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Jane Jensen
Jane Jensen (born 1963)

computer scientist, game designer

  • Anderson University

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Dante's equation
Women political leaders
Judgment day
Millennium Rising
Kingdom come
Sins of the Fathers
The beast within
La ecuación Dante
In the Land of Milk and Honey
Keto Instant Pot Cookbook
NinjFoodi Cookbook
Air Fryer Cookbook
El Despertar del Milenio
Keto Air Fryer Cookbook
Dante Denklemi
El Despertar del Milenio (Spanish Edition)
ha-Mishṿaʼah shel Danṭeh
Vernor Vinge
Vernor Vinge (1944-2024)

mathematician, computer scientist

  • University of California, San Diego, Michigan State University

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A Fire upon the Deep
Machines That Think
The Peace War
Rainbows End
Across Realtime
A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought)
Marooned in Realtime
The collected stories of Vernor Vinge
True Names
The Witling
Great Science Fiction
Tatja Grimm's world
The children of the sky
Digital Rapture
Robotics Through Science Fiction
Threats and Other Promises
Der Zeitläufer
The Zones of Thought Series
The Children of the Sky
Tatja Grimm's World
Children of the Sky
Zones of Thought
Grimm's world
The Tor SF Sampler
Eine Tiefe am Himmel
Au tréfonds du ciel
Histórias de Robôs - Volume 2
The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge
Zones of Thought
ABISMO EN EL CIELO, UN
Fast Times at Fairmont High
Der Friedenskrieg
Copiii cerului
Cookie monster
Tiempos Nuevos en Fairmont High
Analog 6
Un fuego sobre el abismo (Zones of Thought, #1)
After the Battle on Starship Hill
EL FINAL DEL ARCO IRIS
Naufragio en el tiempo real
Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge
Glubina v nebe
De krochten van het heelal
Tutti i racconti
Grimm's World
La Captive du temps perdu
La Guerra de la Paz
Ken Liu
Ken Liu (born 1976)

