John Chu | |
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Occupation | Author, engineer, translator |
Notable works | The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere (2013) |
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John Chu ( Chinese: 朱中宜) is a Taiwanese American microprocessor architect, science fiction writer and literary translator.
Chu was born in Taiwan, moved to the US and began learning English at age six. [1] He read voraciously as a child and was inspired to write science fiction by the works of Ted Chiang. He has attended the Viable Paradise and Clarion science fiction & fantasy writing workshops. [1] He has a PhD in computer engineering [2] and is gay, [3] a theme that he explores in his writing. [1]
In 2014 Chu won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story with the story " The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere". [4] In 2023, "If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You" won the Locus Award for Best Novelette. [5] Chu also reads for podcasts and translates novels and stories from Chinese into English. [1] [3]
Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected | Notes |
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"If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You" | 2022 | Chu, John (July 2022). "If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You". Uncanny. Vol. 47. | Finalist 2023 Hugo Award for Best Novelette | |
"Best of All Possible Worlds" | 2013 | Chu, John (February 2013). "Best of All Possible Worlds". Asimov's Science Fiction. Vol. 37, no. 2. pp. 70–74. | ||
" The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere" | 2013 | Chu, John (February 20, 2013). "The Water that Falls On You From Nowhere". Tor.com. Retrieved 2016-01-23. | Berman, Steve, ed. (2014). Wilde Stories 2014: The Year's Best Gay Speculative Fiction. Lethe Press. | Winner 2014 Hugo Award for Best Short Story [4] |
John Chu | |
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Occupation | Author, engineer, translator |
Notable works | The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere (2013) |
Notable awards |
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Website | |
johnchu |
John Chu ( Chinese: 朱中宜) is a Taiwanese American microprocessor architect, science fiction writer and literary translator.
Chu was born in Taiwan, moved to the US and began learning English at age six. [1] He read voraciously as a child and was inspired to write science fiction by the works of Ted Chiang. He has attended the Viable Paradise and Clarion science fiction & fantasy writing workshops. [1] He has a PhD in computer engineering [2] and is gay, [3] a theme that he explores in his writing. [1]
In 2014 Chu won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story with the story " The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere". [4] In 2023, "If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You" won the Locus Award for Best Novelette. [5] Chu also reads for podcasts and translates novels and stories from Chinese into English. [1] [3]
Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected | Notes |
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"If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You" | 2022 | Chu, John (July 2022). "If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You". Uncanny. Vol. 47. | Finalist 2023 Hugo Award for Best Novelette | |
"Best of All Possible Worlds" | 2013 | Chu, John (February 2013). "Best of All Possible Worlds". Asimov's Science Fiction. Vol. 37, no. 2. pp. 70–74. | ||
" The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere" | 2013 | Chu, John (February 20, 2013). "The Water that Falls On You From Nowhere". Tor.com. Retrieved 2016-01-23. | Berman, Steve, ed. (2014). Wilde Stories 2014: The Year's Best Gay Speculative Fiction. Lethe Press. | Winner 2014 Hugo Award for Best Short Story [4] |