James Nicoll
- January 8, 2024
- Writer
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James Nicoll Biography
| Name | James Nicoll |
| Birthday | Mar 18 |
| Birth Year | 1961 |
| Place Of Birth | Kitchener |
| Home Town | Kitchener |
| Birth Country | Canada |
| Birth Sign | Pisces |
James Nicoll is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on March 18, 1961 in Kitchener, Kitchener, Canada. James Davis Nicoll (born March 18, 1961) is a Canadian 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 Dreamwidth and Facebook, and an occasional columnist on Tor.com. In 2014, he started his website, jamesdavisnicoll.com, dedicated to his book reviews of works old and new; and later added Young People Read Old SFF, where his panel of younger readers read pre-1980 science fiction and fantasy, and Nicoll and his collaborators report on the younger readers’ reactions.
Nicoll was one of the finalists for the 2010, 2011, and 2019 Hugo Awards for Best Fan Writer. He has also been Fan Guest of Honor (GoH) at SF conventions including 2013’s ConFusion in Detroit and 2014’s Arisia in Boston. In 2020, he has been nominated for delegate for the Down Under Fan Fund, to visit science fiction fandom in Australasia as a representative of their North American counterparts.
Nicoll relates a number of life- and/or limb-threatening accidents that have happened to him, which he has told and retold on various science fiction fandom–related newsgroups. Over the years these stories have also been collected into Cally Soukup’s List of Nicoll events.
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.”
James Nicoll Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Writer |
| House | Living in own house. |
James Nicoll is one of the richest Writer from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, James Nicoll 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
In 1990, in the Usenet group rec.arts.sf-lovers, Nicoll wrote the following epigram on the English language:
Inspired by Nicoll’s collection of accidents, as well as his tendency to take in any stray cat that comes knocking, fantasy author Jo Walton wrote him a poem in 2002.
E. E. Smith first used the general idea of concentrating the sun’s energy in a weapon in the Lensman series when the Galactic Patrol developed the sunbeam (in Second Stage Lensmen); however, his concept did not extend to the details of the Nicoll-Dyson Laser. The 2012 novel The Rapture of the Nerds by Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross uses the Nicoll-Dyson Laser concept by name as the means by which the Galactic Federation threatens to destroy the Earth.
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James Ranked on the list of most popular Writer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. James Nicoll celebrates birthday on March 18 of every year.