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Howard V. Hendrix

Howard Vincent Hendrix is an American scholar and science fiction writer. He was born in Cincinnati. He is a cousin of blues musician Mike Tetrault. He is author of the novels Lightpaths and Standing Wave, Better Angels, Empty Cities of the Full Moon, The Labyrinth Key, and Spears of God. His early short stories are found in the ebook Mobius Highway.

Controversy

Hendrix created a stir among science fiction and fantasy fans and authors with a LiveJournal posting on April 12, 2007. The purpose of the posting was to explain, in part, why he would not be seeking the presidency of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America after having served as its vice president. He criticized authors who offer their works for free on the internet, either as written works, or recorded as podcasts. His comments have drawn criticism from a number of other authors, such as Michael A. Stackpole, John Scalzi, and David Wellington, and resulted in International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day.

Awards

• Nebula Award Nominee (several times), Science Fiction Writers of America, 1986-1994.
• Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award prizewinner, for "At the Shadow of a Dream."
• Pushcart Prize Nominee, 1989, for "The Art of Memory."
• Recipient of First Prize in Writers of the Future Science Fiction Writing Contest.
• Received Polonsky Fiction Prize, 1983, for "Bad/Night/Vision".

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Author photo by Anne Hutchins

Other Websites:

• The Fantastic Worlds of Howard V. Hendrix
• Celebration of International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day
• Howard V. Hendrix at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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