Daniel Keys Moran (DKM) is a computer programmer and a writer of science fiction, who was born on November 30, 1962 to Richard Joseph Moran and Marilynn Joyce Moran. He has three sisters, Kari Lynn Moran, Jodi Anne Moran and Kathleen Moran. A native of Southern California, he once lived (with his former wife Holly Thomas Moran) in North Hollywood. DKM, his third wife Amy Stout-Moran, and their sons Richard Moran and Connor Moran, along with Amy’s two daughters and one son live in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles. All of DKM’s books, and many of his short stories, have been dedicated to one or more of these family members. November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days remaining. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Nickname: City of Angels Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: State California County Los Angeles County  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Area    - City  498. ...

Daniel Keys Moran had ambitious plans for a 33 volume series, The Tales of the Continuing Time, of which three novels have been published. He is also the author of several short stories and essays, some of which were featured on National Public Radio. Mr. Moran withdrew from SF fandom around the turn of the twenty-first century, but still maintains an active presence on his Lakers Talk site. Offical NPR logo National Public Radio (NPR) is an independent, private, non-profit membership organization of public radio stations in the United States. ...

In early 2005 he lost his vision in one eye to wet macular degeneration [1]. Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from an article revision dated 2005-07-19, and may not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ...

Bibliography

The Great Wheel of Existence

The multi-verse in which most of DKM’s work is set.

• “The Gray Maelstrom” — Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine. Vol. 7 No. 2 (whole no. 62) February 1983. Story art: John Pierard.

Cover for an issue of Asimovs Science Fiction. ...

Human/Praxcelis Union

1. “All the Time in the World” — Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine. Vol. 6 No. 5 (whole no. 52) May 1982. Story art: Laura Buscemi/Artifact.
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   Stepping through a “doorway” in The Armageddon Blues
   The Armageddon Blues — Bantam Spectra paperback (1988-04-01). ISBN 0-553-27347-7. Cover art: Jim Burns.
   • The Armageddon Blues — Quiet Vision Pub. hardcover (2001-04-01). ISBN 972-1-57646-576-5.^[1] Jacket design: DKM.
   • The Armageddon Blues — Quiet Vision Pub. tradepaper (2002-06-01). ISBN 1-57646-637-X. Cover design: DKM.
3. “Realtime” with Gladys Prebehalla — Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine. Vol. 8 No. 8 (whole no. 81) August 1984. Cover art: Hisaki Yasuda. Story art: Ron Lindahn.
4. The Ring — Bantom Doubleday hardcover (1988-10-01). ISBN 0-385-24816-4. Jacket art: Shusei. Jacket design: Jamie S. Warren.

based in part on a screenplay by William Stewart and Joanne Nelson.

Image File history File links Armageddon_Blues_cover. ... Image File history File links Armageddon_Blues_cover. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... Jim Burns with a Hugo Award at Worldcon 2005 in Glasgow Jim Burns is an artist born in Cardiff, South Wales in 1948. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Continuing Time

1. Emerald Eyes — Bantam Spectra paperback (1988-06-01). ISBN 0-553-27347-7. Cover art: Paul and Stephen Youll.
   • Emerald Eyes — Quiet Vision Pub. hardcover (2001-06-01). ISBN 1-57646-577-2. Jacket art and design: DKM.
   • Emerald Eyes — Quiet Vision Pub. tradepaper (2002-06-01). ISBN 1-57646-638-8. Cover art and design: DKM.
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   The PKF chase Trent in The Long Run
   The Long Run — Bantam Spectra paperback (1989-09-01). ISBN 0-553-28144-5. Cover art Jim Burns.
   • Emerald Eyes • “The Star” • The Long Run — Queen Of Angels limited edition^[2] hardcover omnibus (1998-08-01). Jacket art and design: DKM.
     “The Star” is a new short story set between the two novels, and is also included in the Quiet Vision printings of Emerald Eyes.
   • The Long Run — Quiet Vision Pub. hardcover (2001-08-01). ISBN 1-57646-578-0. Jacket design: DKM.
   • The Long Run — Quiet Vision Pub. tradepaper (2002-04-01). ISBN 1-57646-639-6. Cover design: DKM.
3. The Last Dancer — Bantam Spectra paperback (1993-11-01). ISBN 0-553-56249-5. Cover art: Manuel Pérez Clemente Sanjulián.
   • The Last Dancer — Quiet Vision Pub. hardcover (2002-03-01). ISBN 1-57646-579-9. Jacket art and design: DKM.
4. Players: The AI War — (written, but unpublished — first three chapters available on-line at the semi-official DKM fan site)
5. Lord November: The Man-Spacething War — (believed to be written, but unpublished — first two chapters available on-line at the semi-official DKM fan site)

