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1954 - Born on the 14th of April.
- He was one of the first organizers of the Turkey City Writer's Workshop, and is a frequent attendee at the Sycamore Hill Writer's Workshop.
- He won Hugo Awards for the novelette "Bicycle Repairman" and the novella "Taklamakan".
1970 - He wrote a series of stories set in the Shaper/Mechanist universe: the solar system is colonised, with two major warring factions.
1977 - His first novel, Involution Ocean, published, features the world Nullaqua where all the atmosphere is contained in a single.
1980 - He edited a series of science fiction newsletters called Cheap Truth, under the alias of Vincent Omniaveritas.
2006 - In January, he was living in Belgrade with his second wife, Serbian author and film-maker Jasmina Tesanovic.
- He was one of the first organizers of the Turkey City Writer's Workshop, and is a frequent attendee at the Sycamore Hill Writer's Workshop.
- He won Hugo Awards for the novelette "Bicycle Repairman" and the novella "Taklamakan".
1970 - He wrote a series of stories set in the Shaper/Mechanist universe: the solar system is colonised, with two major warring factions.
1977 - His first novel, Involution Ocean, published, features the world Nullaqua where all the atmosphere is contained in a single.
1980 - He edited a series of science fiction newsletters called Cheap Truth, under the alias of Vincent Omniaveritas.
2006 - In January, he was living in Belgrade with his second wife, Serbian author and film-maker Jasmina Tesanovic.
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