Grant Callin

Grant David Callin (born 1941[1]) is part of the hard science fiction stream of authors.[2] He sometimes goes by the pseudonym Flash Richardson.

Grant David Callin
Born1941
Pen nameFlash Richardson
Grant D. Callin
Grant Callin
OccupationResearch analyst
GenreHard science fiction

Callin graduated from the Air Force Academy in 1963, and retired from the service in 1984. He holds a bachelor's degree in basic sciences, and advanced degrees in space physics, physiology and biophysics. An amateur astronomer, he built his own 8-inch (200 mm) telescope and does some astrophotography.[2]

As of 1986, he worked for Boeing Aerospace Company as a research analyst, involved with the work on the NASA Space Station Program.[2] He is currently in retirement in Sammamish, WA.

Bibliography

Novels
  • Saturnalia (1986) (ISBN 0-671-65546-9)
  • A Lion on Tharthee (1987) (ISBN 0-671-65357-1)

Short fiction
  • The Turtle and O'Hare (1982)
  • Deborah's Children (1983)
  • Saturn Alia (1984) - the short story upon which the novel was based.
  • The Carhart Shale (1993)

References
  1. Grant Callin
  2. "About the Author" within A Lion on Tharthee

see also Jay Kay Klein's "Biolog" in Analog, July 1984.


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