1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... Paul and Stephen Youll are brothers and artists. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... Image File history File links Long_Run_by_Jim_Burns. ... Image File history File links Long_Run_by_Jim_Burns. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jim Burns with a Hugo Award at Worldcon 2005 in Glasgow Jim Burns is an artist born in Cardiff, South Wales in 1948. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... August 1 is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... August 1 is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ...

The Sunset Strip

1. Terminal Freedom — with Jodi Moran. Queen Of Angels hardcover (1997-03-01). Jacket design: DKM.
   • Terminal Freedom — with Jodi Moran. Quiet Vision Pub. tradepaper (2002-02-01). ISBN 1-57646-643-4. Cover design: DKM.
2. In Cool Blood — with Jodi Moran. (unpublished)

1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

Other stories

• “Given the Game” — Aboriginal Science Fiction. Nov.–Dec. 1990 (No. 24). Cover and story art: Charles Lang.
• “Hard Time” — Story, with Lynn Barker. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, episode 4×19. (1996-04-15).
• “On Sequoia Time” — Asimov’s Science Fiction. Vol. 20 No. 9 (whole no. 249) September 1996. Story art: Steve Cavallo.
• “Roughing it During the Martian Invasion,” — with Jodi Moran. War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches anthology, edited by Kevin Anderson — Bantam Spectra paperback (1997-05-05). ISBN 0-553-10353-9.
• A series of commentaries for NPR Sirius’ The Way In, airing in 2001:
  • “The Road Goes Everywhere”
  • “A Freeway in My Back Yard”
  • “The Vast and Endless Sea”
  • “It’s Great to Be Me”
• As of 2006-02-22, Moran was working on a couple of books (Symphony in Black & The Hotel California) in the vein of Travis McGee.

Space station Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (ST:DS9 or STDS9 or DS9 for short) is a science fiction television series produced by Paramount and set in the Star Trek universe. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... April 15 is the 105th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (106th in leap years). ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (126th in leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... February 22 is the 53rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Travis McGee is a fictional character created by American mystery writer John D. MacDonald. ...

Star Wars

all three short stories below were published in Bantam Spectra paperback anthologies, edited by Kevin J. Anderson, with cover art by Stephen Youll.

• “Empire Blues: The Devaronian’s Tale” — Star Wars: Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina (1995-08-01). ISBN 0-553-56468-4.
• “A Barve Like That: The Tale of Boba Fett” — Star Wars: Tales from Jabba’s Palace (1996-01-01). ISBN 0-553-56815-9.

Published under a pseudonym, about which Moran had the following comment on his website. — “Editorial changes that were unacceptable to me were made to ‘A Barve Like That,’ which is why the ‘J. D. Montgomery’ pseudonym, but on balance it is perhaps not a bad story, and I won't disown it if people understand that the final product is only perhaps 80% mine.”

• “The Last One Standing: The Tale of Boba Fett” — Star Wars: Tales of the Bounty Hunters (1996-12-01). ISBN 0-553-56816-7.

Kevin J. Anderson (born March 27, 1962) is an American science fiction author. ... Paul and Stephen Youll are brothers and artists. ... Tales From the Mos Eisley Cantina (1995) is an anthology of short stories set in the fictional Star Wars universe. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... August 1 is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ... Boba Fett is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe. ... Tales From Jabbas Palace (1995) is an anthology of short stories set in the fictional Star Wars universe. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... Tales of the Bounty Hunters (1996) is an anthology of short stories set in the fictional Star Wars universe. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Concepts in the Continuing Time

Daniel Keys Moran’s Continuing Time stories cover an abnormally large number of standard SF/F themes and story devices. There are multiple universes, time travel, cyberpunk (written long before it was called cyberpunk), alien invasions, martial arts, dance, paganism, the politics of world government, an interesting twist on non-violent protest, and any number of everyday technologies that were unheard of in 1985 but are surprisingly common today.

