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His juvenile SF novel, ''Jumping off the Planet'', received the 2001 [[Hal Clement Young Adult Award]] for Excellence in Children's Science Fiction Literature. | His juvenile SF novel, ''Jumping off the Planet'', received the 2001 [[Hal Clement Young Adult Award]] for Excellence in Children's Science Fiction Literature. | ||
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Revision as of 17:30, 4 September 2021
(January 24, 1944 —)
David Gerrold (born in Chicago, Illinois) is a SF novelist and screenwriter known for his script for the popular original Star Trek episode "The Trouble with Tribbles," for creating the Sleestak race on the TV series Land of the Lost, and for his novelette, "The Martian Child," which won both Hugo and Nebula awards, and was adapted into a 2007 motion picture.
He is the author of over 50 books, several hundred articles and columns, and over a dozen television episodes.
His juvenile SF novel, Jumping off the Planet, received the 2001 Hal Clement Young Adult Award for Excellence in Children's Science Fiction Literature.
Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
Awards, Honors and GoHships:
- 1975 -- OakLaCon
- 1979 -- Skylark Award, StellarCon IV
- 1982 -- Toastmaster at Westercon 35
- 1983 -- Constellation Con, Novacon '83
- 1984 -- R-Con, StellarCon IX
- 1985 -- Con Amore, Triangulum
- 1988 -- Toastmaster at Norwescon X
- 1990 -- CopperCon 10 (Special Guest)
- 1993 -- Chattacon XVIII, CupCon
- 1994 -- InConJunction XIV
- 1995 -- Best Novelette Hugo, Best Novelette Nebula
- 1996 -- Tropicon XV
- 1997 -- Tra-La-La Con
- 1998 -- VCON 23
- 2001 -- Hal Clement Young Adult Award
- 2002 -- Rustycon 19, Philcon 2002
- 2003 -- MisCon 17
- 2004 -- Loscon 31
- 2005 -- Toastmaster at FenCon II, Telluride Tech Festival Award of Technology
- 2007 -- Boskone 44, Swancon 32, Forry Award
- 2008 -- Coastcon
- 2010 -- Necronomicon 2010
- 2013 -- Astronomicon 12, Stoker Award
- 2014 -- GalaxyCon, Apollocon 2014, Keycon 31, DucKon 23
- 2015 -- Sasquan, ICON 40, LepreCon 41
- 2016 -- ConDor XXIII, Loscon 43, Baycon 2016, Bubonicon 48
- 2017 -- I-Con 32, HELIOsphere 2017
- 2018 -- MC at Westercon 71
- 2019 -- MisCon 33
- 2021 -- Rustycon 2021
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