Michael Swanwick

Michael Swanwick ist ein renommierter amerikanischer Science-Fiction-Autor, der die Leser seit den 1980er Jahren mit seinen einfallsreichen Geschichten in seinen Bann zieht. Swanwicks Arbeit wird hoch geschätzt in der Science-Fiction-Gemeinde und er hat zahlreiche Auszeichnungen für seine Beiträge zum Genre erhalten. Sein Roman "Stations of the Tide" gewann den Nebula Award für den Besten Roman im Jahr 1991, was ihn als bemerkenswertes Talent in diesem Bereich etablierte.

Swanwicks Schreiben umfasst verschiedene Formate, einschließlich Romanen und Kurzgeschichten. Seine Vielseitigkeit als Autor zeigt sich in dem Themen- und Stilbereich, den er in seiner Arbeit erkundet. Von der Erforschung komplexer philosophischer Fragen bis zur Schaffung fesselnder Charaktere und lebendiger Welten sind Swanwicks Geschichten immer anregend und nachdenklich. Seine Fähigkeit, geistige Tiefe mit fesselnder Erzählkunst zu kombinieren, hat ihm eine treue Anhängerschaft unter Science-Fiction-Fans eingebracht.

Neben seinem Erfolg als Romanautor hat sich Swanwick auch als produktiver Autor von Kurzgeschichten hervorgetan. Seine Kurzgeschichten wurden in zahlreichen Anthologien und Magazinen veröffentlicht, und er hat mehrere Auszeichnungen für seine Arbeit in diesem Format erhalten. Swanwicks Meisterschaft im Kurzgeschichtenformat ist besonders beeindruckend, da er es versteht, vollständig ausgearbeitete Welten und Charaktere in nur wenigen Seiten zu schaffen. Seine Kurzgeschichten sind ein Beweis für sein schriftstellerisches Können und seine Fähigkeit, überzeugende Erzählungen in jedem Format zu gestalten.

Insgesamt ist Michael Swanwick eine hoch angesehene und einflussreiche Figur in der Science-Fiction-Gemeinde. Seine Arbeit hat einen bedeutenden Einfluss auf das Genre und er bleibt ein produktiver und innovativer Autor. Mit seiner einzigartigen Mischung aus geistiger Tiefe, fesselnder Erzählkunst und Vielseitigkeit als Autor hat Swanwick sich als einer der talentiertesten und wichtigsten Science-Fiction-Autoren seiner Generation etabliert.
Iron Dragon's Daughter Books
# Titel Jahr
1 The Iron Dragon's Daughter 1993
2 The Dragons of Babel 2008
3 The Iron Dragon's Mother 2019
Darger and Surplus Books
# Titel Jahr
1 Dancing with Bears 2011
2 Chasing the Phoenix 2015
3 The Postutopian Adventures of Darger and Surplus 2020
Mongolian Wizard Books
# Titel Jahr
1 The Mongolian Wizard 2012
2 The Fire Gown 2012
3 Day of the Kraken 2012
4 House of Dreams 2013
5 The Night of the Salamander 2015
6 The Pyramid of Krakow 2015
7 The Phantom in the Maze 2015
8 Murder in the Spook House 2019
9 The New Prometheus 2019
10 Halcyon Afternoon 2024
11 Dragons of Paris 2024
Einzelromane
# Titel Jahr
1 In the Drift 1984
2 Vacuum Flowers 1987
3 Stations of the Tide 1991
4 Jack Faust 1997
5 Bones of the Earth 2002
Kurzgeschichten/Novellen
# Titel Jahr
1 The Man Who Met Picasso 1982
2 Dogfight (in Omni) 1985
3 Dogfight (in Omni) (With: William Gibson) 1985
4 The Edge of the World 1989
5 Griffin's Egg 1991
6 The Changeling\'s Tale 1994
7 Walking Out (in Asimov's) 1995
8 Radio Waves 1995
9 The Dead (in Starlight 1) 1996
10 The Very Pulse of the Machine (in The Best of...) 1998
11 Wild Minds (in The Best of...) 1998
12 Radiant Doors (in The Best of...) 1998
13 Ancient Engines (in Asimov's) 1999
14 Scherzo with Tyrannosaur (in Asimov's) 1999
15 The Raggle Taggle Gypsy-O 2000
16 'Hello,' Said the Stick 2002
17 The Little Cat Laughed to See Such Sport 2002
18 Slow Life 2002
19 Legions in Time 2003
20 Lord Weary’s Empire 2006
21 A Small Room in Koboldtown 2007
22 From Babel’s Fall’n Glory We Fled 2008
23 Zeppelin City 2011
24 The Trains That Climb the Winter Tree 2011
25 The Dala Horse 2016
26 Annie Without Crow 2021
27 The Star-Bear 2023
Kurzgeschichtensammlungen
# Titel Jahr
1 Gravity's Angels 1991
2 Cigar-Box Faust and Other Miniatures 1991
3 Tales of Old Earth 1992
4 A Geography of Unknown Lands 1997
5 Moon Dogs 2000
6 Michael Swanwick's Field Guide to Mesozoic Megafauna 2004
7 The Periodic Table of Science Fiction 2005
