Michael Blumlein

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Michael Blumlein

Michael John Blumlein (born June 28, 1948 in San Francisco , California - † October 24, 2019 ) was an American writer .

Life

Michael Blumlein studied medicine at the University of California, San Francisco , and worked as a doctor, including in the internal department of the university hospital there, where he also taught, as well as in the San Quentin State Prison and in Connecticut.

Blumlein was married and had a daughter. He died in October 2019 at the age of 71 after a long illness of complications from bronchial carcinoma .

Write

His first short story, Tissue Ablation and Variant Regeneration: A Case Report , was published in the British science fiction magazine Interzone in 1984 . His first novel, The Movement of Mountains , was published in 1987 by St. Martin's Press, New York . His second novel, X, Y , appeared in 1993 and was made into a film in 2004. He wrote the screenplay for the British short film Decodings (1988), which won the jury award at the San Francisco International Film Festival . A short story collection called The Brains of Rats was published in 1989. It was nominated for both the World Fantasy Award and the Bram Stoker Award and won the Readercon Small Press Award . A collection of all of his short stories and short stories was published in 2018 with the title All I Ever Dreamed .

bibliography

Novels
Collections
Short stories

1984:

  • Tissue Ablation and Variant Regeneration: A Case Report (in: Interzone, # 7 Spring 1984 )

1986:

  • The Brains of Rats (in: Interzone, # 16 Summer 1986 )

1988:

  • Interview with CW (in: New Pathways Into Science Fiction And Fantasy, March 1988 )
  • The Domino Master (in: Omni, June 1988 )
  • The Promise of Warmth (in: Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, August 1988 )
    • German: The promise of warmth. In: Wolfgang Jeschke (Ed.): Partner for life. Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 5325, 1996, ISBN 3-453-08573-6 .
  • The Thing Itself (1988, in: Lou Aronica and Shawna McCarthy (Eds.): Full Spectrum )
    • German: The way it is. In: Wolfgang Jeschke (Ed.): Johann Sebastian Bach Memorial Barbecue. Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 4697, 1990, ISBN 3-453-04279-4 .
  • Drown Yourself (1988, in: Mississippi Review 47/48 )
    • German: Drink up! In: Michael Nagula (ed.): Atomic Avenue. Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 4704, 1990, ISBN 3-453-04287-5 .

1989:

1990:

  • Bestseller (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1990 )
    • German: Bestseller. In: Wolfgang Jeschke (Ed.): Heyne Science Fiction Annual Volume 1992. Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 4865, 1992, ISBN 3-453-05385-0 .
  • The Glitter and the Glamor (1990, in: Michael Blumlein: The Brains of Rats )
    • German: shine and glamor. In: Wolfgang Jeschke (Ed.): The true teaching - after Mickymaus. Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 4747, 1991, ISBN 3-453-04487-8 .
  • Keeping House (1990, in: Michael Blumlein: The Brains of Rats )
    • German: The house. In: Michele Slung (Ed.): I tremble when you touch me. Bastei Lübbe Paperback # 28203, 1992, ISBN 3-404-28203-5 .
  • The Wet Suit (1990, in: Michael Blumlein: The Brains of Rats )

1993:

  • Hymenoptera (in: Crank! # 1, Fall 1993 )

1995:

  • Bloom (in: Interzone, # 94 April 1995 )

1997:

  • Snow in Dirt (1997, in: Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling (Eds.): Black Swan, White Raven )
  • Paul and Me (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October-November 1997 )

1998:

  • Revenge (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1998 )

2000:

  • Fidelity: A Primer (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 2000 ; also: Fidelity , 2018)

2001:

  • Know How, Can Do (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 2001 )

2005:

  • Greedy for Kisses (2005, in: Rolling Darkness Revue 2005: Darkness Rising )

2006:

  • Strategy for Conflict Avoidance: Memo to the Commander-in-Chief (in: Flurb: A Webzine of Astonishing Tales, Issue # 1, Fall, 2006 ; also: Strategy for Conflict Avoidance: Memo to George W, Our Commander-in-chief , 2013)

2008:

  • The Big One (in: Flurb: A Webzine of Astonishing Tales, Issue # 6, Fall-Winter, 2008 )

2009:

  • California Burning (in: Asimov's Science Fiction, August 2009 )

2012:

  • Twenty-Two and You (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March-April 2012 )
  • Bird Walks in New England (in: Asimov's Science Fiction, July 2012 )

2013:

  • Success (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November-December 2013 )
  • Isostasy (2013, in: Michael Blumlein: What the Doctor Ordered )

2016:

  • Choose Poison, Choose Life (in: Asimov's Science Fiction, October-November 2016 )

2018:

  • Y (ou) r Q (ua) ntifi (e) d S (el) f (2018, in: Michael Blumlein: All I Ever Dreamed )

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ In Remembrance: Physician and Author Michael Blumlein, 1948-2019 . Articles on the website of Tor Books (English)
  2. ^ The Healer , page 361 and cover. (English)
  3. ↑ The film X, Y in the Internet Movie Database (English) and the website of the film X, Y ( Memento from February 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
personal data
SURNAME Blumlein, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blumlein, Michael John (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer and medic
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH San Francisco , California
DATE OF DEATH October 24, 2019