Fellman, Isaac
Entry updated 29 September 2025. Tagged: Author.
(? - ) US author, who wrote as Rachel Fellman before his transition. His first novel, The Breath of the Sun (2018) as by Rachel Fellman, was reissued (2019) as by Isaac R Fellman; complexly Equipoisal amongst readings as Fabulation, fantasy and self-Parodying sf, the tale focuses on attempts to understand, through climbing, a great mountain (not on Earth) whose summit extends into naked space. Reaching the summit may be possible through Technology, but forbidden by the crazy-quilt of Religions that suffuse the culture of the protagonist's world. Dead Collections (2022) is a Vampire tale in a contemporary, Pandemic-haunted setting. The Two Doctors Górski (2022) examines Gender issues (see also Transgender SF) through the journey to self-discovery of a Telepath who discovers within a mage-forged homunculus a Doppelganger-self necessary for her psychic survival. Notes from a Regicide (2025) unpacks through intersecting journals and narratives the moderately distant Near-Future life story of the protagonist's adoptive parents, who have given him a home congenial to the process his growing into a trans Identity. Throughout his work, Fellman's use of the SF Megatext is inventive and challenging. [JC]
Isaac Fellman
born Syracuse, New York
works
- The Breath of the Sun (Seattle, Washington: Aqueduct Press, 2018) as by Rachel Fellman [pb/Erika Steiskal]
- The Breath of the Sun (Seattle, Washington: Aqueduct Press, 2019) as by Isaac R Fellman [pb/Erika Steiskal]
- Dead Collections (New York: Penguin Books, 2022) [pb/Evangeline Gallagher]
- The Two Doctors Górski (New York: Tor.com, 2022) [first appeared 29 November 2011 Tor.com: pb/]
- Notes from a Regicide (New York: Tor, 2025) [hb/]
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