Jim Aikin

James Douglas Aikin (born 1948)[1][2] is an American science fiction writer based in Livermore, California. He is also a music technology writer, an interactive fiction writer, freelance editor and writer, cellist, and teacher. He frequently writes articles for various music industry magazines, including Electronic Musician, Keyboard Magazine, and Mix.[3][4]

Jim Aikin
BornJames Douglas Aikin
1948 (age 72–73)
OccupationEditor, teacher, writer (music technology, science fiction)
CitizenshipUnited States
Notable worksMusic Technology
  • Software Synthesizers: The Definitive Guide to Virtual Musical Instruments
  • Power Tools for Synthesizer Programming

Science fiction

  • Walk the Moons Road
  • The Wall at the Edge of the World
Website
www.musicwords.net

Aikin sold his first fiction story to Fantasy & Science Fiction where it appeared in the February 1981 issue.[3]

Bibliography

All titles listed chronologically.

Short works
  • Cleaving, Amazing, November 1984
  • Statues, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, November 1984
  • Dance for the King, Omni, November 1984
  • My Life in the Jungle, Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1985
  • A Place to Stay for a Little While, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, 1986
  • Dancing Among Ghosts, Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1988
  • Run! Run!, Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 2008
  • An Elvish Sword of Great Antiquity, Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 2009
  • Leaving the Station, Asimov's Science Fiction, December 2009

Collections
  • Beyond Armageddon (1985, "My Life in the Jungle")
  • The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories 13 (1987, "A Place to Stay for a Little While")
  • The Omni Book of Science Fiction 6 (1989, "Dance for the King")
  • The Year’s Best Fantasy: Second Annual Collection (1989, "Dancing Among Ghosts")

Novels
  • Walk the Moons Road (May 1985, ISBN 0-345-32169-3, Del Rey)
  • The Wall at the Edge of the World (March 1993, ISBN 0-441-87140-2, Ace Books)

Interactive fiction
  • Not Just an Ordinary Ballerina (1999)
  • Last Resort (2006)
  • Lydia's Heart (2007)
  • Mrs. Pepper's Nasty Secret (2008, with Eric Eve)
  • April in Paris (2008)
  • A Flustered Duck (2009; winner of the Spring Thing)

Non-fiction works
  • Power Tools for Synthesizer Programming (January 2004, ISBN 0-87930-773-0, Backbeat Books)
  • A Player's Guide to Chords & Harmony (June 2004, ISBN 0-87930-798-6, Backbeat Books)
  • Picture Yourself Playing Cello (2012, ISBN 1-4354-5868-0, Course Technology)
  • Csound Power! (2013, ISBN 1-4354-6004-9, Course Technology)

As editor
  • The Guide To MIDI Orchestration (3rd Edition, August 2004, ISBN 0-9646705-3-4, Musicworks Atlanta)
  • Real World Digital Audio (2005-11-30, ISBN 0-321-30460-8, Peachpit Press)

Sources: [1][2][3][4][5][6]

References
  1. "Stories, Listed by Author: Aikin, Jim". Locus Magazine. Archived from the original on 2007-02-23. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
  2. "Jim Aikin". SFBook.com. Archived from the original on 2006-05-19.
  3. Van Gelder, Gordon (September 2008). "Run! Run! (headnote)". Fantasy & Science Fiction. 115 (3): 153–160.
  4. "Articles by Jim Aikin". Electronic Musician. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
  5. "Jim Aikin (bibliography, books, series, web links)". SciFan. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-06-17.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. "Jim Aikin's Resume". Archived from the original on 2007-06-12. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
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