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James Nicoll

James Nicoll
Born James Davis Nicoll
(1961-03-18) March 18, 1961 (age 56)
Residence Kitchener, Ontario
Nationality Canada
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James Nicoll, 2001 photo

James Davis Nicoll (born March 18, 1961) of Kitchener, Ontario, is a freelance game and speculative fiction reviewer, former role-playing game store owner, and also works as a first reader for the Science Fiction Book Club. As a Usenet personality, Nicoll is known for writing a widely quoted epigram on the English language, as well as for his accounts of suffering a high number of accidents, which he has narrated over the years in Usenet groups like rec.arts.sf.written and rec.arts.sf.fandom. He is now a blogger on LiveJournal and Facebook. On September 12, 2014, he also started his own website, jamesdavisnicoll.com, dedicated to his book reviews of works old and new.

In addition to his influence as a first reader for the Science Fiction Book Club, a book reviewer for Bookspan, Publishers Weekly and Romantic Times, and a juror for the James Tiptree, Jr. Award , Nicoll often offers ideas and concepts to other writers, primarily through the medium of Usenet. After winning the 2006 Locus Award for his novella Missile Gap, Charles Stross thanked him, writing that Nicoll "came up with the original insane setting — then kindly gave me permission to take his idea and run with it."


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