 2014 82 Review Beyond the Rift Interzone, March-April 2014
March 2014 Review Beyond the Rift Strange Horizons, 3 March 2014
July 2014 Short Fiction The Colonel Tor.com, July 29, 2014
August 2014 |11 Short Fiction Echopraxia (excerpt) Lightspeed, August 2014
August 2014 Interview Human Nature: A Conversation with Peter Watts Clarkesworld Magazine, August 2014
September 2014 14 Review Echopraxia Locus, #644 September 2014
September 2014 Short Fiction Giants Clarkesworld Magazine, September 2014
October 2014 30 Review Beyond the Rift The New York Review of Science Fiction, October 2014
October 2014 Review Echopraxia Strange Horizons, 27 October 2014
December 2014 24 Review Echopraxia The New York Review of Science Fiction, December 2014
January 2015 5 Interview Space Vampires and Non-Consciousness Albedo One, #45
February 2015 Review Echopraxia Fantasy Scroll Magazine, February 2015
February 2015 |5 Short Fiction Firebrand Forever, Issue 1
June 2015 Short Fiction Bethlehem StarShipSofa, #391
February 2016 |4 Short Fiction Collateral Forever, Issue 13
April 2016 |19 Interview Author Spotlight: Peter Watts Lightspeed, April 2016
July 2016 147 Essay Another Word: Burning Bridges Clarkesworld, July 2016
June 2018 15 Review The Freeze-frame Revolution Locus, #689 June 2018
June 2018 18 Review The Freeze-frame Revolution Locus, #689 June 2018
September 2018 104 Short Fiction Mayfly Clarkesworld, September 2018
October 2018 |14.7 Review The Freeze-Frame Revolution Shoreline of Infinity, Autumn 2018
December 2019 |3 Review Peter Watts Is an Angry Sentient Tumor: Revenge Fantasies and Essays Strange Horizons, 9 December 2019
December 2019 |8 Interview Starfish and Sunflowers: A Conversation with Peter Watts Clarkesworld, December 2019
May 2022 |5 Short Fiction Test 4 Echo Lightspeed, May 2022
July 2022 |12 Interview Author Spotlight: Peter Watts (Lightspeed, July 2022) Lightspeed, July 2022
July 2022 |2 Short Fiction Critical Mass Lightspeed, July 2022
March 2023 |17 Interview Author Spotlight: Peter Watts (Lightspeed, March 2023) Lightspeed, March 2023
March 2023 |4 Short Fiction Contracting Iris Lightspeed, March 2023
May 2023 Short Fiction ZeroS Forever, May 2023
June 2025 |14 Interview Author Spotlight: Peter Watts Lightspeed, June 2025
June 2025 |2 Short Fiction The Twenty-One Second God Lightspeed, June 2025
August 2025 Short Fiction Kindred Forever, August 2025

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
1992 Prix Aurora Awards Best Short-Form Work in English / Meilleure nouvelle en anglais A Niche Winner
1997 Prix Aurora Awards Best Short-Form Work in English / Meilleure nouvelle en anglais Bethlehem Nominee
2000 John W. Campbell Memorial Award Best Science Fiction Novel Starfish Nominee
2000 Locus Poll Award Best First Novel Starfish Finalist
2000 Prix Aurora Awards Best Long-Form Work in English / Meilleur livre en anglais Starfish Nominee
2002 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Maelstrom Nominee
2002 Prix Aurora Awards Best Long-Form Work in English / Meilleur livre en anglais Maelstrom Nominee
2006 Prix Aurora Awards Best Short-Form Work in English / Meilleure nouvelle en anglais Mayfly Nominee
2007 Hugo Award Best Novel Blindsight Finalist
2007 John W. Campbell Memorial Award Best Science Fiction Novel Blindsight Finalist
2007 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Blindsight Finalist
2007 Prix Aurora Awards Best Long-Form Work in English / Meilleur livre en anglais Blindsight Nominee
2007 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic Sunburst award for a Canadian novel in previous year. Blindsight Nominee
2009 Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis Bestes ausländisches Werk Blindflug Nominee
2010 British Science Fiction Award Best Short Fiction The Things Nominee
2010 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire Traduction Vision aveugle Winner
2010 Hugo Award Best Novelette The Island Winner
2010 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette The Island Finalist
2010 Premio Ignotus Mejor novela extranjera - Best Foreign Novel VisiĂłn ciega Runner-up
2010 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award Best Short Science Fiction The Island Nominee
2011 Hugo Award Best Short Story The Things Finalist
2011 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story The Things Runner-up
2011 Shirley Jackson Award Best Short Fiction The Things Winner
2011 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award Best Short Science Fiction The Things Finalist
2012 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire Nouvelle étrangère L'île Nominee
2012 Locus Online 21st Century Novelette The Island Nominee
2012 Locus Online 21st Century Science Fiction Novel Blindsight Nominee
2012 Locus Online 21st Century Short Story The Things Finalist
2013 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire Traduction Béhémoth Nominee
2014 Locus Poll Award Best Collection Beyond the Rift Nominee
2014 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic Adult Beyond the Rift Nominee
2015 John W. Campbell Memorial Award Best Science Fiction Novel Echopraxia Nominee
2015 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette The Colonel Nominee
2015 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Collateral Nominee
2015 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Echopraxia Nominee
2015 Prix Aurora Awards Best Novel – English Echopraxia Nominee
2015 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic Adult Echopraxia Nominee
2017 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire Nouvelle étrangère Au-delà du gouffre Nominee
2018 British Science Fiction Award Best Novel The Freeze-Frame Revolution Nominee
2018 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette ZeroS Nominee
2019 Hugo Award Best Novella The Freeze-Frame Revolution Nominee
2019 John W. Campbell Memorial Award Best Science Fiction Novel The Freeze-Frame Revolution Nominee
2019 Locus Poll Award Best Novella The Freeze-Frame Revolution Nominee
2019 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Kindred Nominee
2020 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire Nouvelle étrangère ZeroS Nominee
2020 Locus Poll Award Best Non-Fiction Peter Watts Is an Angry Sentient Tumor: Revenge Fantasies and Essays Nominee
2021 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire Roman étranger Eriophora Nominee
2024 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Contracting Iris Nominee
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Cover September 2014 Firefall Firefall