Wil McCarthy
Wil McCarthy is a science fiction novelist, president and co-founder of RavenBrick, and the science columnist for Syfy. He currently resides in Colorado.
Wil McCarthy popularized the concept of programmable matter, which he calls wellstone.Novels
;The Waisters
;The Queendom of Sol
- The Collapsium — Nebula Award nominee.
- The Wellstone
- Lost in Transmission
Short fiction
- "Amerikano Hiaika", Aboriginal SF, May/June 1991.
- "Dirtyside Down", Universe 3, 1994.
- "The Dream of Houses", Analog, November 1995. Locus recommended reading list.
- "The Dream of Castles", Analog, April 1997.
- "The Dream of Nations", Analog, October 1998. Locus recommended reading list.
- "Once Upon a Matter Crushed", Science Fiction Age, May 1999. Theodore Sturgeon Award Nominee. Locus recommended reading list. Became the first portion of The Collapsium.
- "No Job Too Small", Aboriginal SF, Spring 2001.
- "Pavement Birds", Analog, July/August 2002.
- "Garbage Day", Analog, December 2002. Became part of The Wellstone.
Non-fiction
- "Programmable Matter, A Retrospective", Nature, October 6, 2000.
- , Wired Magazine 9.10, October, 2001
- Hacking Matter
- , IEEE Spectrum, August, 2005
Other media
Radio plays