Nate Bucklin

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Nathan A. Bucklin is a musician in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Raised on Vashon Island, Washington, part of his childhood was spent in South America. He landed in Los Angeles before moving to Mpls to be with other science fiction fans. He was a contributor to Apa-45 and Minneapa for many years. In the early years of MN-STF, Nate would bring his guitar and play original songs as well as his favorites, often in a music circle with other fans; an activity and tradition that continues to this day.

He was a founding member of the Scribblies. Bucklin is also one of the founding members of the Minnesota Science Fiction Society, better known as Minn-Stf. He was an alumnus of the 1990 Clarion Workshop for science fiction writers.

He wrote two stories set in the Liavek universe. "Dry Well" and "Strings Attached" are stories centered around a young musician. He performs in, and wrote the music for, PBS Liavek, a Shockwave Radio Theater play performed at the 1987 Minicon.

Fellow Scribblie Pamela Dean noted in an interview that "Nate dropped out to concentrate on song-writing -- he's an amazing lyricist" and thus left the Scribblies.

He plays and records music as "Nate Bucklin" and can be located using various filk resources. His song "I Pop Pills" was even featured in a 1997 episode of the Dr. Demento show.

Bucklin has also co-written songs with various people, including Steven Brust, such as "If I Should Happen to Leave" and "I Was Born About Ten Million Songs Ago." The latter was recorded by Doctor Demento (see the Basement Tapes).

Currently Bucklin has "a regular musical gig playing bass for David Carroll and the Wanderers" per Nate's Wing at CuriousManor.com.

[edit] Albums

"Water Over the Bridge" - CD
"Rainbow’s Edge" - CD
"Butter Side Down" - cassette
"Resolutions" - cassette
"The First Overnight Guest" - cassette (out of print)

[edit] Short stories

"Ghost Dance" in Weird Tales Winter 1985 issue (edited by Gordon M. D. Garb)
“Dry Well” in Liavek: The Players of Luck (1986, edited by Emma Bull and Will Shetterly)
"Imperfect Catch" in Tales of the Unanticipated Spring 1987 issue (edited by Eric M. Heideman)
“Strings Attached” in Liavek: Spells of Binding (1988, edited by Emma Bull and Will Shetterly)
"The Lifter" in Tales of the Unanticipated, Winter/Spring 1988 issue (edited by Eric M. Heideman)