Ray Nayler | |
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Born | |
Education |
University of California, Santa Cruz (
BA) SOAS University of London ( MA) |
Website |
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Ray Nayler is an American and Canadian science fiction writer. [1] Nayler's works engage with humanist themes and questions of AI and animal ethics. [2] [3] [4] His debut novel, The Mountain in the Sea, focuses on the discovery of a society of intelligent octopuses off the coast of Vietnam, and was the winner of the 2023 Locus Award for Best First Novel. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] His second novel, The Tusks of Extinction, centers of the de-extinction of the Wooly mammoth and was published in 2024. [10] [11] [12] [13]
Nayler previously served in the Peace Corps and is US Foreign Service officer, working in Russia and Central Asia. [14] Ray previous served as Press Attaché at the United States Embassy in Baku, Azerbaijan, and Environment, Science, Technology, and Health Officer at the U.S. consulate in Ho Chi Minh City. [15] [16]
Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected | Notes |
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Mutability | 2015 | Nayler, Ray (June 2015). "Mutability". Asimov's Science Fiction. 39 (6): 48–57. |
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Ray Nayler | |
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Born | |
Education |
University of California, Santa Cruz (
BA) SOAS University of London ( MA) |
Website |
www |
Ray Nayler is an American and Canadian science fiction writer. [1] Nayler's works engage with humanist themes and questions of AI and animal ethics. [2] [3] [4] His debut novel, The Mountain in the Sea, focuses on the discovery of a society of intelligent octopuses off the coast of Vietnam, and was the winner of the 2023 Locus Award for Best First Novel. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] His second novel, The Tusks of Extinction, centers of the de-extinction of the Wooly mammoth and was published in 2024. [10] [11] [12] [13]
Nayler previously served in the Peace Corps and is US Foreign Service officer, working in Russia and Central Asia. [14] Ray previous served as Press Attaché at the United States Embassy in Baku, Azerbaijan, and Environment, Science, Technology, and Health Officer at the U.S. consulate in Ho Chi Minh City. [15] [16]
Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected | Notes |
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Mutability | 2015 | Nayler, Ray (June 2015). "Mutability". Asimov's Science Fiction. 39 (6): 48–57. |
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