(1950-    ) US author who began publishing sf with "Psycho-Stars" for Asimov's in March 1980, and whose Petrogypsies (in Far Frontiers, anth 1985, ed John F Carr and Jerry Pournelle; exp 1989) is an essentially comic novel set in what seems to be an Alternate History where oil exploration is done by bio-constructs piloted by "gypsies", whose skills dominate the venue. [JC]

see also: Power Sources.

Rory Harper

born 1950

died

works

• Petrogypsies (New York: Baen Books, 1989) [pb/Tom Kidd]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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