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April 28, 2017

Meet the amazing Michael Swanwick

Alec Checkerfield Uncategorized brooklyn commons, elizabeth story, ellen kushner, joel derfner, lindsay smith, matthew cody, max gladstone, michael swanwick, new york review of science fiction readings, not so much said the cat, serial box, signing, the witch who came in from the cold

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On Tuesday, May 2 7PM, Michael Swanwick along with his SERIAL BOX cohorts Matthew Cody, Joel Derfner, Max Gladstone, Ellen Kushner, and Lindsay Smith are participating in the NEW YORK REVIEW OF
SCIENCE FICTION Readings at the Brooklyn Commons, Brooklyn NY.

A Serial Box Variety Pack featuring Matthew Cody, Joel Derfner, Max Gladstone, Ellen Kushner, Lindsay Smith, Michael Swanwick. Come meet the writers bringing genre to the forefront of digital publishing! Serial Box is a publisher of serialized fiction in text and audio with currently five ongoing series. As with television, their serials are collaboratively written by author teams. Representatives from several of these “Writers’ Rooms” will join us to read from their projects. With stories touching upon Urban Fantasy, Mannerpunk, Magical Espionage, and Young Adult Science Fiction, the evening will be a diverse showcase of one of today’s most exciting publishing platforms.

$7 suggested donation

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

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April 27, 2017

NOT SO MUCH SAID THE CAT is a brilliant compilation

Alec Checkerfield Uncategorized elizabeth story, flogging babel, foundation, foundation: the international review of science fiction, literary debauchery, michael swanwick, molly cobb, not so much said the cat, review, the witch who came in from the cold

In FOUNDATION: THE
INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF SCIENCE FICTION 126, Molly Cobb praises Michael Swanwick’s NOT SO MUCH SAID THE CAT.

Composed of short fiction written between 2008
and 2014, the newest collection of Michael
Swanwick’s work is a brilliant compilation of
science fiction and fantasy which centres around
a general set of themes. The stories gathered
here demonstrate the artistry and depth to which
Swanwick is capable of discussing the structure of
reality, questions of authenticity, and the nature of
humanity and its relationships. As a result of these
recurrent themes, the stories work extremely well
together and make for an excellently constructed
anthology. Though not all the fiction featured within
delves as heavily into these areas as others, together they present humanity’s
continuing search for hope and the future, no matter how dire the situations
presented within the fi ction may be. Overall, it is clear that Swanwick has a
wonderful knack for artfully examining the individual and humanity throughout
his stories. In addition, the inclusion of a short introduction by Swanwick on
the state of his career as a writer offers great insight into his history, method
and attitude towards writing, which easily prepares the reader for the stories to follow.

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Swanwick’s focus on the human plays out through various locales, narrative
styles and sf themes: the dystopian society which focuses on the individual’s
ability to react to and understand the world in which he lives; the futuristic society
wherein zombies are used as slaves to examine class divides and gender
relations; the vaguely alternate history story which depicts the individual’s
journey to greatness and the power of love, towards both the human and nonhuman;
the post-apocalyptic fairy tale in the vein of Little Red Riding Hood
which portrays the trusting nature of children and the impact of world events
on the individual. Swanwick’s ability to tell such variant stories demonstrates
the always relevant nature of the themes he depicts. His ability to continuously
depict these themes well throughout these stories lends credence to his nature
as a writer and his skill at depicting realistic sf worlds inhabited by realistic
individuals.

LITERARY DEBAUCHERY enjoys the collection.

NOT SO MUCH SAID THE CAT, by Michael Swanwick – one of the my favorite speculative fiction writers. I had discovered his work back in the 90s reading through an issue of Asimov’s Science Fiction and fell in love with his storytelling. This collection of short stories does not disappoint. I pondered the deeper meanings and the impact of time travel for days after reading The Woman Who Shook the World Tree. Passage of Earth freaked me out. Like really freaked me. Not for the squeamish, but incredibly thought provoking on how we view alien life forms. And Of Finest Scarlet Was Her Gown, from which the title of the collection is taken, is an amazing adventure and come-of-age story. Which happens to take place in Hell. Michael Swanwick once again proves that he is a master of short fiction.

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Swanwick on his own blog FLOGGING BABEL discusses THE WITCH WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD.

You may remember that some time back I wrote a guest episode for the first season of the serial novel, THE WITCH WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD. This is one of several works published by Serial Box, which sold by subscription after the TV model: Every week a new episode, satisfying in its own right but moving the overall story arc forward. The first season ended and, in the ripeness of time it has been collected in book form with a June publication date by Saga.

Well, the book just received a starred review from PUBLISHERS WEEKLY. Here it is:

Magic is real and neutrality is almost unheard of in this innovative spy thriller set in Cold War–era Prague. Two factions of covert operatives, Flame and Ice, are competing for the fate of the world via control of 36 unwitting people, known as Hosts, who are channels of elemental magic. The hefty book is divided into 13 novella-length episodes (originally serialized on the Serial Box website), each written by one or two of the five collaborating writers; the team manages an impressively cohesive effort, brilliantly conceptualized and executed. As in a TV drama, each episode has a satisfying and relatively complete arc that helps build upon an overarching story. The installments are easy to read one at a time, but the tangles of alliances, secrets, and shocking double-crosses will have readers up all night mumbling, “Just one more.”

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

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March 16, 2017

Tachyon tidbits featuring Ellen Klages, Jane Yolen, and Michael Swanwick

Alec Checkerfield Uncategorized elizabeth story, ellen klages, interview, Jane Yolen, Locus, michael swanwick, not so much said the cat, reddit, review, the emerald circus, the idle woman, wicked wonders

The latest reviews and mentions of Tachyon titles and authors from around the web.

Ellen Klages (Photo: Scott R. Kline), Jane Yolen (Jason Stemple), and Michael Swanwick (Beth Gwynn)

THE IDLE WOMAN praises Ellen Klages’ forthcoming WICKED WONDERS.

