Damien Broderick

Damien Broderick
Born (1944-04-22) 22 April 1944 (age 80)
Reservoir, Melbourne, Australia
OccupationWriter and editor
NationalityAustralian
GenreScience fiction, popular science
Notable worksThe Dreaming Dragons

Damien Francis Broderick (born 22 April 1944) is an Australian science fiction[1] and popular science writer and editor of some 74 books.[2] His science fiction novel The Dreaming Dragons (1980) introduced the trope of the generation time machine,[3] his The Judas Mandala (1982) contains the first appearance of the term "virtual reality" in science fiction,[4] and his 1997 popular science book The Spike was the first to investigate the technological singularity in detail.[5]

  1. ^ Bear, Greg (24 June 2008). "Locus guest reviewer Greg Bear reviews Damien Broderick". Locus. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  2. ^ see detailed bibliography below
  3. ^ Simone Caroti, The Generation Starship in Science Fiction: A Critical History, 1934–2001, p. 201.
  4. ^ "Themes : Virtual Reality : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia". sf-encyclopedia.com.
  5. ^ "Themes : Singularity : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia". sf-encyclopedia.com.