Geoff Ryman
Legal name: Ryman, Geoffrey Charles
Birth place: Canada
Birth date: 9 May 1951
Language: English
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Bibliographic comments: Only Geoff Ryman's titles related to Asia are listed here.
Biographic comments:
Novels
Air
2004
Library edition: September 2004, 1st edition, 1st printing
St Martin’s Press
ISBN 978-1-59780-157-7
Trade paperback, 390 pages
$14.95 / C$21.95
Notes:
• Set in the fictional Asian country of Karzistan.
• Winner of the 2005 BSFA Award, 2010 Nebula Award, 2005 Tiptree Award, 2005 Locus Award and the 2006 Arthur
C. Clarke Award.
Collections
Unconquered Countries
1994
Library edition: November 1999, 1st printing
Harper Collins
ISBN 0-00-648347-X
Trade paperback, xii+295 pages
£6.99 / A$14.95
Notes:
• Introduction by Samuel R. Delany, Afterword by Geoff Ryman.
• 'The Unconquered Country' is allegorical of Cambodia.
• 'The Unconquered Country' won the 1984 BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction and the 1985 World Fantasy Award for
Best Novella.
• Relevant contents are highlighted in white.
Fiction: A Fall of Angels, or On the Possibility of Life Under Extreme Conditions // Fan // O Happy Day! // The
Unconquered Country
Paradise Tales
< July 2011, 1st edition
Small Beer Press
ISBN 978-1-931520-64-5
Trade paperback, 313 pages
$16.00
Notes:
• 'The Last Ten Years in the Life of Hero Kai', 'Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter' and 'Blocked' are set in Cambodia.
• Relevant contents are highlighted in white.
Fiction: The Film-makers of Mars // The Last Ten Years in the Life of Hero Kai // Birth Days // VAO // The Future of
Science Fiction // Omnisexual // Home // Warmth // Everywhere // No Bad Thing // Talk Is Cheap // Days of
Wonder // You // K is for Kosovo (or, Massimo's Career) // Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter // Blocked
Short fiction chapbooks
The Unconquered Country
1984
< November 1999, 1st printing
Unwin
ISBN 0-04-823314-5
Trade paperback, 134 pages
unknown cover price
Notes:
• Allegorical of Cambodia.
• 'The Unconquered Country' won the 1984 BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction and the 1985 World Fantasy Award for
Best Novella.
