Tom Purdom

Thomas Edward Purdom (born 1936) is an American writer best known for science fiction and nonfiction. His story Fossil Games was a nominee for the Hugo Award for Best Novelette in 2000. He has also done music criticism since 1988. His works have been translated into German, Chinese, Burmese, Russian, and Czech. He lives in Philadelphia.[1]

Tom Purdom
Tom Purdom in 2008, (photograph by Kyle Cassidy)
Born	19 April 1936 New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Occupation	Novelist, short story Writer, Essayist
Genre	Science fiction
Spouse	Sara Wescoat Purdom
Website
www.philart.net/tompurdom/

Bibliography

Novels

• I want the stars. 1964.
• The Tree Lord of Imeten. 1966.
• Five Against Arlane (1967)
• Reduction in Arms (1967)
• The Barons of Behavior (1972)

Short fiction

Collections

• Lovers & Fighters, Starships & Dragons (2014)

Stories[2]

Title	Year	First published	Reprinted/collected	Notes
Sordman the Protector	1960	Purdom, Tom (August 1960). "Sordman the Protector". Galaxy Science Fiction. 18 (6): 82–103.		Novelette
Courting Time	1966	Purdom, Tom (February 1966). "Courting Time". Galaxy Science Fiction. 24 (3): 49–62.		Novelette
Fossil games	1999
Warlord	2013	Purdom, Tom (Apr–May 2013). "Warlord". Asimov's Science Fiction. 37 (4&5): 154–181.		Novelette
A stranger from a foreign ship	2013	Purdom, Tom (Sep 2013). "A stranger from a foreign ship". Asimov's Science Fiction. 37 (9): 58–69.
Bogdavi's dream	2014	Purdom, Tom (Sep 2014). "Bogdavi's dream". Asimov's Science Fiction. 38 (9): 78–105.		Novelette

References

1. bio
2. Short stories unless otherwise noted.

External links

• Works by Tom Purdom at Project Gutenberg
• Tom Purdom on the web
• Tom Purdom at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Tom Purdom, Lover & Fighter by Michael Swanwick