Childhood memories are a potent force in our lives, continuing to resonate within us even as we grow older and come to believe that we’ve left the magic of that early age behind. Ellen Klages’s collection of short stories recaptures some of the innocence and enchantment of childhood, in a series of tales by turn evocative, romantic and poignant. Sometimes her stories bring us into the world of children who are on the brink of new lives, new potential and new discoveries; while sometimes we find characters closer to ourselves: adults who have put away childish things, but who find themselves drawn back in various ways to the brink between that age and this. We find children confronted with the cruel realities of the adult world, and fairy tales for adults, with nods to fantasy, science fiction and straightforward fiction. There really is something for everyone.

Writing about a collection of short stories is always hard, and this won’t be a long post, because if I discuss any of the stories in depth I’ll end up giving away the endings and will spoil your fun. All I can do is give you a tantalising magic-lantern show of vignettes from several of the stories in the volume. A little girl breaks the trend by falling, not for the Disney princess, but for the witch Maleficent, who dares to be different. In a quiet suburb, two best friends watch a final sunrise together before one of them moves away; while, in another story, a vacation at summer camp turns into a beautiful study of shy first love. A couple of ladies who lunch take sharing their pudding to a whole new level; and two schoolgirls find themselves playing a board-game with a difference. One grown woman, returning to her childhood home, rekindles an old love affair; another must dispose of her late father’s cherished hanging ham. In misty San Francisco, a woman uses the power of maps and origami to save lives, always searching for the one who got away.

I’m not a great reader of short stories and so I can’t immediately think of anyone to whom I can compare Klages, to give you a feel for her style. She isn’t as intense and sensual as Angela Carter, but occasionally her twisted endings or lyricism struck a comparable note. If you like reading the kind of short stories featured on Tor.com, which explore speculative fiction from all kinds of angles, then Klages will be right up your street and, indeed, if you enjoy reading about strong, clever or adventurous women, then I’d encourage you to dip in. Now, of course, I have to find out what else Klages has written. Any recommendations?

The legendary Jane Yolen is interviewed in the March 2017 LOCUS.

For years I’ve been telling people, ‘I’m not a novelist.’ Yes, I’ve written novels, but I’m basically a poet. I love doing picture books. I write novels reluctantly. However, last year, I was invited to be on a panel for historical novelists in Northampton MA, and I decided the first thing I had to say was, ‘I’m really a short form writer.’ But I figured, before I said that, I’d better go count the novels, and when I got to 60, I stopped. I’m an accidental novelist. An accidental, overachieving novelist.

The science fiction I read tends to be more anthropological SF, like Le Guin, or alternative science SF, or dystopian. Except for THE MARTIAN, which I quite enjoyed. I cheated – I saw the movie first and then I read the book. Much of the science goes over my head. My husband of 46 years was a scientist. When I wrote the Pit Dragon books, I went to him and said, ‘I have to build dragons that can get off the ground.’ Flying dinosaurs, they’re huge, how do we get them to fly? ‘Hollow bones,’ he said. A lot of science fiction, like a lot of fantasy, is hand-wavey – don’t look at the man behind the curtain, that sort of thing. Hard science is not in my wheelhouse. I write about natural science, both in poems and books: I’m fascinated by natural science. Once you get to the heavy lifting, the microscopic, or world-building in outer space, I can appreciate parts of it, but I can’t write it.

‘BRIAR ROSE was burned on the steps of the Board of Education in Kansas City. It’s funny. I live in Massachusetts, and Banned in Boston has always been a badge of honor. If you’ve had a book banned in Boston, the book has done really well. Even though it didn’t affect sales badly, I think when you write a story, you want everyone to love it, or be moved by it, or be changed by it, or be riveted by it, and when somebody actually burns it, you feel as though somehow you’re caught in FAHRENHEIT 451. It’s violent and ludicrous. They took three books out of the library and torched them on a barbecue because they all had gay characters. They didn’t do a bonfire. A bonfire I could get behind. Surprisingly, one part of me really was hurt. That’s my book. I thought, ‘You bastards. You took it out of the library. Why didn’t you go buy a book? Torch your own damn book.’ The idea that we still think, in this day and age, that if you don’t like a book, or a magazine article, or an album, or a person, that you can throw them on a fire, is really hard for me. So one part of me was hurt, and one part of me was horrified, and one part of me wanted to fight back.

On REDDIT in The /r/Fantasy Monthly Book Discussion thread, Brian recommends Michael Swanwick’s NOT SO MUCH SAID THE CAT.

I love Swanwick’s novels, but I think he’s definitely a short story writer at heart – he mentions in the introduction here how they’re something he always kept writing despite how badly they pay compared to novels. They’re something that he clearly loves and feels are at the heart of the SF genre, and I think there’s a lot of truth to that. In any case, these are pretty much all excellent. Definitely worth checking out if you want to give Swanwick a try (or check out the first story online which is a lovely blend of Swanwick’s characteristic mix of the futuristic and fantastic).

For more info on WICKED WONDERS, visit the Tachyon page.

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For more info on THE EMERALD CIRCUS, visit the Tachyon page.

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March 9, 2017

NOT SO MUCH SAID THE CAT is enticing and delighting and horrifying all at once

Alec Checkerfield Uncategorized asimov's science fiction, collection, dan’l danehy-oakes, elizabeth story, michael swanwick, not so much said the cat, peter heck, review, The New York Review of Science Fiction

For THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF SCIENCE FICTION, Dan’l Danehy-Oakes praises Michael Swanwick’s NOT SO MUCH SAID THE CAT.

Michael Swanwick has been around a while now, and has racked up his share of major awards. It seems to go without saying that he’s a pretty good writer. So I’ll go a little further: on the basis of this collection, he is a short story writer on the order of Theodore Sturgeon, Shirley Jackson, and Roger Zelazny. Not that he’s much like any of them, but he’s become that good.

He is a fine stylist, to begin with, but not with one characteristic style: he fits the style to the matter. And his matters are various.

