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  JACK NIMERSHEIM  

  Author, Futurist, Computer Consultant  

.....The Library.....

Truth to tell, this is my favorite place within Chez Nims. It is my imagination's play room, a repository for the literary distillations that flow from whatever creative juices I may possess. I hope the contents of this room represent more than just a rampaging ego. (Although honesty forces me to confess that I probably possess one of these.) I've discovered through the years that readers truly desire access to a writer's work — especially those works that, for a variety of reasons, might be difficult to find.

It's a fact of life: Most serious writers produce more prose than the commercial marketplace can possibly absorb.

A second, sad fact of life: Even those works which do make it into print usually disappear from the bookstore shelves before many people manage to procure them.

And so, contained herein, you'll find information about and, in some cases, actual copies of a number of Nimersheim "minorpieces" that, for one reason or another, might interest you. (Hmmm. Maybe we are talking a rampaging ego, here, after all.)

People have asked, so I've acquiesced. I finally managed to pull together a semi-complete bibliography, covering my books and science-fiction short stories. Click here to view this literary resume, so to speak.

For the truly masochistic out there, I've also included a complete Curriculum Vitae: books, stories, articles, essays, columns, reviews -- the whole nine yards. Click here to view this (extremely long) listing of the complete Nimersheim writings.

[On-Line Fiction]    [Books]    [Ramblings & Ruminations]

  On-Line Fiction

Click on a title in the following list to read the corresponding story, on-line.

"Petit Mal" — First appeared in Diagnosis: Terminal, Forge Books, ed. by F. Paul WIlson.

"Algorithm & Blues" (written with Nick DiChario) — First appeared in Graffiti from the Subways of My Mind, Farthest Star Books.

"Moriarty by Modem" — Ask me if I'm proud of this one, which appeared in Mike Resnick's 1995 anthology, Sherlock Holmes in Orbit, from DAW Books. It missed by one vote making the 1996 Hugo Awards ballot. It did receive enough votes to appear on the preliminary ballot for the 1996 Nebula Awards and also appeared as a finalist for the 1995 HOmer Award.

"2101: A Space Oddity" — First appeared in Alternate Worldcons, Again, WC Books, ed. by Mike Resnick.

"The Maddening Time" — First appeared in Something Old, Something New..., Farthest Star Books.

"One for the Road" — First appeared in Aladdin, Master of the Lamp, DAW Books, ed. by Mike Resnick and Martin H. Greenberg.

"Mind Over Matter" — First appeared in Alternate Warriors, Tor Books, ed. by Mike Resnick.


  Books

  • A Whole in the Space of Time,
    Farthest Star **
    Price: $5.99 (Mass-market paperback)

    Nine short stories comprise this third collection of my science-fiction work:

    • "Petit Mal" — First appeared in Diagnosis: Terminal (Forge Books), ed. by F. Paul Wilson.
    • "My Brother's Keeper" (written with Mike Resnick) — First appeared in Urban Nightmares (DAW Books), ed. by Josepha A. Sherman and Keith R.A. DeCandido.
    • "His Every Need" (written with Nick DiChario) — Previously unpublished.
    • "Gordian Angel" — First appeared in Christmas Ghosts (DAW Books), ed. by Mike Resnick and Martin H. Greenberg.
    • "Mind Games" (written with Nick DiChario) — Previously unpublished.
    • "Radical Chick" (written with Ralph Roberts) — First appeared in The Secret Prophesies of Nostradamus (DAW Books), ed. by Cynthia Sternau and Martin H. Greenberg.
    • "The Land That God Forgot" (written with Nick DiChario) — First appeared in The Return of the Dinosaurs (DAW Books), ed. by Mike Resnick and Martin H. Greenberg.
    • "#2, With a Bullet" — First appeared in Alternate Outlaws (Tor Books), ed. by Mike Resnick.
    • "The Rising Sun at Dusk" — First appeared in Alternate Tyrants (Tor Books), ed. by Mike Resnick.

  • Grafitti from the Subways of My Mind,
    Farthest Star **
    Price: $5.99 (Mass-market paperback)

    Eleven short stories comprise this second collection of my science-fiction work:

    • "Moriarty by Modem" — First appeared in Sherlock Holmes in Orbit (DAW Books), ed. by Mike Resnick.
    • "The Pangaean Principle" — First appeared in Dinosaur Fantastic (DAW Books), ed. by Mike Resnick.
    • "The Best Laid Schemes" — First appeared in Christmas Bestiary (DAW Books), ed. by Martin H. Greenberg.
    • "2101: A Space Oddity" — First appeared in Alternate Worldcons, Again (WC Books), ed. by Mike Resnick.
    • "Algorithm & Blues" (written with Nick DiChario) — Previously unpublished.
    • "The Maddening Time" — First appeared in Something Old, Something New... (Farthest Star Books).
    • "All the Angles" — First appeared in Animal Brigade 3000 (Ace Science Fiction), ed. by Martin H. Greenberg.
    • "One for the Road" — First appeared in Aladdin: Master of the Lamp (DAW Books), ed. by Mike Resnick.
    • "Thoroughly Modern Magic" — First appeared in Galaxy magazine.
    • "The Battle of All Mothers" — First appeared in Alternate Warriors (Tor Books), ed. by Mike Resnick.
    • "Curtain Call" — Previously unpublished.

  • Something Old, Something New...,
    Farthest Star **
    Price: $5.95

    Four short stories comprise this first collection of my science-fiction work:

    • "A Fireside Chat" — First appeared in Alternate Presidents (Tor Books), ed. by Mike Resnick.
    • "The Maddening Time" — Previously unpublished
    • "Cain's Curse" — First appeared in Whatdunits (DAW Books), ed. by Mike Resnick.
    • "Cerulean Moon" — Previously unpublished

  • In Plain English: Windows 95,
    Alexander Books **

    Prices:
    Mass-market Paperback — $5.99
    Trade Paperback — $9.95

    Take a tour through the world of Windows 95 with easy-to-understand and use coverage of this newest graphics-based operating environment from Microsoft, Inc.


    In Plain English: Microsoft Word for Windows
    (non-fiction book), WorldComm® Books **
    Price: $9.95

    Learn the basics of Microsoft's popular word processing program while working within the friendly confines of Windows 95.

  • In Plain English: Windows 3.1
    (non-fiction book), WorldComm® Books **
    Price: FREE!! Special promotional item.

    Learn the basics of Microsoft's most successful graphics-based operating environment, still used on millions of PCs worldwide.
    ** These titles can be ordered directly from Alexander Books, 1-800-472-0438

     

      Ramblings & Ruminations

    Most writers can't seem to resist committing to print their private thoughts and personal observances. We assign to these incidents of raging self-indulgence the pretentious characterization, Essays. Well, bang the gavel, alert the bailiff, and recall the jury; I'm as guilty as my peers of this frequently facile felony.

    Presented into evidence: The following essay, which contains Ye Humble Author's ramblings and ruminations on a somewhat offbeat topic.

    "That's Entertainment" — A behind-the-scenes glimpse into the psyche of professional entertainers.



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    Jack Nimersheim
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