Thomsen, Brian M
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author, Editor.
(1959-2008) US author and editor (sometimes as Brian Thomsen only) who was a founding editor of the New York Warner Books imprint Questar in the late 1980s, for which he edited many sf books of importance; later, from the early 1990s, he edited fantasy fiction for TSR, and from 1997 operated as a freelance author and editor, including consulting editorial work for Tor Books.
Thomsen began to publish work of genre interest with "The Locksley Scenario" in The Fantastic Adventures of Robin Hood (anth 1991) edited by Martin H Greenberg. His two novels, beginning with Once Around the Realms (1995), are Fantasy Ties to the Forgotten Realms Shared-World universe [see Checklist below]. He edited a number of Anthologies and Original Anthologies, often in collaboration with Martin H Greenberg, the first being Halflings, Hobbits, Warrows & Weefolk: A Collection of Tales of Heroes Short in Stature (anth 1991) with Baird Searles; these edited works include the interesting Alternate History titles A Date Which Will Live in Infamy: An Anthology of Pearl Harbor Stories That Might Have Been (anth 2001) and Alternate Gettysburgs (anth 2002), both with Greenberg. Thomsen also collaborated with Julius Schwartz on the latter's sprightly memoir Man of Two Worlds: My Life in Science Fiction and Comics (2002). [DRL]
Brian Michael Thomsen
born New York: 13 April 1959
died New York: 21 September 2008
works
series
Forgotten Realms
- Once Around the Realms (Lake Geneva, Wisconsin: TSR, 1995) [tie to the Role Playing Game: Forgotten Realms: pb/John and Laura Lakey]
- The Mage in the Iron Mask (Lake Geneva, Wisconsin: TSR, 1996) [tie to the Role Playing Game: Forgotten Realms: Nobles: pb/Walter Velez]
nonfiction
- Man of Two Worlds: My Life in Science Fiction and Comics (New York: HarperEntertainment, 2002) with Julius Schwartz [nonfiction: pb/Beth Gwinn]
works as editor
series
Forgotten Realms
- Forgotten Realms: Realms of Magic (Lake Geneva, Wisconsin: TSR, 1995) with J Robert King [anth: tie to the Role Playing Game: Forgotten Realms: pb/Blas Gallego]
- Forgotten Realms: Realms of the Arcane (Lake Geneva, Wisconsin: TSR, 1997) with J Robert King [anth: tie to the Role Playing Game: Forgotten Realms: pb/Blas Gallego]
Novel Ideas
- Novel Ideas Science Fiction: Stories That Inspired Novels (New York: DAW Books, 2006) with Martin H Greenberg [anth: Novel Ideas: pb/]
- Novel Ideas Fantasy: Stories That Inspired Novels (New York: DAW Books, 2006) with Martin H Greenberg [anth: Novel Ideas: pb/uncredited]
individual titles as editor
- Halflings, Hobbits, Warrows & Weefolk: A Collection of Tales of Heroes Short in Stature (New York: Warner Books, 1991) with Baird Searles [anth: pb/Tim Hildebrandt and Greg Hildebrandt]
- Tales of Ravenloft (Lake Geneva, Wisconsin: TSR, 1994) with J Robert King [anth: tie to the Role Playing Game: Ravenloft: pb/Roger Loveless]
- Mob Magic (New York: DAW Books, 1998) with Martin H Greenberg [anth: pb/Jim Warren]
- The Reel Stuff (New York: DAW Books, 1998) with Martin H Greenberg [anth: Cinema: pb/Les Edwards]
- A Date Which Will Live in Infamy: An Anthology of Pearl Harbor Stories That Might Have Been (Nashville, Tennessee: Cumberland House, 2001) with Martin H Greenberg [anth: Alternate History: World War Two: pb/uncredited]
- Oceans of Magic (New York: DAW Books, 2001) with Martin H Greenberg [anth: pb/John Howe]
- Alternate Gettysburgs (New York: Berkley Books, 2002) with Martin H Greenberg [anth: Alternate History: pb/Yuan-Lee]
- The American Fantasy Tradition (New York: Tor, 2002) [anth: hb/]
- Oceans of Space (New York: DAW Books, 2002) with Martin H Greenberg [anth: pb/Masterfile Corp]
- The Repentant (New York: DAW Books, 2003) with Martin H Greenberg [anth: Monsters: pb/Cliff Nielsen]
- A Yuletide Universe: Sixteen Fantastical Tales (New York: Warner Books/Aspect, 2003) [anth: pb/]
- Masters of Fantasy (New York: Baen Books, 2004) with Bill Fawcett [anth: hb/Jeff Easley]
- Furry Fantastic (New York: DAW Books, 2006) with Jean Rabe [pb/]
- The Further Adventures of Beowulf: Champion of Middle Earth (New York: Carroll and Graf, 2006) [anth: Beowulf: pb/]
- Citizens (New York: Baen Books, 2010) with John Ringo [anth: pb/Tom Kidd]
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