WRITER

Kage Baker

1952 - 2010

Kage Baker

Kage Baker (June 10, 1952 – January 31, 2010) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kage Baker has received more than 107,894 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Kage Baker is the 6,717th most popular writer (down from 6,209th in 2019), the 13,554th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,704th in 2019) and the 992nd most popular American Writer.

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110k
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38.83
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
15
Languages Editions (L)
3.56
Effective Languages (L*)
2.43
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Notable Works

The Machine's Child (The Company)

Cyborgs, Immortalism, Dr. Zeus Incorporated (Imaginary organization)

2006

In the Garden of Iden

Fiction, Immortalism, Dr. Zeus Incorporated (Imaginary organization)

1997

Year's Best SF 9

Fiction, Science Fiction, Short stories

The Future Boldly Imagined From Breathtaking New PerspectivesThe world as we will know it is far different from the future once predicted in simpler times. For this newest collection of the finest short form SF to appear in print over the preceding year, acclaimed editors and anthologists David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer have gathered remarkable works that reflect a new sensibility. Courageous and diverse stories from some of the finest authors in the field grace this amazing volume -- adventures and discoveries, parables and warnings, carrying those eager to fly to far ends of a vast, ever-shifting universe of alien worlds, strange cultures, and mind-bending technologies. Tomorrow has never been as spellbinding, terrifying, or transforming as it is here, today, in these extraordinary pages. Hang on!New tales from:Kage BakerGregory BenfordTerry BissonRick MoodyMichael SwanwickJohn Varleyand many more

2004

The Empress of Mars

Space colonies, Fiction

2003

Mendoza in Hollywood

Fiction, Immortalism, Time travel in fiction

2000

The Dragon Book

Dragons, American Fantasy fiction, Fiction

A collection of fantasy tales about fire-breathing reptiles includes contributions by Jonathan Stroud, Gregory Maguire, Garth Nix, Diana Gabaldon, and Tamora Pierce.

2009

In the Garden of Iden

Fiction, Immortalism, Dr. Zeus Incorporated (Imaginary organization)

1997

The Dragon Book

Fantasy, Fiction, Dragons

Never before published stories by New York Times bestselling authors Jonathan Stroud, Gregory Maguire, Garth Nix, Diana Gabaldon, and others.Whether portrayed as fire-breathing reptilian beasts at war with humanity or as noble creatures capable of speech and mystically bonded to the warriors who ride them, dragons have been found in nearly every culture's mythology. In modern times, they can be found far from their medieval settings in locales as mundane as suburbia or as barren as post-apocalyptic landscapes—and in The Dragon Book, today's greatest fantasists reignite the fire with legendary tales that will consume readers' imaginations.With original stories by New York Times bestselling authors Jonathan Stroud, Gregory Maguire, Garth Nix, Diana Gabaldon, Tamora Pierce, Harry Turtledove, Sean Williams, and Tad Williams as well as tales by Naomi Novik, Peter Beagle, Jane Yolen, Adam Stemple, Cecelia Holland, Kage Baker, Samuel Sykes, Diana Wynne Jones, Mary Rosenblum, Tanith Lee, Andy Duncan, and Bruce Coville.

2009

The Mammoth Book of the Mummy

Fiction, horror, Mummies, Fiction

2016

In the Company of Thieves

Fiction, fantasy, collections & anthologies

2013

Year's Best SF 9

Fiction, Science Fiction, Short stories

2004

The Anvil of the World

Fantasy, Fiction, fantasy, general, Assassins

Kage Baker's stories and novels of the mysterious organization that controls time travel, The Company, have made her famous in SF. So has her talent for clever dialogue and pointed social commentary with a light touch. "Ms. Baker is the best thing to happen to modern science fiction since Connie Willis or Dan Simmons. She mixes adventure, history and societal concerns in just the right amount, creating an action-packed but thoughtful read," says The Dallas Morning News. The Anvil of the World is her first fantasy novel, a journey across a landscape filled with bizarre creatures, human and otherwise. It is the tale of Smith, of the large extended family of Smiths, of the Children of the Sun. They are a race given to blood feuds, and Smith was formerly an extremely successful assassin. Now he has wearied of his work and is trying to retire in another country, to live an honest life in obscurity in spite of all those who have sworn to kill him. His problems begin when he agrees to be the master of a caravan from the inland city of Troon to the seaside city of Salesh. The caravan is dogged by murder, magic, and the brooding image of the Master of the Mountain, a powerful demon, looking down from his mountain kingdom upon the greenlands and the travelers passing below. In Salesh, Smith becomes an innkeeper, but on the journey he befriended the young Lord Ermenwyr, a decadent demonic half-breed. Each time Ermenwyr turns up, he brings new trouble with him.

2003