   brian michael stableford (born 25 july 1948) is a british science fiction writer who has published more than 70 novels. his earlier books were published under the name brian m. stableford, but more recent ones have dropped the middle initial and appeared under the name brian stableford. he has also used the pseudonym brian craig for a couple of very early works, and again for a few more recent works. the pseudonym derives from the first names of himself and of a school friend from the 1960s, craig a. mackintosh, with whom he jointly published some very early work. born at shipley, yorkshire, stableford graduated with a degree in biology from the university of york in 1969 before going on to do postgraduate research in biology and later in sociology. in 1979 he received a ph.d. with a doctoral thesis on "the sociology of science fiction". until 1988, he worked as a lecturer in sociology at the university of reading. since then he has been a full-time writer and a part-time lecturer at several universities for classes concerning subjects such as creative writing. he has been married twice, and has a son and a daughter by his first marriage. ==awards and honours== *2011 science fiction & fantasy translation awards, special award."and the winners areâ¦", sf&fta website, 18 june 2011. ==bibliography== ===fiction=== ====series==== =====dies irae===== #the days of glory, (ace 1971) #in the kingdom of the beasts, (ace 1971) #day of wrath, (ace 1971) =====hooded swan (aka grainger)=====  #the halcyon drift, (daw november 1972 / j. m. dent 1974); also available as an ebook, listed at 58,069 words #rhapsody in black, (daw june 1973 / j. m. dent 1975); also available as an ebook, listed at 51,279 words #promised land, (daw february 1974 / j. m. dent september 1975); also available as an ebook, listed at 49,848 words #the paradise game, (daw june 1974 / j. m. dent 1976); also available as an ebook, listed at 50,303 words #the fenris device, (daw december 1974 / pan 1978); also available as an ebook, listed at 49,782 words #swan song, (daw may 1975 / pan 1978) all 6 novels are also available in a special omnibus volume: swan songs, (big engine april 2002 / sfbc april 2003) =====daedalus mission===== #the florians, (daw september 1976 / hamlyn 1978) #critical threshold, (daw february 1977 / hamly
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