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This book contains stories with gag punchlines and stories with really nasty spikes in the tail, stories sweet and bitter and bittersweet, stories to make you laugh and to make you sigh, stories that appeal to the intellect and stories that appeal to the emotions (though most of them do at least a little of both). And the words and sentences dance and shimmer like an exotic dancer with the wrong number of limbs, enticing and delighting and horrifying all at once, so you want to but maybe you don’t dare….

Yeah. Swanwick is that good.

Photo: Beth Gwynn

Peter Heck at ASIMOV’S SCIENCE FICTION enjoys the collection.

Swanwick’s latest story collection shows off the author’s impressively wide range.

In Swanwick’s case, it’s not really a cliché to call him a multi-faceted talent. This collection runs the gamut from fantasy to hard SF, with settings ranging from late Cretaceous Earth to the far future on other planets to fairy-tale worlds. The mood of the stories covers a similar range, from resignation in the face of tragedy to hard-nosed slogging through the aftermath of disaster to smug exploitation of the opportunities presented by human weaknesses.

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The book also includes an introduction in which Swanwick looks back on his career searching for an answer to the question, “Just when did I run away with the elves?” He never gives a very precise answer—though the self-portraits of himself over the years are a good indication that he ran away a long time ago. Needless to say, fans of his writing are very glad he did.

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

Cover design by Elizabeth Story

February 13, 2017

Get Michael Swanwick’s acclaimed NOT SO MUCH SAID THE CAT for only $1.99!

Alec Checkerfield Uncategorized collection, elizabeth story, kdd, kindle, michael swanwick, not so much said the cat, short stories

Michael Swanwick’s impressive NOT SO MUCH SAID THE CAT is a Kindle Daily Deal for Monday, February 13 .

For today only, the ebook is available for just $1.99!

“Half Neil Gaiman, half Kelly Link, wonderfully unique.”
—Book Riot

A Kirkus Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Book of 2016
An io9 15 Must-Read Science Fiction and Fantasy Books Arriving This August
A Washington Post Best New Science Fiction Pick (August 2016)

In this much-anticipated new collection, Michael Swanwick (THE DOG SAID BOW-WOW) takes a feline turn—prowling the pages with grace,precision, and utter impertinence. The master of short science fiction takes us on whirlwind journeys across planets, time, and space, where magic and science co-exist in endless possibilities. Swanwick’s spectacular offerings are intimate in their telling, galactic in their scope, and delightfully-sesquipedalian in their verbiage.

“Swanwick excels at satisfying conclusions that cause readers to take pause and consider the actions of the characters. Thoughtful, witty, and, at times, disturbing, this collection will appeal to those who enjoy short fiction, no matter the genre.”
—Booklist

In NOT SO MUCH SAID THE CAT you’ll find time travelers from the Mesozoic partying ’til the end of time, and a calculus problem that rocks the ages. A supernatural horse-guardian journeys with a confused but semi-repentant troll. A savvy teenage girl wagers against the Devil, and is promptly set upon by the most unsuitable of suitors.

“Michael Swanwick shows his extraordinary range in NOT SO MUCH SAID THE CAT (Tachyon) … Swanwick’s stories are wistful and weird, at times tragic yet still hopeful as the mythic and scientific intertwine.”
—Washington Post

And of course, you’ll meet Beelzebub the cat, whose subtle influence may not be entirely benign.

[STARRED REVIEW] “Another collection of speculative fiction from Swanwick (Chasing the Phoenix, 2015, etc.), one of a handful of writers whose short pieces are as impressive as their novels. Versatility, craftsmanship, a dollop of weird, and a delightfully askew sense of humor are key to the 17 pieces here, all of which appeared between 2008 and 2014, together with an introduction that illuminates the contents without revealing too much. Certain themes, of course, are authorial favorites, such as time travel, aliens, and artificial intelligence. There’s a man who, having suffered a crushing loss, finds solace after accidental contact with a time traveler; a group of time travelers hunkered down at the end of the Cretaceous period—where, oddly, nobody’s interested in the dinosaurs; and a scientist who finds a partner worthy of her genius. We also get a fascinating glimpse (which feels like a novel fragment) of a far future populated by humans and centipedelike aliens, narrated by the intelligent space suit of a woman who’s dead as the story begins; and another future where human lives resemble those in fairy tales while advanced, hidden AIs battle for supremacy. Elsewhere, in a literary-games vein, the characters in a fairy tale discuss whether they prefer to remain in books, and immortal, or enter history; there’s a famous Gene Wolfe story stripped down, turned inside out, and rebuilt to perfection; and, in a marvelous conceit, the writer Alexander Pushkin appears as he may have been—in an alternative universe. To round out the collection, we meet a dutiful young woman who, entering hell to challenge the devil to return her father, discovers that things are not as she assumed; Darger and Surplus, those good-hearted rogues with a propensity to shoot themselves in the foot, make an appearance, as does “The House of Dreams,” an entry from Swanwick’s splendid Mongolian Wizard e-book series. Tales that, through their extraordinary clarity of thought and expression, showcase precisely why this multiaward-winning author is held in such high regard.”
—Kirkus

Introduction by Michael Swanwick
Steadfast Castle
The Man in Grey
The Dala Horse
The Woman Who Shook the World-Tree
Of Finest Scarlet Was Her Gown
3 A.M. in the Mesozoic Bar
Passage of Earth
From Babel’s Fall’n Glory We Fled …
For I Have Lain Me Down on the Stone of Loneliness and I’ll Not Be Back Again
Libertarian Russia
The Scarecrow’s Boy
The She-Wolf’s Hidden Grin
Goblin Lake
Pushkin the American
An Empty House with Many Doors
Tawny Petticoats
The House of Dreams

“An entertaining read from beginning to end, with plenty of tales to amuse, making for a great collection of short stories. Besides, who wouldn’t want to spend some time with a sly seductive circus performer, some con artists and a robotic scarecrow with a conscience, and all without leaving the comfort of your sofa!”
—Starburst

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

Cover design by Elizabeth Story

January 5, 2017

Tachyon tidbits (Best of 2016 edition)

Alec Checkerfield Uncategorized b&n sci-fi & fantasy blog, best of 2016, bruce sterling, central station, clara bacou, dreams of distant shores, elizabeth story, Ellen Datlow, goro fujita, invaders, invaders: 22 tales from the outer limits of literature, jacob weisman, john coulthart, lauren beukes, lavie tidhar, magdalena korzeniewska, michael swanwick, nightmares, nightmares: a new decade of modern horror, nihil, not so much said the cat, patricia a mckillip, peter s beagle, pirate utopia, sarah anne langton, slipping, slipping: stories essays & other writing, speculition, summerlong, Thomas Canty

The latest reviews and mentions of Tachyon titles and authors from around the web.

