David Louis Edelman
Encyclopedia
David Louis Edelman is an American novelist and web programmer. He was raised in Orange County, California and graduated from Villa Park High School in 1989. He majored in Writing Seminars at John Hopkins, where he graduated in 1993.
His first book, Infoquake, was nominated for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
and named Barnes & Noble
's Top SF Novel of 2006. In 2008, his second year of eligibility, he was nominated for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer
Over the past ten years, Edelman's programming work has included websites for the U.S. Army and the FBI and teaching software to the U.S. Congress and the World Bank. His work in the dot com boom of the 1990s influenced his first novel Infoquake
His second novel, MultiReal (a continuation of Infoquake in the trilogy entitled Jump 225), was released in July 2008. io9
, Gawker Media
's SF blog, listed MultiReal as one of its top ten books of 2009.
The concluding novel of the Jump 225 trilogy, Geosynchron, was released in February 2010.
His first book, Infoquake, was nominated for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
The John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel for best science fiction novel was created in 1973 by writers and critics Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss to honor Campbell's name...
and named Barnes & Noble
Barnes & Noble
Barnes & Noble, Inc. is the largest book retailer in the United States, operating mainly through its Barnes & Noble Booksellers chain of bookstores headquartered at 122 Fifth Avenue in the Flatiron District in Manhattan in New York City. Barnes & Noble also operated the chain of small B. Dalton...
's Top SF Novel of 2006. In 2008, his second year of eligibility, he was nominated for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer
Over the past ten years, Edelman's programming work has included websites for the U.S. Army and the FBI and teaching software to the U.S. Congress and the World Bank. His work in the dot com boom of the 1990s influenced his first novel Infoquake
His second novel, MultiReal (a continuation of Infoquake in the trilogy entitled Jump 225), was released in July 2008. io9
Io9
io9 is a blog launched in 2008 by Gawker Media. The blog focuses on the subjects of science fiction, futurism, and advancements in the fields of science and technology....
, Gawker Media
Gawker Media
Gawker Media is an American online media company and blog network, founded and owned by Nick Denton based in New York City. It is considered to be one of the most visible and successful blog-oriented media companies. , it is the parent company for 11 different weblogs: Gawker.com, Fleshbot,...
's SF blog, listed MultiReal as one of its top ten books of 2009.
The concluding novel of the Jump 225 trilogy, Geosynchron, was released in February 2010.