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Eric G. Swedin is an American author of science fiction and academic nonfiction works. He is a professor of history at Weber State University in Utah. Swedin is the 2010 long form winner of the Sidewise Award for his alternate history novel When Angels Wept: A What-If History of the Cuban Missile Crisis. He was a consultant for the Emmy Award-winning documentary, Clouds Over Cuba, which was created for the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.

Biography

Swedin is a professor of history at Weber State University in Utah. He has written several non-fiction textbooks and academic works, as well as five novels, and his books and papers have been cited in over 70 academic works. He won the Sidewise Award for his 2010 alternate history novel, When Angels Wept: A What-If History of the Cuban Missile Crisis. He was a consultant on two documentaries about the Cuban Missile Crisis: Clouds Over Cuba, which won an Emmy Award, and What If...? Armageddon 1962, a documentary which aired on the Military Channel in 2014.

Bibliography

Nonfiction

• Healing Souls: Psychotherapy in the Latter-day Saint Community (2003, University of Illinois Press, ISBN 0-252-02864-3)
• Science in the Contemporary World: An Encyclopedia (2005, part of the History of Science series, ABC-CLIO, ISBN 1-85109-524-1)
• Science Fiction and Computing: Essays on Interlinked Domains (2011, McFarland & Company, ISBN 978-0-7864-4565-3, as editor with David L. Ferro)
• Survive the Bomb: The Radioactive Citizen's Guide to Nuclear Survival (2011, Zenith Press, ISBN 978-0-7603-4031-8, as editor)

Essays

• "Murray Leinster and 'A Logic Named Joe'" (2011, with David L. Ferro, in Science Fiction and Computing: Essays on Interlinked Domains, McFarland & Company, ISBN 978-0-7864-4565-3)
• "Rebooting 'A Logic Named Joe': Exploring the Multiple Influences of a Strangely Predictive Mid-1940s Short Story" (2011, with David L. Ferro, in Science Fiction and the Prediction of the Future: Essays on Foresight and Fallacy, McFarland & Company, ISBN 978-0-7864-5841-7)

Fiction

• The Killing of Greybird (2004, CFI, ISBN 1-55517-767-0)
• When Angels Wept: A What-If History of the Cuban Missile Crisis (2010, Potomac Books, ISBN 978-1-59797-517-9)
• Anasazi Exile (2011, Borgo Press/Wildside Press, ISBN 978-1-4344-4403-5)
• Fragments of Me (2012, Borgo Press/Wildside Press, ISBN 978-1-4344-4515-5)
• Seeking Valhalla (2013, Borgo Press/Wildside Press, ISBN 978-1-4794-0071-3)

Documentaries

Swedin consulted on Clouds Over Cuba and consulted on and appeared in What If...? Armageddon 1962.

• Clouds Over Cuba (2012, created by and aired at John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum) This program won an Emmy Award for "New Approaches: Documentaries".
• What If...? Armageddon 1962 (2014, Military Channel)

References

1. "Eric G. Swedin – Summary Bibliography". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
2. "Citations of works by Eric G. Swedin". Google Scholar. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
3. "Smale and Swedin Win Sidewise Awards". Locus Online. August 11, 2011. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
4. ^ "Winners Announced for the 34th Annual News & Documentary Emmy® Awards". The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. October 1, 2013. Archived from the original on March 31, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
5. ^ "Dr. Eric G. Swedin, Professor of History, Weber State University". Weber State University. Archived from the original on March 12, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
6. "Clouds Over Cuba". John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. Retrieved May 5, 2015. Note: Site is entirely in Flash. Click on the "Credits" link in the bottom right to view the credits.
7. "What If...? Armageddon 1962: All-New Documentary Premieres Tuesday, October 22 at 10/9c". Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on May 10, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2015.

External links

• Alternatives: Histories of the Past and Future (Swedin's blog)

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