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Kage Baker

Kage Baker is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Kage Baker rather than just read about it. In short: Kage Baker (June 10, 1952 – January 31, 2010) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. Biography Baker was born and raised in Hollywood, California, and lived in Pismo Beach later in life.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

Kage Baker (June 10, 1952 – January 31, 2010) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer.

Biography Baker was born and raised in Hollywood, California, and lived in Pismo Beach later in life. Before becoming a professional writer she spent many years in theater, including teaching Elizabethan English as a second language. Baker had Asperger syndrome. She is best known for her "the Company/Dr. Zeus, Inc." series of historical time travel science fiction. Her first stories were published in Asimov's Science Fiction in 1997, and her first novel, In the Garden of Iden, by Hodder & Stoughton in the same year. Other notable works include Mendoza in Hollywood (novel, 2000) and "The Empress of Mars" (novella, 2003), which won the Theodore Sturgeon Award and was nominated for a Hugo Award. In 2008, she donated her archive to the department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Northern Illinois University. In 2009, her short story "Caverns of Mystery" and her novel House of the Stag were both nominated for World Fantasy Awards; neither piece won. In January 2010, it was reported that Baker was seriously ill with cancer. She died from uterine cancer on January 31, 2010, in Pismo Beach, California. In 2010, Baker's The Women of Nell Gwynne's was nominated for a Hugo Award and a World Fantasy Award in the Best Novella categories. On May 15, 2010, that work was awarded the 2009 Nebula Award in the Best Novella category. Kage spent much of the last year of her life watching and reviewing silent films. Many of her reviews were collected posthumously into Ancient Rockets: Treasures and Trainwrecks of the Silent Screen (2011), edited by her sister Kathleen Bartholomew. From the foreword:

Baker left an unfinished novel, Nell Gwynne's On Land and At Sea, which was completed by her sister Kathleen Bartholomew based on extensive notes left by Baker, and was published in 2012.

Bibliography

The Company universe Novels In the Garden of Iden (1997) Sky Coyote (1999) Mendoza in Hollywood (2000) (published in the UK as At the Edge of the West) The Graveyard Game (2001) The Life of the World to Come (2004) The Children of the Company (2005) The Machine's Child (2006) The Sons of Heaven (2007) The Empress of Mars (2009) (novel version) Not Less than Gods (2010) Nell Gwynne's On Land and At Sea (2012) Short story collections Black Projects, White Knights: The Company Dossiers (2002) Gods and Pawns (2007) In the Company of Thieves (2013) Short stories and novellas The Empress of Mars (2003) (novella version) The Angel in the Darkness (limited edition chapbook, 2003) Where the Golden Apples Grow (2006) (novella) Rude Mechanicals (2007) The Women of Nell Gwynne's (limited edition, 2009) (Also released as 'Nell Gwynne's Scarlet Spy')

Novels The Hotel Under the Sand (2009) (juvenile) Tachyon Publications The Anvil of the World The Anvil of the World (2003) The House of the Stag (2008) (Prequel to The Anvil of the World) The Bird of the River (2010)

Short fiction Collections Mother Ægypt and Other Stories (2004) (title story takes place in the Company universe) Dark Mondays (2006) The Best of Kage Baker (2012) (includes stories set in and out of the Company universe) Stories

Non-fiction Ancient Rockets: Treasures and Trainwrecks of the Silent Screen, ed. Kathleen Bartholomew (2011) Tachyon Publications

References

Further reading Eldridge, Cat (June 1, 2005). "An Interview with Kage Baker". The Green Man Review. Archived from the original on December 8, 2011. Retrieved March 11, 2012. Gevers, Nick (Winter 2009). "Interview: Of Mars and the Spanish Main: An Interview with Kage Baker by Nick Gevers". Subterranean Press. Archived from the original on March 11, 2012. Retrieved March 11, 2012. Hartwell, David (September 7, 2010). "On Kage Baker". Tor.com. Macmillan. Retrieved March 11, 2012. Martini, Adrienne (June 2004). "An Interview with Kage Baker". Bookslut. Retrieved March 11, 2012. VanderMeer, Jeff (March 2007). "An Interview with Kage Baker". Clarkesworld Magazine. Retrieved March 11, 2012.

External links

Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived April 1, 2009) Kathleen, Kage & the Company, blog about Kage by her sister Kate Kage Baker entry at the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Kage Baker at Free Speculative Fiction Online Kage Baker at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database Kage Baker silent film reviews at Tor.com

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Kage Baker

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Kage Baker claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Kage Baker before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Kage Baker ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Kage Baker

In research: Kage Baker appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Kage Baker in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Kage Baker is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1952 births, 2010 deaths, 20th-century American novelists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Kage Baker outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Kage Baker in simple terms?

Kage Baker (June 10, 1952 – January 31, 2010) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. Biography Baker was born and raised in Hollywood, California, and lived in Pismo Beach later in life.

Why does Kage Baker matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Kage Baker?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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