Swanwick, Michael. THE STATIONS OF THE TIDE. Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1991. 1st edition. With “This Signed First Edition published by The Easton Press with the permission of William Morrow and Company Inc.” printed on the copyright page, which indicates that this is the correct 1st edition, 1st printing. Apparently the Easton Press 1st edition and the Morrow 1st edition were issued simultaneously. This is NOT a book-club book. This is NOT an ex-library book.
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Michael Swanwick was born in 1950. He began publishing in the early 1980's. He is the author of such great and famous books as IN THE DRIFT, VACUUM FLOWERS, STATIONS OF THE TIDE (offered here), THE IRON DRAGON'S DAUGHTER, JACK FAUST, BONES OF THE EARTH, THE DRAGONS OF BABEL, GRAVITY'S ANGELS (an Arkham House book), MOON DOGS, TALES OF OLD EARTH, THE PERIODIC TABLE OF SCIENCE FICTION, THE BEST OF MICHAEL SWANWICK, and a number of others.
From the introduction [by James Gunn, science fiction author, editor, critic, and historian]: “ . . . Science fiction, at its most typical, is characterized by the hard edges of machines, motives, and methods; fantasy, by its color, its imagery, and its protean blendings of people and the rest of the natural and supernatural universe. Because they require different reading protocols -- SF, the skepticism that demands plausibility; fantasy, the willing suspension of disbelief -- the two forms of the fantastic usually are clearly distinguished by author and publisher. But sometimes fantasy rewards a skeptical reading and sometimes science fiction has the rich, metaphorical flavor of fantasy . . . Moreover, as Arthur C. Clarke pointed out in his Third Law, ‘A sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.’ If authors wish to write about remote futures or distant worlds, they can choose between the Asimovian commonplace, which suggests that situations change but people accept them as their everyday reality, and the Wolfe-ian marvelous, which implies that the world removed in time or space will be difficult to distinguish from fantasy . . . Novels that cut across the boundaries between science fiction and fantasy include Alfred Bester’s THE STARS MY DESTINATION, Robert Silverberg’s LORD VALENTINE’S CASTLE, Gene Wolfe’s THE SHADOW OF THE TORTURER and its sequels, and Anne McCaffrey’s DRAGONFLIGHT and the rest of the Pern novels. Now we can add Michael Swanwick’s appropriately titled STATIONS OF THE TIDE . . . STATIONS OF THE TIDE is set in a far-future period when other planetary systems have been settled, new technologies have changed humanity’s relationship to their environment, and bureaucracies have grown up to regulate how those technologies are used. The story starts with ‘the bureaucrat’ landing on the mysterious planet Miranda, which orbits the sun named Prospero, to track down the possibility of unauthorized technology transfer . . . Miranda is appropriately name. Miranda, readers familiar with Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’ will remember, is the daughter of the magician’s Prospero, and the planet Miranda is a place of magic . . . As in Brian Aldiss’ ‘Helliconia’ trilogy, in which a planet’s elliptical orbit around two stars established seasons lasting thousands of years, a situation that shapes the processes of evolution and civilization, and challenges human understanding. Swanwick’s Miranda periodically undergoes a vast climatic change in which the planet’s icecaps melt and the land is inundated. Miranda’s planet and animal life have evolved in this kind of environment, and they, too, undergo remarkable sea-changes from land to aquatic existence. That transformation is approaching as the bureaucrat begins his assignment of find