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Adams, John Joseph
(1976- ) US magazine editor and anthologist, associated with The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction as an editorial assistant from 2001 and assistant editor since 2004. He left F&SF in January 2010 to edit Lightspeed, launched in June that year, the first year's issues being commemorated in Lightspeed: Year One (anth 2011); he also took over Fantasy Magazine in October 2010, with his first issue as sole editor being March 2011. As of January 2012 became publisher of both these magazines; from 2015 to 2020, he was editor-at-large of John Joseph Adams Books, an imprint of the publishers Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
His Anthologies of sf interest include Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse (anth 2008) (see Holocaust; Ruined Earth), Seeds of Change (anth 2008), Federations (anth 2009) (see Future History; Space Opera), Brave New Worlds (anth 2011) (see Dystopia) and A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers (anth 2019) with Victor LaValle, an Original Anthology whose stories take a confrontational stance toward a world in crisis. [JC/DRL]
John Joseph Adams
born Perth Amboy, New Jersey: 31 July 1976
works as editor
series
The Living Dead
- The Living Dead (San Francisco, California: Night Shade Books, 2008) [anth: pb/David Palumbo]
- The Living Dead 2 (San Francisco, California: Night Shade Books, 2010) [anth: pb/David Palumbo]
Wastelands
- Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse (San Francisco, California: Night Shade Books, 2008) [anth: pb/Daniel Kvasznicza]
- Wastelands 2: More Stories of the Apocalypse (New York: Titan Books, 2015) [anth: pb/]
- Wastelands: The New Apocalypse (New York: Titan Books, 2019) [anth: pb/]
The Apocalypse Triptych
- The End Is Nigh (Jupiter, Florida: Broad Reach Publishing, 2014) with Hugh Howey [anth: The Apocalypse Triptych: pb/Julian Aguilar Faylona]
- The End Is Now (Jupiter, Florida: Broad Reach Publishing, 2014) with Hugh Howey [anth: The Apocalypse Triptych: pb/Julian Aguilar Faylona]
- The End Has Come (Jupiter, Florida: Broad Reach Publishing, 2015) with Hugh Howey [anth: The Apocalypse Triptych: pb/Julian Aguilar Faylona]
Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Joe Hill, editor, with Adams as Series Editor. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015 (New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Mariner, 2015) [anth: Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy: pb/Mark R Robinson]
- Karen Joy Fowler, editor, with Adams as Series Editor. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016 (New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Mariner, 2016) [anth: Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy: pb/Mark R Robinson]
- Charles Yu, editor, with Adams as Series Editor. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2017 (New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Mariner, 2017) [anth: Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy: pb/Mark R Robinson]
- N K Jemisin, editor, with Adams as Series Editor. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018 (New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Mariner, 2018) with [anth: Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy: pb/Julie Dillon]
- Carmen Maria Machado, editor, with Adams as Series Editor. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2019 (New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Mariner, 2019) edited by [anth: Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy: pb/Galen Dara]
- Diana Gabaldon, editor, with Adams as Series Editor. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020 (New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Mariner, 2020) [anth: Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy: pb/Galen Dara]
- Veronica Roth, editor, with Adams as Series Editor. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021 (New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Mariner, 2021) [anth: Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy: pb/Galen Dara]
- Rebecca Roanhorse, editor, with Adams as Series Editor. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2022 (New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Mariner, 2022) [anth: Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy: pb/Galen Dara]
- R F Kuang, editor, with Adams as Series Editor. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023 (New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Mariner, 2023) [anth: Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy: pb/]
individual titles
- Seeds of Change (Rockville, Maryland: Prime Books, 2008) [anth: hb/Beboy]
- By Blood We Live (San Francisco, California: Night Shade Books, 2009) [anth: pb/David Palumbo]
- Federations (Gaithersburg, Maryland: Prime Books, 2009) [anth: pb/Serjoe]
- The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (San Francisco, California: Night Shade Books, 2009) [anth: hb/David Palumbo]
- The Way of the Wizard (Gaithersburg, Maryland: Prime Books, 2010) [anth: pb/Scott Grimando]
- Brave New Worlds: Dystopian Stories (San Francisco, California: Night Shade Books, 2011) [anth: pb/Cody Tilson]
- Lightspeed: Year One (Gaithersburg, Maryland: Prime Books, 2011) [anth: pb/Vitaly S Alexius]
- Under the Moons of Mars: New Adventures on Barsoom (New York: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2012) [anth: hb/Mark Zug]
- Armored (New York: Baen Books, 2012) [anth: pb/Kurt Miller]
- Other Worlds Than These (San Francisco, California: Night Shade Books, 2012) [anth: pb/Cody Tilson]
- Epic: Legends of Fantasy (San Francisco, California: Tachyon Publications, 2012) [anth: pb/John Coulthart]
- The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination: Original Short Fiction for the Modern Evil Genius (New York: Tor, 2013) [anth: hb/Ben Templesmith]
- Oz Reimagined (Las Vegas, Nevada: Amazon/47North, 2013) with Douglas Cohen [anth: L Frank Baum: pb/Galen Dara]
- Robot Uprisings (New York: Vintage Books, 2014) with Daniel H Wilson [anth: Robots: pb/]
- Dead Man's Hand: An Anthology of the Weird West (New York: Titan Books, 2014) [anth: Westerns: pb/SS1001]
- HELP FUND MY ROBOT ARMY!!! and Other Improbable Crowdfunding Projects (no place given: John Joseph Adams, 2014) [anth: ebook: na/]
- Operation Arcana (New York: Baen Books, 2014) [anth: pb/Dominic Harman]
- Press Start to Play (New York: Vintage Books, 2014) with Daniel H Wilson [anth: pb/]
- Loosed Upon the World: The Saga Anthology of Climate Fiction (New York: Simon and Schuster/Saga Press, 2015) [anth: hb/Mike Hill]
- What the #@&% Is That? The Saga Anthology of the Monstrous and the Macabre (New York: Simon and Schuster/Saga Press, 2015) with Douglas Cohen [anth: hb/Mike Mignola]
- Cosmic Powers (New York: Simon and Schuster/Saga Press, 2017) [anth: hb/Chris Foss]
- A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers (New York: Random House/One World, 2019) with Victor LaValle [anth: pb/Anna Kochman]
- Lost Worlds & Mythological Kingdoms (Battle Ground, Washington: Grim Oak Press, 2022) [anth: hb/]
- Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror (New York: Random House, 2023) with Jordan Peele [anth: hb/Arnold J Kemp]
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Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
Accessed 03:21 am on 18 April 2024.
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