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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 Blog

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Coming Soon: "The Star-Bear" on Tor.com!

One of the pleasures of publishing a story on Tor.com is that they provide a full-color illustration by a skilled artist for each one. My newest publication there is, or rather will be, "The Star Bear," which premiers on June 7th. The cover above is by Bill Mayer and I am, of course, extremely happy with it.

Aside from the obvious, I like the subtle details that show how much thought Maye

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Michael Swanwick’s books

Average rating: 3.8 · 74,470 ratings · 8,138 reviews · 440 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Iron Dragon's Daughter 3.67 avg rating — 3,864 ratings — published 1993 — 33 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 3.69 avg rating — 2,512 ratings — published 1991 — 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
	Bones of the Earth 3.48 avg rating — 1,885 ratings — published 2002 — 18 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
	Vacuum Flowers 3.76 avg rating — 1,373 ratings — published 1987 — 21 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 3.73 avg rating — 1,318 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 — 627 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 3.84 avg rating — 521 ratings — published 2001 — 12 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 — 522 ratings — published 2011 — 8 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) 3.87 avg rating — 475 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Dancing with Bears (Darger and Surplus #1) 3.67 avg rating — 496 ratings — published 2011 — 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

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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 July 2014?

Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

12 votes 36.4%

Neuromancer by William Gibson

11 votes 33.3%

Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick

7 votes 21.2%

Infoquake by David Louis Edelman

2 votes 6.1%

Tethered Twins by Mike Essex

1 vote 3.0%

33 total votes

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