Researching Gordon Eklund
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 6 people with the Eklund surname? In that year Eklund was ranked number 3573 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Gordon means "from the cornered hill" and is of English origin.
Records of Gordon Eklund on Ancestry
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| Did you know that there are currently 74 people with the Eklund surname in the UK? Eklund is now ranked number 3972 for popularity in the UK. |
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Some Famous People called Gordon Eklund
Gordon Eklund
Gordon Eklund (born July 24, 1945 in Seattle, Washington) is an American science fiction author whose works include the "Lord Tedric" series and two of the earliest original novels based on the 1960s Star Trek TV series. He has written under the pen name Wendell Stewart, and in one instance under the name of the late E. E. "Doc" Smith.
Eklund's first published SF short story, "Dear Aunt Annie", ran in the April 1970 issue of Fantastic magazine and was nominated for a Nebula Award. Eklund won the Nebula for Best Novelette for the 1974 short story "If the Stars Are Gods", co-written with Gregory Benford. The two expanded the story into a full-length novel of the same title, published in 1977.
Eklund's Star Trek novel The Starless World was the first Star Trek story about a Dyson sphere.
In his teens, Eklund was a member of a Seattle SF fan club, The Nameless Ones, and in 1977, Eklund was a guest of honor at the 1977 SF convention Bubonicon 9, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Cushing Memorial Library of Texas A&M University has a "Gordon Eklund Collection" housing the typed manuscript of the story "The Stuff of Time".
Eklund has retired from a long career with the U.S. Postal Service, and is considering writing full-time again. He's a member of the Fantasy Amateur Press Association and the Spectator Amateur Press Society.
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