Dave Freer
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Dave Freer is a South African-born science fiction author writing mostly humorous or alternate history novels.
He was conscripted into the South African Defence Force and sent to the Angolan Border as a medic.
After attending university he became an ichthyologist
. He then worked as research officer for the Western Cape commercial fishery. He managed a fish farm for a time but the farm was forced to close (through no fault of his own....) and he started to write.
Six years later, his first book (The Forlorn) was published by Baen Books.
An ardent rock-climber, he opened many routes near Morgan's Bay in the Eastern Cape (South Africa). He is also an accomplished chef and winetaster and also enjoys fly-fishing and diving.
For many years he lived near Mount West in the Kwa-Zulu Natal Midlands with his wife, Barbara, and two sons, Paddy and James. In early 2010 he and his wife emigrated to Flinders Island
, in the Australia
n state of Tasmania
.
He has his own forum at Baen's Bar, and a website. He also blogs about "the Freer Family's adventures and misadventures emigrating to Flinders Island".
His literary agent in the United States is the OnyxHawk agency.
and Mercedes Lackey
) Set in an alternate "Venetian Empire" in which magic thrives. (Note, a significant amount of text, and a couple of major characters in this work are adapted from stories written by Lackey in the Merovingen Nights
shared universe series. That series was started by C. J. Cherryh
in her novel Angel with the Sword.)
Rats, Bats and Vats, September 2000, Baen Books, 0-671-31940-X
Pyramid Scheme, October 2001, Baen Books, 0-671-31839-X
The Wizard of Karres, August 2004, Baen Books, 0-7434-8839-3
The Rats, the Bats and the Ugly, September 2004, Baen Books, 0-7434-8846-6
Pyramid Power, August 2007, Baen Books, 978-1-4165-2130-3
Slow Train to Arcturus, October 2008, Baen Books, 978-1-4165-5585-8 Winner of the Preditors & Editors Readers Poll 2008 for SF/F Novel
The Sorceress of Karres, January 2010, Baen Books, 978-1-4391-3307-1 with Eric Flint
Crawlspace with Eric Flint
,(military/social satire) In JBU1.6 and Best of JBU 2007
Diving Belle, (with Gunnar Dahlin), Ring of Fire II, 2008, Baen Books, 978-1416591443
Candyblossom In Probe (SASF magazine), JBU Volume 1.1, and in The best of JBU 2006.
The Tinta falls catfish (fishII) 2006, (with Eric Flint and Andrew Dennis) JBU Volume 1.2
Flashing the Loch Ness monster (fishIII) 2006, (with Eric Flint and Andrew Dennis) JBU Volume 1.3
Thin Ice 2007 JBU Volume 2.1
The Yellow Submarine (fish VIII) 2007, (with Eric Flint and Andrew Dennis) JBU Volume 2.2
Love at first bite (fish XI) 2007, (with Eric Flint and Andrew Dennis) JBU Volume 2.3
Jack October 2007, In Fates Fantastic Anthology edited Dan Hoyt. (Techno)
The end of Mankind (fish XIII) 2008, (with Eric Flint and Andrew Dennis) JBU Volume 2.5
Regency Fay 2008, In Something Magic this Way Comes Anthology edited Sarah Hoyt (DAW)
Boys 2008, In The Future We Never Had Anthology edited Rebecca Lickiss (DAW)
Wetware 2.0 2008, In Transhuman, Approaching the Singularity Anthology edited by Mark Van Name and Toni Weisskoph (Baen)
The Witch's Murder 2008, (with Eric Flint): In The dragon done it edited by Mike Resnick and Eric Flint (Baen)
The War, Me, Seventeen million dollars, and a Stripper 2008, In Front Lines Anthology edited Denise Little (Techno)
The Poet Gnawreate and the Taxman 2008, In Better off Undead edited by Daniel M. Hoyt (Techno books)
Pirates of the Suara Sea 2008,(with Eric Flint): In Black Sails, Fast Ships edited by Jeff Vander Meer (Nightshade books)
Soot 2009, In Witch Way to the Mall edited by Esther Friesner (Tekno/Baen)
Wolfy Ladies 2009, In Strip Mauled edited by Esther Friesner (Baen)
If music be the food of love 2010, In Fangs for the Mammaries edited by Esther Friesner (Baen)
Pinked Djinn 2010, In Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine 42 edited by Edwina Harvey
Neither Sleet, nor Snow, Nor Alien Monsters 2010, In Citizens edited by John Ringo and Brian M Thompson (Baen)
He was conscripted into the South African Defence Force and sent to the Angolan Border as a medic.
