Sonya Dorman Hess (April 6, 1924 - February 14, 2005), who mainly published as Sonya Dorman, was an American poet and science fiction writer.[1]
Life[]
Dorman was born in New York City in 1924 and died in Taos, New Mexico at the age of 80.
Writing[]
She is perhaps best known outside of the world of science fiction as a poet.
She also appeared in Harlan Ellison's anthology Dangerous Visions, with the story "Go, Go, Go, Said the Bird."[2]
Recognition[]
Her poem "Corruption of Metals" won the Rhysling Award of the Science Fiction Poetry Association in 1978.[3].
Her best-known work of science fiction is the story "When I Was Miss Dow", which has been reprinted numerous times and received a retrospective James Tiptree, Jr. Award in 1995.[1]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Poems. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 1970.
- Stretching Fence. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 1975.
- A Paper Raincoat: Poems. Orono, ME: Puckerbrush Press, 1976.
- Pomegranate. Binghampton, NY: Bellevue Press, 1977.
- Constellations of the Inner Eye. Orono, ME: Puckerbrush Press, 1980.
- Kingdom of Lost Waters. Boise, ID: Ahsahta Press, 1983.
- Carrying What You Love: Poems. Greensboro, NC: Avisson Press, 1996.
Novels[]
- Planet Patrol. New York: Coward, McCann, & Geohegan, 1978.
- Palace of Earth (edited by Constance Hunting). Orono, ME: Puckerbrush Press, 1984.
- The Far Traveller. La Cross, WI: Juniper Press, 1980.
Short fiction[]
- "The Putnam Tradition". New York: Amazing Science Fiction, January 1963; Project Gutenberg, 2013.[4]
Anthologized[]
- Nebula Award Stories 2 (edited by Harry Harrison & Brian W. Aldiss). Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1967.
- One Hundred Years of Science Fiction (edited by Damon Knight). New York: Simon & Schuster, 1968.
- Rising Tides: 20th century American women poets (edited by by Laura Chester, Sharon R Barba, & Anaïs Nin). New York: Washington Square Press, 1973.
- Women of Wonder: Science fiction stories by women for women (edited by Pamela Sargent). New York: Vintage, 1974.
The Putnam Tradition Sonya Dorman Audiobook
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[5]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dorman, Sonya, Authors, Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Web, Feb, 11, 2013.
- ↑ Dangerous Visions (edited by Harlan Ellison) (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1967), 404-411. Print.
- ↑ Rhysling Award, Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (third edition). Web, Feb. 11, 2013.
- ↑ S. Dorman,The Putnam Tradition," Project Gutenberg, 2008. Web, July 12, 2014.
- ↑ Search results = au:Sonya Dorman, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, July 12, 2014.
External links[]
- Prose
- Books
- Works by Sonya Dorman at Project Gutenberg
- Sonya Dorman at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Sonya Dorman at Amazon.com
- About
- Sonya Dorman at the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.
- "When I Was Miss Dow", eNotes synopsis.
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