Bradford Swain Linaweaver was an American science fiction writer, film producer, actor, and magazine publisher.
17 Facts About Brad Linaweaver
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Brad Linaweaver was born September 1,1952, in Washington, North Carolina, the only child of Melville and June Linaweaver.
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The family moved to the outskirts of Orlando, Florida in 1958, when Brad was six years old, where his father engaged in real estate development and investments.
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Brad Linaweaver attended Orange County public schools, before attending Florida State University.
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Brad Linaweaver obtained his MFA degree in a program for poets and writers from Rollins College.
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In late 1970, during his freshman year at Florida State University, Brad Linaweaver joined the local college chapter of the national conservative organization Young Americans for Freedom.
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Unknown to him at the time, Brad Linaweaver's writing caught the attention of Ronald Reagan.
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Brad Linaweaver didn't learn about the endorsement from Reagan until decades later.
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Brad Linaweaver mused that if he had known about it earlier, it might have changed the trajectory of his career path.
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Brad Linaweaver began his film career in 1978 with an original story credit for The Brain Leeches, the film that jump started the career of prodigious Hollywood director producer Fred Olen Ray.
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Brad Linaweaver's first published science fiction sale was in the July 1980 issue of Fantastic with the short story The Competitor, which was later adapted as a radio play and stage production by the Atlanta Radio Theatre Company.
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The work allowed Brad Linaweaver to expound upon the different outcomes of economic models, as well as the little known cultist underpinnings and beliefs of the Nazi regime.
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Brad Linaweaver then expanded the story to novel length, firmly establishing himself within the realm of Libertarian science fiction writers, and winning a Prometheus Award.
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Over his career, Brad Linaweaver wrote more than 50 stories that found their way into print.
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Brad Linaweaver shared a second Prometheus Award with Ed Kramer for co-editing Free Space, a libertarian science fiction anthology from TOR books.
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Brad Linaweaver wrote and produced online content, including the award-winning web series Silicon Assassin, starring Richard Hatch, currently available on YouTube.
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Brad Linaweaver restored the cannon to working order and subsequently posted a 2007 video of it being fired several times on YouTube.