Tom Purdom

Thomas Edward Purdom (April 19, 1936 – January 14, 2024) was 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 lived in Philadelphia.^[1] Purdom died on January 14, 2024, at the age of 87.^[2]

Tom Purdom
Purdom in 2008 (photograph by Kyle Cassidy)
Born	(1936-04-19)April 19, 1936 New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Died	January 14, 2024(2024-01-14) (aged 87)
Occupation	Novelist short story writer essayist
Genre	Science fiction
Spouse	Sara Wescoat Purdom
Website
www.philart.net/tompurdom/

Bibliography

Novels

• Bulmer, Kenneth & Tom Purdom (1964). Demons' world. I want the stars. Ace Books.^[a]
• Purdom, Tom (1966). The Tree Lord of Imeten.
• 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^[b]

Essays and reviews

• Various on Broad Street Review since 2011^[3]

Title	Year	First published	Reprinted/collected	Notes
Sordman the Protector	1960	Purdom, Tom (August 1960). "Sordman the Protector". Galaxy Science Fiction. 18 (6): 82–103.		Novelette
Courting Time	1966	Purdom, Tom (February 1966). "Courting Time". Galaxy Science Fiction. 24 (3): 49–62.		Novelette
Fossil games	1999
Warlord	2013	Purdom, Tom (Apr–May 2013). "Warlord". Asimov's Science Fiction. 37 (4&5): 154–181.		Novelette
A stranger from a foreign ship	2013	Purdom, Tom (Sep 2013). "A stranger from a foreign ship". Asimov's Science Fiction. 37 (9): 58–69.
Bogdavi's dream	2014	Purdom, Tom (Sep 2014). "Bogdavi's dream". Asimov's Science Fiction. 38 (9): 78–105.		Novelette
Day job	2015	Purdom, Tom (April–May 2015). "Day job". Asimov's Science Fiction. 39 (4–5): 40–53.		Novelette

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.

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Notes

1. I want the stars was published in a dos-à-dos binding with Bulmer's Demons' world.
2. Short stories unless otherwise noted.

References

1. bio
2. "Tom Purdom (1936–2024)". Locus Magazine. 15 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
3. "Purdom, Tom". Broad Street Review. 2019-03-19. Retrieved 2024-01-22.

Further reading

• Clute, John (2024). "Purdom, Tom". In Clute, John; Langford, David; Sleight, Graham (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (4th ed.). Retrieved 2024-03-13.

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