Michael Swanwick

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Because I know you've all been suffering from Wallace and Grommet depravation:

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Three nights in a row, I had dreams I could have made stories from. The first two I rejected. Tonight's, set in the Two-for-Twenty, I've started scribbling down.

I am convinced that Rene Descarte's most famous line was swiped from Shakespeare's "I think, wherefore iamb."

a miniature bookcase Let’s celebrate The Universe Box‘s February 3rd release by Tachyon Press! I have opened the universe box that is my life, and will be sharing a piece of it every Monday. By Michael Swanwi…

It's Universe Box Monday! Today--a miniature bookcase. How cool is that? (Answer: as cool as La Serenissima herself.)

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Tom Stoppard (1937-2025) . Tom Stoppard  is dead. Let the satyrs and rainclouds weep. Let all who value wit for wit's sake drape their brows with black crepe. Sto...

Tom Stoppard is dead. I am desolate. You should be too.

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Tachyon Publications creates some extremely good books. So this is a great deal. And it comes just as you're wondering what to get your bookish friends for Christmas.

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a billy club Let’s celebrate The Universe Box‘s February 3rd release by Tachyon Press! I have opened the universe box that is my life, and will be sharing a piece of it every Monday. By Michael Swanwick: Willia…

Once again, it's Universe Box Monday! Today... a billy club. One that is particularly dear to my heart.

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Alas, you give me too much credit.

I like how you applied wit to my posting gaffe.

I had a pleasant conversation with Neil Clarke at Philcon, mostly about how new writers can be made more welcome at SF cons. They're the future, after all, and SF is all about...

I got to have a

Alex Shvartsman at Philcon.

Esther Friesner at Philcon.

Andy Porter at Philcon.

Frank Wu at Philcon

Neil Clarke at Philcon.

Introducing Dragons .   Look what came in the mail!  Loong's Tales: The True Form of the Dragon , edited by my friend  Lynn Sun . As you probably know, there a...

Look what came in the mail! Loong's Tales: The True Form of the Dragon.

Details on my blog:

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Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Revealed as Buyer of Maurizio Cattelan’s $12.1 M. Gold Toilet Ripley’s Believe It or Not! has been revealed as the buyer of Maurizio Cattelan’s 18-karat gold toilet, America, sold for $12.1 million at Sotheby’s.

This is brilliant! The buyer of the solid gold toilet is...

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A Month of Cigar Box Mondays .     October has come and gone and with it,  the first month's (plus one week's)   Universe Box Mondays.  These short essays on  File 770 ...

In case you missed any of October's UNIVERSE BOX MONDAYS, I've put together a bundle of links. You should try a few. They're fun, and they don't take long to read.

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a hugo award Let’s celebrate The Universe Box‘s February 3rd release by Tachyon Press! I have opened the universe box that is my life, and will be sharing a piece of it every Monday. By Michael Swanwi…

It's Universe Box Monday at File 770 again! Today, the story of my sixth Hugo Award--the one I DIDN'T win.

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Astrophotographer snaps 'absolutely preposterous' photo of skydiver 'falling' past the sun's surface Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy has snapped a striking shot of a skydiving YouTuber perfectly aligned with the fiery surface of the sun. The unlikely image, dubbed "The Fall of Icarus," required met...

I may have to form a rock band, so I can use this as the cover of our first cd.

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Aaaaaand... It's ART! Specifically, it's THE SPIRIT SONG by Robert Tiffany at the Woodmere Art Museum.

Logically inconsistent.

Hey, kids! It's time to play... ART or N'ART?

Marianne and I had lunch yesterday with David Axler and our friend Janis Ian. We hadn't seen her since before the Covid Years, so it was good to touch base again.

Very festive cocktails, and just a touch old fashioned for the times. (And you're deeper into the Pynchon than I am. Distractions keep happening.)

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Universe Box Monday is up on File 770. Today's post is titled AUTUMN LEAVES and explains how I came to write a yearly Halloween story on leaves.

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Just a reminder that it's still autum

I remember when bald eagles were almost extinct in the Lower 48. I like this situation much better.

Big moon tonight.