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One of the most acclaimed science-fiction and fantasy short-story writers of his generation, Michael Swanwick won an extraordinary five Hugo Awards in six years (1999-2000 and 2002-2004). His stories also garnered World Fantasy, Theodore Sturgeon, Asimov’s Readers’ Awards, Locus, and SF Chronicle awards. Swanwick’s STATIONS OF THE TIDE (1991) won the prestigious Nebula Award for Best Novel.

His other novels include IN THE DRIFT (1985), VACUUM FLOWERS (1987), JACK FAUST (1997), and BONES OF THE EARTH (2002). The many collections of Swanwick’s numerous acclaimed short tales include GRAVITY’S ANGELS (1991), TALES OF OLD EARTH (2000), CIGAR-BOX FAUST AND OTHER MINATURES (2003), MICHAEL SWANWICK’S FIELD GUIDE TO THE MESOZOIC MEGAFAUNA (2004), THE DOG SAID BOW-WOW(2007), THE BEST OF MICHAEL SWANWICK (2008), SOLSTICE FIRE (2013), SEASON’S GREETINGS (2014), and NOT SO MUCH SAID THE CAT (2016). 

OMNI, PENTHOUSE, AMAZING, ASIMOV’S SCIENCE FICTION, NEW DIMENSIONS, and FULL SPECTRUM  number among the many venues with Swanwick’s short fiction. A frequent contributor to the NEW YORK REVIEW OF SCIENCE FICTION, he previously published the controversial essays on the state of the science fiction and fantasy fields: The User’s Guide to the Postmoderns (1986) and “In the Tradition…” (1994). Both essays were collected in THE POSTMODERN ARCHIPELAGO (1997). Swanwick contributed to the serialized THE WITCH WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD.

All of us at Tachyon wish the extraordinary Micheal an amazing birthday.

For more information on NOT SO MUCH, SAID THE CAT, visit the Tachyon page.

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