Background
Jack was born on October 24, 1955, in Seattle, King County, United States.
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Are You There and Other Stories (Hardback) - Common
(A collection of 26 stories that explores several perspect...)
A collection of 26 stories that explores several perspectives on life after death - reincarnated swarms of nanobots with digital personalities and a spirit wandering a bleak and violent city in search of lost love - as well as dynamic themes of alien invasion and Lovecraftian horror.
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Are You There and Other Stories
( Unconventional and deep, this dynamic collection of 26 ...)
Unconventional and deep, this dynamic collection of 26 stories offers a wealth of fantastical and horrifying settings. Several perspectives on life after death are exploredreincarnated swarms of nanobots with digital personalities and a spirit wandering a bleak and violent city in search of lost loveas well as dynamic themes of alien invasion and Lovecraftian horror. In "Life on the Preservation," the Earth has been devastated, but Seattle has been preserved in a time loop taking place one day before world destruction, and a young girl who has never known such opulence is sent to destroy the city. A man injured by a terrorist's bomb discovers that he can relive the event, but if he chooses to save the woman at the table next to him, there will be dire consequences to himself in "Rewind." In the title story, a parapolice detective in hot pursuit of a serial killer receives help from a responsive memory module of the killer’s mother, but soon discovers that he might be falling in love with the module. Edgy and surreal, each tale reflects on familiar, emotional issues and complex relationships from new and imaginative angles.
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Are You There and Other Stories by Jack Skillingstead (2009-11-20)
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Jack Skillingstead
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Career
As of January 2014 Skillingstead has published thirty-one short stories in professional and semi professional markets. He has also published two novels and a story collection. His work has appeared in four Year"s Best Anthologies and has been translated into various languages, including Russian, Polish, Czechoslovakian and French.
In a review of Are You There and Other Stories, Tangent called Skillingstead "a major author in the genre of San Francisco.".
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Are You There and Other Stories (Hardback) - Common
(A collection of 26 stories that explores several perspect...)
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Are You There and Other Stories
( Unconventional and deep, this dynamic collection of 26 ...)
- Are You There and Other Stories by Jack Skillingstead (2009-11-20)
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Are You There and Other Stories (Hardback) - Common
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United States
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Philip K. Dick Award
The Philip K. Dick Award is a science fiction award given annually at Norwescon sponsored by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and (since 2005) supported by the Philip K. Dick Trust, and named after science fiction and fantasy writer Philip K. Dick.The Philip K. Dick Award is a science fiction award given annually at Norwescon sponsored by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and (since 2005) supported by the Philip K. Dick Trust, and named after science fiction and fantasy writer Philip K. Dick.