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Michael Swanwick (born November 18, 1950) is a science fiction author based in Philadelphia who began publishing in the early 1980s.His published novels are: In the Drift (an Ace Special , 1985); Vacuum Flowers ( 1987); Stations of the Tide ( 1991); The Iron Dragon's Daughter ( 1993), a fantasy with elves in Armani suits and dragons as jet fighters; Jack Faust ( 1997), a retelling of the Faust legend with modern science and technology; and Bones of the Earth ( 2002), a time-travel story involving dinosaurs.
His short fiction has been collected in Gravity's Angels (1991), Moon Dogs ( 2000This page is about the year 2000. See 2000 AD for the UK comic book, Number 2000 for other uses. 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar), and also the International Year for a Culture of Peace''. Events Y2K passes without the seri) and Tales of Old Earth (2000), along with several smaller collections. A novella, Griffin's Egg, was published in book form in 1991 and is also collected in Moon Dogs. He has collaborated with other authors on several short works, including Gardner DozoisGardner Dozois (born July 23, 1947) is an American science fiction author and editor. He was editor of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine from 1985 to 2004. A subtle writer with a distinctive prose style who has mainly worked in shorter forms, he has won t ("Ancestral Voices", "City of God", "Snow Job") and William GibsonWilliam Gibson is the name of two authors: William Gibson, the playwright, author of The Miracle Worker William Gibson, the science fiction, cyberpunk novelist, author of Neuromancer William Gibson, Catholic martyr. ("Dogfight").
Stations of the Tide won the NebulaThe Nebula is an award given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), for the best science fiction stories published in the United States during the two previous years. See rolling eligibility below. There is no cash prize a for best novelWinners of the Nebula Award for Best Novel . The stated year is that of publication; awards are given in the following year. Winning titles are listed first, with other nominees listed below. 2003: The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon Diplomatic Immunity b, and several of his shorter works have won awards as well: the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for "The Edge of the World" in 19891989 is a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). Events January January 7 Akihito becomes Emperor of Japan following the death of Hirohito. The Heisei period begins January 8 the Kegworth Air Disaster A British Midland Boeing 737 cra, the World Fantasy Award for "Radio Waves" in 19961996 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty''. Events January January 5 Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone Jan, and HugosThe Hugo Award is given every year for the best science fiction or fantasy stories of the previous year, and for related areas in fandom, art and dramatic presentation. The award categories have changed over time, as the field of science fiction has grown for "The Very Pulse of the Machine" and "Scherzo with Tyrannosaur" in 1999 and 2000, respectively. His novelette "Slow Life" ( 2002) won the Hugo Award at Torcon 3 in August 2003.
Swanwick has written about the field as well. He published two long essays on the state of the science fiction ("The User's Guide to the Postmoderns", 1986) and fantasy ("In the Beginning...", 1994), the former of which was controversial for its categorization of new SF writers into "cyberpunk" and "literary humanist" camps. Both essays are included in Moon Dogs. A book-length interview with Gardner Dozois, Being Gardner Dozois, was published in 2001.
