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For other people named David Friedman, see David Friedman (disambiguation).Dafydd ab Hugh (born October 22, 1960 as David Friedman) is a U.S. science fiction author. In the 1980s he served in the U.S. Navy training to be a Radar Intercept Officer, hoping to be selected to become an astronaut.
Ab Hugh is most noted for writing fiction in media franchises, including several novels for the Star Trek franchise. He also wrote four novels associated with the game Doom, as well as unrelated short fiction. His most noted story, "The Coon Rolled Down and Ruptured His Larinks, A Squeezed Novel by Mr. Skunk", was nominated for the Hugo Award and Nebula Award. It concerns sentient animals and inter-species sex.
Ab Hugh is the child of a secular Jewish father and a Welsh-descended mother who converted to Judaism on marriage. He and his wife Sachi currently run a right-leaning blog, Big Lizards, with fellow libertarian science fiction author Brad Linaweaver who co-authored many books with Ab Hugh.
Works
Media tie-in novels
- Doom #1: Knee-Deep in the Dead (1995) with Brad Linaweaver
- Doom #2: Hell on Earth (1995) with Brad Linaweaver
- Doom #3: Infernal Sky (1996) with Brad Linaweaver
- Doom #4: Endgame (1996) with Brad Linaweaver
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- Fallen Heroes (1994)
- Vengeance (1998)
- The Conquered (1999) (Rebels, Book I)
- The Courageous (1999) (Rebels, Book II)
- The Liberated (1999) (Rebels, Book III)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Balance of Power (1994)
- Star Trek: Voyager
- Invasion! Book Four: The Final Fury (1996)
Other novels
- Heroing (1987)
- Warriorwards (1990; sequel to Heroing)
- Arthur War Lord (1994)
- Far Beyond the Wave (1994; sequel to Arthur War Lord)
- Swept Away (1996)
- Swept Away: The Mountain (1996)
- Swept Away: The Pit (1996)
External links
- Dafydd ab Hugh at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Dafydd ab Hugh at the Internet Book Database of Fiction
- Dafydd ab Hugh @ FantasticFiction.co.uk
- Dafydd ab Hugh at Memory Alpha
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