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} }) </script> </div> </form> </fieldset> <article class="entryArticle content STeditorial"> <header class="entryHeader icon-editor"> <h1 class="entryTitle">Adams, John Joseph </h1> </header><p class='tagLine'>Entry updated 13 January 2025. Tagged: Editor.</p><div class="browsingBtns"> <span> <input class="button PNI previous" type="button" onclick="window.location.href='/next.php?id=p&entry=adams_john_joseph'" value="Prev" /> </span> <span> <input class="button PNI next" type="button" onclick="window.location.href='/next.php?&entry=adams_john_joseph'" value="Next" /> </span> <span> <input class="button PNI incoming" type="button" onclick="window.location.href='/incoming.php?entry=adams_john_joseph'" value="About This Entry" title="What links to the entry; contributor initials explained; how to cite; other information" /> </span> <span><input class="button PNI" type="button" value="Checklist" onclick="window.location.hash='chklst'" ></span> <span><input class="button PNI" type="button" value="Alpha" onclick="window.location.href='/chron.php?id=adams_john_joseph&abc'" ></span> <span><input class="button PNI" type="button" value="Chron" onclick="window.location.href='/chron.php?id=adams_john_joseph'" ></span> <span style="cursor: pointer;" onclick="window.open('/gallery.php?link=adams_john_joseph');"> <img alt="Icon made by Freepik from www.flaticon.com" style="margin: 0; position: relative; top:-2px;" src="/images/icon-gal.gif"></img></span> </div><p style='float:right; margin-bottom:0; margin-left:10px; position: relative; top: 3px;'> <a href='/gallery.php?id=AdamsJJ-Wastelands.jpg' target='_blank'> <img src='https://x.sf-encyclopedia.com/gal/thumbs/AdamsJJ-Wastelands.jpg' alt='pic'></a></p> <p>(1976- ) US magazine editor and anthologist, associated with <i>The</i> <a href="/entry/fsf">Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction</a> as an editorial assistant from 2001 and assistant editor since 2004. He left <a href="/entry/fsf">F&SF</a> in January 2010 to edit <a href="/entry/lightspeed">Lightspeed</a>, launched in June that year, the first year's issues being commemorated in <i>Lightspeed: Year One</i> (anth <b>2011</b>); he also took over <a href="/entry/fantasy_magazine">Fantasy Magazine</a> in October 2010, with his first issue as sole editor being March 2011. As of January 2012 became publisher of both these magazines; from 2015 to 2020, he was editor-at-large of John Joseph Adams Books, an imprint of the publishers Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.</p> <p>His <a href="/entry/anthologies">Anthologies</a> of sf interest include <i>Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse</i> (anth <b>2008</b>) (see <a href="/entry/holocaust">Holocaust</a>; <a href="/entry/ruined_earth">Ruined Earth</a>), <i>Seeds of Change</i> (anth <b>2008</b>), <i>Federations</i> (anth <b>2009</b>) (see <a href="/entry/future_histories">Future History</a>; <a href="/entry/space_opera">Space Opera</a>), <i>Brave New Worlds</i> (anth <b>2011</b>) (see <a href="/entry/dystopias">Dystopia</a>) and <i>A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers</i> (anth <b>2019</b>) with Victor LaValle, an <a href="/entry/original_anthologies">Original Anthology</a> whose stories take a confrontational stance toward a world in crisis. [JC/DRL]</p> <h3 id="chklst">John Joseph Adams</h3> <p><b>born</b> Perth Amboy, New Jersey: 31 July 1976</p> <p><b>works as editor</b></p> <p><input type="button" value="Alphabetical" class="button PNI" onclick="window.location.href='/chron.php?id=adams_john_joseph&abc'"> <input type="button" value="Chronological" class="button PNI" onclick="window.location.href='/chron.php?id=adams_john_joseph'"></p> <p><b>series</b></p> <p><b>The Living Dead</b></p> <ul class="x"> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Living+Dead&field-author=Adams+John+Joseph" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Living Dead</a></em> (San Francisco, California: Night Shade Books, <b>2008</b>) [anth: pb/David <a href="/entry/palumbo_david">Palumbo</a>]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Living+Dead+2&field-author=Adams+John+Joseph" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Living Dead 2</a></em> (San Francisco, California: Night Shade Books, <b>2010</b>) [anth: pb/David <a href="/entry/palumbo_david">Palumbo</a>]</li> </ul> <p><b>Wastelands</b></p> <ul class="x"> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Wastelands+Stories+of+the+Apocalypse&field-author=Adams+John+Joseph" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse</a></em> (San Francisco, California: Night Shade Books, <b>2008</b>) [anth: pb/Daniel Kvasznicza]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Wastelands+2+More+Stories+of+the+Apocalypse&field-author=Adams+John+Joseph" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Wastelands 2: More Stories of the Apocalypse</a></em> (New York: Titan Books, <b>2015</b>) [anth: pb/]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Wastelands+The+New+Apocalypse&field-author=Adams+John+Joseph" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Wastelands: The New Apocalypse</a></em> (New York: Titan Books, <b>2019</b>) [anth: pb/]</li> </ul> <p><b>The Apocalypse Triptych</b></p> <ul class="x"> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+End+Is+Nigh&field-author=Adams+John+Joseph" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The