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Bill Fawcett (writer)

January 01, 1970

Not to be confused with William Fawcett (author) or Billy Fawcett.

William B. Fawcett (born May 13, 1947)[1] is an American editor, anthologist, game designer, book packager, fiction writer, and historian.

Life edit

Fawcett and fellow science fiction writer Jody Lynn Nye were married in 1987. They first met at a science fiction convention in 1985. At that time, Fawcett owned a gaming company in Niles, Illinois, and Nye began to work as a freelance writer for the company.[2]

Career edit

Bill Fawcett was one of the players in early Dungeons & Dragons games being played in the Chicago and Milwaukee areas, using photocopied prototypes of the rules handed out by Gary Gygax.[3]: 166  Darwin Bromley brought Fawcett on as a partner in Mayfair Games soon after the company was formed in 1980, and they worked together to design the game Empire Builder (1980).[3]: 166  As a veteran role-playing gamer, Fawcett got Mayfair involved in the RPG field, and the company kicked off its Role Aids line with Beastmaker Mountain (1982).[3]: 166  Fawcett was friends with Robert Asprin and Lynn Abbey, and FASA was able to leverage their connection with Mayfair to obtain a license to publish Thieves' World role-playing game adventures from 1982–1984.[3]: 120, 167  Fawcett and Jordan Weisman designed the robot arena fighting game Combots (1983) for FASA.[3]: 121 

Fawcett produced the Crossroads books (1987–1988), a series of licensed gamebooks published by Tor.[3]: 168  He also authored the short-lived SwordQuest gamebooks series.[4] He edited the book The War Years 1: The Far Stars War (1990).[5] With David Drake, he co-edited The Fleet series (1988-1991), as well as its sequels, Battlestation, Book One (1992), and Battlestation, Book Two: Vanguard (1993).[6] As a book packager, Fawcett was able to arrange a publishing deal between Wizards of the Coast and HarperCollins for novels set in the Magic: The Gathering multiverse of Dominia; the first novel in this series was Arena (1994).[3]: 278 

His 2008 book, Oval Office Oddities, was described as "Chock-full of information—trivia, anecdotes, charts, illustrations, etc." focusing on the lives of American presidents and their wives.[7]

Works edit

Fawcett and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro write mystery novels together under the pen name Quinn Fawcett.[8] Fawcett was also a field historian for the Navy SEAL museum in Fort Pierce, Florida, and has co-authored work on the US Navy Seals in Vietnam.[8]

As writer edit

  • Cold Cash Warrior: Combat Command in the World of Robert Asprin's Cold Cash War (with Robert Asprin) (1989)[9]

Mistakes in History series edit

  • Trust Me, I Know What I'm Doing
  • 100 Mistakes That Changed History
  • Men At War
  • It Seemed Like A Good Idea
  • How To Lose A War At Sea
  • Doomed To Repeat
  • How To Lose WWII
  • How To Lose The Civil War
  • Hunters And Shooters
  • How To Lose A War
  • It Looked Good On Paper
  • Oval Office Oddities: An Irreverent Collection of Presidential Facts, Follies and Foibles[7]
  • You Said What?[10]
  • How To Lose A Battle
  • You Did What? Mad Plans and Great Historical Disasters (with Brian Thomsen) (2004)[11]

SwordQuest series edit

  • SwordQuest: Quest for the Unicorn's Horn (1985)
  • SwordQuest: Quest for the Dragon's Eye (1985)
  • SwordQuest: Quest for the Demon Gate (1986)
  • SwordQuest: Quest for the Elf King (1987)

