Simon Morden

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Simon Morden
Morden in 2011
Morden in 2011
BornEngland
EducationBSc (Sheffield), PhD (Newcastle)
GenreScience fiction
Notable worksMetrozone series (aka The Samuil Petrovitch series)
Notable awardsPhilip K. Dick Award (2011)[1]
Website
bookofmorden.co.uk

Simon Morden is an English science fiction author, best known for his Philip K. Dick Award–winning Metrozone series of novels set in post-apocalyptic London.

Biography[edit]

Morden was educated as a scientist, attaining a BSc (Hons) in Geology from the University of Sheffield and his PhD in Geophysics from Newcastle University.[2][3]

Morden has worked in a variety of roles including a school caretaker, an admin assistant, a personal assistant to a financial advisor and is currently a teaching assistant for a design technology class at a primary school in Gateshead.[4][2] In terms of his writing career, Morden is the former editor of Focus magazine; he has been on the Arthur C. Clarke Award judging panel; and he's a regular speaker on Christian matters in fiction at the Greenbelt Festival.[4][3][5] Morden identifies as a Christian.[6]


Morden first achieved success as a writer when his novel Heart was published by Razorblade Press in 2002.

His writing influences include Charles Stross, Ray Bradbury, Julian May, and Michael Marshall Smith[4]

Bibliography[edit]

The Metrozone series[edit]

  • Equations of Life (2011, Orbit)
  • Theories of Flight (2011, Orbit)
  • Degrees of Freedom (2011, Orbit)
  • The Curve of the Earth (2013, Orbit)[7]

The Down series[edit]

The Frank Kittridge series[edit]

  • One Way (April 2018, Orbit)
  • No Way (February 2019, Orbit)

Stand-alone works[edit]

  • Heart (2002, Razorblade)
  • Another War (novella) (2005, Telos)
  • The Lost Art (2007, David Fickling)
  • Arcanum (19 November 2013, Orbit)[13][14]
  • At The Speed Of Light (January 2017, Newcon Press)[15][16][17]
  • Bright Morning Star (2019)
  • Gallowglass (as S.J. Morden) (December 2020, Gollancz)
  • The Red Planet - a natural history of Mars (2021 Elliott and Thompson Ltd)[18]
  • The Flight Of The Aphrodite (as S.J. Morden) (November 2022, Gollancz)

Collections[edit]

  • Thy Kingdom Come (Multimedia disc) (2002, Lone Wolf Publications)
  • Brilliant Things (2004, Subway)

Awards[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "2012 Philip K. Dick Award Winner Announced". Philip K. Dick Award. 7 April 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  2. ^ a b "About the Author (Official website)". bookofmorden.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  3. ^ a b Jared (16 August 2011). "Interview: Simon Morden". Pornokitsch. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  4. ^ a b c Edwards, Richard (3 June 2011). "New Author: Simon Morden". SFX. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  5. ^ Farry, Eithne (3 June 2011). "Simon Morden is Twelve Monkeys' James Cole". Electric Sheep Magazine. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  6. ^ Trimmer, Michael (13 April 2014). "Game of Thrones: great or gratuitous? 'The best way for Christians to engage is critically'". Christian Today. Retrieved 17 November 2021. I am a Christian
  7. ^ "The Curve of the Earth " Official website". bookofmorden.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Down Station". Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  9. ^ Niall Alexander (16 September 2015). "Londons Burning: Covering Down Station by Simon Morden". Tor.com. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  10. ^ Mark Yon. "Down Station by Simon Morden". SFF World. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  11. ^ "The White City". Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  12. ^ "Down Station by Simon Morden". Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  13. ^ "Arcanum". bookofmorden.co.uk. 16 January 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  14. ^ "Simon Morden - Arcanum cover art reveal!". Upcoming4.me. 20 March 2013. Archived from the original on 24 March 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  15. ^ "At the speed of light". Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  16. ^ "Books - At The Speed Of Light". Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  17. ^ "At the Speed of Light (scifi book review)". markneumayer.com. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  18. ^ "The Red Planet". Book of Morden. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  19. ^ "2006 2006 World Fantasy Award Winners & Nominees". Worldfantasy.org. 2006. Archived from the original on 22 July 2007. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  20. ^ "Shortlist 2009". The Catalyst Book Awards Blog. 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  21. ^ "2012 Submissions". Arthur C. Clarke Award. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  22. ^ "Shortlist Announced". BSFA. 18 January 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2013.

External links[edit]

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