Dean Ing

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Dean Ing (born 1931) is an American author, who usually writes in the science fiction and techno-thriller genres.

Dean Charles Ing was formerly a member of the United States Air Force, an aerospace engineer, and a university professor who holds a doctorate in communications theory. He has been a professional writer since 1977. Following the death of science fiction author Mack Reynolds in 1983, Ing was asked to finish several of Reynolds' uncompleted manuscripts. Ing and his wife reside in Oregon.

Much of Ing's fiction includes detailed, practical descriptions of techniques and methods which would be useful in an individual or group survival situation, including instructions for the manufacture of tools and other implements, the recovery of stuck vehicles and avoidance of disease and injury.

In addition to his fiction writing, Ing wrote nonfiction articles for the survivalist newsletter P.S. Letter, edited by Mel Tappan. Following in the footsteps of sci-fi novelist Pat Frank, Ing included a lengthy nonfiction appendix to his nuclear war survival novel Pulling Through. (Pat Frank authored both the nuclear war survival novel Alas, Babylon and the non-fiction book How To Survive the H Bomb And Why.)

[edit] Books written by Dean Ing

• Soft Targets (1979)
• Anasazi (1980)
• Systemic Shock (1981) - first book in Ted Quantrill series
• Single Combat (1983) - second book in Ted Quantrill series
• Pulling Through (1983)
• The Lagrangists (1983) with Mack Reynolds - 'L-5 Community' series
• Chaos in Lagrangia (1984) with Mack Reynolds - 'L-5 Community' series
• The Other Time (1984) with Mack Reynolds
• Home Sweet Home (1984) with Mack Reynolds
• Eternity (1984) with Mack Reynolds
• Mutual Assured Survival (1984) with Jerry Pournelle - non-fiction
• Trojan Orbit (1985) with Mack Reynolds - 'L-5 Community' series
• Wild Country (1985) - third book in Ted Quantrill series
• The Future of Flight (1985) with Leik Myrabo - non-fiction
• Deathwish World (1986) with Mack Reynolds
• Blood of Eagles (1986)
• The Big Lifters (1988)
• Chernobyl Syndrome (1988)
• The Ransom of Black Stealth One (1989)
• Cathouse (1988)
• Silent Thunder (1991)
• The Nemesis Mission (1991)
• Butcher Bird (1993)
• Spooker (1995)
• Skins of Dead Men (1998)
• Firefight Y2K (2000)
• Loose Cannon (2001)
• The Houses of the Kzinti (2002) with Jerry Pournelle and S. M. Stirling
• The Rackham Files (2004)

[edit] See also

• Retreat (survivalism)
• Survivalism
• Mack Reynolds
• Mel Tappan

[edit] External links

• Dean Ing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database