8 The Dog Said Bow-Wow 2007
9 The Best of Michael Swanwick 2008
10 Not So Much, Said the Cat 2016
Sachbücher
# Titel Jahr
1 The Postmodern Archipelago 1997
2 Being Gardner Dozois 2001
3 Being Gardner Dozois (With: Gardner Dozois) 2001
4 Hope-in-the-Mist 2009
Year's Best SF Anthology Books
# Titel Jahr
1 Year's Best SF 1996
2 Year's Best SF 2 1997
3 Year's Best SF 3 1998
4 Year's Best SF 4 1999
5 Year's Best SF 5 2000
6 Year's Best SF 6 2001
7 Year's Best SF 7 2002
8 Year's Best SF 8 2003
9 Year's Best SF 9 2004
10 Year's Best SF 10 2005
11 Year's Best SF 11 2006
12 Year's Best SF 12 2007
13 Year's Best SF 13 2008
14 Year's Best SF 14 2009
15 Year's Best SF 15 2010
16 Year's Best SF 16 2011
17 Year's Best SF 17 2012
18 Year's Best SF 18 2013
The Witch Who Came In From The Cold Books (with Ian Tregillis, with Fran Wilde, with Max Gladstone, with Lindsay Smith, with Lindsay Smith, with Cassandra Rose Clarke)
# Titel Jahr
1 The Witch Who Came In From The Cold: Season One 2016
2 The Witch Who Came In From The Cold: The Complete Season 2 2023
Universe Books
# Titel Jahr
1 Universe 1 (By: Terry Carr) 1971
2 Universe 2 (By: Terry Carr) 1972
3 Universe 3 (By: Terry Carr) 1973
4 Universe 4 (By: Terry Carr) 1974
5 Universe 5 (By: Terry Carr) 1974
6 Universe 6 (By: John Shirley, Terry Carr) 1976
7 Universe 7 (By: Terry Carr) 1977
8 Universe 8 (By: Terry Carr) 1978
9 Universe 9 (By: John Shirley, Terry Carr) 1979
10 Universe 10 (By: Terry Carr) 1980
11 Universe 11 (With: Kim Stanley Robinson, William Gibson, Carter Scholz, Michael Bishop, Ian Watson, Nancy Kress, Carol Emshwiller, Josephine Saxton, Terry Carr) 1981
12 Universe 12 (By: Terry Carr) 1982
13 Universe 13 (By: Kim Stanley Robinson, Lucius Shepard, Michael Bishop, Ian Watson, Terry Carr, Bruce Sterling, Leanne Frahm, Bill Bickel) 1983
14 Universe 14 (By: Terry Carr) 1984
15 Universe 15 (By: Terry Carr) 1985
16 Universe 16 (By: Terry Carr) 1986
17 Universe 17 (By: Terry Carr) 1987
The Palencar Project Books
# Titel Jahr
1 New World Blues (By: L.E. Modesitt Jr.) 2012
2 Dormanna (By: Gene Wolfe) 2012
3 Thanatos Beach (By: James K. Morrow) 2012
4 The Woman Who Shook the World-Tree 2012
5 The Sigma Structure Symphony (By: Gregory Benford) 2012
The Witch Who Came In From The Cold Books
# Titel Jahr
1 The Witch Who Came In From The Cold: Season One (With: Ian Tregillis, Max Gladstone, Lindsay Smith, Cassandra Rose Clarke) 2016
2 The Witch Who Came In From The Cold: The Complete Season 2 (By: Ian Tregillis, Fran Wilde, Max Gladstone, Lindsay Smith, Cassandra Rose Clarke) 2023
Year's Best Fantasy Books
# Titel Jahr
1 Year's Best Fantasy 2001
2 Year's Best Fantasy 2 2002
3 Year's Best Fantasy 3 2003
4 Year's Best Fantasy 4 2004
5 Year's Best Fantasy 5 2005
6 Year's Best Fantasy 6 2006
7 Year's Best Fantasy 7 2007
8 Year's Best Fantasy 8 2008
9 Year's Best Fantasy 9 2009
Michael Swanwick Anthologies
# Titel Jahr
1 Universe 6 1976
2 Universe 9 1979
3 TriQuarterly 49: Science Fiction 1980
4 Universe 11 1981
5 Universe 13 1983
6 Magicats! 1984
7 The Sixth Omni Book of Science Fiction 1985
8 Terry's Universe: Science fiction's finest writers join in honoring the memory of Terry Carr 1987
9 The Seventh Omni Book of Science Fiction 1989
10 Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, June 1989 1989
11 Third Annual Collection 1989
12 The Best Fantasy Stories of the Year, 1989 1990
13 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection 1990
14 Slow Dancing Through Time 1990
15 Christmas on Ganymede and Other Stories 1990
16 Killing Me Softly 1995
17 Isaac Asimov's Earth 1992
18 Tenth Annual Collection 1996
19 Omni Visions Two 1994
20 Asimov's Science Fiction, November 1994 1994
21 Spirits Of Christmas: Twenty Other-Worldly Tales 1995
22 Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, February 1995 1995
23 Year's Best SF 1996
24 Year's Best Fantasy & Horror: Tenth Annual Collection 1996
25 Starlight 1 1996
26 Modern Classics of Fantasy 1997
27 Year's Best SF 2 1997
28 Year's Best SF 3 1998
29 Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers 1998