the technological magician Gregorian . . . Nothing is what it seems . . . The reader must expect the unexpected, speculate what lies behind the mask of deception, and follow the path wherever it leads through this land of magic . . . The path is strewn with surprises . . . The reader should be prepared for shocks and revelations, for shapechangers and illusion, for objects that talk and machines that reveal themselves metaphorically . . . STATIONS OF THE TIDE is stocked with storytellers anxious to relieve their lives’ burdens with a revealing narrative, as a fantasy novel might . . . With STATIONS OF THE TIDE, his third novel, Swanwick has struck out in an [alternate] direction, showing that he is as unpredictable as his subject . . . “
Some of the awards and award nominations that Michael Swanwick has been honored with:
1980: “The Feast of Saint Janis.” Nebula nominee for Best Novelette. 1980: “The Feast of Saint Janis.” Locus nominee for Best Novelette. 1980: “Ginungagap.” Nebula Award nominee for Best Novelette. 1980: “Ginungagap.” Locus Award nominee for Best Novelette. 1981: Michael Swanwick is honored as the John W. Campbell New Writer Award winner. 1981: “Mummer Kiss.” Nebula Award nominee for Best Novelette. 1981: “Mummer Kiss.” Locus Award nominee for Best Novelette. 1981: “Mummer Kiss.” Science Fiction Chronicle Award winner for Best Novelette. 1981: “Walden Three.” Locus Award nominee for Best Novelette. 1982: “The Man Who Met Picasso.” World Fantasy Award nominee for Best Short Fiction. 1982: “The Man Who Met Picasso.” Locus Award nominee for Best Short Story. 1984: “Marrow Death.” Nebula Award nominee for Best Novella. 1984: “Marrow Death.” Locus Award nominee for Best Novella. 1984: “Trojan Horse.” Nebula Award nominee for Best Novelette. 1984: “Trojan Horse.” Locus Award nominee for Best Novelette. 1984: “When the Music’s Over . . . “ Locus Award nominee for Best Short Story. 1985: “The Blind Minotaur.” Locus Award nominee for Best Short Story. 1985: “Dogfight.” (co-written with William Gibson). Hugo Award nominee for Best Novelette. 1985: “Dogfight.” (co-written with William Gibson). Nebula Award nominee for Best Novelette. 1985: “Dogfight.” (co-written with William Gibson). Locus Award nominee for Best Novelette. 1985: “Dogfight” (co-written with William Gibson). Science Fiction Chronicle Award runner-up for Best Novelette. 1985: “The Gods of Mars.” (co-written with Gardner Dozois, Jack and Jack Dann. Nebula Award nominee for Best Short Story. 1985: “The Gods of Mars.” (co-written with Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann). Locus Award nominee for Best Short Story. 1985: IN THE DRIFT. Locus Award 3rd-place winner for Best Novel. 1985: “The Transmigration of Philip K.” Locus Award nominee for Best Short Story. 1987: VACUUM FLOWERS. Locus Award nominee for Best Novel. 1988: “The Dragon Line.” Locus Award nominee for Best Novelette. 1988: “The Dragon Line.” Asimov’s Reader Poll nominee for Best Short Story. 1988: “A Midwinter’s Tale.” Locus Award nominee for Best Short Story. 1988: “A Midwinter’s Tale.” Asimov’s Reader Poll Award winner for Best Short Story. 1989: “The Edge of the World.” Hugo Award nominee for Best Short Story. 1989: “The Edge of the World.” World Fantasy Award nominee for Best Short Fiction. 1989: “The Edge of the World.” Theodore R. Sturgeon Award winner for Best Short Story. 1989: “The Edge of the World.” Locus Award nominee for Best Short Story. 1989: “Snow Angels.” Locus Award nominee for Best Novelette. 1990: “UFO.” Locus Award nominee for Best Novelette. 1991: GRAVITY’S ANGELS. Locus Award nominee for Best Collection. 1991: “Griffin’s Egg.” Hugo Award nominee for Best Novella. 1991: “Griffin’s Egg.” Locus Award 3rd-place winner for Best Novella. 