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MichaelSwanwick

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Oneofthemostpopularandrespectedofallthenewwriterswhoenteredthefieldintheeighties,

MichaelSwanwickmadehisdebutin1980withtwostrongandcompellingstories,TheFeastofSt.

JanisandGinungagap,bothofwhichwereNebulaAwardfinaliststhatyear,andwhichwereboth

selectedeitherforaBestoftheYearanthologyorforthatyearsannualNebulaAwardsvolume—as

auspiciousadebutasanyonehasevermade.

Hestayedinthepubliceye,andonmajorawardballots,throughouttherestoftheeightieswithintense

andpowerfulstoriessuchasMummerKiss,TheManWhoMetPicasso,TrojanHorse,Dogfight

(writtenwithWilliamGibson),CovenantofSouls,TheDragonLine,SnowAngels,AMidwinters

Tale,andmanyothers—allofwhichearnedhimareputationasoneofthemostpowerfuland

consistentlyinventiveshort-storywritersofhisgeneration.Norhashisoutputofshortfictionslackened

noticeablyinthenineties,inspiteofaburgeoningcareerasanovelist,andrecentyearshaveseenthe

appearanceofmajorSwanwickstoriessuchasTheEdgeoftheWorld,TheChangelingsTale,

GriffinsEgg,ColdIron,andTheDead,whichwasonthefinalHugoballotin1997andisonthe

NebulafinalballotasItypethesewordsin1998;heremainsoneofSFsmostprolificwritersatshort

lengths,writingandsellingsevenoreightnewstoriesin1997alone,forinstance.Bytheendofthe

nineties,hisshortworkhadwonhimseveralAsimovsReadersAwards,aSturgeonAward,andthe

WorldFantasyAward(forhisbizarreandpowerfulafter-deathfantasyRadioWaves).

Atfirst,hisreputationasanovelistlaggedbehindhisreputationasashort-storywriter,withhisfirst

novel,IntheDrift—publishedin1985aspartofTerryCarrsresurrectedAceSpecialsline,alongwith

firstnovelsbyWilliamGibson,KimStan