30 Asimov's Science Fiction, May 1998 1998
31 The Good New Stuff 1999
32 Asimov's Science Fiction, February 1999 1999
33 Year's Best SF 4 1999
34 Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, July 1999 1999
35 Explorers 2000
36 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection 2004
37 Asimov's Science Fiction, April 2000 2000
38 Seventeenth Annual Collection 2004
39 Year's Best SF 5 2000
40 Year's Best SF 6 2001
41 Nebula Awards 35 (2001) 2001
42 Meditations on Middle-Earth 2001
43 Infinity Plus One 2001
44 Supermen 2002
45 Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 2002 2002
46 The Mammoth Book Of Science Fiction 2002
47 Year's Best SF 7 2002
48 The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 15 2002
49 Year's Best SF 8 2003
50 I premi Hugo 2002 2003
51 The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 16 2003
52 The Hard SF Renaissance 2003
53 Year's Best SF 9 2004
54 The Year's Best Science Fiction: 21 Annual Edition 2004
55 Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection 2004
56 The Fiction Factory 2005
57 The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels 2005
58 Year's Best SF 10 2005
59 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection 2006
60 Year's Best SF 11 2006
61 Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2006 2006
62 Futures Past 2006
63 Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2012 edition 2013
64 The Best of the Best, Vol 2 2007
65 Year's Best SF 12 2007
66 Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: 30th Anniversary Anthology 2007
67 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection 2007
68 Rewired 2007
69 The Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy 2008
70 Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2008 Edition 2008
71 Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, February 2008 2008
72 From Babel’s Fall’n Glory We Fled 2008
73 Year's Best SF 13 2008
74 The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 21 2008
75 The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 22 2008
76 Year's Best SF 14 2009
77 The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF 2009
78 Year's Best SF 15 2010
79 Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 107, April 2019 2019
80 Asimov's Science Fiction, December 2010 2010
81 Year's Best SF 16 2011
82 Unfit for Eden: A Postscripts Anthology 26/27 2011
83 Year's Best SF 17 2012
84 The Sword & Sorcery Anthology 2012
85 Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2011 edition 2012
86 The Palencar Project 2012
87 Clarkesworld Issue 205 2023
88 Timeless Time Travel Tales 2012
89 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection 2012
90 The Mammoth Book of Steampunk 2012
91 The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 4 2012
92 Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2012 Edition 2013
93 Steampunk Specs 2013
94 The Mammoth Book of Time Travel SF 2013
95 Shadows of the New Sun 2013
96 Year's Best SF 18 2013
97 The Time Traveler's Almanac 2013
98 Rogues 2014
99 The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Nine 2014
100 The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 6 2014
101 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection 2014
102 Far Voyager: A Postcripts Anthology 32/33 2014
103 The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 7 2015
104 Letters to Tiptree 2015
105 Clarkesworld: Year Eight 2016
106 Asimov's Science Fiction, September-October 2017 2017
107 Once Upon a Time Machine Volume 2 2018
108 The Final Frontier 2018
109 The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2018 2018
110 Galaxy's Edge Magazine: Issue 38, May 2019 2019
111 Devil's Ways 2020
112 The 2020 Look at Space Opera Book 2020
113 Love, Death and Robots: The Official Anthology: Volume One 2021
114 Galaxy’s Edge Magazine: Issue 58, September 2022 2022
115 Galaxy’s Edge Magazine: Issue 61, March 2023 2023
116 The Year's Top Tales of Space and Time 3 2023
117 The Year's Top Robot and AI Stories: Fourth Annual Collection 2023