1991: “Griffin’s Egg.” Science Fiction Chronicle Award winner for Best Novella. 1991: “Griffin’s Egg.” Nebula Award nominee for Best Novella. 1991: “Griffin’s Egg.” Asimov’s Reader Poll Award nominee for Best Novella. 1991: STATIONS OF THE TIDE. Hugo Award nominee for Best Novel. 1991: STATIONS OF THE TIDE. Nebula Award winner for Best Novel. 1991: STATIONS OF THE TIDE. John W. Campbell Award 3rd-place winner for Best Novel. 1991: STATIONS OF THE TIDE. Locus Award nominee for Best Novel. 1991: STATIONS OF THE TIDE. Science Fiction Chronicle Award winner for Best Novel. 1991: STATIONS OF THE TIDE. Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee for Best Novel. 1992: “In Concert.” Locus Award nominee for Best Short Story. 1993: “Cold Iron.” Asimov’s Reader Poll Award runner-up for Best Novella. 1993: “Cold Iron.” Nebula Award nominee for Best Novella. 1993: THE IRON DRAGON’S DAUGHTER. World Fantasy Award nominee for Best Novel. 1993: THE IRON DRAGON’S DAUGHTER. Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee for Best Novel. 1993: THE IRON DRAGON’S DAUGHTER. Locus Award runner-up for Best Novel. 1994: “The Changeling’s Tale.” World Fantasy Award nominee for Best Short Story. 1994: “The Changeling’s Tale.” Locus Award nominee for Best Short Story. 1994: “The Changeling’s Tale.” Asimov’s Reader Poll Award nominee for Best Short Story. 1994: “The Mask.” Locus Award nominee for Best Short Story. 1995: “The City of God.” (co-written with Gardner Dozois). Locus Award nominee for Best Novella. 1995: “The City of God.” (co-written with Gardner Dozois). Asimov’s Reader Poll Award nominee for Best Novella. 1995: “Radio Waves.” World Fantasy Award winner for Best Short Novella. 1995: “Radio Waves.” Theodore R. Sturgeon Award nominee for Best Novella. 1995: “Radio Waves.” Locus Award nominee for Best Novellette. 1995: “Radio Waves.” HOMer Award nominee for Best Novelette. 1995: “Walking Out.” Hugo Award nominee for Best Short Story. 1995: “Walking Out.” Locus Award nominee for Best Short Story. 1995: “Walking Out.” Asimov’s Reader Poll Award nominee for Best Short Story. 1996: “The Dead.” Hugo Award nominee for Best Short Story. 1996: “The Dead.” James R. Tiptree Award nominee for Best Short Story. 1996: “The Dead.” Locus Award nominee for Best Short Story. 1996: “The Dead.” Nebula Award nominee for Best Short Story. 1997: A GEOGRAPHY OF UNKNOWN LANDS. World Fantasy Award nominee for Best Collection. 1997: A GEOGRAPHY OF UNKNOWN LANDS. Locus Award nominee for Best Collection. 1997: JACK FAUST. Hugo Award nominee for Best Novel. 1997: JACK FAUST. Locus Award runner-up for Best Fantasy Novel. 1997: JACK FAUST. British Science Fiction Award nominee for Best Novel. 1997: JACK FAUST. Sidewise Award nominee for Best Long Form. 1997: “Mother Grasshopper.” Locus Award nominee for Best Novelette. 1997: “The Wisdom of Old Earth.” Locus Award nominee for Best Short Story. 1998: “Ancestral Voices.” (co-written with Gardner Dozois). Locus Award nominee for Best Novella. 1998: “Ancestral Voices.” (co-written with Gardner Dozois). Asimov’s Reader Poll Award nominee for Best Novella. 1998: “Archaic Planets: Nine Excerpts from the Encyclopedia Galactica.” (co-written with Sean Swanwick). Asimov’s Reader Poll Award 3rd place co-winner for Best Short Story. 1998: “Microcosmic Dog.” Locus Award nominee for Best Short Story. 1998: “Microcosmic Dog.” Science Fiction Age Poll Award 3rd-place winner for Best Short Story. 1998: “Radiant Doors.” Hugo Award nominee for Best Short Story. 1998: “Radiant Doors.” Theodore R. Sturgeon Award nominee for Best Short Story. 1998: “Radiant Doors.” Locus Award runner-up for Best Short Story. 1998: “Radiant Doors.” Asimov’s Reader Poll Award winner for Best Short Story. 1998: “Radiant Doors.” Nebula Award nominee for Best Short Story. 