Howard Waldrop

Howard Waldrop (born September 15, 1946) is a science fiction author who works almost entirely in short fiction.

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September 15 - 1946 - Science fiction author

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Waldrop's stories combine elements such as alternate history, American popular culture, the American south, old movies (and character actors), classical mythology, and rock 'n' roll music. His style is sometimes obscure or elliptical. And the stories are always entertaining: "Night of the Cooters" is The War of the Worlds told from the perspective of a Texas sheriff (an homage to Slim Pickens); "Heirs of the Perisphere" involves robotic Disney characters waking up in the far future; "Fin de Cyclé" describes the Dreyfus affair from the perspective of bicycle enthusiasts.

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Alternate history - Popular culture - The War of the Worlds - Slim Pickens - Disney - Dreyfus affair

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Waldrop's work is frequently out of print and sometimes hard to find.

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• ' (novel, with Jake Saunders, 1974)
• Them Bones (novel, 1984)
• Howard Who? (1986)
• All About Strange Monsters of the Recent Past (1987)
• A Dozen Tough Jobs (novella, 1989)
• Night of the Cooters (1990)
• Going Home Again (1997)
• Dream Factories and Radio Pictures (e-book, 2001; printed form 2003)
• Custer's Last Jump and Other Collaborations (2003)
• Heart of Whitenesse (2005)

Some of these books have been reprinted in omnibus editions.

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"Night of the Cooters" can be found in War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches, edited by Kevin J. Anderson.

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Several of his stories have been nominated for awards; "The Ugly Chickens" (1980) -- about the dodo -- won a Nebula.

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The Ugly Chickens - Dodo - Nebula

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Born in Mississippi, Waldrop spent most of his life in Texas. He moved to Washington for a few years but has since returned to Austin. He is an avid fly fisherman. He is a member of the Turkey City Writer's Workshop. He has recently started writing movie reviews with Lawrence Person for Locus Online.

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Mississippi - Texas - Washington - Austin - Fly fisherman - Turkey City Writer's Workshop - Movie - Lawrence Person

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