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 At the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow, August 2005 |
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| Born | November 18, 1950 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Writing period | 1980's-Present |
| Genres | Science fiction, fantasy |
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Biography
His published novels are: In the Drift (an Ace Special, 1985), a look at the results of a more catastrophic Three Mile Island incident; Vacuum Flowers (1987), an adventurous tour of an inhabited Solar System, where the people of Earth have been subsumed by a cybernetic mass-mind; Stations of the Tide (1991), the story of a bureaucrat's pursuit of a magician on a world soon to be flooded by its melting icecaps; The Iron Dragon's Daughter (1993), a fantasy with elves in Armani suits and dragons as jet fighters; Jack Faust (1997), a retelling of the Faust legend with modern science and technology; Bones of the Earth (2002), a time-travel story involving dinosaurs; and The Dragons of Babel (2008), which is set in a similar fantasy world as The Iron Dragon's Daughter. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station is a civilian Nuclear power plant located on an island (Three Mile Island in the Susquehanna River near Harrisburg Vacuum Flowers is a Science fiction Novel by Michael Swanwick, published in 1987. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Stations of the Tide is a 1991 Science fiction Novel by American author Michael Swanwick. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. The Iron Dragon's Daughter is a 1993 Novel by writer Michael Swanwick that combines Fantasy and Science fiction. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Jack Faust ( 1997) is the fifth published Novel by American Author Michael Swanwick. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Faust or Faustus ( Latin for "auspicious" or "lucky" is the protagonist of a classic German Legend in which he makes Bones of the Earth is a 2002 Science fiction Novel by Michael Swanwick. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. This article details time travel itself For other uses see Time Traveler. The Dragons of Babel is a 2008 novel by American author Michael Swanwick, set in the same world as his earlier work The Iron Dragon's Daughter 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
His short fiction has been collected in Gravity's Angels (1991), Moon Dogs (2000), Tales of Old Earth (2000), Cigar-Box Faust and Other Miniatures (2003), and The Dog Said Bow-Wow (2007). Gravity's Angels is a collection of Science fiction stories by author Michael Swanwick. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Moon Dogs is a collection of science fiction short stories and essays by Michael Swanwick. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. "The Dog Said Bow-Wow" is a Science fiction Short story written in 2001 by Michael Swanwick. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. A novella, Griffin's Egg, was published in book form in 1991 and is also collected in Moon Dogs. He has collaborated with other authors on several short works, including Gardner Dozois ("Ancestral Voices", "City of God", "Snow Job") and William Gibson ("Dogfight"). Gardner Dozois (born July 23, 1947) is an American Science fiction author and editor. William Ford Gibson (born March 17 1948 is an American - Canadian writer who has been called the "noir prophet" of the Cyberpunk subgenre
Stations of the Tide won the Nebula for best novel, and several of his shorter works have won awards as well: the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for "The Edge of the World" in 1989, the World Fantasy Award for "Radio Waves" in 1996, and Hugos for "The Very Pulse of the Machine" in 1999, "Scherzo with Tyrannosaur" in 2000, "The Dog Said Bow-Wow" in 2002, "Slow Life" in 2003, and "Legions in Time" in 2004. The Nebula Award is an award given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA for the best Science fiction / Fantasy fiction Winners of the Nebula Award for Best Novel, awarded by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) The Hugo Awards are given every year for the best Science fiction or Fantasy works and achievements of the previous year "The Very Pulse of the Machine" is a Science fiction Short story published in 1998 by Michael Swanwick. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) "Scherzo with Tyrannosaur" is a Science fiction Short story published in 1999 by Michael Swanwick. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. "The Dog Said Bow-Wow" is a Science fiction Short story written in 2001 by Michael Swanwick. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "
Swanwick has written about the field as well. He published two long essays on the state of the science fiction (The User's Guide to the Postmoderns, 1986) and fantasy ("In the Tradition. . . ", 1994), the former of which was controversial for its categorization of new SF writers into "cyberpunk" and "literary humanist" camps. Both essays were collected together in The Postmodern Archipelago 1997. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar A book-length interview with Gardner Dozois, Being Gardner Dozois, was published in 2001. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. A new collection of Swanwick's most recent stories, The Dog Said Bow-Wow was published by Tachyon Publications in the fall of 2007. "The Dog Said Bow-Wow" is a Science fiction Short story written in 2001 by Michael Swanwick. Tachyon Publications is an independent press specializing in science fiction and fantasy books
Selected Bibliography
(a complete bibliography may be found at the author's website)
Novels
- In the Drift (1984)
- Vacuum Flowers (1987)
- Stations of the Tide (1991) (Nebula Award winner)
- The Iron Dragon's Daughter (1993)
- Jack Faust (1997)
- Bones of the Earth (2002)
- The Dragons of Babel (2008)
Collections
- Gravity's Angels (1991)
- A Geography of Unknown Lands (1997)
- Moon Dogs (2000)
- Puck Aleshire's Abecedary (2000)
- Tales of Old Earth (2000)
- Cigar-Box Faust and Other Miniatures (2003)
- Michael Swanwick's Field Guide to the Mesozoic Megafauna (2004)
- The Periodic Table of Science Fiction (2005)
- The Dog Said Bow-Wow (2007)
Short stories
- "The Gods of Mars" (1985) (with Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann)
- "Dogfight" (1985) (with William Gibson)
- "The Edge of the World" (1989)
- "Griffin's Egg" (1991)
- "The Dead" (1996)
- "The Very Pulse of the Machine" (1998) (Hugo Award winner)
- "Radiant Doors" (1999) (Nebula Award nominee)
- "Ancient Engines" (1999) (Nebula Award nominee)
- "Scherzo with Tyrannosaur" (1999) (Hugo Award winner)
- "The Dog Said Bow-Wow" (2001) (Hugo Award winner)
- "Slow Life" (2002) (Hugo Award winner)
- "'Hello,' Said the Stick" (2002) (Hugo Award nominee)
- "Legions in Time" (2003) (Hugo Award winner)
- "Tin Marsh" (2006)
- "Urdumheim" (2007)
Essays
- User's Guide to the Postmoderns, Asimov's, 1986
- The Postmodern Archipelago (1997)
External links
- Michael Swanwick Online (official home page)
- Flogging Babel (weblog)
- Michael Swanwick at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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