After attending university he became an ichthyologist
Ichthyology
Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish. This includes skeletal fish , cartilaginous fish , and jawless fish...
. He then worked as research officer for the Western Cape commercial fishery. He managed a fish farm for a time but the farm was forced to close (through no fault of his own....) and he started to write.
Six years later, his first book (The Forlorn) was published by Baen Books.
An ardent rock-climber, he opened many routes near Morgan's Bay in the Eastern Cape (South Africa). He is also an accomplished chef and winetaster and also enjoys fly-fishing and diving.
For many years he lived near Mount West in the Kwa-Zulu Natal Midlands with his wife, Barbara, and two sons, Paddy and James. In early 2010 he and his wife emigrated to Flinders Island
Flinders Island
Flinders Island may refer to:In Australia:* Flinders Island , in the Furneaux Group, is the largest and best known* Flinders Island * Flinders Island , in the Investigator Group* Flinders Island...
, in the Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n state of Tasmania
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
.
He has his own forum at Baen's Bar, and a website. He also blogs about "the Freer Family's adventures and misadventures emigrating to Flinders Island".
His literary agent in the United States is the OnyxHawk agency.
Heirs of Alexandria series
(with Eric FlintEric Flint
Eric Flint is an American author, editor, and e-publisher. The majority of his main works are alternate history science fiction, but he also writes humorous fantasy adventures.- Career :...
and Mercedes Lackey
Mercedes Lackey
Mercedes "Misty" Lackey is a best-selling American author of fantasy novels. Many of her novels and trilogies are interlinked and set in the world of Velgarth, mostly in and around the country of Valdemar...
) Set in an alternate "Venetian Empire" in which magic thrives. (Note, a significant amount of text, and a couple of major characters in this work are adapted from stories written by Lackey in the Merovingen Nights
Merovingen Nights
Merovingen Nights is a series of shared world science fiction books set in writer C. J. Cherryh's Alliance-Union universe. There are eight books in the series, a novel by Cherryh, Angel With the Sword, and seven short fiction anthologies which Cherryh edited...
shared universe series. That series was started by C. J. Cherryh
C. J. Cherryh
Carolyn Janice Cherry , better known by the pen name C. J. Cherryh, is a United States science fiction and fantasy author...
in her novel Angel with the Sword.)
- The Shadow of the Lion, March 2002, Baen Books, 0-7434-3523-0
- This Rough Magic, December 2003, Baen Books, 0-7434-7149-0
- A Mankind Witch, July 2005, Baen Books, 0-7434-9913-1
- Much Fall of Blood, 2010, Baen Books, 978-1-4391-3351-4
Dragon's Ring series
- Dragon's Ring, October 2009, Baen Books, 978-1-4391-3319-4
- Dog and Dragon, April 2012, Baen Books, 978-1-4516-3811-0
Novels
The Forlorn, September 1999, Baen Books, 0-671-57831-6Rats, Bats and Vats, September 2000, Baen Books, 0-671-31940-X
Pyramid Scheme, October 2001, Baen Books, 0-671-31839-X
The Wizard of Karres, August 2004, Baen Books, 0-7434-8839-3
The Rats, the Bats and the Ugly, September 2004, Baen Books, 0-7434-8846-6
Pyramid Power, August 2007, Baen Books, 978-1-4165-2130-3
Slow Train to Arcturus, October 2008, Baen Books, 978-1-4165-5585-8 Winner of the Preditors & Editors Readers Poll 2008 for SF/F Novel
The Sorceress of Karres, January 2010, Baen Books, 978-1-4391-3307-1 with Eric Flint
Eric Flint
Eric Flint is an American author, editor, and e-publisher. The majority of his main works are alternate history science fiction, but he also writes humorous fantasy adventures.- Career :...
