1. Howard Waldrop was an American science fiction author who worked primarily in short fiction.
11 Facts About Howard Waldrop
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Howard Waldrop received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2021.
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Howard Waldrop moved to Washington state for several years, but returned to Austin.
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Howard Waldrop was a member of the Turkey City Writer's Workshop, attended the Rio Hondo Writing Workshop, and taught at the Clarion Workshop.
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Howard Waldrop was a frequent attendee of ArmadilloCon, the local science fiction convention held annually in Austin.
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Howard Waldrop was one of three writer Guests of Honor at the 1995 World Fantasy Convention held in Baltimore and at Readercon 15 held in Burlington, Massachusetts, in 2003.
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Howard Waldrop was Professional Writer Guest of Honor at Loscon 46 in Los Angeles, California, in 2019.
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Howard Waldrop died from a stroke in Austin, on January 14,2024, at the age of 77.
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Howard Waldrop's stories combine elements such as alternative history, American popular culture, the American South, old movies, classical mythology, and rock 'n' roll music.
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Howard Waldrop's style is sometimes obscure or elliptical: Night of the Cooters is a pastiche of H G Wells' The War of the Worlds told from the perspective of a small town Texas sheriff who faces a Martian cylinder crashing down near his town; "Heirs of the Perisphere" involves robotic Disney characters waking up in the far future; "Fin de Cycle" describes the Dreyfus affair from the perspective of bicycle enthusiasts.
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Howard Waldrop's work is frequently out-of-print, though still available for sale online; several of his books have been reprinted in omnibus editions.