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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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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CORDWAINER SMITH!!!

Less than two hours before the day melts into the past, I've learned that this is Paul Linebarger's birthday. Linebarger was a military expert on psychological warfare. During World War Two, he was sent to China to coordinate military intelligence operations there and became a close confidant of Chiang Kai-shek. A CIA official called him "perhaps the leading practitioner of 'black' and '

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Michael Swanwick’s books

Average rating: 3.82 · 87,526 ratings · 9,889 reviews · 445 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Iron Dragon's Daughter (The Iron Dragon's Daughter #1) 3.66 avg rating — 4,373 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 3.67 avg rating — 2,862 ratings — published 1991 — 40 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
	Bones of the Earth 3.52 avg rating — 2,266 ratings — published 2002 — 3 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 3.74 avg rating — 1,486 ratings — published 1987 — 23 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 (The Iron Dragon's Daughter #2) 3.75 avg rating — 1,407 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	Jack Faust 3.58 avg rating — 671 ratings — published 1997 — 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
	The Dog Said Bow-Wow 3.85 avg rating — 577 ratings — published 2001	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 — 566 ratings — published 2011 — 5 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 — 511 ratings — published 2015 — 9 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
	Tales of Old Earth by Michael Swanwick, Bruce Sterling (Foreword) 4.07 avg rating — 470 ratings — published 2000 — 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

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

Hyperion by Dan Simmons

15 votes 45.5%

Lexicon by Max Barry

11 votes 33.3%

Grimspace by Ann Aguirre

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Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick

3 votes 9.1%

33 total votes

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