Brian Thomsen

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Brian Thomsen
Brian Thomsen and SF/Fantasy book cover model, Lisa Feerick Pollison at the 1994 ABA Book Expo in downtown Los Angeles.
Brian Thomsen and SF/Fantasy book cover model, Lisa Feerick Pollison at the 1994 ABA Book Expo in downtown Los Angeles.
BornBrian Michael Thomsen
(1959-04-13)April 13, 1959
DiedSeptember 21, 2008(2008-09-21) (aged 49)
Brooklyn, New York, United States
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican

Brian Michael Thomsen (April 13, 1959 – September 21, 2008) was an American science fiction editor, author, and anthologist.

Biography

Thomsen was raised in the New York City neighborhood of Rockaway Beach and attended Regis High School in Manhattan.[1]

He was a founding editor of

Questar Science Fiction line,[2] in which position he was nominated for the 1988 Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor.[3]

In the mid-90s, Thomsen served as managing fiction editor at

Drizzt series with TSR after refusing to agree to Thomsen's contract demands. Lowder himself had a finished book, The Screaming Tower, trapped in limbo where Thomsen refused to relinquish the rights to it, but also refused to publish it. Ben Riggs, an author who studied TSR's financial problems, considered Thomsen's changes disastrous and self-defeating for one of TSR's most important and lucrative departments. After Wizards of the Coast purchased a bankrupt TSR in 1997, Thomsen was fired from his position, Mary Kirchoff was rehired, and Wizards set about reversing the bonds broken in Thomsen's tenure, notably including luring Salvatore back to work with the Forgotten Realms again.[6]

Thomsen wrote more than 30 short stories for various anthologies.[5] He was a collaborator with longtime DC Comics managing editor Julius Schwartz on Schwartz's autobiography.[5] He was also a consulting editor for publisher Tor Books.[2]

He died on September 21, 2008, at his home in Brooklyn, New York at the age of 49.[2] He was survived by his wife, Donna.[2]

Bibliography

Novels

  • Once Around the Realms, 1995
  • The Mage in the Iron Mask, 1996

Anthologies

Nonfiction

Short stories

  • "Gloria Remembers," Alternate Kennedys, 1992
  • "The Missing Thirty-Fifth President," Alternate Kennedys, 1992
  • "Paper Trail," Alternate Presidents, 1992
  • "Reunion," Grails: Quests of the Dawn, 1992
  • "The Case of the Skinflint's Specters," Christmas Ghosts, 1993
  • "A Sense of Loyalty, a Sense of Betrayal," Alternate Warriors, 1993
  • "Bigger Than U.S. Steel," Alternate Outlaws, 1994
  • "Iguanacon, Too," Alternate Worldcons, 1994
  • "A Night on the Plantation," By Any Other Fame, 1994
  • "Infallibility, Obedience & Acts of Contrition," Alternate Tyrants, 1997
  • "Oscar Night at Swifty's," Alternate Skiffy, 1997
  • "Bloodstained Ground,"
    Alternate Generals
    , 1998
  • "Dearest Kitty," Legends: Tales from the Eternal Archives, 1999
  • "Mouse the Magic Guy," Merlin, 1999
  • "Fragment of the Log of Captain
    Amasa Delano
    ," Oceans of Space, 2002
  • "The Grand Tour," Sol's Children, 2002
  • "It's a Wonderful Miracle on 34th Street's Christmas Carol," A Yuletide Universe, 2002

References

  1. ISBN 9781101082164
    . Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d "Obituary: Brian M. Thomsen". Publishers Weekly. September 29, 2008. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
  3. World Science Fiction Society. Archived from the original
    on October 15, 2014. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
  4. ^ Carroll, Bart (June 7, 2011). "Wolfgang Baur". Archived from the original on June 1, 2013.
  5. ^ a b c "Obituary: Brian Thomsen". Locus. September 22, 2008. Archived from the original on January 7, 2009. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
  6. ISBN 9781250278043
    .

External links
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