Short-stories edit

As editor edit

  • Crafter I (with Christopher Stasheff) (1991)[12]
  • Gods of War (1992)[12]
  • The Fleet anthology series (with David Drake) [6][13]
    • The Fleet: The Fleet (1987) aka The Fleet, Book 1 [13]
    • The Fleet: Counter Attack (1988) aka The Fleet, Book 2 [13]
    • The Fleet: Breakthrough (1989) aka The Fleet, Book 3 [13]
    • The Fleet: Sworn Allies (1990) aka The Fleet, Book 4 [13]
    • The Fleet: Total war (1990) aka The Fleet, Book 5 [13]
    • The Fleet: Crisis (1991) aka The Fleet, Book 6 [13]
  • Battlestations anthology series — sequel to The Fleet anthology series [6]
    • Battlestation (with David Drake) (1992); aka Battlestation I[14]
    • Battlestation II (with Christopher Stasheff) (1993); aka Battlestation: Vanguard[12]
    • Battlestations (2011); omnibus edition of Battlestation I and Battlestation II
  • The Teams: An Oral History of the U.S. Navy SEALs with Kevin Dockery (1998)[15]
  • Making Contact: A Serious Handbook for Locating and Communicating With Extraterrestrials (1998)[16][17]
  • The Warmasters (2002)[18]
  • Masters of Fantasy (with Brian Thomsen) (2004)[11]
  • We Three Dragons: A Trio of Dragon Tales for the Holiday Season (2005)[19]
  • The Battle for Azeroth: Adventure, Alliance and Addiction in the 'World of Warcraft' (2006)[20]
  • Liftport: Opening Space to Everyone (2006)[21]
  • Nebula Awards Showcase 2010 (2010)[citation needed]
  • Mooney, J. E. & Bill Fawcett (eds.). Shadows of the New Sun : stories in honor of Gene Wolfe. Tor.

References edit

  1. ^ "Fawcett, Bill". Library of Congress Authorities (lccn.loc.gov). Retrieved October 19, 2018.
  2. ^ Scalf, Abby (July 24, 1998). . Daily Herald. Archived from the original on December 14, 2019. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
  4. ^ Katz, Demian (2006-08-24). "Series - SwordQuest". Demian's Gamebook Web Page. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
  5. ^ Ings, Simon (Summer 1991). "'The Far Stars War' edited by Bill Fawcett (Book Review)". Foundation: 105.
  6. ^ a b c Westfahl, Gary (Summer 1994). "'Battlestation' edited by David Drake and Bill Fawcett (Book Review)". Foundation: 118.
  7. ^ a b Budasi, Teresa (March 2, 2008). . Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on March 29, 2015. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
  8. ^ a b Teri Smith and Jean Marie Ward (1998). "Author interview: "Bill Fawcett: Admitting to Influence". Crescent Blues. Retrieved January 8, 2013.
  9. ^ . Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series. January 1, 2005. Archived from the original on March 29, 2015. Retrieved February 21, 2015.
  10. ^ Gillespie, Nick (December 14, 2007). "You Said What?". Reason.
  11. ^ a b Contemporary Authors. January 1, 2007. Archived from the original on March 29, 2015. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
  12. ^ a b c . Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series. January 1, 2008. Archived from the original on March 29, 2015. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g "The Fleet Series". Good Reads.
  14. ^ Green, Roland J. (July 5, 1992). . Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on March 29, 2015. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
  15. ^ Douchette, John-Henry (May 3, 1998). . The Virginian-Pilot. Norfolk, VA. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved December 7, 2014.
  16. ^ Flaherty, Dolores; Flaherty, Roger (July 26, 1998). . Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on March 29, 2015. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
  17. ^ Shenfeld, Hilary (September 22, 1997). "Making Contact: Most Scientists Agree That Humans Will Discover Life on Other Planets Someday, but What If That Life Finds You First? A Wauconda Man's Book Tells You What to Do". Daily Herald. Arlington Heights, IL.[dead link]
  18. ^ . Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series. January 1, 2006. Archived from the original on March 29, 2015. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
  19. ^ . Contemporary Authors. January 1, 2008. Archived from the original on March 29, 2015. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
  20. ^ Kelly, Marguerite (November 30, 2007). . The Washington Post. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved December 7, 2014.
  21. ^ Esser, Doug (July 9, 2006). . The Columbian. Vancouver, WA. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved December 7, 2014.

