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Damien Broderick

Australian writer · Australia · On the map · Writers · Lived 1944 to 2025 · aged 80

Damien Francis Broderick was an Australian science fiction and popular science writer and editor of some 74 books. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction credits him with the first usage of the term virtual reality in science fiction, in his 1982 novel The Judas Mandala.

Damien Broderick is read about 15 times a day, in 8 languages.

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2025Died19 April 20252006Aurealis Award for best science fiction novelAward2002Aurealis Award for best science fiction novelAward1997Aurealis Award for best science fiction novelAward1944Born22 April 1944

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Aurealis Award for best science fiction novel2006
Aurealis Award for best science fiction novel2002
Aurealis Award for best science fiction novel1997

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Country
Australia
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1944 to 2025 · aged 80