Editing Howard Waldrop (section)

==Style==
Waldrop's stories combine elements such as [[Alternate history|alternative history]], American [[popular culture]], the [[Southern United States|American South]],<ref name=film>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/why-george-r-r-martin-223813493.html?.tsrc=fp_deeplink|title=Why George R.R. Martin Broke the “Cardinal Rule of Hollywood” for a Childhood Friend|date=December 5, 2024|website=Yahoo Entertainment|accessdate=December 11, 2024}}</ref> old movies (and [[character actor]]s), [[classical mythology]], and [[Rock and roll|rock 'n' roll]] music. His style is sometimes obscure or elliptical: ''Night of the Cooters'' is a [[pastiche]] of [[H. G. Wells]]' ''[[The War of the Worlds]]'' told from the perspective of a small town Texas sheriff (a homage to [[Slim Pickens]]) who faces a Martian cylinder crashing down near his town; "Heirs of the Perisphere" involves robotic [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] characters waking up in the far future; "Fin de Cyclé" describes the [[Dreyfus affair]] from the perspective of bicycle enthusiasts.

Waldrop's work is frequently out-of-print, though still available for sale [[Online shopping|online]]; several of his books have been reprinted in [[Omnibus edition|omnibus editions]].

Several of his stories have been nominated for the genre's awards; "The Ugly Chickens" — about the extinction of the [[dodo]] — won a [[Nebula Award]] for best novelette in 1980, and also a [[World Fantasy Award—Short Fiction|World Fantasy Award for Short Fiction]] in 1981; this is perhaps his best known work. In 2021, he won the [[World Fantasy Award—Life Achievement|World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement]].<ref name=SFADB/>