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Annalee Newitz

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Annalee Newitz

Profile

Gender
Unknown
Born
1969-05-07 （Irvine, California, U.S.）
Nationality
United States
Languages
English

Career

Occupations
journalist, editor, author
Active Years
1996-
Affiliations
Electronic Frontier Foundation (policy analyst), io9 (founder & editor-in-chief), Gizmodo (editor-in-chief), Ars Technica (tech culture editor), Knight Science Journalism Fellowship (MIT, fellow)

Education

University of California, Berkeley
English and American Studies
Degree: Ph.D.
Period: 〜1998
Year of Graduation: 1998
Country: United States
Dissertation on images of monsters, psychopaths, and capitalism in twentieth-century American popular culture

Awards

Lambda Literary Award (Speculative Fiction)
2018
Work: Autonomous
Category: SF/ファンタジー/ホラー
Organization: Lambda Literary
Result: Won
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
2018
Work: Autonomous
Organization: Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction (University of Kansas)
Result: Shortlisted
Locus Award for Best First Novel
2018
Work: Autonomous
Category: First Novel
Organization: Locus Magazine
Result: Nominated
Nebula Award for Best Novel
2018
Work: Autonomous
Organization: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA)
Result: Shortlisted
Theodore Sturgeon Award
2019
Work: When Robot and Crow Saved East St. Louis
Organization: Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction
Result: Won
Hugo Award for Best Fancast
2019
Work: Our Opinions Are Correct (podcast)
Category: Fancast
Organization: World Science Fiction Society
Result: Won
Sidewise Award for Alternate History (Long Form)
2019
Work: The Future of Another Timeline
Category: Long form
Organization: Sidewise Awards Committee
Result: Won
Goodreads Choice Award (Science Fiction)
2019
Work: The Future of Another Timeline
Category: Science Fiction
Organization: Goodreads
Result: Nominated
Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
2020
Work: The Future of Another Timeline
Category: Science Fiction Novel
Organization: Locus Magazine
Result: Nominated

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Autonomous

2017 Science fiction

A near-future science fiction novel about pharmaceutical patents, autonomous robots, and the ethics of ownership and personhood; it explores corporate control, labor, and resistance.

artificial intelligencerobotscapitalismpersonhood and rights

The Future of Another Timeline

2019 Science fiction (time travel / alternate history)

A time-travel novel that explores feminism and political struggle through groups that try to change history and those who resist them.

time travelfeminismpolitical activismalternate history

The Terraformers

2023 Science fiction (environmental / social)

A multi-generational story about planetary engineering, communities, and the ethics of labor involved in reshaping a world.

terraformingcommunityethics of labor

Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction

2013 Nonfiction (science / environment)

A science book combining research and history to discuss how humans might survive a mass extinction.

extinctionenvironmentadaptation

Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age

2021 Nonfiction (history / urban studies)

Examines ancient cities and the history of urbanization to shed light on the rise and fall of cities and contemporary urban issues.

urban historyarchaeologysocial structures

Bibliography

  • Autonomous (2017)
  • The Future of Another Timeline (2019)
  • The Terraformers (2023)
  • Scatter, Adapt, and Remember (2013)
  • Four Lost Cities (2021)
  • Stories Are Weapons (2024)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
blend of hard science fiction and social commentaryexpository, research-informed prose
Recurring Motifs
technology and societycritique of capitalismcities and communitymonsters (metaphorical)

Legacy

An influential figure in both journalism and science fiction; through books, editing, and an award-winning podcast, they have highlighted the social relevance of SF and bridged science journalism with fiction.

Academic Societies

  • Knight Science Journalism Fellowship (MIT)

In Popular Culture

  • Work on the podcast 'Our Opinions Are Correct' and its Hugo Award
  • Influence on SF and science culture through editorial work at io9 and Gizmodo

Quotes

  • "...about time travel and what it would be like to meet yourself as a teenager and have a really, really intense conversation with her about how fucked up your high school friends are."
    Source: Author's website (book description) (2019)
  • "The podcast explores the meaning of science fiction, and how it's relevant to real-life science and society."
    Source: Our Opinions Are Correct (podcast description) (2018)

Trivia

  • Partner and co-host with Charlie Jane Anders; they run a podcast together.
  • Won the 2019 Hugo Award for Best Fancast for the podcast 'Our Opinions Are Correct'.
  • Uses singular they pronouns since 2019.
  • Co-founded the magazine 'other'.