Michael Swanwick

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At the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow , August 2005

Michael Swanwick (* 18th November 1950 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) is an American fantasy - and science fiction - writers .

Life

Swanwick published his first works in the early 1980s. In his novel, Die Todesschneise , Swanwick portrays the aftermath of an incident even worse than that of Harrisburg at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant ; In vacuum flowers he draws a picture of humanity that has congealed into "inclusion", a centrally controlled cybernetic collective being; In times of flood , the protagonist is a bureaucrat who is only called “the bureaucrat” throughout the book. With the help of his briefcase he hunts a magician who uses “forbidden technology”. In The Daughter of the Steel Dragon , Swanwick describes a world in which the elves wear Armani fashions and dragons are cybernetic flying machines, and pilots can couple themselves with the dragon's consciousness; Jack Faust is an adaptation of Faust using modern technology and science.

During the Flood , the Nebula won best novel in 1991. Many of his short stories have also been recognized: He won the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for The Edge of the World in 1989, the World Fantasy Award for Radio Waves 1996, and the Hugo Award for several times The Very Pulse of the Machine 1999, Scherzo with Tyrannosaur 2000, The Dog Said Bow-Wow 2002, Slow Life 2003, and Legions in Time 2004. In 2008 he received the Locus Award for A Small Room in Koboldtown , and in 2002 for Being Gardner Dozois and 2001 for Tales of Old Earth . He won the Asimov's Reader Poll several times.

Swanwick has also written nonfiction books on both of his literary genres. He wrote The User's Guide to the Postmoderns in 1986 on the current state of science fiction and In the Tradition ... in 1994 on the field of fantasy. The first work is not entirely uncontroversial because it sorted new SF authors into the categories " Cyberpunk " and "Literary Humanists". In 1997, both books were combined in The Postmodern Archipelago . In 2001 Swanwick published a book-filling interview with Gardner Dozois entitled Being Gardner Dozois .

At the Avram Davidson tribute, New York City , 2007

Works

Novels

  • Die Todesschneise , 1993, ISBN 3-453-06229-9 , In the drift , 1985
  • Vacuum flowers , 1990, ISBN 3-453-03898-3 , Vacuum flowers , 1987
  • A gripping egg , 1993, ISBN 3-453-07257-X , Griffin's egg , 1990
  • In times of the flood , 1997, ISBN 3-453-12669-6 , Stations of the Tide , 1991 - winner of the Nebula Award, 1991, nominated for the Hugo Award and the Campbell Award 1992, and the Clarke Award 1993
  • The daughter of Steel Dragon , 1996, ISBN 3-453-09479-4 , The Iron Dragon's Daughter , 1994 - Nominated for Clarke, the Locus Award in the category Fantasy and World Fantasy Award , 1994
  • Jack Faust , 1997, - nominated for the BSFA Award , 1997, as well as the Hugo and Locus, 1998
  • Bones of the Earth , 2002 - nominated for the Nebula Award, 2002, and Hugo, Locus, and Campbell Award, 2003
  • The Dragons of Babel , 2008 - nominated for the Locus Award, 2009
  • Dancing With Bears , 2011
  • Chasing the Phoenix , 2015

Short story collections

  • The Feast of Saint Janis , 1998, The Feast of Saint Janis , 1980
  • Ginungagap , 1998, Ginungagap , 1980
  • Mummenkuss , 1998, Mummer Kiss , 1981
  • The man who knew Picasso , 1998, The Man Who Met Picasso , 1982
  • The Blind Minotaur , 1998, The Blind Minotaur , 1984
  • The souls of Philip K. , 1998, The Transmigration of Philip K. , 1984
  • The Trojan Horse , 1998, Trojan Horse , 1984
  • The Church of Divine Promise , 1998, Covenant of Souls , 1986
  • Foresight , 1998, Foresight , 1987
  • The Dragon Lineage , 1998, The Dragon Line , 1988
  • A Winter Fairy Tale , 1998, A Midwinter's Tale , 1988
  • Snow Angels , 1998, Snow Angels , 1989
  • The Edge of the World , 1998, The Edge of the World , 1989
  • 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
  • The Best of Michael Swanwick , 2008

Short stories (selection)

  • The Gods of Mars , 1985 (with Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann )
  • Dogfight , 1985 (with William Gibson )
  • The Edge of the World , 1989 ( winner of the Sturgeon Award )
  • Griffin's Egg , 1991
  • The Dead , 1996
  • The Very Pulse of the Machine , 1998 ( Hugo Award winner )
  • Radiant Doors , 1999 (nominated for the Nebula Award)
  • Ancient Engines , 1999 (nominated for the Nebula Award)
  • Scherzo with Tyrannosaur , 1999 ( Hugo Award winner )
  • The Dog Said Bow-Wow , 2001 ( Hugo Award winner )
  • Slow Life , 2002 ( winner of the Hugo Award)
  • 'Hello', Said the Stick , 2002 (nominated for the Hugo Award)
  • Legions in Time , 2003 ( Hugo Award winner )
  • Tin Marsh , 2006
  • Urdumheim , 2007

Non-fiction

  • User's Guide to the Postmoderns , 1986
  • In the Tradition ... , 1994
  • The Postmodern Archipelago , 1997
  • Being Gardner Dozois , 2001

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Excerpts from the interview with Michael Swanwick . May 27, 2004. Retrieved March 31, 2010.
  2. ↑ World Fantasy Convention: Award Winners and Nominations . 2010. Retrieved February 4, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Swanwick, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American fantasy and science fiction writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 18, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia , Pennsylvania