T. Jackson King
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T. Jackson King is a professional archeologist, journalist, poet and author who is a graduate of UCLA (M.A. 1976) and the University of Tennessee
(B.Sc. 1971).
He has published several science fiction
short stories as well as five books. King wrote Retread Shop in 1988 and co-wrote Ancestor's World in 1996 with A.C. Crispin. More recently, a collection of his short stories, Judgment Day And Other Dreams and a poetry collection, Mother Earth's Stretch Marks, was published in 2009. In 2010 Fantastic Books published his young adult scifi novel Little Brother's World. His short stories have appeared in various magazines including; Analog Science Fiction and Fact
, Pulphouse
, Tomorrow
, Absolute Magnitude
, Pandora
, The Silver Web, Figment
, Aberrations, VB Tech Journal, Expanse, Kinesis
and Midnight Zoo
.
He is also a published poet and essayist. His archeological publications include one monograph
and six professional articles.
Southwest and has traveled widely in Europe
, Russia
, Japan
, Mexico
and the United States. Previous jobs have included short order cook, hotel clerk, legal assistant, investigative reporter and editor.
As an investigative reporter he was awarded a First Amendment Award in 2003, by the Society for Professional Journalists, and received two honorable mentions, 1987 and 1988 in L. Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future Contest.
King was also a Tennessee
hippie
and belonged to the Southern Student Organizing Committee
(SSOC). He helped lead the first anti-Vietnam War demonstration by expatriates in Tokyo
in 1968, and started up the Shinjuku Sutra, the first English language
underground newspaper
in Japan
. King's three grown children are Keith, Karen and Kevin, who now all live in Virginia
.
University of Tennessee
The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States...
(B.Sc. 1971).
He has published several science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
short stories as well as five books. King wrote Retread Shop in 1988 and co-wrote Ancestor's World in 1996 with A.C. Crispin. More recently, a collection of his short stories, Judgment Day And Other Dreams and a poetry collection, Mother Earth's Stretch Marks, was published in 2009. In 2010 Fantastic Books published his young adult scifi novel Little Brother's World. His short stories have appeared in various magazines including; Analog Science Fiction and Fact
Analog Science Fiction and Fact
Analog Science Fiction and Fact is an American science fiction magazine. As of 2011, it is the longest running continuously published magazine of that genre...
, Pulphouse
Pulphouse Publishing
Pulphouse Publishing was an American small press publisher based in Eugene, Oregon and specializing in science fiction and fantasy. It was founded by Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch in 1988. The press was active until 1996...
, Tomorrow
Tomorrow Speculative Fiction
Tomorrow Speculative Fiction was a science fiction magazine from 1993 through 2000. Over this period, it had 24 bi-monthly issues as a print magazine from 1993 - 1997, then transitioned to become one of the first online science fiction publications until 2000, when it ceased publication...
, Absolute Magnitude
Absolute magnitude
Absolute magnitude is the measure of a celestial object's intrinsic brightness. it is also the apparent magnitude a star would have if it were 32.6 light years away from Earth...
, Pandora
Pandora
In Greek mythology, Pandora was the first woman. As Hesiod related it, each god helped create her by giving her unique gifts...
, The Silver Web, Figment
Figment
Figment, a small purple dragon, occasionally seen sporting a yellow sweater, is the mascot of the Imagination! pavilion at the Epcot theme park at Walt Disney World Resort...
, Aberrations, VB Tech Journal, Expanse, Kinesis
Kinesis
Kinesis, like a taxis, is a movement or activity of a cell or an organism in response to a stimulus. However, unlike taxis, the response to the stimulus provided is non-directional....
and Midnight Zoo
Midnight Zoo
Midnight Zoo was an Australian late-night interactive game show broadcast in parts of Australia on the Seven Network. Midnight Zoo debuted on 31 July 2006 and was broadcast from Sydney. The same show currently has success in America, the U.K, South Africa and Poland. It was shown live throughout...
.
He is also a published poet and essayist. His archeological publications include one monograph
Monograph
A monograph is a work of writing upon a single subject, usually by a single author.It is often a scholarly essay or learned treatise, and may be released in the manner of a book or journal article. It is by definition a single document that forms a complete text in itself...
and six professional articles.
Writing style
King writes (in his own words) "anthropological science fiction, dark fantasy/horror and contemporary fantasy". His stories explore culture, adaptation, archetypes and individual choice. Some of his stories could be seen as influenced by his own personal experiences and worldwide travels.Career
King has worked as an archaeologist in the AmericanUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Southwest and has traveled widely in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
and the United States. Previous jobs have included short order cook, hotel clerk, legal assistant, investigative reporter and editor.
As an investigative reporter he was awarded a First Amendment Award in 2003, by the Society for Professional Journalists, and received two honorable mentions, 1987 and 1988 in L. Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future Contest.
King was also a Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
hippie
Hippie
The hippie subculture was originally a youth movement that arose in the United States during the mid-1960s and spread to other countries around the world. The etymology of the term 'hippie' is from hipster, and was initially used to describe beatniks who had moved into San Francisco's...
and belonged to the Southern Student Organizing Committee
Southern Student Organizing Committee
The Southern Student Organizing Committee was a student activist group in the southern United States during the 1960s, which focused on many political and social issues, including African-American civil rights, opposition to the Vietnam War, worker's rights, and feminism...
(SSOC). He helped lead the first anti-Vietnam War demonstration by expatriates in Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
in 1968, and started up the Shinjuku Sutra, the first English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
underground newspaper
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. King's three grown children are Keith, Karen and Kevin, who now all live in Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
.