Thomas Edward Purdom (born 1936) is an American writer best known for science fiction and nonfiction. His story "Fossil Games" was a nominee for the Hugo Award for Best Novelette in 2000. He has also done music criticism since 1988. His works have been translated into German, Chinese, Burmese, Russian, and Czech. He lives in Philadelphia.[1]

Tom Purdom
Tom Purdom in 2008, (photograph by Kyle Cassidy)
Born	19 April 1936 New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Occupation	Novelist short story writer essayist
Genre	Science fiction
Spouse	Sara Wescoat Purdom
Website
www.philart.net/tompurdom/

Bibliography

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Novels

• I Want the Stars. 1964.
• The Tree Lord of Imeten. 1966.
• Five Against Arlane (1967)
• Reduction in Arms (1967)
• The Barons of Behavior (1972)

Short fiction

Collections

• Lovers & Fighters, Starships & Dragons (2014)
• Romance on four worlds : a Casanova quartet. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Fantastic Books. 2015.

Stories[2]

Critical studies and reviews of Purdom's work

Romance on four worlds

• Sakers, Don (September 2015). "The Reference Library". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 135 (9): 105–108.

References

External links

• Works by Tom Purdom at Project Gutenberg
• Tom Purdom on the web
• Tom Purdom at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Tom Purdom, Lover & Fighter by Michael Swanwick

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