Michael Swanwick (born on November 18th, 1950 in Schenectady, New York) is an American writer of science fiction. Resident with Philadelphia, Pennsylvania it starts to publish in the beginning of the year 1980.

Biography

If Stations the depths gained the Prix Nebula better novel, it is especially for its works shorter than Swanwick will be rewarded by criticism. One will be able to quote the Edge of the world rewarded by the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award in 1989, Radio waves which gains the World Fantasy Award in 1996, and his four Prix Hugo for the brutal Pulse of the machine (1999), Scherzo with tyrannosaure (2000), The Dog Said Bow-Wow (2002) and slow Vie (2003).

It also has coécrit a certain number of news with other authors such William Gibson ( air Duel ) and Gardner Dozois ( Gods of Mars , Temps of snow ).

Swanwick also published on the science fiction itself. Its two tests The User' S Guides to the Postmoderns (1986) and In the Tradition… (1994) leans respectively on the situation of the science fiction and the fantasy.

Works

Novels

  • the Kiss of the mask ( In the Drift transistor , 1985)

  • Flowers of the vacuum ( Vacuum Flowers , 1987) - Presence of the future N°459, 1988
  • Stations the depths ( Stations off the Tide , 1991) - Price Nebula 1991
  • Griffin' S Egg (1991)
  • Jack Faust ( Jack Faust , 1997)
  • Bones off the Earth (2002)

News

  • Holy Janis blues ( The Feast off St Janis , 1980)

  • Ginungagap ( Ginungagap , 1980)
  • In round ( Touring , 1981)
  • Mummer KIS (1981)
  • Til Human Voices Wake Custom (1981)
  • Walden III ( Walden Three , 1981)
  • Time of snow ( Snow Job , 1982) in collaboration with Gardner Dozois
  • the Man who met Picasso ( The Man who Met Picasso , 1982)
  • Afternoon At Schrafft' S (1984) in collaboration with Gardner Dozois and Jack daN
  • Old Ice (1984)
  • Marrow Death (1984)
  • Trojan Horse (1984)
  • When the Music' S Over (1984)
  • Virgin Territory or Apples Golden delicious off the Sun (1984) in collaboration with Gardner Dozois and Jack daN
  • Anyone Young stag from Utah? (1985)
  • The Blind Minotaur (1985)
  • air Duel ( Dogfight , 1985) in collaboration with William Gibson
  • the Gods of Mars ( The Gods off Mars , 1985) in collaboration with Jack daN and Gardner Dozois
  • the Transmigration of Philip K. ( The Transmigration off Philip K. , 1985)
  • the Pact of the hearts ( Covenant off Drunk , 1986)
  • Foresight (1987)
  • Conte one night of winter ( has Midwinter' S Bruises , 1988)
  • The Overcoat (1988)
  • Snow Angels (1989)
  • the Edge of the world ( The Edge off the World , 1989) - Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 1989
  • U F O. (1990)
  • Fantasies (1991) in collaboration with Tim Sullivan
  • In Concert (1992)
  • The Wireless Folly (1992)
  • Cold Iron (1993)
  • Picasso Deconstructed: Eleven Still-Lifes (1993)
  • The Changeling' S Bruises (1994) off
  • The Mask (1994)
  • The City God (1995) in collaboration with Gardner Dozois
  • Radio waves ( Radio Waves , 1995) - Prix World Fantasy of the best short novel 1996
  • Walking Out (1995)
  • North off Diddy-Wah-Diddy (1995)
  • Ships (1996) year collaboration with Jack daN
  • the Life of dead the ( The Dead , 1996)
  • Sauterelle our mother ( Mother Grasshopper , 1997)
  • the Wisdom of this good old Ground ( The Wisdom off Old Earth , 1997)
  • Ancestral Voices (1998) in collaboration with Gardner Dozois
  • Archaic Planets: Nine Excerpts from the Encyclopedia Galactica (1998) in collaboration with Sean Swanwick
  • Midnight Express train (1998)
  • brutal Pulse of the machine ( The Very Pulsates off the Machine , 1998) - Prix Hugo 1999
  • Radiant Doors (1998)
  • Wild Minds (1998)
  • the Way of the dragon ( The Dragon Line , 1998)
  • Vergil Magus: King Without Country (1998)
  • Microcosmic Dog (1998)
  • Ancient Engines (1999)
  • Green Fire (1999) in collaboration with Eileen Gunn, Andy Duncan, and Stalemate Murphy
  • Riding the Giganotosaur (1999)
  • Scherzo with tyranosaure ( Scherzo with Tyranosaur , 1999) - Price Hugo 2000
  • Hunting for the moonlight ( Moon Dogs , 2000)
  • The Madness off Gordon Van Gelder (2000)
  • Mickelrede, gold, The Slayer and the Staff (2000) in collaboration with Avram Davidson
  • Cigar-Box Faust (2001)
  • The Dog Said Bow-Wow (2002) - Price Hugo 2003
  • slow Life ( Slow fox trot Life , 2002) - Price Hugo 2003

External bond

  • Michael Swanwick Online (Official site)

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