Wil McCarthy

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Wil McCarthy (born September 16, 1966) is an American science fiction novelist, president and co-founder of RavenBrick (a solar technology company),<ref>Template:Citation</ref> and the science columnist for Syfy. He currently resides in Colorado.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Rich Man's Sky won the 2022 Prometheus Award. Beggar's Sky is a finalist for the 2025 Prometheus Award.

Wil McCarthy popularized the concept of programmable matter, which he calls wellstone.

BibliographyEdit

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NovelsEdit

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Bloom (1998) Template:ISBN
Antediluvian (2019) Template:ISBN<ref group=lower-alpha>Template:Citation</ref>

Aggressor Six

Aggressor Six (1994) Template:ISBN
The Fall of Sirius (1996) Template:ISBN

The Queendom of Sol

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The Collapsium (2000) Template:ISBN<ref group=lower-alpha name="NebulaAwardBestNovel">Nebula Award nominee.</ref>
The Wellstone (2003) Template:ISBN
Lost in Transmission (2004) Template:ISBN
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Rich Man's Sky

Rich Man's Sky (2021) Template:ISBN<ref group=lower-alpha>Template:Citation</ref>
Poor Man's Sky (2023) Template:ISBN
Beggar's Sky (2024) Template:ISBN

Short fictionEdit

Stories<ref group=lower-alpha>Short stories unless otherwise noted.</ref>

Title	Year	First published	Reprinted/collected	Notes
Wyatt Earp 2.0	2016	Template:Cite journal		Novella

"Amerikano Hiaika", Aboriginal Science Fiction, May/June 1991.
"Dirtyside Down", Universe 3, 1994.
"The Dream of Houses", Analog, November 1995.<ref group=lower-alpha name="LocusRecommReading">Appeared on the Locus recommended reading list.</ref>
"The Dream of Castles", Analog, April 1997.
"The Dream of Nations", Analog, October 1998.<ref group=lower-alpha name="LocusRecommReading" />
"Once Upon a Matter Crushed", Science Fiction Age, May 1999.<ref group=lower-alpha name="LocusRecommReading" /><ref group=lower-alpha>Theodore Sturgeon Award Nominee.</ref><ref group=lower-alpha>Became the first portion of The Collapsium.</ref>
"No Job Too Small", Aboriginal Science Fiction, Spring 2001.
"Pavement Birds", Analog, July/August 2002.
"He Died that Day, in Thirty Years", Once Upon a Galaxy, 2002
"Garbage Day", Analog, December 2002.<ref group=lower-alpha>Became part of The Wellstone.</ref>

Non-fictionEdit

"Programmable Matter" (AKA "Programmable Matter: A Retrospective"), Nature, October 6, 2000. {{#invoke:doi|main}}.
"Ultimate Alchemy", Wired 9.10, October 2001
Hacking Matter (2003), Template:ISBN
"This Looks Like a Job for...Superatoms", IEEE Spectrum, August 2005

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Other mediaEdit

Radio playsEdit

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Radio appearancesEdit

Coast to Coast AM, "Programmable Matter", April 18, 2003<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
Coast to Coast AM, "Quantum Dots", April 26, 2004<ref>Template:Citation</ref>

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Wil McCarthy U.S. patents

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