Mike McQuay
Michael Dennis McQuay (* 3. June 1949 in Baltimore , Maryland ; † 25. May 1995 ) was an American science fiction - author .
Life
Michael Dennis McQuay was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1949. After attending Grammar School in Baltimore and McGuiness High School in Oklahoma City , he studied at the University of Dallas from 1967 to 1970 . McQuay worked in the 1970s as a musician, aircraft worker in Asia, as a banker or as a factory worker. From 1980 he was artist-in-residence at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond .
His first novel Life-Keeper was published in the United States in 1980. His second book was Escape from New York in 1981 , the novel version of John Carpenter's movie The Rattlesnake .
His science fiction novel series include Mathew Swain , Ramon and Morgan , Executioner, and SuperBolan . He wrote the Book of Justice series under the pseudonym Jack Arnett . Mike McQuay also wrote the second of the Isaac Asimov Robot City novels . His novel Memories was nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award in 1988 . In the 1990s he worked with British writer Arthur C. Clarke and co-wrote the novel Judge 10 .
McQuay died of a heart attack on May 25, 1995 at the age of only 45.
Mike McQuay was married twice, to Mary McQuay from 1968 to 1981 and to Sandy McQuay from 1982 until his death. The marriage resulted in a son and two daughters.
bibliography
Series
The series are arranged according to the year of publication of the first part.
- Mathew Swain
- Hot Time in Old Town (1981)
- When Trouble Beckons (1981)
- The Deadliest Show in Town (1982)
- The Odds Are Murder (1983)
- Tom Swift (Youth SF, as Victor Appleton)
- 8 Crater of Mystery (1983)
- 11 Planet of Nightmares (1984)
- Ramon and Morgan
- Pure Blood (1985)
- Mother Earth (1985)
- Executioner
- 96 Death Has a Name (1986)
- 99 Code of Dishonor (1987)
- 107 American Nightmare (1987)
- 116 Killing Urge (1988)
- Mack Bolan
- 10 Fire in the Sky (1988)
- 49 Tooth and Claw (1996)
- 52 Day of the Vulture (1997)
Single novels
- Lifekeeper (1980)
- Escape from New York (1981)
- German: Escape from New York. Translated by Barbara Heidkamp. Bastei Lübbe # 71009, 1982, ISBN 3-404-71009-6 . New edition as: The Rattlesnake. Bastei-Lübbe-Taschenbuch # 13297, 1991, ISBN 3-404-13297-1 .
- Cradle to Grave (1983, as Susan Claudia)
- Jitterbug (1984)
- My Science Project (1985)
- The MIA Ransomware (1986)
- Memories (1987)
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Isaac Asimov's Robot City 2: Suspicion (1987)
- English: Isaac Asimov's Robot City Vol. 2: The Suspicion. Translated by Bernd Müller. Bastei-Lübbe-Taschenbuch # 23083, 1988, ISBN 3-404-23083-3 .
- Pixel (1988)
- The Nexus (1989)
- The Book of Justice # 1: Genocide Express (1989, as Jack Arnett)
- Panama Dead (1990, as Jack Arnett)
- Puppetmaster (1991)
- State of Siege (1994)
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Judge 10 (1996, with Arthur C. Clarke )
- German: Strength 10. Translated by Kristiana Ruhl. Heyne, 1999, ISBN 3-453-15051-1 .
Short stories
- Thoughts as Black as Night (1980)
- Inhumanity in Cell Block Four (1981)
- The Curator (1981)
- Re: Generations (1989)
literature
- Edgar L. Chapman: McQuay, Mike . In: Noelle Watson, Paul E. Schellinger: Twentieth-Century Science-Fiction Writers. St. James Press, Chicago 1991, ISBN 1-55862-111-3 , pp. 549 f.
- John Clute : McQuay, Mike. In: John Clute, Peter Nicholls : The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction . 3rd edition (online edition), version dated September 29, 2017.
- Don D'Ammassa : Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Facts On File, New York 2005, ISBN 0-8160-5924-1 , pp. 254 f ..
- Bradley Denton: McQuay, Mike . In: James Gunn : The New Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Viking, New York et al. a. 1988, ISBN 0-670-81041-X , p. 293.
- McQuay, Mike (Obituary). In: Locus Jgg. 35, No. 1 (July 1995), p. 62 f.
- McQuay, Mike (Obituary). In: Science Fiction Chronicle Vol. 16, No. 7 (June / July 1995), p. 18 f.
Web links
- Mike McQuay in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Mike McQuay in the Science Fiction Awards + Database
- Works by and about Mike McQuay at Open Library
- Mike McQuay in Fantastic Fiction (English)
- Portrait of Mike McQuay in Goodreads (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heart Attack Claims Writer Mike McQuay , obituary in The Oklahoman , May 31, 1995, accessed May 16, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | McQuay, Mike |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | McQuay, Michael Dennis (full name); Appleton, Victor (pseudonym); Arnett, Jack (pseudonym); Claudia, Susan (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American science fiction writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 3, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Baltimore , Maryland |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 25, 1995 |