End Is Nigh</a></em> (Jupiter, Florida: Broad Reach Publishing, <b>2014</b>) with Hugh <a href="/entry/howey_hugh">Howey</a> [anth: <b>The Apocalypse Triptych</b>: pb/Julian Aguilar Faylona]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+End+Is+Now&field-author=Adams+John+Joseph" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The End Is Now</a></em> (Jupiter, Florida: Broad Reach Publishing, <b>2014</b>) with Hugh <a href="/entry/howey_hugh">Howey</a> [anth: <b>The Apocalypse Triptych</b>: pb/Julian Aguilar Faylona]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+End+Has+Come&field-author=Adams+John+Joseph" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The End Has Come</a></em> (Jupiter, Florida: Broad Reach Publishing, <b>2015</b>) with Hugh <a href="/entry/howey_hugh">Howey</a> [anth: <b>The Apocalypse Triptych</b>: pb/Julian Aguilar Faylona]</li> </ul> <p><b>Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy</b></p> <ul class="x"> <li>Joe <a href="/entry/hill_joe">Hill</a>, editor, with Adams as Series Editor. <em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Best+American+Science+Fiction+and+Fantasy+2015&field-author=Hill+Joe" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015</a></em> (New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Mariner, <b>2015</b>) [anth: <b>Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy</b>: pb/Mark R Robinson]</li> <li>Karen Joy <a href="/entry/fowler_karen_joy">Fowler</a>, editor, with Adams as Series Editor. <em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Best+American+Science+Fiction+and+Fantasy+2016&field-author=Fowler+Karen+Joy" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016</a></em> (New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Mariner, <b>2016</b>) [anth: <b>Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy</b>: pb/Mark R Robinson]</li> <li>Charles <a href="/entry/yu_charles">Yu</a>, editor, with Adams as Series Editor. <em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Best+American+Science+Fiction+and+Fantasy+2017&field-author=Yu+Charles" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2017</a></em> (New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Mariner, <b>2017</b>) [anth: <b>Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy</b>: pb/Mark R Robinson]</li> <li>N K <a href="/entry/jemisin_n_k">Jemisin</a>, editor, with Adams as Series Editor. <em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Best+American+Science+Fiction+and+Fantasy+2018&field-author=Jemisin+N+K" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018</a></em> (New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Mariner, <b>2018</b>) with [anth: <b>Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy</b>: pb/Julie Dillon]</li> <li>Carmen Maria Machado, editor, with Adams as Series Editor. <em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Best+American+Science+Fiction+and+Fantasy+2019&field-author=Carmen+Maria+Machado" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2019</a></em> (New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Mariner, <b>2019</b>) edited by [anth: <b>Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy</b>: pb/Galen Dara]</li> <li>Diana Gabaldon, editor, with Adams as Series Editor. <em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Best+American+Science+Fiction+and+Fantasy+2020&field-author=Diana+Gabaldon" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020</a></em> (New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Mariner, <b>2020</b>) [anth: <b>Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy</b>: pb/Galen Dara]</li> <li>Veronica <a href="/entry/roth_veronica">Roth</a>, editor, with Adams as Series Editor. <em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Best+American+Science+Fiction+and+Fantasy+2021&field-author=Roth+Veronica" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021</a></em> (New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Mariner, <b>2021</b>) [anth: <b>Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy</b>: pb/Galen Dara]</li> <li>Rebecca <a href="/entry/roanhorse_rebecca">Roanhorse</a>, editor, with Adams as Series Editor. <em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Best+American+Science+Fiction+and+Fantasy+2022&field-author=Roanhorse+Rebecca" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2022</a></em> (New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Mariner, <b>2022</b>) [anth: <b>Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy</b>: pb/Galen Dara]</li> <li>R F <a href="/entry/kuang_r_f">Kuang</a>, editor, with Adams as Series Editor. <em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Best+American+Science+Fiction+and+Fantasy+2023&field-author=Kuang+R+F" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023</a></em> (New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Mariner, <b>2023</b>) [anth: <b>Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy</b>: pb/]</li> </ul> <p><b>individual titles</b></p> <ul class="x"> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Seeds+of+Change&field-author=Adams+John+Joseph" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Seeds of Change</a></em> (Rockville, Maryland: Prime Books, <b>2008</b>) [anth: hb/Beboy]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=By+Blood+We+Live&field-author=Adams+John+Joseph" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">By Blood We