SPECULICTION’s Best Books of 2016 lists Bruce Sterling’s PIRATE UTOPIA, Jacob Weisman’s INVADERS: 22 TALES FROM THE OUTER LIMITS OF LITERATURE, and Michael Swanwick’s NOT SO MUCH SAID THE CAT.

FANTASY LITERATURE’s listing of the best books of the year includes Lavie Tidhar’s CENTRAL STATION, Patricia A. McKillip’s DREAMS OF DISTANT SHORES, and INVADERS.

B&N SCI-FI & FANTASY BLOG selects Lauren Beukes’ SLIPPING: STORIES, ESSAYS, & OTHER WRITING, DREAMS OF DISTANT SHORES, NOT SO MUCH, SAID THE CAT, and Ellen Datlow’s NIGHTMARES: A NEW DECADE OF MODERN HORROR for The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Collections and Anthologies of 2016.

BOOK RIOT’s A Great Big Guide To
Wonderful Books Of 2016 From 100+ Indie Presses mentions NOT SO MUCH, SAID THE CAT, SLIPPING, Peter S. Beagle’s SUMMERLONG, and NIGHTMARES.

For more info on PIRATE UTOPIA, visit the Tachyon page.

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For more info about INVADERS: 22 TALES FROM THE OUTER LIMITS OF LITERATURE, visit the Tachyon page.

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

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For more info on DREAMS OF DISTANT SHORES, visit the Tachyon page.

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For more info about CENTRAL STATION, visit the Tachyon page.

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For more info about NIGHTMARES: A NEW DECADE OF MODERN HORROR, visit the Tachyon page.

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For more info about SLIPPING: STORIES, ESSAYS, & OTHER WRITING, visit the Tachyon page.

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For more info on SUMMERLONG, visit the Tachyon page.

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January 2, 2017

A look back at 2016

Alec Checkerfield Uncategorized bruce sterling, central station, chuma hill, clara bacou, elizabeth story, Ellen Datlow, falling in love with hominids, goro fujita, hap and leonard, invaders, invaders: 22 tales from the outer limits of literature, jacob weisman, Joe R. Lansdale, john coulthart, katherine dunn, lauren beukes, lavie tidhar, michael swanwick, nalo hopkinson, not so much said the cat, peter s beagle, pirate utopia, recap, sarah anne langton, slipping, slipping: stories essays & other writing, slow bullets, summerlong, the monstrous, Thomas Canty

It was a hectic and amazing year at Tachyon.

2016 started much like 2015 ended with more rave reviews for Nalo Hopkinson’s strong FALLING IN LOVE WITH HOMINIDS. This would become a norm as the book continue to garner fantastic reviews throughout the year.

Los Angeles Public Library: Best of 2015 Fiction
The Conversationalist: Best Books of 2015
Open Letters Monthly, Top 2015 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books Read, Steve Donoghue, editor
A Locus 2015 Recommended Reading List: Best Collection
A Bustle Recommendation “20 Books Every Star Wars Fan Will Love”
Featured in Strange Horizons – the Nalo Hopkinson featured issue

“Falling in Love with Hominids is a wonderful treat for Nalo Hopkinson fans and a fantastic introduction for new readers.”
—New York Journal of Books

“Falling in Love With Hominids is yet another extraordinary collection of short stories that is well worth your time and rapt attention. The writing is beautiful, the message important, and its delivery is page-turning.”
—The Warbler

“Falling in Love with Hominids is truly a magical collection of short stories which brings the reader completely different and new worlds to explore.”
—A Universe in Words

“Falling in Love with Hominids is an entertaining and humane book that affirms why Junot Díaz refers to Hopkinson as “one of our most important writers.”
—Room Magazine

“I can’t wait to read more of [Hopkinson’s] work in the future because I loved the speculative worlds in this short story collection.”
—Paper Wanderer

And many more…

We offered Lavie Tidhar’s mosaic CENTRAL STATION for review through NetGalley in early January.

Excitement for the book was almost immediate. Andrew Liptak at IO9 typified the response.

We loved Lavie Tidhar’s novel VIOLENT CENTURY a couple of years ago, and we can’t wait to see what he does with his science fiction novel, CENTRAL STATION. In a worldwide diaspora, Boris Chong returns home to Tel Avivi from Mars, where the virtual and the real mix.

The abundant acclaim for the novel became a yearlong affair.

A May 2016 My Bookish Ways Must Read in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror
A Kirkus Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror Books You’ll Want to Read in May
An io9 May Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Book That Will Blow Your Mind
An Amazon Featured Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Book of May
A Publishers Weekly Staff Pick
A Bookskill Recommended Book
A Tor.com Five Mosaic Novels You Should Read

[STAR] “World Fantasy Award–winner Tidhar (A Man Lies Dreaming) magnificently blends literary and speculative elements in this streetwise mosaic novel set under the towering titular spaceport. In a future border town formed between Israeli Tel Aviv and Arab Jaffa, cyborg ex-soldiers deliver illicit drugs for psychic vampires, and robot priests give sermons and conduct circumcisions. The Chong family struggles to save patriarch Vlad, lost in the inescapable memory stream they all share, thanks to his father’s hack of the Conversation, the collective unconscious. New children, born from back-alley genetic engineering, begin to experience actual and virtual reality simultaneously. Family and faith bring them all back and sustain them. Tidhar gleefully mixes classic SF concepts with prose styles and concepts that recall the best of world literature. The byways of Central Station ring with dusty life, like the bruising, bustling Cairo streets depicted by Naguib Mahfouz. Characters wrestle with problems of identity forged under systems of oppression, much as displaced Easterners and Westerners do in the novels of Orhan Pamuk. And yet this is unmistakably SF. Readers of all persuasions will be entranced.”
—Publishers Weekly, starred review