linguist, poet, translator, lawyer, programmer, consultant, jurist

  • Harvard Law School, Harvard College

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Lightspeed
Dead Man's Hand
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
Star Wars - The Legends of Luke Skywalker
Year's Best Science Fiction Vol. 1
Broken Stars
The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2021 Edition
Invisible Planets [Paperback]
Invisible planets
Legends of Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight
Invisible Planets: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation
Three-Body Problem Series
Haha no kioku ni
The Anderson Project: A Tor.Com Original
Remembrance of Earth's Past
Hidden Girl and Other Stories
Relics, Wrecks and Ruins
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2014
Unidentified Funny Objects 2
Timeshift: Tales of Time
Humanity 2.0
The Grace of Kings (The Dandelion Dynasty)
Sins and Other Worlds
Made To Order
The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories (Volume 1)
The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories
Unidentified Funny Objects 6
Lightspeed Magazine, September 2018 (Issue 100) (Volume 100)
Unidentified Funny Objects
The End Has Come
Escape Pod
The Wall of Storms (The Dandelion Dynasty)
Time Travel: Recent Trips
Genius Loci
Love, Death + Robots : The Official Anthology
The Year's Top Robot and AI Stories
Planetas invisibles
In Situ
Clarkesworld
Invisible Planets
Vagabonds
Bridging Infinity (The Infinity Project Book 5)
Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding, Volume 2
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: 2016
La gracia de los reyes
The Long List Anthology: More Stories from the Hugo Awards Nomination List (The Long List Anthology Series) (Volume 1)
Veiled Throne
Kaleidoscope
Clarkesworld: Year Six
Funny Science Fiction
Hidden Girl and Other Stories
TOUTES LES SAVEURS
A la deriva en el mar de las Lluvias y otros relatos (Nova fantástica) (Spanish Edition)
Clarkesworld: Year Five
TOUTES LES SAVEURS
El zoo de papel y otros relatos
LA MENAGERIE DE PAPIER
Clarkesworld Issue 102
Timeshift
The Grace of Kings
Coffee: 14 Caffeinated Tales of the Fantastic
OCEANS: The Anthology (Frontiers of Speculative Fiction) (Volume 2)
This Side of the Divide
Storie dal domani 5: I migliori racconti di Future Fiction 2018 (Italian Edition)
Fantasy Scroll Magazine Issue #1
Kami no dōbutsuen
Speaking Bones
Zwielicht 8
The Wall of Storms
Wall of Storms
Speaking Bones
Estrellas rotas
Clarkesworld Issue 98
Multiverses
Mono no aware
El trono velado
Invisible Planets
Mono no Aware e altre storie (Future Fiction Vol. 20) (Italian Edition)
Krallarin Merhameti
Die Götter von Dara
Invisible Planets
Die Schwerter von Dara
Arterial Bloom
Isolation
Star Wars : Journey to Star Wars : Die letzten Jedi
La gracia de los reyes
The Hidden Girl and Other Stories
Bifrost n° 83: Dossier Laurent Kloetzer (REV BIFROST) (French Edition)
Terra Nova: Antología de ciencia ficción contemporánea (Spanish Edition)
El Muro de las Tormentas
Die Götter von Dara: Seidenkrieger (Die Legenden von Dara 2) (German Edition)
Storie Dal Domani 4
Star Wars Episodio VIII Las leyendas de Luke Skywalker
Freestyle Graphics
El trono velado
Asian Monsters (Fox Spirit Books of Monsters) (Volume 3)
Wall of Storms
Legends of Luke Skywalker
The Wall of STorms by Ken Liu Unabridged CD Audiobook
Steampunk Universe
Star Wars Episodio VIII Las leyendas de Luke Skywalker
Die Schwerter von Dara - Seidenkrieger Band 1
Stray Skies
Ciudad Nómada y otros relatos
La chica oculta y otros relatos
Grace of Kings
Krolowie Dary
Grace of Kings
Speaking Bones
Hidden Girl and Other Stories
Beast Within 4
Dragons, Droids & Doom: Year One: Fantasy Scroll Magazine
Vagabond
Faszination Evangelium. Wo Franziskus weiter lebt.
First Contact: Digital Science Fiction Anthology (Digital Science Fiction Short Stories Series One) (Volume 1)
Crossed Genres Quarterly 01: Volume One of Crossed Genres quarterly editions
Veiled Throne
La gracia de los Reyes
La chica oculta y otros relatos
Pod sztandarem Dzikiego Kwiatu. Tom 2. Sciana burz
Andy Weir
Andy Weir (born 1972)

software developer, computer scientist, programmer

  • University of San Diego

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The Martian
Project Hail Mary
Artemis
Andy Weir's 3-Book Collection Set (Project Hail Mary, Artemis, the Martian)
Martian
Lacero
The Egg
Cheshire Crossing
Casey and Andy
Project Hair Mary
The Martian
Egg and Other Stories, The
Project Hail Mary
The Martian
Sopravvissuto. The martian
Érase una Vez y Otras Mentiras / Cheshire Crossing
James Moriarty, Consulting Criminal
Artemis
Artemis AUTOGRAPHED by Andy Weir Available 11/14/17 Limited Quantity Available
Artemis
Devoradores de estrelas
Artemis
El marciano
20 ans de légendes
Marsjanin
Randomize
El marciano
Érase una vez y otras mentiras
Der Astronaut
Rand Miller
Rand Miller (born 1959)

video game developer, businessperson

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Gheorghe Săsărman
Gheorghe Săsărman (born 1941)

journalist, architect, computer scientist

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Gavin Thorpe
Gavin Thorpe (born 1974)

board game designer, video game developer

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Matthew Mather
Matthew Mather (born 1969)

electrical engineer, information scientist

  • McGill University

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