Live</a></em> (San Francisco, California: Night Shade Books, <b>2009</b>) [anth: pb/David <a href="/entry/palumbo_david">Palumbo</a>]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Federations&field-author=Adams+John+Joseph" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Federations</a></em> (Gaithersburg, Maryland: Prime Books, <b>2009</b>) [anth: pb/Serjoe]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Improbable+Adventures+of+Sherlock+Holmes&field-author=Adams+John+Joseph" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</a></em> (San Francisco, California: Night Shade Books, <b>2009</b>) [anth: hb/David <a href="/entry/palumbo_david">Palumbo</a>]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Way+of+the+Wizard&field-author=Adams+John+Joseph" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Way of the Wizard</a></em> (Gaithersburg, Maryland: Prime Books, <b>2010</b>) [anth: pb/Scott Grimando]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Brave+New+Worlds+Dystopian+Stories&field-author=Adams+John+Joseph" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Brave New Worlds: Dystopian Stories</a></em> (San Francisco, California: Night Shade Books, <b>2011</b>) [anth: pb/Cody Tilson]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Lightspeed+Year+One&field-author=Adams+John+Joseph" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Lightspeed: Year One</a></em> (Gaithersburg, Maryland: Prime Books, <b>2011</b>) [anth: pb/Vitaly S Alexius]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Under+the+Moons+of+Mars+New+Adventures+on+Barsoom&field-author=Adams+John+Joseph" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Under the Moons of Mars: New Adventures on Barsoom</a></em> (New York: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, <b>2012</b>) [anth: hb/Mark Zug]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Armored&field-author=Adams+John+Joseph" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Armored</a></em> (New York: Baen Books, <b>2012</b>) [anth: pb/Kurt <a href="/entry/miller_kurt">Miller</a>]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Other+Worlds+Than+These&field-author=Adams+John+Joseph" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Other Worlds Than These</a></em> (San Francisco, California: Night Shade Books, <b>2012</b>) [anth: pb/Cody Tilson]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Epic+Legends+of+Fantasy&field-author=Adams+John+Joseph" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Epic: Legends of Fantasy</a></em> (San Francisco, California: Tachyon Publications, <b>2012</b>) [anth: pb/John <a href="/entry/coulthart_john">Coulthart</a>]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Mad+Scientist+Guide+to+World+Domination&field-author=Adams+John+Joseph" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination: Original Short Fiction for the Modern Evil Genius</a></em> (New York: Tor, <b>2013</b>) [anth: hb/Ben Templesmith]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Oz+Reimagined&field-author=Adams+John+Joseph" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Oz Reimagined</a></em> (Las Vegas, Nevada: Amazon/47North, <b>2013</b>) with Douglas <a href="/entry/cohen_douglas">Cohen</a> [anth: L Frank <a href="/entry/baum_l_frank">Baum</a>: pb/Galen Dara]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Robot+Uprisings&field-author=Adams+John+Joseph" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Robot Uprisings</a></em> (New York: Vintage Books, <b>2014</b>) with Daniel H <a href="/entry/wilson_daniel_h">Wilson</a> [anth: <a href="/entry/robots">Robots</a>: pb/]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Dead+Man+Hand+An+Anthology+of+the+Weird+West&field-author=Adams+John+Joseph" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Dead Man's Hand: An Anthology of the Weird West</a></em> (New York: Titan Books, <b>2014</b>) [anth: <a href="/entry/westerns">Westerns</a>: pb/SS1001]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=HELP+FUND+MY+ROBOT+ARMY+and+Other+Improbable&field-author=Adams+John+Joseph" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">HELP FUND MY ROBOT ARMY!!! and Other Improbable Crowdfunding Projects</a></em> (place not given: John Joseph Adams, <b>2014</b>) [anth: ebook: na/]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Operation+Arcana&field-author=Adams+John+Joseph" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Operation Arcana</a></em> (New York: Baen Books, <b>2014</b>) [anth: pb/Dominic <a href="/entry/harman_dominic">Harman</a>]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Press+Start+to+Play&field-author=Adams+John+Joseph" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Press Start to Play</a></em> (New York: Vintage Books, <b>2014</b>) with Daniel H <a href="/entry/wilson_daniel_h">Wilson</a> [anth: pb/]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Loosed+Upon+the+World+The+Saga+Anthology+of&field-author=Adams+John+Joseph" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Loosed Upon the World: The Saga Anthology of Climate Fiction</a></em> (New York: Simon and Schuster/Saga Press, <b>2015</b>) [anth: hb/Mike Hill]</li> <li><em><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=What+the+%23@and%+Is+That+The+Saga+Anthology+of+the&field-author=Adams+John+Joseph" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">What the #@&% Is That? 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