[STAR] “… a fascinating future glimpsed through the lens of a tight-knit community. Verdict: Tidhar (A Man Lies Dreaming; The Violent Century) changes genres with every outing, but his astounding talents guarantee something new and compelling no matter the story he tells.”
—Library Journal, starred review

“It is just this side of a masterpiece — short, restrained, lush — and the truest joy of it is in the way Tidhar scatters brilliant ideas like pennies on the sidewalk.”
—NPR Books

“A marvellous, multi-faceted story that flows gently from one character to another like an intimate private tour of Tel Aviv and the spaceport at its centre.”
—SF Crowsnest

“A fantastic mosaic novel.”
—New York Review of Science Fiction

And many more…

James Purefoy and Michael K. Williams as the titular characters in SundanceTV’s HAP AND LEONARD

After months of speculation, an air date for the premiere season of Sundance TV’s HAP AND LEONARD was finally announced. All the while, reviews for the book HAP AND LEONARD kept coming in.

“Seven laid-back adventures, one of them brand new, for “freelance troubleshooter” and good old boy Hap Collins and his gay black Republican partner Leonard Pine… . No one currently working the field demonstrates more convincingly and joyously the deep affinity between pulp fiction and the American tall tale.”
—Kirkus

[STAR] “Last seen in the novel Honky Tonk Samurai, Lansdale’s incomparable East Texas crime fighting duo show their chops in this remarkable story collection. Hap Collins, a straight, white liberal, and Leonard Pine, a black, gay conservative, have long challenged genre conventions, and the friendship and camaraderie between these two hard cases as they suit up against injustice and hypocrisy is at the heart of these seven tales. In the novella “Hyenas,” the boys help save a client’s impressionable younger brother from the clutches of a group of psychotic robbers. “Dead Aim” finds the pair taking on the Dixie Mafia after a seemingly straightforward cheating spouse case gets a tad more complicated. “Not Our Kind” is set against the backdrop of the late 1960s, when a teenage Hap first befriends Leonard and faces the racism and intolerance of his peers up close. Readers can also look forward to the debut of the TV show Hap and Leonard on the Sundance Channel in March.
—Publishers Weekly, starred review

“An essential Hap and Leonard addition”
—The Novel Pursuit

“… it’s great to have all of these wonderful stories together in one nifty volume”
—Horror Drive-In

“It has all the hard to find short stories featuring Hap & Leonard, the most enjoyable mismatched pair of private eyes since Spenser and Hawk.”
—Son of Spade

And many more…

In January, we said goodbye to the legendary David G. Hartwell.

David Hartwell with Jacob and Rina Weisman at James Cummins Bookseller (photo: Ellen Datlow)

Later that month, we announced Lauren Beukes’ debut collection SLIPPING: STORIES, ESSAYS, & OTHER WRITING.

In early February, we offered Patricia A. McKillip’s new collection of lyrical and powerful stories DREAMS OF DISTANT SHORES for review via Netgalley.

The effuse praise was almost instantaneous.

[STAR] “McKillip (Wonders of the Invisible World), winner of the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement, collects nine dazzling shorter pieces (both originals and reprints) in this outstanding collection. The brief, creepy “Weird” opens the volume, merging an oddly romantic picnic in a bathroom and a mysterious threat outside into something that exists in a darkly beautiful interstitial place. The longest piece, “Something Rich and Strange,” which appeared originally as a standalone novella in Brian Froud’s Faerielands series, is an ecological fairy tale that contains the most gorgeous of McKillip’s prose (“her blind stare of pearl and wormwood”)—and the weakest of her plots, but even weaker McKillip is well worth reading. The newer stories also shine. “Mer” is a small gem about a nameless witch, a fishing village, and a mermaid statue. “Edith and Henry Go Motoring” features a toll bridge that leads travelers on an unexpected journey. Beyond the short fiction, the volume finishes with an essay on writing high fantasy, and an appreciation of McKillip’s work by renowned fantasist Peter S. Beagle. Fans of exquisite prose and ethereal fantasy will need to own this.”
—Publishers Weekly

“A young couple trade odd stories in a bathroom as something rages outside. An artist calls upon his muse, who answers him through an unfinished painting. A musical band of witches takes on a dark force during their bar performance. The seven ethereal tales (including three new ones), collected here touch on people’s dreams and desires. Also featured is McKillip’s 2002 essay on writing high fantasy and Peter S. Beagle’s afterword, “Dear Pat,” an appreciation of McKillip’s work. VERDICT: McKillip (Wonders of the Invisible World) once more enchants with this volume, which fantasy readers will devour as they are transported into multiple realities.”
—Library Journal

“VERDICT This collection of fascinating and haunting tales that will linger with readers is a strong addition to short story and fantasy collections; hand to fans of Holly Black, Robin McKinley, and Donna Jo Napoli.”
—School Library Journal

“Elegant and absorbing, [McKillip’s] work never reads as stiff or formal, as some fantasy stories can lean toward, and the language, while beautiful, never loses the reader, but instead remains both lyrical and deeply visceral.”
—Manhattan Book Review

“Absolutely spellbinding. It has been a very long time since we read a gathering of short stories as perfect and beguiling as these.”
—Starburst, 10 of 10 stars

And many more…

We announced the forthcoming of the new Michael Swanwick collection THE DALA HORSE, which saw publication under the title NOT SO MUCH SAID THE CAT.

Prior to book’s “official” announcement, John Coulthart’s iconic cover to Bruce Sterling’s forthcoming PIRATE UTOPIA was revealed.

The mesmerizing HAP AND LEONARD premiered on March 3 amid glowing reviews.

