George Foy

George Foy , actually George Michelsen Foy (born December 14, 1952 ) is an American writer and journalist .

Life

In addition to his names "George Foy" and "George Michelsen Foy", Foy also uses the pseudonym "GF Michelesen". He mainly writes science fiction novels in the style of Bruce Sterling and William Gibson .

It is characteristic of this author that he combines the classic cyberpunk elements such as end-time scenarios, technology or social criticism in a very pointed and interesting way to create something new and give food for thought.

Honors

• 1996 Philip K. Dick Award (nomination) for the novel The Shift .
• 2000 Locus Poll Award, Best SF Novel (Nomination Below Cutoff) for the novel The Memory of Fire .

Works

As George Foy

stories

• Hellbike. Short story . In: Janet E. Morris (Ed .: Masters in Hell (Heroes in Hell; Vol. 8). Baen Books, New York 1987, ISBN 0-671-65379-2 .

Novels

• Blues for Nansen. Roman (1996). Schneekluth, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-7951-1140-4 (from the American by Hans Joachim Maass).
• Asia rip. A man fighting the mafia; Roman ("Asia Rip", 1984). Lübbe Verlag, Bergisch Gladbach 1990, ISBN 3-404-11613-5 .
• Tidal Race. A novel . Collins, London 1985, ISBN 0-00-222884-X .
• The skipper. Roman ("Coaster", 1986). Schneekluth, Munich 1989, ISBN 3-7951-1030-0 .
• Challenge. A novel . Viking Books, New York 1988, ISBN 0-6708-1727-9 .
• The Shift Bantam Books, New York 1996, ISBN 0-553-57471-X .
• Contraband . Bantam Books, New York 1997, ISBN 0-553-37545-8 .
• The Memory of Fire. A novel . Bantam Books, New York 2000, ISBN 0-553-37930-5 .
• The Last Harbor . Bantam Books, New York 2001, ISBN 0-553-37931-3 .

Non-fiction

• Music in Stone. Great sculpture gardens of the world . Muller Publ., London 1985, ISBN 0-584-80002-9 (together with Sidney Lawrence and Nicolas Sapicha).
• Zero decibels. The quest for absolute silence Scribners, New York 2010, ISBN 978-1-416-59959-3 .

As GF Michelsen

Novels

• To sleep with ghosts. A novel of Africa . Bantam Books, New York 1992, ISBN 0-553-08932-3 .
• Blues for Nansen. Novel . Schneekluth, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-7951-1140-4 .
• Hard bottom. A novel . University Press, Hanover, NH 2001, ISBN 1-584-65082-6 .
• The art and practice of explosion . University Press, Hanover, NH 2003, ISBN 1-584-65308-6 .
• Mettle. A novel . University Press, Hanover, NH 2007, ISBN 1-584-65647-6 .

Web links

• Literature by and about George Foy in the catalog of the German National Library
• George Foy in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Works by and about George Foy at Open Library