Death: Presumably still alive and writing about T-space.
Comments: Alastair Mayer is a British-born, Canadian-raised science fiction author who now makes his home in Colorado. He has published two novels that I know of, and the bibliography on his website says he was supposed to publish two more in 2013, but that page hasn't been updated since 2012 and I haven't found any other references to them. Mayer has also published a handful of works of short fiction and a number of non-fiction pieces as well.
Mayer has a website named Alastair Mayer's T-Space, although it hasn't been updated since September 2013, as well as an officially-defunct website named Alastair JW Mayer. He can also be found on Twitter, although he hasn't posted a tweet since 2011. He has a Facebook page as well, although it isn't any more up to date than any of the other online places he has staked a claim to.
My reviews of Alastair Mayer's books:
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Other books by Alastair Mayer that I have read but not reviewed:
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Short fiction by Alastair Mayer appearing in works that I have reviewed:
Probability Zero: Light Conversation found in
Analog Science Fiction and Fact: Vol. CXXX, No. 6 (June 2010)
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I wish I knew what has happened to this author...
ReplyDelete@Daryl Bush: If you've read this page, you know as much as I know.
DeleteRumors of my death (if any) are greatly exaggerated. Still around, still writing (my latest novel "Alpha Centauri: First Landing" is out at the end of this month. A sequel to it ("Alpha Centauri: Sawyer's World") is in progress, as is a sequel to the chronologically later T-Space novels, "The Eridani Convergence", both of which should be out next year. See also my entry in isfdb, http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?127854 (recent updates may have not made it through validation yet).
ReplyDeleteI've been mostly staying away from social media, it's a horrible time sink. I should probably get on and post once in a while just so people aren't wondering what happened to me.
Side note: my Probability Zero piece "The Sock Problem" in the October 2011 Analog is perhaps closest to "Light Conversation". My T-Space series is more hard(ish) SF set in the world of "Stone Age" in the June 2011 Analog.
I have a backlog of short stories I need to send to the magazines.
Alastair Mayer: I am very glad to hear from you, and I am very glad that more of your work is scheduled to be published soon.
DeleteWow, I just looked this morning to see if there was any information on Mr. Mayer and look!! He's alive!! Wonderful... look forward to see more coming out.
DeleteDaryl: The internet is a wonderful thing.
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