Michael Swanwick began sharing a series of travel photos with Beelzebub.

Beelzebub at a whiskey tasting party at Roscon, Russia’s national science fiction convention. I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that he’s clutching a bottle of Writers’ Tears.

Beelzebub, preparing for his trip to Russia. He was named in homage to Mikhail Bulgakov, who put a similarly attired cat in THE MASTER AND MARGARITA.

Legato, distributor of Tachyon titles, was acquired by Ingram.

We offered World Fantasy Award winner Michael Swanwick’s NOT SO MUCH, SAID THE CAT for review via Netgalley in April. Magnificent reviews rolled in quickly.

[STARRED REVIEW] “Another collection of speculative fiction from Swanwick (Chasing the Phoenix, 2015, etc.), one of a handful of writers whose short pieces are as impressive as their novels. Versatility, craftsmanship, a dollop of weird, and a delightfully askew sense of humor are key to the 17 pieces here, all of which appeared between 2008 and 2014, together with an introduction that illuminates the contents without revealing too much. Certain themes, of course, are authorial favorites, such as time travel, aliens, and artificial intelligence. There’s a man who, having suffered a crushing loss, finds solace after accidental contact with a time traveler; a group of time travelers hunkered down at the end of the Cretaceous period—where, oddly, nobody’s interested in the dinosaurs; and a scientist who finds a partner worthy of her genius. We also get a fascinating glimpse (which feels like a novel fragment) of a far future populated by humans and centipedelike aliens, narrated by the intelligent space suit of a woman who’s dead as the story begins; and another future where human lives resemble those in fairy tales while advanced, hidden AIs battle for supremacy. Elsewhere, in a literary-games vein, the characters in a fairy tale discuss whether they prefer to remain in books, and immortal, or enter history; there’s a famous Gene Wolfe story stripped down, turned inside out, and rebuilt to perfection; and, in a marvelous conceit, the writer Alexander Pushkin appears as he may have been—in an alternative universe. To round out the collection, we meet a dutiful young woman who, entering hell to challenge the devil to return her father, discovers that things are not as she assumed; Darger and Surplus, those good-hearted rogues with a propensity to shoot themselves in the foot, make an appearance, as does “The House of Dreams,” an entry from Swanwick’s splendid Mongolian Wizard e-book series. Tales that, through their extraordinary clarity of thought and expression, showcase precisely why this multiaward-winning author is held in such high regard.”
—Kirkus

“Michael Swanwick shows his extraordinary range in Not So Much, Said the Cat (Tachyon) … Swanwick’s stories are wistful and weird, at times tragic yet still hopeful as the mythic and scientific intertwine.”
—Washington Post

“Swanwick excels at satisfying conclusions that cause readers to take pause and consider the actions of the characters. Thoughtful, witty, and, at times, disturbing, this collection will appeal to those who enjoy short fiction, no matter the genre.”
—Booklist

“An entertaining read from beginning to end, with plenty of tales to amuse, making for a great collection of short stories. Besides, who wouldn’t want to spend some time with a sly seductive circus performer, some con artists and a robotic scarecrow with a conscience, and all without leaving the comfort of your sofa!”
—Starburst

And many more…

Reviews for Jacob Weisman’s visionary and thought-provoking anthology INVADERS: 22 TALES FROM THE OUTER LIMITS OF LITERATURE began appearing.

A Kirkus Science Fiction and Fantasy Book You’ll Want to Read in July
A 2016 Publishers Weekly Best Summer Read
A Foreword 4 Great Indie Sci-Fi Titles for Summer 2016

[STAR] “In this very fine reprint anthology, Weisman has brought together 22 SF stories by authors who, although not generally associated with the genre, are clearly fellow travelers (not the ominous invaders suggested by the title). Among the major names are Pulitzer Prize–winner Junot Díaz, George Saunders, Katherine Dunn, Jonathan Lethem, Amiri Baraka, W.P. Kinsella, Steven Millhauser, Robert Olen Butler, and Molly Gloss. Among the best of the consistently strong stories are Díaz’s “Monstro,” the horrifying tale of a disease outbreak in Haiti; Gloss’s near-perfect first-contact story, “Lambing Season”; Kinsella’s totally bizarre “Reports Concerning the Death of the Seattle Albatross Are Somewhat Exaggerated”; Ben Loory’s fable-like “The Squid Who Fell in Love with the Sun”; and Saunders’s “Escape from Spiderhead,” a deeply sexy tale of wild experimental science. In general, the stories tend toward satire and emphasize fine writing more than hitting genre beats—technology is usually a means to an end rather than the center of the story—but most of them could easily have found homes in SF magazines. This volume is a treasure trove of stories that draw equally from SF and literary fiction, and they are superlative in either context.”
—Publishers Weekly

“Further proof, if any more were necessary, that the line between genre and literary fiction is simply speculative.”
—Library Journal

“Invaders is a playful and imaginative exploration of what it means to write in the field of science fiction”
—AV Club

“Well, damn. From the first page to the last, Invaders surprised and intoxicated me, offering one stirring, visionary, warm-hearted, funny, probing story after another. Reading them in quick succession made me feel as if the world was flickering before my eyes, ricocheting from one possible reality to another, beneath a dozen different suns. It would be hard to devise a better survey of those contemporary short fiction writers, both celebrated and undersung, who have worked to smuggle the methods of science fiction into the mainstream.”
—Kevin Brockmeier, author of A Few Seconds of Radiant Filmstrip

And many more…

Alastair Reynolds’ SLOW BULLETS, Ellen Datlow, John Joseph Adams, and Sheila Williams garner Hugo Award nominations.

SLOW BULLETS among several of the other nominations become embroiled in some controversy.

We announced Peter S. Beagle’s long awaited new novel SUMMERLONG.

Tim Powers and Jacob Weisman spoke at the Philip K. Dick Conference 2016.

Alastair Reynolds’ SLOW BULLETS, Ellen Datlow, John Joseph Adams, David Hartwell, Julie Dillon, John Picacio, and Michael Whelan receive Locus Award nominations.

