Steve Erickson
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born
April 20, 1950
place of birth
Los Angeles, The United States
website
genre
Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy
influences
William Faulkner, Gabriel García Márquez, Philip K. Dick, Emily Brontë, Bob Dylan.
about this author
Stuttered as a child, a motif which often appears in his writing.
Began writing stories at age seven. Began publishing as a teen. Wrote first novel at seventeen.
Studied film and journalism at UCLA.
Received Guggenheim Fellowship in 2007.
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Zeroville by Steve Erickson avg rating 3.97 — 401 ratings — published 2007 |
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The Sea Came in at Midnight by Steve Erickson avg rating 3.94 — 160 ratings — published 1999 4 editions |
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Days Between Stations: A Novel by Steve Erickson avg rating 3.99 — 158 ratings — published 1985 7 editions |
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Tours of the Black Clock: A Novel by Steve Erickson avg rating 3.96 — 142 ratings — published 1989 4 editions |
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Our Ecstatic Days: A Novel by Steve Erickson avg rating 3.80 — 126 ratings — published 2005 2 editions |
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Arc D'X by Steve Erickson avg rating 3.96 — 120 ratings — published 1993 4 editions |
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Rubicon Beach by Steve Erickson avg rating 4.06 — 95 ratings — published 1987 5 editions |
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Amnesiascope: A Novel by Steve Erickson avg rating 3.85 — 98 ratings — published 1996 3 editions |
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American Nomad by Steve Erickson avg rating 3.62 — 24 ratings — published 1997 |
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Leap Year by Steve Erickson avg rating 3.86 — 22 ratings — published 1989 2 editions |
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"'If I had it to do all over again . . . I wouldn't change a thing.'. . . the final expression of narcissism, the last gesture of self-congratulation."
— Steve Erickson (The Sea Came in at Midnight)
— Steve Erickson (The Sea Came in at Midnight)
"When the thing that emerged from the collision of sex and freedom, called love, collided with the thing that emerged from the collision of time and memory, called history, the dreams began to come."
— Steve Erickson (Arc D'X)
— Steve Erickson (Arc D'X)
