Jim Aikin

Autor/a de The Wall at the Edge of the World

15+ obres 227 Membres 2 Ressenyes

Sobre l'autor

Jim Aikin has been writing about music technology for more than 30 years. He is the author of hundreds of product reviews and tutorial features in keyboard, Electronic Musician, and other magazines, as well as books on Csound, music theory, and cello technique. He also teaches classical cello mostra'n més privately and plays in community orchestras. In his PC-based home studio, he composes and records using software instruments from more than a dozen manufactures. Selected musical results can be heard at midiguru.bandcamp.com and synthage.wordpress.com mostra'n menys

Obres de Jim Aikin

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The Wall at the Edge of the World (1993) 110 exemplars

Walk the Moon's Road (1985) 57 exemplars

Power Tools for Synthesizer Programming: The Ultimate Reference for Sound Design (Power Tools Series) (2004) 23 exemplars

A Player's Guide to Chords and Harmony: Music Theory for Real-World Musicians (Backbeat Music Essentials) (2004) 8 exemplars

Csound Power! (2012) 6 exemplars

Picture Yourself Playing Cello: Step-by-Step Instruction for Playing the Cello (2011) 5 exemplars

Software Synthesizers (2003) 4 exemplars

Dancing Among Ghosts [short fiction] 4 exemplars

Fruityloops: The Ultimate Electronic Virtual Music Studio with CDROM (Quick Start (Music Sales)) (2003) 2 exemplars

Run! Run! 2 exemplars

An Elvish Sword Of Great Antiquity 2 exemplars

A Place To Stay For A Little While 1 exemplars

My Life in the Jungle 1 exemplars

Leaving The Station 1 exemplars

The Inform 7 handbook 1 exemplars

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The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Second Annual Collection (1987) — Col·laborador — 200 exemplars

The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 13 (1986) — Col·laborador — 120 exemplars

The Sixth Omni Book of Science Fiction (1989) — Col·laborador — 49 exemplars

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1985, Vol. 68, No. 2 (1985) — Col·laborador — 12 exemplars

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Nom normalitzat: Aikin, Jim
Nom oficial: Aikin, James Douglas
Data de naixement: 1948
Gènere: male
Nacionalitat: USA
Llocs de residència: Livermore, California, USA
Professions: magazine editor
cellist
teacher
technical writer
novelist
Organitzacions: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA)

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The Wall at the Edge of the World de Jim Aikin

Something of a lost sf classic. I stumbles across this at a used bookstore and found it to be compelling and surprisingly well written. I figured this had to be the work of a well established author, but no, Aiken wrote one other book a decade earlier and never any more, as far as I can tell. This one was published in paperback only and tragically, soon faded into out of print obscurity.
The Wall at the Edge of the World deserves to be in print. I've always thought if I was rich I'd open a publishing house specifically to bring my favorite obscure and forgotten books, albums, TV shows etc. back to light, and this is one of the first books I think of in that scenario.… (més)

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