Ellen Datlow was a Guest of Honor for the first annual StokerCon.

Ellen Datlow with Robert McCammon at StokerCon

We said goodbye to the acclaimed Katherine Dunn.

Elisabetta Villa/Getty Images

Beelzebub made sure to make two votes for every candidate. He is a true lower-case democrat.

Tachyon’s resident social media maven and sometimes editor Rick Klaw sat down with the extraordinary Sarah Anne Langton to discuss working with Lavie Tidhar, the creative process, comics, and British Pop Art.

We offered review copies of the World Fantasy Award winner Peter S. Beagle’s new novel SUMMERLONG via Netgalley. The response was overwhelmingly positive.

A Kirkus September 2016 Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Historical Fiction Book You Won’t Want to Miss
A Washington Post Best Science Fiction and Fantasy to Read in September
A Verge Most Exciting Science Fiction and Fantasy Books Coming Out

“A rare story of summer that feels like the summer—like dreamy intense passions rising and arcing and then spinning away; like beauty underlaid with a tinge of sadness because it is ephemeral. Beagle has captured that seasonal warmth here, beautifully, magically.”
—New York Times

“[STARRED REVIEW] Retired history professor Abe Aronson and his longtime lover, Joanna Delvecchio, encounter an enigmatic young beauty, Lioness Lazos, waitressing in a local diner. Abe offers her his old garage as a temporary home. From the moment she becomes part of their lives, changes—some miraculous, some devastating—begin affecting Abe and Joanna. Lioness’s presence inspires Abe to fulfill his cherished dream of playing second harmonica with a small jazz band and Joanna to learn the dicey sport of kayaking, even though she can’t swim. As their heady summer phases into early autumn, Lioness’s mysterious husband appears on the ferry from Seattle, bringing with him the chilly and inevitable resolution to Beagle’s strange and lovely lyric vision.”
—Publishers Weekly

“Best-selling fantasy-author Beagle crafts a tantalizing picture of an atypical Pacific Northwestern couple whose lives are interrupted by myth and mystery. When Joanna and Abe meet a young waitress named Lioness, they are immediately drawn to her primavera aura and offer her a home in Abe’s garage. Life on Gardner Island blooms in an endless summer during Lioness’ stay. The couple’s lives and their relationship continue as usual until Lioness’ attempt to run from her past begins to unravel when her mother and husband arrive in town … Themes of love, loss, nurturing, and adapting are wrapped up in this deliberate and bittersweet tale of what it is to love in your own time, in your own way.”
—Booklist

“In his first new novel in more than a decade, Beagle creates an intimate drama … A beautifully detailed fantasy.”
—Kirkus

“A quietly glowing and elegantly written revelation of the magic beneath everyday life.”
—Chicago Tribune

And many more…

Both the Chesley and British Fantasy Awards announced their nominations with Tachyon artists Julie Dillon, Sarah Anne Langton, Lius Lasahido, Reiko Murakami, and John Picacio, not to mention editor Ellen Datlow all receiving recognition.

Walk the plank with Michael Swanwick and Beelzebub.

On May 30th STRANGE HORIZONS ushered in a week long celebration of Nalo Hopkinson.

Beelzebub sitting atop a bomb that fell inside Fort McHenry during the naval bombardment and wondering if this was the best place to rest.

SLOW BULLETS, David Hartwell, James Tipree, Jr., Julie Dillon, and Michael Whelan win Locus Award.

The beloved Clyde, who filled the most important role at Tachyon Publications: reminding us of the foolishness of our own vanity, passed away at the ripe old age of 20.

Poetic CENTRAL STATION was named one of the Best Sci-Fi Books of 2016 So Far.

Join us tomorrow for the rest of our year long journey.

For more information on FALLING IN LOVE WITH HOMINIDS, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover art by Chuma Hill

Design by Elizabeth Story

For more info about CENTRAL STATION, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Sarah Anne Langton

For more info on HAP AND LEONARD, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Elizabeth Story

For more information about SLIPPING: STORIES, ESSAYS, & OTHER WRITING, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover art by Clara Bacou

Design by Elizabeth Story

For more info about INVADERS: 22 TALES FROM THE OUTER LIMITS OF LITERATURE, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Goro Fujita

Design by Elizabeth Story

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

Cover design by Elizabeth Story

For more info on SUMMERLONG, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Magdalena Korzeniewska

Design by Elizabeth Story

For more info on PIRATE UTOPIA, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by John Coulthart

For more info about SLOW BULLETS, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover art by Thomas Canty

Design by Elizabeth Story

For more on THE MONSTROUS, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Reiko Murakami

Cover design by Elizabeth Story

For more information on HANNU RAJANIEMI: COLLECTED FICTION, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover art by Lius Lasahido

Design by Elizabeth Story

For more information on THE VERY BEST OF KATE ELLIOTT, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover art by Julie Dillon

Design by Elizabeth Story

November 29, 2016

Get Michael Swanwick’s acclaimed NOT SO MUCH SAID THE CAT for only $1.99!

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Michael Swanwick’s impressive NOT SO MUCH SAID THE CAT is a Kindle Daily Deal for Tuesday, December 1.

For today only, the ebook is available for just $1.99!

“Half Neil Gaiman, half Kelly Link, wonderfully unique.”
—Book Riot

A Kirkus Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Book of 2016
An io9 15 Must-Read Science Fiction and Fantasy Books Arriving This August
A Washington Post Best New Science Fiction Pick (August 2016)

“Swanwick excels at satisfying conclusions that cause readers to take pause and consider the actions of the characters. Thoughtful, witty, and, at times, disturbing, this collection will appeal to those who enjoy short fiction, no matter the genre.”
—Booklist

“Michael Swanwick shows his extraordinary range in NOT SO MUCH SAID THE CAT (Tachyon) … Swanwick’s stories are wistful and weird, at times tragic yet still hopeful as the mythic and scientific intertwine.”
—Washington Post

And of course, you’ll meet Beelzebub the cat, whose subtle influence may not be entirely benign.

