Birthday profile

Ron Drummond

Ron Drummond, American author and scholar

Born
October 17, 1959
Age in 2026
67
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
1959

About Ron Drummond

Ronald N. Drummond (born 1959 in Seattle, Washington) is a writer and editor, and was affiliated with Incunabula press. == Career == === Writing === Drummond is the author of 'The Sonic Rituals of Pauline Oliveros'; 'The Frequency of Liberation', fiction about the novels of Steve Erickson; 'Ducré in Euphonia: Ideal and Influence in Berlioz';[citation needed] 'Broken Seashells', on ancestral memory and the music of Jethro Tull;[ci introductory essays for 'The Vienna String Quartets of Anton Reicha'.[citation needed] Other publications include the short story, 'Troll', published in Black Clock, and an essay on the Tokyo String Quartet. === Editing === As an editor, Drummond worked with Samuel R. Delany on the essay collections The Straits of Messina (1989) and Longer Views (1996), the novel They Fly at Çiron (1993), collection Atlantis: Three Tales (1995), novel Shoat Rumblin (2002), and Dark Reflections (2007). He was the publisher of Çiron and Atlantis. He was a proofreader and editorial redactor of Delany's most famous novel, Dhalgren.[citation needed] In March 2006, Drummond about his editorial relationship with Delany at a conference on Delany's life and work at SUNY Buffalo. Drummond also worked with novelist John Crowley, publishing Crowley's short story collection Antiquities (1993), editing the novels Dæmonomania (2000) and Endless Things (2007), and the electronic versions of Ægypt and Love & Sleep (2002). He sold subscriptions for a deluxe 25th anniversary edition of Crowley's 1981 novel Little, Big, slated for publication in 2007, and finally published in October 2022.

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Career and life highlights

Ron Drummond timeline

  1. From September 2002 through June 2003, Drummond created an original design for the World Trade Center Memorial called 'A Garden Stepping into the Sky'.
  2. Delany wrote, "Ron's editorial acumen is the highest I have encountered in a professional writing career of more than thirty years." In March 2006, Drummond gave a talk on "Editing Samuel R.

The world when Ron Drummond was born

Ron Drummond was born in 1959. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1959

  • #1 song"Mack the Knife" – Bobby Darin
  • Top movieBen-Hur
  • Top TV showGunsmoke
  • Best-selling bookGoldfinger – Ian Fleming

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentIngemar Johansson knocks out Floyd Patterson for heavyweight title
  • Top headlineAlaska and Hawaii become the 49th and 50th US states
  • Technology milestoneMicrochip (integrated circuit) invented
  • Defining fadBarbie dolls
  • Notable inventionBarbie doll
  • World population2.98 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderDwight D. Eisenhower
  • Sports championLos Angeles Dodgers (World Series)
  • Also wonBoston Celtics (NBA)
  • U.S. population177.1M

1959 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Ron Drummond's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19592026
Gas$0.31$3.45/gal
Average home$12,400$435,000
Average income$7,000$67,500
Minimum wage$1.00$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.69$11.95
Postage stamp$0.04$0.73
Population177.1M341 million

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