Novelettes
A Lineman for the Country, appears in Ring of Fire, January 2004, Baen Books, 0-7434-7175-XCrawlspace with Eric Flint
Eric Flint
Eric Flint is an American author, editor, and e-publisher. The majority of his main works are alternate history science fiction, but he also writes humorous fantasy adventures.- Career :...
,(military/social satire) In JBU1.6 and Best of JBU 2007
Novellas
Genie out of the Vat, In Adventures in Far Futures, Edited by T. Weisskoph (Military SF), 2005, Baen Books, 978-0743498876Diving Belle, (with Gunnar Dahlin), Ring of Fire II, 2008, Baen Books, 978-1416591443
Shorts
The Red Fiddler (with Eric Flint) 2005, In Bedlam's Edge edited by Rosemary Edghill and Mercedes Lackey.(Techno for Baen)Candyblossom In Probe (SASF magazine), JBU Volume 1.1, and in The best of JBU 2006.
The Tinta falls catfish (fishII) 2006, (with Eric Flint and Andrew Dennis) JBU Volume 1.2
Flashing the Loch Ness monster (fishIII) 2006, (with Eric Flint and Andrew Dennis) JBU Volume 1.3
Thin Ice 2007 JBU Volume 2.1
The Yellow Submarine (fish VIII) 2007, (with Eric Flint and Andrew Dennis) JBU Volume 2.2
Love at first bite (fish XI) 2007, (with Eric Flint and Andrew Dennis) JBU Volume 2.3
Jack October 2007, In Fates Fantastic Anthology edited Dan Hoyt. (Techno)
The end of Mankind (fish XIII) 2008, (with Eric Flint and Andrew Dennis) JBU Volume 2.5
Regency Fay 2008, In Something Magic this Way Comes Anthology edited Sarah Hoyt (DAW)
Boys 2008, In The Future We Never Had Anthology edited Rebecca Lickiss (DAW)
Wetware 2.0 2008, In Transhuman, Approaching the Singularity Anthology edited by Mark Van Name and Toni Weisskoph (Baen)
The Witch's Murder 2008, (with Eric Flint): In The dragon done it edited by Mike Resnick and Eric Flint (Baen)
The War, Me, Seventeen million dollars, and a Stripper 2008, In Front Lines Anthology edited Denise Little (Techno)
The Poet Gnawreate and the Taxman 2008, In Better off Undead edited by Daniel M. Hoyt (Techno books)
Pirates of the Suara Sea 2008,(with Eric Flint): In Black Sails, Fast Ships edited by Jeff Vander Meer (Nightshade books)
Soot 2009, In Witch Way to the Mall edited by Esther Friesner (Tekno/Baen)
Wolfy Ladies 2009, In Strip Mauled edited by Esther Friesner (Baen)
If music be the food of love 2010, In Fangs for the Mammaries edited by Esther Friesner (Baen)
Pinked Djinn 2010, In Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine 42 edited by Edwina Harvey
Neither Sleet, nor Snow, Nor Alien Monsters 2010, In Citizens edited by John Ringo and Brian M Thompson (Baen)
Awards
His 2008 Novel, Slow Train to Arcturus, won the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Novel in the Preditors & Editors Readers Poll 2008External links
- Interview by Michael A. VentrellaMichael A. VentrellaMichael A. Ventrella founded Animato! in the mid 80s. He sold it in the early 90s. Under the pseudonym "Thelma Scumm" he wrote the gossip column and later continued that for fps magazine...
, August 2009