External links edit

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Not to be confused with William Fawcett author or Billy Fawcett William B Fawcett born May 13 1947 1 is an American editor anthologist game designer book packager fiction writer and historian Contents 1 Life 2 Career 3 Works 3 1 As writer 3 1 1 Mistakes in History series 3 1 2 SwordQuest series 3 1 3 Short stories 3 2 As editor 4 References 5 External linksLife editFawcett and fellow science fiction writer Jody Lynn Nye were married in 1987 They first met at a science fiction convention in 1985 At that time Fawcett owned a gaming company in Niles Illinois and Nye began to work as a freelance writer for the company 2 Career editBill Fawcett was one of the players in early Dungeons amp Dragons games being played in the Chicago and Milwaukee areas using photocopied prototypes of the rules handed out by Gary Gygax 3 166 Darwin Bromley brought Fawcett on as a partner in Mayfair Games soon after the company was formed in 1980 and they worked together to design the game Empire Builder 1980 3 166 As a veteran role playing gamer Fawcett got Mayfair involved in the RPG field and the company kicked off its Role Aids line with Beastmaker Mountain 1982 3 166 Fawcett was friends with Robert Asprin and Lynn Abbey and FASA was able to leverage their connection with Mayfair to obtain a license to publish Thieves World role playing game adventures from 1982 1984 3 120 167 Fawcett and Jordan Weisman designed the robot arena fighting game Combots 1983 for FASA 3 121 Fawcett produced the Crossroads books 1987 1988 a series of licensed gamebooks published by Tor 3 168 He also authored the short lived SwordQuest gamebooks series 4 He edited the book The War Years 1 The Far Stars War 1990 5 With David Drake he co edited The Fleet series 1988 1991 as well as its sequels Battlestation Book One 1992 and Battlestation Book Two Vanguard 1993 6 As a book packager Fawcett was able to arrange a publishing deal between Wizards of the Coast and HarperCollins for novels set in the Magic The Gathering multiverse of Dominia the first novel in this series was Arena 1994 3 278 His 2008 book Oval Office Oddities was described as Chock full of information trivia anecdotes charts illustrations etc focusing on the lives of American presidents and their wives 7 Works editFawcett and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro write mystery novels together under the pen name Quinn Fawcett 8 Fawcett was also a field historian for the Navy SEAL museum in Fort Pierce Florida and has co authored work on the US Navy Seals in Vietnam 8 As writer edit Cold Cash Warrior Combat Command in the World of Robert Asprin s Cold Cash War with Robert Asprin 1989 9 Mistakes in History series edit Trust Me I Know What I m Doing 100 Mistakes That Changed History Men At War It Seemed Like A Good Idea How To Lose A War At Sea Doomed To Repeat How To Lose WWII How To Lose The Civil War Hunters And Shooters How To Lose A War It Looked Good On Paper Oval Office Oddities An Irreverent Collection of Presidential Facts Follies and Foibles 7 You Said What 10 How To Lose A Battle You Did What Mad Plans and Great Historical Disasters with Brian Thomsen 2004 11 SwordQuest series edit SwordQuest Quest for the Unicorn s Horn 1985 SwordQuest Quest for the Dragon s Eye 1985 SwordQuest Quest for the Demon Gate 1986 SwordQuest Quest for the Elf King 1987 Short stories edit Lincoln s Charge 1992 collected in Mike Resnick s anthology Alternate Presidents Zealot 1993 collected in Resnick s anthology Alternate Warriors Through the Dragon s Eye 1994 collected in Christopher Stasheff s anthology Dragon s Eye The Last Crusader 1998 collected in Harry Turtledove s anthology Alternate Generals As editor edit Crafter I with Christopher Stasheff 1991 12 Gods of War 1992 12 The Fleet anthology series with David Drake 6 13 The Fleet The Fleet 1987 aka The Fleet Book 1 13 The Fleet Counter Attack 1988 aka The Fleet Book 2 13 The Fleet Breakthrough 1989 aka The Fleet Book 3 13 The Fleet Sworn Allies 1990 aka The Fleet Book 4 13 The Fleet Total war 1990 aka The Fleet Book 5 13 The Fleet Crisis 1991 aka The Fleet Book 6 13 Battlestations anthology series sequel to The Fleet anthology series 6 Battlestation with David Drake 1992 aka Battlestation