(1950- ) US editor and writer who remains best known for founding Pulphouse Publishing in 1988, whose various enterprises he dominated, in partnership with his wife Kristine Kathryn Rusch, until the press was closed in 1996. With her he also edited Science Fiction Writers of America Handbook: The Professional Writer's Guide to Writing Professionally (anth 1990), a vade mecum full of necessary data, though not supremely well organized. After a vignette in The Clarion Awards (anth 1984) edited by Damon Knight, his first sf story was "Adrift in the Erotic Zone" for Gem in 1985. He won an award from the Writers of the Future Contest for "One Last Dance", which appeared in L Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future (anth 1985) edited by Algis Budrys. His first novel, Laying the Music to Rest (1989), begins slowly, with an attempt to exorcize a ghost from a deep lake, but soon entangles itself in the routines of a Time-Travel conflict between warring factions; en passant the protagonist visits the Titanic, where it seems he may be stuck forever. With Rusch, he wrote the Tenth Planet sequence beginning with The Tenth Planet (1999), set in the Near Future when the eponymous tenth planet, which nears Earth every two thousand years causing great turmoil, threatens a millennial Disaster.
Most of Smith's later work is made up of Ties, often with Rusch, including a range of novels tied to the Star Trek universe, beginning with The Big Game (1993) writing with Kristine Kathryn Rusch as Sandy Schofield [for further ties see Checklist]. There is energy and feeling in Smith's work, even in tales written for various proprietors, but also a sense of scurry. [JC]
see also: Final Fantasy; Science Fiction Writers of America; Small Presses and Limited Editions; Unreal.
Dean Wesley Smith
born 10 November 1950
died
works
series
Star Trek
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- The Big Game (New York: Pocket Books, 1993) with Kristine Kathryn Rusch, writing together as Sandy Schofield [tie to the series universe: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: pb/]
- The Long Night (New York: Pocket Books, 1996) with Kristine Kathryn Rusch [tie to the series universe: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: pb/]
Star Trek: Voyager
- The Escape (New York: Pocket Books, 1995) with Kristine Kathryn Rusch [tie to the series universe: Star Trek: Voyager: pb/Dru Blair]
- Echoes (New York: Pocket Books, 1996) with Nina Kiriki Hoffman and Kristine Kathryn Rusch [tie to the series universe: Star Trek: Voyager: pb/]
Star Trek (original series and subseries)
- The Rings of Tautee (New York: Pocket Books, 1996) with Kristine Kathryn Rusch [tie to the series universe: Star Trek: pb/]
- Treaty's Law (New York: Pocket Books, 1997) with Kristine Kathryn Rusch [tie to the series universe: Star Trek: pb/]
- Thin Air (New York: Pocket Books, 2000) with Kristine Kathryn Rusch [tie to the series universe: Star Trek: pb/]
- Shadow
(New York: Pocket Books, 2001) with Kristine Kathryn Rusch [tie to the series universe: Star Trek: pb/]
Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Klingon (New York: Pocket Books, 1996) with Kristine Kathryn Rusch [tie to the series universe: Star Trek: The Next Generation: pb/]
- The Soldiers of Fear (New York: Pocket Books, 1996) with Kristine Kathryn Rusch [tie to the series universe: Star Trek: The Next Generation: pb/]
- Double Helix: Vectors (New York: Pocket Books, 1999) with Kristine Kathryn Rusch [tie to the series universe: Star Trek: The Next Generation: pb/]
Star Trek: The Captain's Table
- The Mist (New York: Pocket Books, 1998) with Kristine Kathryn Rusch [tie to the series universe: Star Trek: The Captain's Table: pb/]
Marvel Universe: Spider-Man
Marvel Universe: Iron Man
Marvel Universe: X-Men
Men in Black
Tenth Planet
- The Tenth Planet (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1999) with Kristine Kathryn Rusch [Tenth Planet: pb/Min Choi]
- Oblivion (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 2000) with Kristine Kathryn Rusch [Tenth Planet: pb/]
- Final Assault (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 2001) with Kristine Kathryn Rusch [Tenth Planet: pb/David Mattingly]
Roswell
individual titles
- Laying the Music to Rest (New York: Popular Library/Questar, 1989) [pb/Barclay Shaw]
- Aliens: Rogue (New York: Bantam Spectra, 1995) with Kristine Kathryn Rusch, writing together as Sandy Schofield [tie to the Alien universe: pb/John Bolton]
- The Abductors: Conspiracy (New York: Tor, 1996) with Jonathan Frakes [hb/Gary Ruddell]
- Shadow Warrior: For Dead Eyes Only (New York: Pocket Books, 1997) [tie to the CD-ROM Game: Shadow Warrior: pb/]
- Unreal: Prophet's Power (New York: Pocket Books, 1998) [tie to the computer game Unreal: Unreal: pb/]
- Loch Ness Leap (New York: Boulevard, 1997) with Kristine Kathryn Rusch, writing together as Sandy Schofield [tie to the series: Quantum Leap: pb/]
- Predator: Big Game (New York: Bantam Spectra. 1999) with Kristine Kathryn Rusch, writing together as Sandy Schofield [tie to the film universe: Predator: pb/John Bolton]
- The 10th Kingdom (New York: Hallmark, 2000) with Kristine Kathryn Rusch, writing together as Sandy Schofield [tie to the Television miniseries: The 10th Kingdom (2000): pb/]
- Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (New York: Pocket Books, 2001) [tie to the game: Final Fantasy: pb/]
- Brute Force: Betrayals (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 2002) [tie to the Computer Wargame: Brute Force: pb/]
- Vor – The Maelstrom: Island of Power (New York: Warner Books/Aspect, 2003) [tie to the game: Vor: pb/]
- Smallville: Whodunnit (New York: Warner Books/Aspect, 2000) [tie to the game: Superman: Smallville: pb/]
- The Core (New York: Pocket Books, 2003) [tie to the film: The Core: pb/]
- City Knights: All Eve's Hallows (New York: Phobos Impact, 2005) [tie to the series; City Knights: pb/]
works as editor
series
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (New York: Pocket Books, 1998) with Paula M Block and John J Ordover [anth: tie to the series universe: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: pb/Sonia R Hillios]
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds II (New York: Pocket Books, 1999) with Paula M Block and John J Ordover [anth: tie to the series universe: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: pb/Sonia R Hillios]
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds III (New York: Pocket Books, 2000) with Paula M Block and John J Ordover [anth: tie to the series universe: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: pb/Sonia R Hillios]
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds IV (New York: Pocket Books, 2001) with Paula M Block and John J Ordover [anth: tie to the series universe: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: pb/Sonia R Hillios]
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds V (New York: Pocket Books, 2002) with Paula M Block and John J Ordover [anth: tie to the series universe: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: pb/Sonia R Hillios]
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds VI (New York: Pocket Books, 2003) with Paula M Block and John J Ordover [anth: tie to the series universe: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: pb/Sonia R Hillios]
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds VII (New York: Pocket Books, 2004) with Paula M Block and John J Ordover [anth: tie to the series universe: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: pb/Sonia R Hillios]
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 8 (New York: Pocket Books, 2005) with Paula M Block and Elisa J Kassin [anth: tie to the series universe: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: pb/Doug Drexler]
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 9 (New York: Pocket Books, 2006) with Paula M Block and Elisa J Kassin [anth: tie to the series universe: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: pb/Doug Drexler]
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 10 (New York: Pocket Books, 2007) with Paula M Block [anth: tie to the series universe: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: pb/Doug Drexler]
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