Lee Harding (writer)

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Lee Harding

Born Lee John Harding
19 February 1937 (1937-02-19) (age 71)
Colac, Victoria Australia
Pen name Harold G. Nye
Occupation Photographer, writer
Nationality Australian
Writing period 1960s-present
Genres Science fiction

Lee John Harding (born 19 February 1937) is an Australian freelance photographer, who became a writer of science fiction novels and short stories.

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[edit] Science fiction writing

Born in Colac, Victoria, and an enthusiastic fan of science fiction, Harding was among the founding members of the Melbourne Science Fiction Club.[1] Other members of the club were: Race Mathews, Bertram Chandler, Bob McCubbin, Merv Binns and Dick Jenssen.[1]

In 1961, Harding's short story, Displaced Person,[1] was published in 1961 in Science Fantasy. He continues to write and submit stories to a range of magazines, including New Worlds, Science Fantasy and Science Fiction Adventures. In 1966, John Bangsund started the Australian SF Review[1] (ASFR) and Harding and John Foyster became partners in producing this fanzine publication. This publication closed in 1969 and Harding went on to write for SF magazine, Vision of Tomorrow set up by Ron Graham.

From 1978 Harding switched from photography to writing full time.[2] Harding has also written short stories using the pseudonym, Harold G Nye.[2]

[edit] Awards

  • 1970 - Ditmar Award Best Australian Science Fiction for Dancing Gerontius
  • 1972 - Ditmar Award Best Australian Fiction for Fallen Spaceman
  • 1978 - Alan Marshall Short Story Award for Displaced Person[3]
  • 1980 - Winner of the Australian Children's Book of the Year Award for Displaced person[4]
  • 2006 - Australian Science Fiction Foundation, Chandler Award in gratitude for his life's work.[1]

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Novels

  • The Fallen Spaceman (Cassell Australia, 1973)
  • A World of shadows (Hale, 1975)
  • The Frozen Sky (Cassell Australia, 1975)
  • Return to Tomorrow (Cassell Australia, 1976)
  • The Weeping Sky (Cassell Australia, 1977)
  • The fallen spaceman (Harper & Row, 1979)
  • Displaced Person (Hyland House, 1979)
  • The Legend of New Earth (Australian Broadcasting Commission, c1979)
  • Misplaced persons (Harper & Row, c1979)
  • The Web of Time (Cassell Australia, 1980)
  • Waiting for the End of the World (Hyland House, 1983)
  • Children of Atlantis (Methuen Australia, 1983)
  • Heartsease (HarperCollins, 1997)

[edit] Short Stories

  • "Dancing Gerontius" in the collection: The Second Pacific Book of Science Fiction edited by John Baxter (Angus and Robertson, 1971)

[edit] Edited

  • Beyond Tomorrow : an anthology of modern science fiction (Wren, 1975)
  • The Altered I : an encounter with science fiction / by Ursula K. Le Guin and others (Norstrilia Press, 1976)
  • Rooms of Paradise (Quartet Books, 1978)

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e A. Bertram Chandler Award 2006 presented to Lee Harding. Australian Science Fiction Foundation. Retrieved on 2007-09-17.
  2. ^ a b Harding, Lee (a.k.a. Harding, Lee John). AustLit. Retrieved on 2007-09-17.
  3. ^ Lee Harding - Brief Biography. Perry Middlemiss. Retrieved on 2007-09-17.
  4. ^ Australian Library Collections. National Library of Australia. Retrieved on 2007-09-17.

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NAME Harding, Lee John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nye, Harold G
SHORT DESCRIPTION photographer, science fiction writer
DATE OF BIRTH 19 February 1937 (1937-02-19) (age 71)
PLACE OF BIRTH Colac, Victoria Australia
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH