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Role-playing game supplement
Crystal Spheres is an adventure module published in 1990 for the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. Crystal Spheres is a Spelljammer
Crystal_Spheres
Award-winning short story by David Brin
are surrounded by "crystal spheres", while uninhabitable systems are not. Every attempt to break spheres around other systems from the outside fails. Radio
The_Crystal_Spheres
Dungeons & Dragons fictional campaign setting
into the AD&D universe a comprehensive system of fantasy astrophysics, including the Ptolemaic concept of crystal celestial spheres. Crystal spheres may
Spelljammer
Common fortune-telling object
Other names for the object include crystal sphere, orbuculum, scrying ball, shew/show(ing) stone, and more variants by dialect. By the fifth century AD
Crystal_ball
Elements of some cosmological models
the seven planetary spheres contained other secondary spheres within them. The planetary spheres were followed by the stellar sphere containing the fixed
Celestial_spheres
1967 short story by Harlan Ellison
and starred as the voice of AM in the video game and radio play adaptations. The story received critical acclaim for its exploration of the potential dangers
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
I_Have_No_Mouth,_and_I_Must_Scream
1973 short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
descriptions, the narrator depicts a summer festival in the utopian city of Omelas, whose prosperity depends on the perpetual misery of a single child. "The Ones
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
The_Ones_Who_Walk_Away_from_Omelas
American writer and television producer (born 1948)
also known by the initials GRRM, is an American author, screenwriter, and television producer. Martin is best known as the author of the epic fantasy novel
George_R._R._Martin
2022 short story by Samantha Mills
Test" is a 2022 science fiction short story by Samantha Mills, exploring the history of and future of access to abortion. It was first published in Uncanny
Rabbit_Test_(short_story)
American comic creator and writer (born 1977)
novel Digger, fantasy novel Nettle & Bone, and fantasy novella Thornhedge; the Nebula Award for her short story "Jackalope Wives"; and Mythopoeic Awards
Ursula_Vernon
1959 novelette and 1966 novel by Daniel Keyes
other media. The novelette, written in 1958 and first published in the April 1959 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, won the Hugo Award
Flowers_for_Algernon
American musician
single "Sorry About the Weather", a number 20 hit on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart in 1992. He formed his first band, Crystal Sphere, with Larry Beilby
Mark_Curry_(rock_musician)
American writer (1934–2018)
best-known works include the 1967 Star Trek episode "The City on the Edge of Forever", which is regarded as one of the best episodes in the Star Trek franchise
Harlan_Ellison
Landmark building in Brussels, Belgium
(59 ft), stainless-steel-clad spheres are connected in the shape of a unit cell that could represent an iron crystal (BCC crystal structure) magnified 165
Atomium
Periodic optical nanostructure that affects the motion of photons
for example, instigating self-assembly of spheres in a matrix and dissolving the spheres. Photonic crystals can, in principle, find uses wherever light
Photonic_crystal
American writer (1920–2012)
short-story collections The Martian Chronicles (1950), The Illustrated Man (1951), and The October Country (1955). Other notable works include the coming of age
Ray_Bradbury
Conceptual tool in astronomy
different counts of spheres in the heavens. According to Eudoxus, there were only 27 spheres in the heavens, while there are 55 spheres in Aristotle's model
Celestial_sphere
Dense arrangement of congruent spheres in an infinite, regular arrangement
equal spheres is a dense arrangement of congruent spheres in an infinite, regular arrangement (or lattice). Carl Friedrich Gauss proved that the highest
Close-packing of equal spheres
Close-packing_of_equal_spheres
American science fiction writer (born 1967)
Nebula awards, four Hugo awards, the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and six Locus awards. He has published the short story collections Stories
Ted_Chiang
1953 short story by Arthur C. Clarke
selected in 1970 by the Science Fiction Writers of America as one of the best science fiction short stories published before the creation of the Nebula Awards
The_Nine_Billion_Names_of_God
American writer (born 1976)
fantasy novel series, The Dandelion Dynasty, is described as silkpunk, a term coined by him to encapsulate the way it blends the material culture and philosophical
Ken_Liu
1986 science fiction anthology by David Brin
The River of Time (1986) is a collection of science fiction short stories by American writer David Brin. "The Crystal Spheres" (first published in 1984)
The_River_of_Time
American author (1929–2018)
full-time in the late 1950s, and she achieved major critical and commercial success with the novels A Wizard of Earthsea (1968) and The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula_K._Le_Guin
American science fiction writer (1947–2006)
works, including Hugo, Locus, and Nebula awards. In 1995, Butler became the first science-fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship. Born in Pasadena
Octavia_E._Butler
English writer (born 1960)
neilgaiman.com. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016. "Neil Gaiman Puts His Spin On Thor In Norse Mythology Novel"
Neil_Gaiman
American writer (born 1989)
"The Ransom of Miss Coraline Connelly" (2020) "The Sycamore and the Sybil" (2020) "Mr. Death" (2021) "The Long Way Up" (2022) "The Six Deaths of the Saint"
Alix_E._Harrow
Ordered arrangement of atoms, ions, or molecules in a crystalline material
In crystallography, crystal structure is a description of the ordered arrangement of atoms, ions, or molecules in a crystalline material. Ordered structures
Crystal_structure
1992 video game
contained in a Crystal Sphere. Outside the Crystal Sphere is the Phlogiston, also known as the "flow". Holes in the Crystal Sphere allow the flow to shine
Spelljammer: Pirates of Realmspace
Spelljammer:_Pirates_of_Realmspace
2011 fantasy/magical realism short story by Ken Liu
"The Paper Menagerie" is a 2011 fantasy/magical realism short story by Ken Liu. It was first published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. The
The_Paper_Menagerie
American author, critic, and academic (born 1942)
includes Babel-17, The Einstein Intersection (winners of the Nebula Award for 1966 and 1967, respectively); Hogg, Nova, Dhalgren, the Return to Nevèrÿon
Samuel_R._Delany
American science fiction writer (born 1938)
Ringworld won the Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. With Jerry Pournelle he wrote The Mote in God's Eye (1974) and Lucifer's Hammer (1977). The Science
Larry_Niven
1955 short story by Arthur C. Clarke
and won the Hugo Award in 1956. It is collected in Clarke's 1958 book of short stories The Other Side of the Sky, and it was reprinted in the January
The_Star_(Clarke_short_story)
Canadian poet and writer (born 1984)
for the 2019 novella This Is How You Lose the Time War. She is the editor of Goblin Fruit and reviews science fiction and fantasy books for the New York
Amal_El-Mohtar
Annual awards for science fiction or fantasy
The Hugo Award for Best Short Story is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published or translated into English
Hugo Award for Best Short Story
Hugo_Award_for_Best_Short_Story
Science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov
written by Asimov, and the ninth to be published. It was the first story in Asimov's Robot series. Central to the story is the technophobia that surrounds
Robbie_(short_story)
Short story by Ted Chiang
2019, the story was included in the collection of short stories Exhalation: Stories. The story takes the form of a scientist’s long journal entry. The scientist
Exhalation_(short_story)
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
Doubleday. 1969. ISBN 0-449-01969-1. The Early Asimov. Doubleday. 1972. ISBN 0-449-02850-X. The Best of Isaac Asimov. Sphere. 1973. ISBN 0-7221-1256-4. Buy
Isaac_Asimov
American science fiction writer and editor (1942–2020)
Nebula award, and was the guest of honor at Chicon 7. He was the executive editor of the defunct magazine Jim Baen's Universe, and the creator and editor
Mike_Resnick
Painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci
transparent, non-refracting crystal orb in his left, signalling his role as Salvator Mundi and representing the celestial sphere of the heavens. Approximately
Salvator_Mundi_(painting)
American fantasy, horror, and SF writer (1910–1992)
Illinois, to the actors Fritz Leiber and Virginia Bronson Leiber. For a time, he seemed inclined to follow in his parents' footsteps; the theater and actors
Fritz_Leiber
American science fiction writer and editor (1919–2013)
Award. He won the Campbell Memorial Award again for the 1984 collection of novellas The Years of the City, one of two repeat winners during the first 40 years
Frederik_Pohl
American writer
to the award from her media presence. Mills published her first novel, The Wings Upon Her Back, in 2024. The science fiction tale focuses on the war-torn
Samantha_Mills_(author)
American author (1927–2014)
American writer best known as the author of the novel Flowers for Algernon. Keyes was given the Author Emeritus honor by the Science Fiction and Fantasy
Daniel_Keyes
1999 video game
prevent the soul and body from reuniting. The soul of the God of Destruction was originally placed inside the Crystal Sphere, which was worn by the Wingly
The_Legend_of_Dragoon
1962 science fiction novel by Brian Aldiss
serialised in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in 1961. In the US, an abridged version was published as The Long Afternoon of Earth; the full version
Hothouse_(novel)
American speculative fiction author (born 1942)
received the Hugo, Locus, and Prometheus Awards for some of her novels. Her novels are divided into various spheres, focusing mostly around the Alliance–Union
C._J._Cherryh
British science fiction writer (1917–2008)
received the Kalinga Prize, a UNESCO award for popularising science. Clarke's science and science fiction writings earned him the moniker "Prophet of the Space
Arthur_C._Clarke
Natural sciences as described by Aristotle
(relative to the diurnal motion of the outermost sphere of fixed stars). The concentric, aetherial, cheek-by-jowl "crystal spheres" that carry the Sun, Moon
Aristotelian_physics
Short story by Harlan Ellison
print. The audio recording has since been reissued with other stories, by Blackstone Audio, under the title "The Voice From the Edge, Vol. 1". The story
"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman
"Repent,_Harlequin!"_Said_the_Ticktockman
Radius of an atomic ion in crystals
they were hard spheres with radii such that the sum of ionic radii of the cation and anion gives the distance between the ions in a crystal lattice. Ionic
Ionic_radius
American science fiction writer (born 1943)
novel The Forever War (1974), which was inspired by his experiences as a combat soldier in the Vietnam War. That novel and other works, including The Hemingway
Joe_Haldeman
Arrangement of spheres within a space
In geometry, a sphere packing is an arrangement of non-overlapping spheres within a containing space. The spheres considered are usually all of identical
Sphere_packing
Pink variety of quartz
Previously, the color was believed to be due to inclusions of rutile. Rose quartz is dichroic and may display asterism when cut into spheres or cabochons
Rose_quartz
Magnetic device
Yttrium iron garnet spheres (YIG spheres) serve as magnetically tunable filters and resonators for microwave frequencies. YIG filters are used for their
YIG_sphere
American science fiction writer
conventions—having her as your MC is like getting Billy Crystal back as host of the Oscars—and the author of some of the field's funniest stories, is a woman of considerably
Connie_Willis
American science fiction writer (1926–2001)
was active from the 1940s until his death in 2001. Anderson also wrote historical novels. He won the Hugo Award seven times and the Nebula Award three
Poul_Anderson
Conversion constant for amount of substance
dimensions of extremely pure single-crystal spheres of silicon-28, with the goal of a more accurate silicon-based definition of the Avogadro constant. In 1971
Avogadro_constant
American aerospace engineer (born 1955)
Technology. October 2005. Archived from the original on June 10, 2008. Marks, Paul (January 22, 2007). "Dose of crystals could make Moon base self-sufficient"
Geoffrey_A._Landis
1992 video game
radar called the Crystal Sphere, which shows the magic missiles and nearby enemies. Initially enemies will not show up on the Crystal Sphere. The player can
Catacomb_Abyss
1972 story by R. A. Lafferty
written in 1964) in the Robert Silverberg-edited anthology New Dimensions II, and subsequently republished in The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 and Best
Eurema's_Dam
Short story by George R. R. Martin
and the Thousand Worlds (with similarities to the Roman Catholic hierarchy) investigating a sect that reveres Judas Iscariot. The story deals with the nature
The_Way_of_Cross_and_Dragon
1998 Michael Swanwick science fiction short story
Kivelsen is trapped on the wrong side of a lake, Io claims it can help her cross it, and sulfur crystals make a narrow bridge over the lake. However, where
The_Very_Pulse_of_the_Machine
Science fiction author
Huang's short story "As the Last I May Know" won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story. Huang's novel Murder by Pixel was a finalist for the 2022 Hugo Award for
S._L._Huang
1974 science fiction short story by Larry Niven
"The Hole Man" is a science fiction short story by American writer Larry Niven. It was first published in Analog in January 1974. The story won the Hugo
The_Hole_Man
Short story by Harlan Ellison
Ellison. It was first published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in 1977, then was included in DAW's The 1978 Annual World's Best SF in 1978
Jeffty_Is_Five
Energy conservation during diffraction by atoms
the sphere of reflection. It is often simplified to the two-dimensional "Ewald's circle" model or may be referred to as the Ewald sphere. A crystal can
Ewald's_sphere
American science fiction writer (1904–1988)
reading the works of H. G. Wells as a child. His first contribution to the literature was "The World of the Red Sun", published by Hugo Gernsback in the December
Clifford_D._Simak
American science fiction writer, editor and critic (1922–2002)
science-fiction fandom at the age of eleven and published two issues of a fanzine titled Snide. He referred to the fanzine as his "passport out of the Pacific Northwest"
Damon_Knight
American author and puppeteer (born 1969)
Award winner, a Nebula Award and Locus Award winner, and served as the president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America from 2019-2021. She
Mary_Robinette_Kowal
1950 science fiction short story by Damon Knight
(1961), and The Best of Damon Knight (1976). The story is set in the United States in a time that appears to be contemporaneous with the story's 1950
To_Serve_Man_(short_story)
Science fiction short story by Octavia E. Butler
Best Short Story in 1984. The story was subsequently collected in Butler's anthology Bloodchild and Other Stories and in the science fiction anthology
Speech_Sounds
Canadian science fiction author (born 1948)
stories, including the Hugo Award 1977 and 1983, and another Hugo with his co-author and wife Jeanne Robinson in 1978. Robinson was born in the Bronx, New York
Spider_Robinson
Fantasy short story by Suzy McKee Charnas
because she is the first person their age to grow large breasts. However, instead of menstruating, Kelsey becomes a werewolf. "Boobs" won the 1990 Hugo Award
Boobs_(short_story)
American science fiction author (1947–2025)
who won Hugo and Nebula awards for his novellas "The Persistence of Vision", "PRESS ENTER ■", and "The Pusher". Varley was born in Austin, Texas, on August
John_Varley_(author)
1968 science fiction short story by Harlan Ellison
"The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World" is a 1968 science fiction short story by American writer Harlan Ellison. It won the Hugo Award
The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World (short story)
The_Beast_That_Shouted_Love_at_the_Heart_of_the_World_(short_story)
on X-ray crystal density (XRCD) measurements of silicon spheres. The approaches below are retained as historical proposals that informed the redefinition
Alternative approaches to redefining the kilogram
Alternative_approaches_to_redefining_the_kilogram
American scientist and science fiction author (born 1950)
an American science fiction author. He has won the Hugo, Locus, Campbell and Nebula Awards. His novel The Postman was adapted into a 1997 feature film starring
David_Brin
American science fiction writer (1923–2001)
Wixon) The Dragon and the George (1976) The Dragon Knight (1990) The Dragon on the Border (1992) The Dragon at War (1992) The Dragon, the Earl, and the Troll
Gordon_R._Dickson
American writer
family relationships, the limitations of the body, accepting yourself, and the power of food in human connections. Chu is a fan of the theatre. Chu published
John_Chu
slowly than the rest of the universe; other aliens do likewise in David Brin's 1984 short story "The Crystal Spheres" while waiting for the universe to
Black_holes_in_fiction
American writer and illustrator (1951–2022)
Nebula Award. His last work was the 2021 novel The Unfinished Land. Greg Bear wrote over 50 books in total. He was one of the five co-founders of San Diego
Greg_Bear
American novelist (1942–2024)
during the Cuban Missile Crisis supporting U.S. President John F. Kennedy's "peace race". Kennedy invited the group to the White House (the first time
Terry_Bisson
American author (born 1981)
a finalist for the Locus and the Ignyte Award. It was followed by When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain. The novellas are part of the Singing Hills Cycle
Nghi_Vo
Short story by Lawrence Watt-Evans
descriptions of far-off wonders, the young man begins to dream of hitching a ride in one of the "travelers'" vehicles. "Harry's" won the 1988 Hugo Award for Best
Why I Left Harry's All-Night Hamburgers
Why_I_Left_Harry's_All-Night_Hamburgers
American author (born 1971)
fiction genres, writing under the name Elizabeth Bear. She won the 2005 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, the 2008 Hugo Award for Best Short
Elizabeth_Bear
Botryoidal form of quartz
clusters of spherical crystal growths, some weighing up to 80 kilograms (180 lb). Single and double spheres can also be found. The average diameter of each
Grape_agate
American writer (1916–2013)
for The Dragon Masters, in 1967 for The Last Castle, and in 2010 for his memoir This Is Me, Jack Vance!; the Nebula Award in 1966, also for The Last
Jack_Vance
2016 short story by Amal El-Mohtar
published in the anthology The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales. Tabitha and Amira are both trapped in fairy tales: Tabitha is marching around the world until
Seasons_of_Glass_and_Iron
English musician (1955–2010)
released two tracks under the name "Peter Christopherson". The first, "In My Head A Crystal Sphere of Heavy Fluid", appeared on the compilation Foxtrot, a
Peter_Christopherson
American science fiction author (born 1950)
in the early 1980s. Swanwick's fiction writing began with short stories, starting in 1980 when he published "Ginungagap" in TriQuarterly and "The Feast
Michael_Swanwick
American speculative fiction author (born 1971)
bridging the gap between the films Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi and Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker. Her second Star Wars novel Reign of the Empire:
Rebecca_Roanhorse
1971 science fiction short story collection by Larry Niven
Juliet. The collection was assembled from the US collections The Shape of Space and All the Myriad Ways. The 1974 Sphere paperback version of the collection
Inconstant_Moon
2019 fantasy short story by S. L. Huang
"As the Last I May Know" is a 2019 fantasy short story by S. L. Huang, about nuclear deterrence. It was first published on Tor.com. The story takes inspiration
As_the_Last_I_May_Know
American writer
and was nominated for a Nebula Award. Her novel Catfishing on CatNet won the 2020 Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book. Kritzer has lived in London
Naomi_Kritzer
1975 short story by Fritz Leiber
Leiber. It was first published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. When Fritz Leiber sees a Zeppelin moored at the Empire State Building one afternoon
Catch_That_Zeppelin!
intelligence lead to the revelation of a tragic secret. "For Want of a Nail" won the 2011 Hugo Award for Best Short Story", and was a finalist for the 2015 Seiun
For Want of a Nail (short story)
For_Want_of_a_Nail_(short_story)
American fiction writer (1917–1994)
drawn from The Opener of the Way and Pleasant Dreams: Nightmares. UK reissues by Tandem (1965) and Sphere (1971) appeared as The House of the Hatchet and
Robert_Bloch
British writer, editor and critic (born 1953)
largely active within the science fiction field. He publishes the science-fiction fanzine and newsletter Ansible and holds the all-time record for most
David_Langford
Short story by Joe Haldeman
by Joe Haldeman. It won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story and the Locus Award for Short Story in 1995, was nominated for the Nebula Award in 1994. A
None_So_Blind_(short_story)
American writer (1914–2002)
Cascia Hall, and came of age in the early years of the Great Depression. He studied in the night school division at the University of Tulsa in 1932–33
R._A._Lafferty
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