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Michael Swanwick

Born

in Schenectady, NY, The United States

November 18, 1950

Website

http://www.michaelswanwick.com/

Genre

Science Fiction, Fantasy

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Michael Swanwick’s books

Average rating: 3.82 · 85,990 ratings · 9,603 reviews · 77 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Iron Dragon's Daughter (The Iron Dragon's Daughter #1) 3.66 avg rating — 4,274 ratings — published 1993 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stations of the Tide 3.67 avg rating — 2,769 ratings — published 1991 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bones of the Earth 3.52 avg rating — 2,209 ratings — published 2002	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vacuum Flowers 3.74 avg rating — 1,460 ratings — published 1987 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dragons of Babel (The Iron Dragon's Daughter #2) 3.74 avg rating — 1,385 ratings — published 2008 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jack Faust 3.59 avg rating — 665 ratings — published 1997 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dog Said Bow-Wow 3.85 avg rating — 555 ratings — published 2001 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Not So Much, Said the Cat 3.83 avg rating — 555 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chasing the Phoenix (Darger and Surplus #2) 3.86 avg rating — 499 ratings — published 2015 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dancing with Bears (Darger and Surplus #1) 3.67 avg rating — 518 ratings — published 2011 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Michael Swanwick (?)

“Writing is a matter of finding the appropriate balance of dinosaurs and sodomy.”
― Michael Swanwick

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“Perfection is death,' Anastasia said. 'The world is imperfect, but if it weren't, who would love it?”
― Michael Swanwick

tags: fantasy

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“The bureaucrat fell from the sky.”
― Michael Swanwick, Stations of the Tide

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Polls

Which science fiction book would you like the group to read in August 2015?

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

13 votes 44.8%

Grimspace by Ann Aguirre

4 votes 13.8%

Terms of Enlistment by Marko Kloos

4 votes 13.8%

Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick

4 votes 13.8%

The Revolutions by Felix Gilman

4 votes 13.8%

Lives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten Bakis

0 votes 0.0%

29 total votes

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