[STARRED REVIEW] “Another collection of speculative fiction from Swanwick (Chasing the Phoenix, 2015, etc.), one of a handful of writers whose short pieces are as impressive as their novels. Versatility, craftsmanship, a dollop of weird, and a delightfully askew sense of humor are key to the 17 pieces here, all of which appeared between 2008 and 2014, together with an introduction that illuminates the contents without revealing too much. Certain themes, of course, are authorial favorites, such as time travel, aliens, and artificial intelligence. There’s a man who, having suffered a crushing loss, finds solace after accidental contact with a time traveler; a group of time travelers hunkered down at the end of the Cretaceous period—where, oddly, nobody’s interested in the dinosaurs; and a scientist who finds a partner worthy of her genius. We also get a fascinating glimpse (which feels like a novel fragment) of a far future populated by humans and centipedelike aliens, narrated by the intelligent space suit of a woman who’s dead as the story begins; and another future where human lives resemble those in fairy tales while advanced, hidden AIs battle for supremacy. Elsewhere, in a literary-games vein, the characters in a fairy tale discuss whether they prefer to remain in books, and immortal, or enter history; there’s a famous Gene Wolfe story stripped down, turned inside out, and rebuilt to perfection; and, in a marvelous conceit, the writer Alexander Pushkin appears as he may have been—in an alternative universe. To round out the collection, we meet a dutiful young woman who, entering hell to challenge the devil to return her father, discovers that things are not as she assumed; Darger and Surplus, those good-hearted rogues with a propensity to shoot themselves in the foot, make an appearance, as does “The House of Dreams,” an entry from Swanwick’s splendid Mongolian Wizard e-book series. Tales that, through their extraordinary clarity of thought and expression, showcase precisely why this multiaward-winning author is held in such high regard.”
—Kirkus

Introduction by Michael Swanwick
Steadfast Castle
The Man in Grey
The Dala Horse
The Woman Who Shook the World-Tree
Of Finest Scarlet Was Her Gown
3 A.M. in the Mesozoic Bar
Passage of Earth
From Babel’s Fall’n Glory We Fled …
For I Have Lain Me Down on the Stone of Loneliness and I’ll Not Be Back Again
Libertarian Russia
The Scarecrow’s Boy
The She-Wolf’s Hidden Grin
Goblin Lake
Pushkin the American
An Empty House with Many Doors
Tawny Petticoats
The House of Dreams

“An entertaining read from beginning to end, with plenty of tales to amuse, making for a great collection of short stories. Besides, who wouldn’t want to spend some time with a sly seductive circus performer, some con artists and a robotic scarecrow with a conscience, and all without leaving the comfort of your sofa!”
—Starburst

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

Cover design by Elizabeth Story

November 21, 2016

Tachyon tidbits featuring Ellen Datlow, Nalo Hopkinson, and Michael Swanwick

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The latest reviews and mentions of Tachyon titles and authors from around the web.

Ellen Datlow (credit: THIS IS HORROR), Nalo Hopkinson (David Findlay), and Michael Swanwick (Beth Gwinn)

THROUGH RASPBERRY COLORED GLASSES praises Ellen Datlow’s NIGHTMARES: A NEW DECADE OF MODERN HORROR.

My favorites were: How We Escaped Our Certain Fate by Don Chaon, and the last 3 stories in the anthology. It was almost as though the best were saved for last, but the stories were arranged chronologically in order of year of publication. Datlow says of the stories included: “Consider them a guide to some of the best short story writers currently working in the field of horror fiction. And in this volume specifically, a good representation of the excellent horror that was published between 2005 and 2015.”

Overall, enough of the stories were satisfying for me to give the anthology a 4 out of 5 stars rating.

In her November 16 blog post for CELLAR DOOR BOOKS, Jill recommends FALLING IN LOVE WITH HOMINIDS.

I keep waking up at 4:00 am, anxious about what is to come. My country, the one that has been led by a brilliant, thoughtful, progressive man for the last eight years, has determined it will set out in a new direction for the next four. I feel like someone very important to me has died and grief has been my shadow. But I believe in words, their power to teach, to heal, to remind, so I have two ideas for all of you who have come to the store, seeking some explanation. Solace? Perhaps simply company in your sadness.

First, I’d like to
offer two books of healing: Nalo Hopkinson’s FALLING IN LOVE WITH
HOMINIDS and Heather Tucker’s THE CLAY GIRL.
Neither of these books offers, as one of my publishing reps put it, “cute cats.” Instead both books offer complex characters in difficult, painful situations who figure out how to retain their humanity despite the odds. We are returning to the house of the Dicks and we need some tools. I think these two books give hope in the face of great trial.

Karen Cole at HAIR PAST A FRECKLE is enthralled by Michael Swanwick’s NOT SO MUCH SAID THE CAT.

This really is a smorgasbord of a short story collection taking the reader from the Mesozoic era, to Russia, Hell, far off planets, an alternative Europe and dystopian worlds controlled by non humans. It’s the perfect taster to Michael Swanwick’s writing, it enthralled me and kept me awake at night thinking and left me wanting to read more.

For more info about NIGHTMARES: A NEW DECADE OF MODERN HORROR, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Nihil

Design by Elizabeth Story

For more information on FALLING IN LOVE WITH HOMINIDS, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover art by Chuma Hill

Design by Elizabeth Story

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

Cover design by Elizabeth Story

November 18, 2016

Happy birthday to the incredible Michael Swanwick

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Photo by Beth Gwynn

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).

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.

Cover design by Elizabeth Story

For more info on GRAVITY’S ANGELS, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Michael Dashow

For more info on TALES OF OLD EARTH, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Michael Dashow

For more info on CIGAR-BOX FAUST AND OTHER MINIATURES, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Freddie Baer

For more info on MICHAEL SWANWICK’S FIELD GUIDE TO THE MESOZOIC MEGAFAUNA, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law

For more info on THE DOG SAID BOW-WOW, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Ann Monn

For more info on THE POSTMODERN ARCHIPELAGO, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Michael Dashow

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