The Crystal Wind

This fanciful name for the virtual space created by a global network of interconnected computers is Moran’s extrapolation of what the Internet would become. Aside from its everyday uses in his stories it also provides another environment in which good and evil can do battle. Surprisingly, the most significant battle in the series is a fight against excessive governmental control of this fundamental quasi-public space.

Images

Characters who have a significant presence in the Crystal Wind are called Players, one such is ‘Trent the Uncatchable’ in The Long Run. But when Players ‘Dance’ in the Crystal Wind they can easily incur the wrath of the authorities, corporate entities, or other denizens of the Crystal Wind. All competent Players carefully craft an Image that they use to interact with the virtual world. This Image is a set of customized code that the Player slowly builds and improves over time. Its primary tasks are to filter the overwhelming amount of available data into understandable information, and to put into effect (through complex technical means) the wishes of the Player. In this way, the Player automates as much of the slow human search, analysis, actions and reactions that are much faster using suitably advanced Image algorithms and hardware. In effect, they create a computer version of themselves that requires only occasional input from the slower but more complex Player.

Prior to the beginning of the stories, the aforementioned Trent character spent some years developing an Image called ‘Ralf the Wise and Powerful’. The juvenile nature of the name reflects Trent's youth as he was not yet a teenager at the time. As the events in the stories unfold, it is a seemingly minor point when an eleven year old Trent is forced by circumstance to abandon his Image code in the net. Trent's impressive capabilities are confirmed by the fact that his Image was sophisticated enough to make the leap (with some assistance) to becoming a full sentient AI. As Trent’s Image it was an online representation of his skills, outlook, ethics and morals. As an independent being Ralf closely adheres to his origins, and acts to support Trent in his efforts to serve the greater good according to his pacifistic moral code. It should be pointed out that the Trent character is portrayed as an exceptional Player, perhaps the best ever. After leaving 'Ralf the Wise and Powerful', Trent created (and later semi-merged with) 'Johnny Johnny'.

Co-authors

Neither of Moran’s co-authors has published independently, and there is little public information about them. The following is what he has said about them on his website.

Jodi Moran

Jodi Anne Moran is my younger sister, born 1964-03-09. (Trent’s birthday…) She is the author of a novel that is currently looking for a home: Devlin’s Razor. DR concerns the adventures of the Prophet Harry, who is frequently referred to in my novels – I like to think of her novels as belonging to the Continuing Time, but this is purely my own conceit. If this conceit ever interfered with Jodi’s storytelling, she would ruthlessly ignore it…

  She is a better natural writer than I am. I plot better than she does, but that’s a result of years of study; I am certainly a better editor. But she has a gift for observation, for language, that supersedes mine.

  I love Jodi’s writing. —DKM

1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... March 9 is the 68th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (69th in Leap years). ...

Gladys Prebehalla

Gladys was a woman of about my mother’s age (her children were all roughly my age), in a writing class I took when I was about 20. She came to me with an idea for a story about an old woman – “Maggie Archer” – who was being forced to have a computer in her house; she didn't know where to go with it. I was reading “The Three Musketeers” at the time. The SF storyline is mostly mine; the emotional resonance was mostly hers. We wrote the first draft together; she wrote Maggie, and I wrote D'Artagnan. I did two more drafts essentially on my own, which she then corrected.

  Where she is today I do not know. Our relationship was more intimate (and I do not mean physically) than was perhaps stable for a 21-year old and a woman in her mid-to-late 40s. The relationship degenerated and finally died. I don’t want to be more specific than that; it would be disrespectful and unfair to a woman I remember fondly. —DKM

Notes

1. ^ The hardcover printing of The Armageddon Blues only lists an ISBN-13 of 972-1-57646-576-5, but online sellers—AbeBooks, Amazon, etc.—use a 10-digit ISBN 1-57646-576-4
2. ^ While the book itself says it is a limited printing of 1000 copies, only 500 were printed before DKM decided to publish through Quiet Vision Publishing.Limited Edition FAQ

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External links

• Queen Of Angels — DKM's own site (currently (2006-07) down)
• Semi-official DKM site — Created by fans with DKM's permission (last updated in 2001)
• The Continuing Time mailing list DKM is currently a very infrequent poster ("ct-announce" contains his archived postings through 2006)
• Lakers Talk DKM runs this L.A. Lakers site (and is active on it as “FatSam”)
• Daniel Keys Moran at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database