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Lincoln Michel

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Lincoln Michel is the author of the story collection Upright Beasts (Coffee House Press) and the novel The Body Scout (Orbit), which was named one of the 10 Best Science Fiction Books of 2021 by The New York Times and one of the 75 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time by Esquire.

His short fiction appears in The Paris Review, Granta, Lightspeed, McSweeney’s, NOON, Pushcart Prize anthology, and elsewhere. His essays and criticism have appeared in The New York Times, The Believer, The Guardian, and elsewhere.

He writes the newsletter Counter Craft and his next novel, My Metallic Realms, will be published by Atria in 2025.

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Average rating: 3.52 · 6,878 ratings · 1,311 reviews · 22 distinct works • Similar authors

	Tiny Nightmares: Very Short Stories of Horror by Lincoln Michel (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Nadxieli Nieto (Editor), Meg Elison (Goodreads Author) 3.36 avg rating — 2,276 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	The Body Scout 3.62 avg rating — 2,062 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Stowaway to Mars by John Wyndham, Lincoln Michel (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.23 avg rating — 1,286 ratings — published 1935 — 38 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
	Upright Beasts 3.66 avg rating — 511 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Metallic Realms 3.43 avg rating — 466 ratings — published 2025 — 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
	Tiny Crimes: Very Short Tales of Mystery and Murder by Lincoln Michel (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Nadxieli Nieto (Editor) 3.24 avg rating — 355 ratings — published 2018 — 2 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
	Gigantic Worlds by Lincoln Michel (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Nadxieli Nieto (Editor), Charles Yu (Goodreads Author) (contributor) 4.06 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2014 — 3 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
	Fragments of a Young Conquistador 3.71 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2014 — 2 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
	Our Education (Electric Literature's Recommended Reading Book 9) by Lincoln Michel (Goodreads Author), Halimah Marcus (Introduction) 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2012	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
	Upright Beasts by Lincoln Michel (2015-10-13) by Lincoln Michel (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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“I want art that makes the world seem more unreal. I want fiction that can crumble the world and build it back into something new.”
― Lincoln Michel

tags: art, fiction

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“She did love Paul during certain hours of certain days. How many hours did you have to love someone to be in love?”
― Lincoln Michel, Upright Beasts

tags: love

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“you’ve got to believe me because I own these words.”
― Lincoln Michel, Tiny Nightmares: Very Short Stories of Horror

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2nd Quarter 2022 - SciFi #1

Beyond the Hallowed Sky by Ken MacLeod, 320p

2 votes, 14.3%

Hospital Station by James White, 192p

2 votes, 14.3%

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., 215p

2 votes, 14.3%

The High House by Jessie Greengrass, 272p

2 votes, 14.3%

The Paradox Hotel by Rob Hart, 336p

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Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes, 352p

1 vote, 7.1%

The Tar-Aiym Krang by Alan Dean Foster, 166p

1 vote, 7.1%

Homesick for Another World by Ottessa Moshfegh, 294p

1 vote, 7.1%

The Body Scout by Lincoln Michel, 291p

1 vote, 7.1%

The Hopkins Manuscript by R.C. Sherriff, 320p

0 votes, 0.0%

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Lincoln’s Quotes

“I want art that makes the world seem more unreal. I want fiction that can crumble the world and build it back into something new.”
― Lincoln Michel

tags: art, fiction

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“I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.”
― Umberto Eco, Foucault’s Pendulum

tags: fathers, parenting, wisdom

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“She did love Paul during certain hours of certain days. How many hours did you have to love someone to be in love?”
― Lincoln Michel, Upright Beasts

tags: love

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