1998: “The Very Pulse of the Machine.” Hugo Award winner for Best Short Story. 1998: “The Very Pulse of the Machine.” Locus Award nominee for Best Short Story. 1998: “The Very Pulse of the Machine.” Asimov’s Reader Poll Award co-3rd-place winner for Best Short Story. 1998: “Wild Minds.” Hugo Award nominee for Best Short Story. 1998: “Wild Minds.” Theodore R. Sturgeon Award nominee for Best Short Story. 1998: “Wild Minds.” Locus Award nominee for Best Short Story. 1999: “Ancient Engines.” Hugo Award nominee for Best Short Story. 1999: “Ancient Engines.” Nebula Award nominee for Best Short Story. 1999: “Ancient Engines.” Locus Award runner-up for Best Short Story. 1999: “Ancient Engines.” Asimov’s Reader Poll Award winner for Best Short Story. 1999: “Green Fire.” (co-written with Andy Duncan, Eileen Gunn, and Pat Murphy). Asimov’s Reader Poll Award nominee for Best Novella. 1999: “Riding the Giganotosaur.” Asimov’s Reader Poll Award nominee for Best Short Story. 1999: “Scherzo with Tyrannosaur.” Hugo Award winner for Best Short Story. 1999: “Scherzo with Tyrannosaur.” Locus Award 3rd-place winner for Best Short Story. 1999: “Scherzo with Tyrannosaur.” Asimov’s Reader Poll Award nominee for Best Short Story. 1999: “Scherzo with Tyrannosaur.” Nebula Award nominee for Best Short Story. 2000: MOON DOGS. Locus Award nominee for Best Collection. 2000: “Moon Dogs.” Hugo Award nominee for Best Short Story. 2000: “Moon Dogs.” Locus Award runner-up for Best Short Story. 2000: “Moon Dogs.” Asimov’s Reader Poll Award nominee for Best Short Story. 2000: “Moon Dogs.” HOMer Award nominee for Best Short Story. 2000: “The Raggie Taggie Gypsy-O.” World Fantasy Award nominee for Best Short Fiction. 2000: “The Raggie Taggie Gypsy-O.” Locus Award nominee for Best Short Story. 2000: TALES OF OLD EARTH. Locus Award winner for Best Collection. 2001: BEING GARDNER DOZOIS. Hugo Award nominee for Best related book. 2001: BEING GARDNER DOZOIS. Locus Award winner for Best Nonfiction. 2001: “The Dog Said Bow-Wow.” Hugo Award winner for Best Short Story. 2001: “The Dog Said Bow-Wow.” Theodore R. Sturgeon Award nominee for Best Short Story. 2001: “The Dog Said Bow-Wow.” Locus Award runner-up for Best Short Story. 2001: “The Dog Said Bow-Wow.” Asimov’s Reader Poll Award nominee for Best Short Story. 2001: “The Dog Said Bow-Wow.” Nebula Award nominee for Best Short Story. 2002: BONES OF THE EARTH. Hugo Award nominee for Best Novel. 2002: BONES OF THE EARTH. Nebula Award nominee for Best Novel. 2002: BONES OF THE EARTH. John W. Campbell Memorial Award nominee for Best Novel. 2002: BONES OF THE EARTH. Locus Award 3rd-place winner for Best Science Fiction Novel. 2002: “Dirty Little War.” Locus Award nominee for Best Short Story. 2002: “Five British Dinosaurs.” British Science Fiction Award nominee for Best Short Fiction. 2002: “‘Hello,’ Said the Stick.” Hugo Award nominee for Best Short Story. 2002: “‘Hello,’ Said the Stick.” Locus Award nominee for Best Short Story. 2002: “The Little Cat Laughed to See Such Sport.” Hugo Award nominee for Best Short Story. 2002: “The Little Cat Laughed to See Such Sport.” Locus Award nominee for Best Short Story. 2002: “The Little Cat Laughed to See Such Sport.” Asimov’s Reader Poll Award co-3rd-place winner for Best Short Story. 2002: “Slow Life.” Hugo Award winner for Best Novelette. 2002: “Slow Life.” Locus Award nominee for Best Novelette. 2002: “Slow Life.” AnLab Award nominee for Best Novelette. 2003: “Coyote at the End of History.” Asimov’s Reader Poll Award winner for Best Short Story. 2003: “Deep in the Woods of Grammarie.” Locus Award nominee for Best Short Story. 2003: “King Dragon.” Locus Award nominee for Best Short Story. 2003: “Legions in Time.” Hugo Award winner for Best Novelette. 2003: “Legions in Time.” Locus Award nominee for Best Novelette. 