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William John Watkins (born 1942) is a science fiction writer and poet.

In the 1970s and 1980s he was known for novels, but in the last decade he has primarily been a short story writer and poet. In 2002 he won the Rhysling Award for short poem for We Die as Angels.

Watkins was a professor of humanities and one of the founding faculty members of Brookdale Community College in New Jersey, from which he retired in 2008. His middle-name is commonly written as "Jon."

Bibliography

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Books

• Watkins, William Jon & E. V. Snyder (1972). Ecodeath. New York: Doubleday.
• Watkins, William Jon (1973). The God machine.
• Clickwhistle (1973)
• The Litany of Sh'reev (1976) (with Gene Snyder)
• What Rough Beast (1980)
• The Centrifugal Rickshaw Dancer (1985) (Legrange League)
• Going to See the End of the Sky (1986) (Legrange League)
• The Last Deathship off Antares (1989)
• Cosmic Thunder (1996)

Poems

References

1. Authorwars, Bibliography: William John Watkins (accessed 24 Nov. 2012)
2. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, pg 1302.
3. Locus Magazine, Rhysling Awards by Year(accessed 24 Nov. 2012)
4. William John Watkins, Author Bio and Work (accessed 24 Nov. 2012)
5. Dean, Allan (September 10, 2015). "Brookdale Announces 2015 Visiting Writers Series". Atlantic Highlands Herald. Retrieved 22 July 2022.

External links

• Fantastic Fiction
• William John Watkins at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

• 1942 births
• Living people
• 20th-century American novelists
• 20th-century American poets
• 20th-century American short story writers
• American male novelists
• American male poets
• American male short story writers
• American science fiction writers
• Asimov's Science Fiction people
• Brookdale Community College faculty
• Rhysling Award for Best Short Poem winners
• 20th-century American male writers
• Novelists from New Jersey