Most Popular Books by Michael Swanwick

I 1970’erne raser Den Kolde Krig i Prags mørke gyder. Samtidig udspiller der sig en gammel konflikt mellem to okkulte samfund: Isen og Flammen. Engang havde den amerikanske CIA-agent Gabe Pritchard troet, at den eneste hemmelige verden, der fandtes, var den, som han levede og arbejdede i. Det ændrede sig under en udsending til Kairo, hvor et magisk væsen trængte ind og bosatte sig i hans hoved. På den modsatte side står heksen Tanya Morozova, som viste loyalitet over for Isen, længe før hun blev agent hos det russiske statspoliti, KBG. Begge agenter får nu sat loyaliteten over for deres land på prøve, når de indser, at de må arbejde sammen for at forhindre Flammen i at ødelægge verden. SLX

Fantascienza - racconto lungo (23 pagine) - Sembrava un cane così fine ed elegante, ma in realtà non era altro che un ladro gentiluomo, Un''appassionante avventura in una Londra Vittoriana del futuro, vincitrice del PREMIO HUGO 2002 In un futuro non molto lontano il genere umano dovrà combattere una guerra all''ultimo sangue per la propria sopravvivenza contro le sue stesse creazioni, le intelligenze artificiali. Riuscirà a prevalere, ma solo a costo di rinunciare per sempre alla tecnologia elettronica e regredire a un''epoca simile all''era Vittoriana. Sir Blackthorpe Ravenscairn de Plus Precieux è un cane intelligente antropomorfo, appena arrivato a Londra dalle Americhe. Non ci mette molto a incontrare il suo futuro compare, insieme al quale progettare un''audace truffa da perpetrare alla corte della Regina Gloriana. Racconto vincitore del Premio Hugo 2002. Michael Swanwick, americano di Philadelphia, è uno degli autori più quotati della fantascienza e del fantastico degli ultimi decenni. Cinque volte vincitore del Premio Hugo – sempre nella categoria racconto – e vincitore di un Premio Nebula col romanzo Domani il mondo cambierà (Urania), Swanwick è attivo dall''inizio degli Anni Ottanta. Eclettico, originale, brillante, Swanwick ha scritto soprattutto fantascienza ma si è avventurato anche in campi limitrofi. Ha all''attivo una decina di romanzi (l''ultimo è Chasing the Phoenix, 2015, ambientato in una Russia post-utopica) e dodici raccolte di racconti. Tra i saggi, ha pubblicato un libro su Gardner Dozois, il grande editor recentemente scomparso.

A Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy *** ISSUE 9: July 2014 *** Mike Resnick, Editor Shahid Mahmud, Publisher *** Stories by: Kary English, Gardner Dozois, Andrea G. Stewart, Robert Sheckley, Laurie Tom, Lou J. Berger, Michael Swanwick, Lisa Tang Liu & Ken Liu, Kay Kenyon. *** Serialization: Lest Darkness Fall by L. Sprague de Camp *** Columns by: Barry Malzberg, Gregory Benford *** Book Reviews: Paul Cook. *** Interview: Joy Ward interviews Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon *** Galaxy''s Edge is a bi-monthly (every two months) magazine published by Phoenix Pick, the science fiction and fantasy imprint of Arc Manor, an award winning independent press based in Maryland. Each issue of the magazine has a mix of new and old (reprint) stories, a serialization of a novel, columns by Barry Malzberg and Gregory Benford, book reviews by Paul Cook and an interview conducted by Joy Ward.

This book is a collection of three classic hard science fiction novellas set on the moon. "Griffin''s Egg" by five-time Hugo Award winner Michael Swanwick, is the tale of a lunar settlement''s struggle to survive as a thermonuclear war ravages Earth. "Stories for Men" by two-time winner of the Nebula Award, John Kessel, was a recipient of the James Tiptree, Jr. Award. It''s the story of a man who struggles with his place in a matriarchal society that dominates the lunar colony where he lives. "The Menace from Farside" by Hugo Award winner Ian McDonald, pays homage to the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing. It''s part of the author''s popular Luna series. In this novella, a teenager justifies to a psychological-counsellor AI, her excursion to the site of the first Moon landing at the Sea of Tranquility.

MUTINY IN SPACE began as a novella entitled "Valentine''s Planet," which appeared in the August 1964 issue of Worlds of Tomorrow. "To space opera of the time, the character of the captain was as important as that of the king was to Shakespeare. He (the captain was always a "he," even when the author was female) was the model and exemplar for society, the man with the right stuff, he who made the tough decisions and enforced discipline?

Critical monograph examining the writings of Virginia fantasistJames Branch Cabell (1879-1958), author of Jurgen.

"This entertaining volume collects Swanwick''s tales of his recurring roguish con artists (who previously appeared in the novel Chasing the Phoenix) and their exploits in a neo-Victorian, postapocalyptic future. Throughout, melancholy human Darger and passionate Surplus, a bioengineered humanoid canine, blithely get themselves into and out of predicaments with sanguine ease in a future in which most technological science has regressed, while the biological sciences have progressed in often terrifying ways." -- Publishers Weekly

Typescript and autographed letter to Janis Ian, signed by the author.