2003: “Legions in Time.” Asimov’s Reader Poll Award nominee for Best Novelette. 2003: “Smoke and Mirrors: Four Scenes from the Post-Utopian Future.” Locus Award nominee for Best Short Story. 2004: “The Last Geek.” Locus Award nominee for Best Short Story. 2004: “The Word That Sings the Scythe.” Locus Award nominee for Best Novelette. 2005: “Girls and Boys, Comes Out to Play.” Locus Award nominee for Best Novelette. 2005: “Triceratops Summer.” Locus Award nominee for Best Short Story. 2006: “Lord Weary’s Empire.” Hugo Award nominee for Best Novella. 2006: “Lord Weary’s Empire.” Theodore R. Sturgeon Award 3rd-place winner for Best Novella. 2006: “Lord Weary’s Empire.” Locus Award 3rd-place winner for Best Novella. 2006: “Lord Weary’s Empire.” Asimov’s Reader Poll Award 3rd-place winner for Best Novella. 2006: “Tin Marsh.” Locus Award nominee for Best Short Story. 2007: THE DOG SAID BOW-WOW. Locus Award nominee for Best Collection. 2007: “The Skysailor’s Tale.” Locus Award nominee for Best Novelette. 2007: “A Small Room in Koboldtown.” Hugo Award nominee for Best Short Story. 2007: “A Small Room in Koboldtown.” Locus Award winner for Best Short Story. 2007: “Urdumheim.” Locus Award nominee for Best Novelette. 2008: THE BEST OF MICHAEL SWANWICK. Locus Award runner-up for Best Collection. 2008: THE DRAGONS OF BABEL. Locus Award nominee for Best Fantasy Novel. 2008: THE DRAGONS OF BABEL. Science Fiction Site Poll Award nominee for Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Book. 2008: “From Babel’s Fall’n Glory We Fled.” Hugo Award nominee for Best Short Story. 2008: “From Babel’s Fall’n Glory We Fled.” Theodore R. Sturgeon Award nominee for Best Short Story. 2008: “From Babel’s Fall’n Glory We Fled.” Locus Award nominee for Best Short Story. 2008: “From Babel’s Fall’n Glory We Fled.” Asimov’s Reader Poll Award runner-up for Best Short Story. 2008: “The Scarecrow’s Boy.” Locus Award nominee for Best Short Story. 2009: HOPE-IN-THE-MIST: THE EXTRAORDINARY CAREER AND MYSTERIOUS LIFE OF HOPE MIRRLEES. Hugo Award nominee for Best Related Book. 2009: HOPE-IN-THE-MIST: THE EXTRAORDINARY CAREER AND MYSTERIOUS LIFE OF HOPE MIRRLEES. Locus Award nominee for Best Nonfiction/Art Book. 2009: “Zeppelin City.” (co-written with Eileen Gunn). Locus Award nominee for Best Novelette. 2010: “Libertarian Russia.” Locus Award nominee for Best Short Story. 2010: “Libertarian Russia.” Asimov’s Reader Poll Award co-winner for Best Short Story.
Based on his amazing number of award nominations and award winners, Michael Swanwick is clearly one of the best, most important, and most collectible science fiction and fantasy authors in the world.
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A FINE+ book without a dust jacket, as issued. This is actually an AS NEW copy of this book. The book is tight and square in its gray full-leather binding with bright gilt lettering on the spine of the book and bright gilt decorations on the front and rear covers of the book. This is an unread copy of this book. I bought it when it was new, put it in a plastic protector, and placed it on my bookshelf. The book is part of the famous Easton Press “Signed First Edition” science fiction series. This is a signed, limited edition (limitation unstated). Raised bands on the spine, all page edges of the book are gilt, silk endpapers, archival quality acid-negative pages, silk ribbon bookmark attached. Color frontispiece by artist Byron Taylor. Introduction by the great and famous science fiction author, science fiction editor, science fiction critic, and science fiction historian James Gunn. There is no writing in the book (except for Swanwick’s signature, of course); no bookplates; no remainder marks.
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