Harrington, Matthew Joseph
Entry updated 27 July 2026. Tagged: Author.
(1960-2020) Japanese-born author, in US from early childhood, who began to publish work of genre interest with "Teacher's Pet" and "War and Peace", both in Man-Kzin Wars XI (anth 2007) edited by Larry Niven, Harrington and others [see Checklist below]. He has published further tales set in the Man-Kzin universe, including the novel-length "Aquila Advenio" with Hal Colebatch in Man-Kzin Wars XII (anth 2012). In his first standalone novel, The Goliath Stone (2013) with Larry Niven, a medical doctor's Invention of a Nanotechnology designed to cure illnesses goes awry when the "nanites" turn out to be alive; the plot ramifies into a race to prevent a world-ending Disaster as a giant Asteroid approaches. Godspawn (2014 ebook) is Fantasy. [JC]
Matthew Joseph Harrington
born Yokosuka, Japan: 8 February 1960 [born in US Naval Hospital]
died California: 3 December 2020
works
- The Goliath Stone (New York: Tor, 2013) with Larry Niven [hb/Shutterstock]
- Godspawn (place not given: Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing, 2014) [ebook: na/]
works as editor
- Man-Kzin Wars XI (New York: Baen Books, 2009) with Larry Niven, Paul Chafe and Hal Colebatch [anth: loosely tied to Tales of Known Space: comprising the Man-Kzin Wars subseries: hb/Steve Hickman]
- Man-Kzin Wars XII (New York: Baen Books, 2012) with Larry Niven, Paul Chafe and Hal Colebatch [anth: loosely tied to Tales of Known Space: comprising the Man-Kzin Wars subseries: hb/Steve Hickman]
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