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161:, Wu had his first professional fiction publication, a short story, published in 1977. Previous to that, he had letters published in comic books and articles in comics fanzines. Since then, Wu's traditionally published books include 13 novels, one scholarly work, and a collection of short stories. He has also brought out reprints and audio books through Boruma Publishing, including as of 2020 Intricate Mirrors, a collection of science fiction stories; Interlaced Pathways, a collection of contemporary fantasy stories; and 10 Analogs of the Future, of the ten collaborations Wu and Rob Chilson had published in Analog magazine. 176:, which won Canada's Aurora Award in the category of Best Related Work in English. "Goin' Down to Anglotown" was also a finalist for the Sidewise Award. He is also the author of "Hong on the Range," a novel that incorporates his short story "Hong's Bluff," and "MasterPlay," in 1987, about computer wargamers. The latter is based on Wu's 1979 novelette "On the Shadow of a Phosphor Sheen," which was reprinted several times with the incorrect title of "On the Shadow of a Phosphor Screen." One of his stories was adapted into a 275: 25: 255:
Because "William" and "Wu" are very common names, some of William F. Wu's achievements have been misattributed to other William Wu's, or vice versa. William F. Wu has made a hobby of locating, contacting and meeting other people named William Wu (with or without the same middle initial). Photographs
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He has been gradually bringing out much of his backlog, including "Hong on the Range" and "A Temple of Forgotten Spirits," which collects ten stories first published in "Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine" about hitchhiker Jack Hong, who meets figures from Chinese and Chinese-American folklore and
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on American fiction's evolving depiction of Chinese and Chinese-Americans. Wu has stated that he dislikes the terms "Sino-American" and "Oriental", preferring terms such as "Asian", "Asian-American", "Chinese", and "Chinese-American". As a fiction writer, he has always given his stories Asian
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in two stories published in the 1970s and one in the 1,000th issue of Analog magazine, in 2015. He is one of the writers in the Wild Cards anthology series edited by
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and sometimes as supporting characters. Some of his fiction involves ethnic and racial topics and some involves universal issues.
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standards, though they are not labeled as such. The latter was the first series licensed from Asimov's estate after his death.
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twice and once for the World Fantasy Award. His short story "Goin' Down to Anglotown" was in the anthology
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The Twilight Zone: The Complete '80s Series: Audio Commentary - "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium"
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of Wu posing with various friends and acquaintances of the same name have been published in
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His more than seventy published works of short fiction have been nominated for the
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The Yellow Peril: Chinese-Americans in American Fiction, 1850-1940
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from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially
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twice individually; his work has been nominated for the
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