Most Popular Books by Michael SWANWICK

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.

"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

Since 2006, Clarkesworld Magazine has been entertaining science fiction and fantasy fans with their brand of unique science fiction and fantasy stories. Collected here are all of the stories this Hugo Award-winning magazine published during their eighth year. Includes stories by Michael Swanwick, Yoon Ha Lee, Robert Reed, Susan Palwick, Sean Williams, N.K. Jemisin, James Patrick Kelly, E. Lily Yu, Ken Liu, Xia Jia, Seth Dickinson, Juliette Wade, Matthew Kressel, and many more! CONTENTS Introduction by Neil Clarke Passage of Earth by Michael Swanwick Mystic Falls by Robert Reed Weather by Susan Palwick Human Strandings and the Role of the Xenobiologist by Thoraiya Dyer A Gift in Time by Maggie Clark Never Dreaming (In Four Burns) by Seth Dickinson Wine by Yoon Ha Lee The Cuckoo by Sean Williams Five Stages of Grief After the Alien Invasion by Caroline M. Yoachim Silent Bridge, Pale Cascade by Benjanun Sriduangkaew And Wash Out by Tides of War by An Owomoyela Tortoiseshell Cats Are Not Refundable by Cat Rambo Grave of the Fireflies by Cheng Jingbo Bonfires in Anacostia by Joseph Tomaras Stone Hunger by N. K. Jemisin The Contemporary Foxwife by Yoon Ha Lee Suteta Mono de wa Nai by Juliette Wade The Saint of the Sidewalks by Kat Howard Daedalum, the Devil''s Wheel by E. Lily Yu The Rose Witch by James Patrick Kelly The Creature Recants by Dale Bailey Spring Festival: Happiness, Anger, Love, Sorrow, Joy by Xia Jia Of Alternate Adventures and Memory by Rochita Loenen-Ruiz wHole by Robert Reed Pepe by Tang Fei The Eleven Holy Numbers of the Mechanical Soul by Natalia Theodoridou Bits by Naomi Kritzer Communion by Mary Anne Mohanraj The Aftermath by Maggie Clark Water in Springtime by Kali Wallace Soul''s Bargain by Juliette Wade The Symphony of Ice and Dust by Julie Novakova Migratory Patterns of Underground Birds by E. Catherine Tobler Patterns of a Murmuration, in Billions of Data Points by JY Yang Autodidact by Benjanun Sriduangkaew Morrigan in the Sunglare by Seth Dickinson The Clockwork Soldier by Ken Liu The Meeker and the All-Seeing Eye by Matthew Kressel About the Authors Clarkesworld Census About Clarkesworld

Caccia alla fenice "Surplus arrivò dal nord abbigliato come uno sciamano, ricoperto di nastri multicolori e dischi di rame battuto. Conduceva uno yak adorno di nappe rosse e campanelli d''argento. La bestia trasportava un grosso involto di tela, legato accuratamente con delle corde. Dentro c''era il cadavere del suo amico Aubrey Darger." In un lontano futuro, un cane umano geneticamente modificato che cammina in posizione eretta, arriva in Cina per riportare in vita il suo compagno truffatore. Il vecchio mondo tecnologico è solo un ricordo e le intelligenze artificiali che l''avevano gestito sono state bandite e distrutte. O così sembra Un capolavoro della fantascienza dal vincitore di cinque premi Hugo.

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

In un futuro post apocalittico dal sapore ottocentesco, in cui Internet non esiste più... Darger e Surplus sono due truffatori gentiluomini: Darger è un malinconico amante dei libri antichi; Surplus un cane geneticamente modificato per comportarsi come un uomo. Con l''inganno si sono uniti alla carovana dell''ambasciatore di Bisanzio per raggiungere sani e salvi Mosca, dove intendono dare vita a una truffa ai danni del Duca. Però il Duca non è un personaggio così facile da avvicinare, nonostante il dono che gli stanno portando: sette donne bellissime, create solo per soddisfarlo. Darger e Surplus si troveranno nel mezzo di una rete di intrighi tra fanatici religiosi, politici affamati di potere, macchine viventi che odiano il genere umano e perfino Lenin ritornato ad arringare le folle. Riusciranno i due truffatori gentiluomini a cavarsela? [Romanzo di fantascienza post apocalittica, collana Vaporteppa, 111.500 parole, circa 388 pagine]

There is no light without dark; no highlights without shadows; no good without evil. The Devil is where things happen. Where stories begin. This collection brings together stories from multiple cultures, featuring the Devil both as an abstract concept and a creature, a terror, a force of nature, an enemy, a trickster, and so many more. Step into the world of shadows, and travel through Devil''s many incarnations spanning centuries of history and myth, from the Ancient Greece, African and Caribbean folklore, dark ages in Europe, all the way to the present day. This anthology features new and established authors from diverse, multicultural backgrounds.

Dans les entrailles d’un paquebot transformé en palace, deux hommes pleurent la mort d’un de leurs amis en écoutant le douzième album des Beatles... qui n’a jamais existé. À l’atterrissage de son avion, Buddy Holly ne sait pas qu’il va participer au plus grand concert de sa vie. Elvis le rouge restera dans les mémoires comme l’un des plus grands chanteurs de rock et l’un des syndicalistes les plus charismatiques. Revenu d’entre les morts, Jimi Hendrix se paye une dernière virée avec un de ses roadies. Difficile de trouver un boulot quand on s’appelle John Lennon et qu’on a quitté un groupe qui a, par la suite, connu un certain succès : les Beatles. Stephen Baxter, Gardner Dozois, Jack Dann, Michael Swanwick, Walter Jon Williams, Michael Moorcock et Ian R. MacLeod nous offrent cinq nouvelles où le rock’n’roll est roi, cinq textes mettant en scène des icônes de la musique du XXe siècle, cinq alternatives à notre triste réalité.

Hope-in-the-Mist is the first book-length study of British author Hope Mirrlees (1887-1978), whom Virginia Woolf described as "her own heroine -- capricious, exacting, exquisite, very learned, and beautifully dressed." Raised in Scotland and Zululand, Mirrlees studied with the great classical scholar Jane Harrison and later lived with her in Paris and London. Mirrlees wrote one major poem, Paris (1920), the missing link between French avant-garde poetry and her friend T. S. Eliot''s The Waste Land (1922); her novel Lud-in-the-Mist is an acknowledged classic of fantastical literature.

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

Dans les entrailles d''un paquebot transformé en palace, deux hommes pleurent la mort d''un de leurs amis en écoutant le douzième album des Beatles qui n''a jamais existé. A l''atterrissage de son avion, Buddy Holly ne sait pas qu''il va participer au plus grand concert de sa vie. Elvis le rouge restera dans les mémoires comme l''un des plus grands chanteurs de rock et l''un des syndicalistes les plus charismatiques. Revenu d''entre les morts, Jimi Hendrix se paye une dernière virée avec un de ses roadies. Difficile de trouver un boulot quand on s''appelle John Lennon et qu''on a quitté un groupe qui a, par la suite, connu un certain succès : les Beatles. Stephen Baxter, Gardner Dozois, Jack Dann, Michael Swanwick, Walter Jon Williams, Michael Moorcock et Ian R MacLeod nous offrent cinq nouvelles où le rock''n''roll est roi, cinq textes mettant en scène des icônes de la musique du XXe siècle, cinq alternatives à notre triste réalité.