Ada Palmer
Assistant Professor at University of Chicago, American historian and author
Ada Palmer is an author of science fiction and fantasy, a historian, and a composer. Her first science fiction series "Terra Ignota" (published by Tor Books) mixes Enlightenment-era philosophy with traditional science fiction speculation to bring to life the year 2454, not a perfect future, but a utopian one, threatened by cultural upheaval. Ada Palmer studies the long-term evolution of ideas and the history of religious radicalism, science, and freethought, especially in the Italian Renaissance, Enlightenment, and Classical Greece and Rome. She teaches in the History Department at the University of Chicago, and did her Ph.D. at Harvard University. She composes close harmony folk music with mythological, science fiction and fantasy themes, and performs with the a cappella group Sassafrass. She also studies the history of manga anime, especially the "God of Manga" Osamu Tezuka, blogs for Tor.com and writes the history/philosophy blog ExUrbe.com.
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See alsoDetails last updated 28-Jul-2025
Ada Palmer Creations
Perhaps The Stars
Fourth novel in a science fiction quartet called Terra Ignota, written by Ada Palmer
The Will to Battle
Third novel in a science fiction quartet called Terra Ignota, written by Ada Palmer
Seven Surrenders
Second novel in a science fiction quartet called Terra Ignota, written by Ada Palmer
Too Like the Lightning
First novel in a science fiction quartet called Terra Ignota, written by Ada Palmer