Editing Jack C. Haldeman II

{{Short description|American novelist (1941–2002)}}

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'''Jack Carroll "Jay" Haldeman II''' (December 18, 1941 – January 1, 2002) was an American [[biologist]] and [[science-fiction]] writer. He was the older brother of SF writer and [[MIT]] writing professor [[Joe Haldeman]].

== Biography ==
Jack Haldeman studied [[environmental engineering]] and [[biology]] at the [[University of Oklahoma]], and received a degree from [[Johns Hopkins University]]. His scientific career included work in [[parasitology]], field studies of [[whale]]s in the [[Canadian Arctic]], study of the [[greenhouse effect]], and coordination of a [[website]] and a [[CD-ROM]] relating to [[agriculture]] in [[Florida]]. The [[Cestoda|tapeworm]] ''Hymenolepis haldemani'' was named after him.

Haldeman published at least 75 [[short story|short stories]], beginning with "Garden of Eden" in the magazine ''[[Fantastic (magazine)|Fantastic]]'' (December 1971). He is notable for writing science fiction with [[sports]] themes; "Home Team Advantage", first appearing in ''[[Asimov's Science Fiction|Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine]]'' in 1977, has been anthologized a number of times. "High Steel", a 1982 story co-authored with [[Jack Dann]], was a [[Nebula Award]] nominee; it was later expanded into a novel.

Haldeman became a member of the [[Science Fiction Writers of America]] in 1971, and went on to chair eight SF conventions. He was married to writer [[Barbara Delaplace]]; they collaborated on stories beginning with "That'll be the Day" in the anthology ''Alternate Tyrants''.

Haldeman died of [[cancer]] in 2002, at the Hospice of North Central Florida in his hometown of [[Gainesville, Florida]].

==Bibliography==

===Novels===
* ''Vector Analysis'' ([[G. P. Putnam's Sons]] 1978; [[Berkley Books]] 1980; [[Ace Books]] 1984 {{ISBN|0-441-86071-0}})
* ''Perry's Planet'' ([[Bantam Books]] 1980, {{ISBN|0-553-13580-5}})
* ''The Fall of Winter'' (Baen Books 1985, {{ISBN|0-671-55947-8}})
* ''There Is No Darkness'' (1983, with Joe Haldeman; Ace Books 1986, {{ISBN|0-441-80567-1}})
* ''Echoes of Thunder'' (1991, with Jack Dann)
* ''High Steel'' ([[Tor Books]] 1993, with Jack Dann, {{ISBN|0-312-93163-8}})

===Short stories===
* "[https://web.archive.org/web/20120731233311/http://www.sff.net/people/jack.haldeman/people.htm We, The People]" (1983) (collected in [[Analog Science Fiction and Fact|ANALOG]] and archived in [[Wayback Machine]]) 
* "The 1960 Presidential Campaign, Considered as a World Wrestling Federation Steel Cage Match or Short Count in Chicago" (1992) (collected in [[Mike Resnick]]'s alternate history anthology ''[[Alternate Kennedys]]'')
* "The Cold Warrior" (1993) (collected in Mike Resnick's alternate history anthology ''[[Alternate Warriors]]'')
* "Death of a Dream" (1993) (also collected in ''Alternate Warriors'') 
* "Ma Teresa and the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang" (1994) (collected in Mike Resnick's alternate history anthology ''[[Alternate Outlaws]]'') 
* "That'll Be the Day" (1997) (cowritten with [[Barbara Delaplace]] and collected in Mike Resnick's alternate history anthology ''[[Alternate Tyrants]]'')

===Series===
'''[[Star Trek]] Adventures'''
* 4. ''Perry's Planet'' ([[Bantam Books]] 1984, {{ISBN|0-553-13580-5}};1996; reissued 1996, {{ISBN|0-553-24193-1}})

'''Spaceways'''
* 11. ''The Iceworld Connection'' (1983; as "John Cleve" a collaborative pen name with Jack Dann)

'''Bill, the Galactic Hero'''
* 5. ''...on the Planet of Zombie Vampires'' (1991; with [[Harry Harrison (writer)|Harry Harrison]])

===Anthologies with Jack Haldeman stories===
*''Alternities'' (1974)
*''[[TV: 2000]]'' (1982)
*''100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories'' (1984)
*''Shadows 7'' (1984)
*''First Contact'' (1987)
*''Alternate Warriors'' (1993)
*''By Any Other Fame'' (1993)
*''Alternate Worldcons'' (1994)
*''Bruce Coville's Book of Aliens: Tales to Warp Your Mind'' (1994)
*''Deals with the Devil'' (1994)
*''Warriors of Blood and Dream'' (1995)
*''Alternate Tyrants'' (Tom Doherty Associates 1997, {{ISBN|0-8125-4835-3}})
*''[[Asimov's Choice Astronauts & Androids]]'' (1977)
*''[[Asimov's Choice Comets & Computers]]'' (1978)

== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20011102103205/http://www.sff.net/people/jack.haldeman/ Jack Haldeman homepage]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060914051236/http://sfwa.org/news/jayhald.htm ''SF/F & Publishing News'': Jack C. Haldeman II (1941-2002)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071001062458/http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/h/jack-c-haldeman/ Fantastic Fiction: Jack C. Haldeman II] 
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061021033419/http://www.catch22.com/SF/ARB/SFH/Haldeman,Jack.php3 Alpha Ralpha Boulevard: Jack C. Haldeman II]
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