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Easton, Thomas (1945 - )
Genre: Non-Fiction, Science Fiction/Fantasy
Tom Easton is a theoretical biologist, science-fiction and textbook writer, book reviewer, and professor at Thomas College in Waterville, Maine. He earned his B.A. in biology at Colby College (1966) and a Ph.D. in theoretical biology at the University of Chicago (1972). His family is from Lincolnville; Easton lives now in Belfast and enjoys trout-fishing, wine-making, gardening, and snow-shoeing.
He has published articles in Astronomy, Consumer Reports, Tomorrowsf and Analog.
Selected Bibliogrpahy
Non-Fiction
- Bioscope (1984, with Carl E. Rischer)
- Careers in Science (1985/2004 - 4th ed.)
- Working for Life: Careers in Biology (1987)
- Focus on Human Biology (1994/1997; with Carl E. Rischer)
- Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Environmental Issues (2003/2005/2006 - 12th ed.; with Theodore D Goldfarb)
- Periodic Stars: An Overview of Science Fiction Literature in the 1980s and 1990s (1997)
Fiction - Organic Futures Series
- Sparrowhawk (1990)
- Greenhouse (1991)
- Woodsman (1992)
- Tower of the Gods (1993)
- Seeds of Destiny (1994)
Fiction - Other
- Silicon Karma (1997)
- Frontiers of Wonder (1999)
- Bigfoot Stalks the Coast of Maine: And Other Twisted Downeast Tales (2000/2003), science fiction spoof
- Unto the Last Generation (2000)
- The Electric Gene Machine (2000; collection of Easton's stories about the future of genetic engineering)
- The Great Flying Saucer Conspiracy (2002), science fiction
- Stones of Memory (2003), science fiction about an eco-catastrophe; sequel to Unto the Last Generation
- Firefight (2003), eco-science fiction