Orville William Tuning (June 21, 1935 – April 18, 1982)
http://www.sfbooklist.co.uk/authorst.htmlhttp://vitals.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ca/death/search.cgi?surname=tuning&given=william was an American author of Science Fiction and a member of the
Society for Creative AnachronismThe Society for Creative Anachronism , is a historical reenactment group founded in 1966, with the aim of studying and recreating pre-17th century Western European cultures and their histories...
(SCA).
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Orville William Tuning (June 21, 1935 – April 18, 1982)
http://www.sfbooklist.co.uk/authorst.htmlhttp://vitals.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ca/death/search.cgi?surname=tuning&given=william was an American author of Science Fiction and a member of the
Society for Creative AnachronismThe Society for Creative Anachronism , is a historical reenactment group founded in 1966, with the aim of studying and recreating pre-17th century Western European cultures and their histories...
(SCA). He was reported to be
close friends with authors
Jerry PournelleJerry Eugene Pournelle is an American science fiction writer, essayist and journalist who contributed for many years to the computer magazine Byte and has since 1998 been maintaining his own website/blog....
,
Randall GarrettRandall Garrett was an American science fiction and fantasy author. He was a prolific contributor to Astounding and other science fiction magazines of the 1950s and 1960s...
(SCA name: Randall of Hightower) and
Robert A. HeinleinRobert Anson Heinlein was an American science fiction writer. Often called "the dean of science fiction writers", he was one of the most popular, influential, and controversial authors of the genre. He set a high standard for science and engineering plausibility and helped to raise the genre's...
. Tuning was closely involved with the founders of the SCA.
Among his works was
Fuzzy Bones, a posthumous sequel to
H. Beam PiperHenry Beam Piper was an American science fiction author. He wrote many short stories and several novels. He is best known for his extensive Terro-Human Future History series of stories and a shorter series of "Paratime" alternate history tales.He wrote under the name H. Beam Piper...
's
Little FuzzyLittle Fuzzy is the name of a 1962 science fiction novel by H. Beam Piper. It is generally seen as a work of juvenile fiction. It was nominated for the 1963 Hugo Award for Best Novel....
and
Fuzzy Sapiens; this was written and published before the discovery and subsequent publication of the lost manuscript of Piper's
Fuzzies and Other People.