Hilbert van Nydeck Schenck Jr. (February 12, 1926 – December 2, 2013) was an American science fiction writer and engineer. He taught at the University of Rhode Island.SFSite obituary
Several of his short fiction works were nominated for Hugos and Nebulas. He also wrote several textbooks on engineering.
Award nominations
Hugo Awards 1980, Best Novella: "The Battle of the Abaco Reefs" 1984, Best Novella: "Hurricane Claude" 1984, Best Short Story: "The Geometry of Narrative" 1985, Best Novelette: "Silicon Muse"
Nebula Awards 1980, Best Novella: "The Battle of the Abaco Reefs" 1984, Best Short story: "The Geometry of Narrative"
Bibliography
Novels At the Eye of the Ocean (1981) A Rose for Armageddon (1982) Chronosequence (1988)
Short story collections Wave Rider (1980) "Three Days at the End of the World" (1977) "The Battle of the Abaco Reefs" (1979) "Wave Rider" (1979) "Buoyant Ascent" (1980) Steam Bird (1988) "Hurricane Claude" (1983) "Steam Bird" (1984)
Short stories "Tomorrow's Weather" (1953) "The Theology of Water" (1982) "The Geometry of Narrative" (1953) "The Morphology of the Kirkham Wreck" (1978) "Silicon Muse" (1984) "Send Me a Kiss by Wire" (1985) "Ring Shot" (1986) "A Down East Storm" (1990) "A Present for Santa" (1993)
References
External links Partial bibliography