I 14 Battlestation II with Christopher Stasheff 1993 aka Battlestation Vanguard 12 Battlestations 2011 omnibus edition of Battlestation I and Battlestation II The Teams An Oral History of the U S Navy SEALs with Kevin Dockery 1998 15 Making Contact A Serious Handbook for Locating and Communicating With Extraterrestrials 1998 16 17 The Warmasters 2002 18 Masters of Fantasy with Brian Thomsen 2004 11 We Three Dragons A Trio of Dragon Tales for the Holiday Season 2005 19 The Battle for Azeroth Adventure Alliance and Addiction in the World of Warcraft 2006 20 Liftport Opening Space to Everyone 2006 21 Nebula Awards Showcase 2010 2010 citation needed Mooney J E amp Bill Fawcett eds Shadows of the New Sun stories in honor of Gene Wolfe Tor References edit Fawcett Bill Library of Congress Authorities lccn loc gov Retrieved October 19 2018 Scalf Abby July 24 1998 Wauconda native creates fantasy worlds for readers Daily Herald Archived from the original on December 14 2019 Retrieved January 7 2019 a b c d e f g Shannon Appelcline 2011 Designers amp Dragons Mongoose Publishing ISBN 978 1 907702 58 7 Katz Demian 2006 08 24 Series SwordQuest Demian s Gamebook Web Page Retrieved 2023 02 23 Ings Simon Summer 1991 The Far Stars War edited by Bill Fawcett Book Review Foundation 105 a b c Westfahl Gary Summer 1994 Battlestation edited by David Drake and Bill Fawcett Book Review Foundation 118 a b Budasi Teresa March 2 2008 In praise of bathroom reading Chicago Sun Times Archived from the original on March 29 2015 Retrieved February 4 2015 a b Teri Smith and Jean Marie Ward 1998 Author interview Bill Fawcett Admitting to Influence Crescent Blues Retrieved January 8 2013 Asprin Robert L ynn 1946 Contemporary Authors New Revision Series January 1 2005 Archived from the original on March 29 2015 Retrieved February 21 2015 Gillespie Nick December 14 2007 You Said What Reason a b Thomsen Brian M Contemporary Authors January 1 2007 Archived from the original on March 29 2015 Retrieved February 22 2015 a b c Kurtz Katherine 1944 Katherine Irene Kurtz Contemporary Authors New Revision Series January 1 2008 Archived from the original on March 29 2015 Retrieved February 22 2015 a b c d e f g The Fleet Series Good Reads Green Roland J July 5 1992 John Varley s Wacky Future Lunar Society Chicago Sun Times Archived from the original on March 29 2015 Retrieved February 22 2015 Douchette John Henry May 3 1998 Inside the Nacy SEALs War Stories by Sea Air and Land The Virginian Pilot Norfolk VA Archived from the original on September 24 2015 Retrieved December 7 2014 Flaherty Dolores Flaherty Roger July 26 1998 Lonely explorers of isolated lives Chicago Sun Times Archived from the original on March 29 2015 Retrieved February 4 2015 Shenfeld Hilary September 22 1997 Making Contact Most Scientists Agree That Humans Will Discover Life on Other Planets Someday but What If That Life Finds You First A Wauconda Man s Book Tells You What to Do Daily Herald Arlington Heights IL dead link Flint Eric 1947 Contemporary Authors New Revision Series January 1 2006 Archived from the original on March 29 2015 Retrieved February 4 2015 Ward James M 1951 James Michael Ward Jim Ward Contemporary Authors January 1 2008 Archived from the original on March 29 2015 Retrieved February 5 2015 Kelly Marguerite November 30 2007 Time to Pull the Plug on Son s Gaming Habit The Washington Post Archived from the original on September 24 2015 Retrieved December 7 2014 Esser Doug July 9 2006 Take a hike go on a date explore space Northwest style The Columbian Vancouver WA Archived from the original on September 24 2015 Retrieved December 7 2014 External links editBill Fawcett at The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Bill Fawcett at FantasticFiction with cover images Bill Fawcett at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database Bill Fawcett at Library of Congress with 47 library catalog records with linked pseudonyms under which the library catalogs about 20 other books Quinn Fawcett Chelsea Quinn Yarbro and Fawcett jointly at LC Authorities with 12 records and at WorldCat Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bill Fawcett writer amp oldid 1193650072, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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