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Michael Swanwick

Born

in Schenectady, NY, The United States

November 18, 1950

Website

http://www.michaelswanwick.com/

Genre

Science Fiction, Fantasy

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Michael Swanwick's Blog

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CHAINS OF THE SEA: The Movie

Strange and delightful news!

My late friend Gardner Dozois' novella, "Chains of the Sea," has been optioned for a movie. I know that there were nibbles on various works when he was alive, but I believe this is the first story to get this far in the process.

The back-story of how the novella came to the attention of the filmmakers after being discovered by the UFO Disclosure community would

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Michael Swanwick’s books

Average rating: 3.8 · 76,969 ratings · 8,516 reviews · 437 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Iron Dragon's Daughter 3.66 avg rating — 4,057 ratings — published 1993 — 33 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
	Stations of the Tide 3.68 avg rating — 2,641 ratings — published 1991	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
	Bones of the Earth 3.49 avg rating — 1,993 ratings — published 2002 — 18 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
	Vacuum Flowers 3.75 avg rating — 1,412 ratings — published 1987 — 22 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 Dragons of Babel 3.74 avg rating — 1,359 ratings — published 2008 — 14 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
	Jack Faust 3.59 avg rating — 644 ratings — published 1997	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
	Not So Much, Said the Cat 3.84 avg rating — 544 ratings — published 2011 — 4 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 Dog Said Bow-Wow 3.85 avg rating — 538 ratings — published 2001 — 8 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
	Chasing the Phoenix (Darger and Surplus #2) 3.87 avg rating — 492 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Dancing with Bears (Darger and Surplus #1) 3.67 avg rating — 507 ratings — published 2011 — 15 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

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Quotes by Michael Swanwick (?)

“Writing is a matter of finding the appropriate balance of dinosaurs and sodomy.”
― Michael Swanwick

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“Perfection is death,' Anastasia said. 'The world is imperfect, but if it weren't, who would love it?”
― Michael Swanwick

tags: fantasy

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“The bureaucrat fell from the sky.”
― Michael Swanwick, Stations of the Tide

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Polls

Which science fiction book would you like the group to read in August 2015?

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

13 votes 44.8%

Grimspace by Ann Aguirre

4 votes 13.8%

Terms of Enlistment by Marko Kloos

4 votes 13.8%

Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick

4 votes 13.8%

The Revolutions by Felix Gilman

4 votes 13.8%

Lives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten Bakis

0 votes 0.0%

29 total votes

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