Michael Bishop ist ein gefeierter amerikanischer Autor von Science-Fiction und Fantasy, dessen umfangreiches Werk sich durch tiefgründige Erforschung der menschlichen Psyche und gesellschaftlicher Themen auszeichnet. Sein Schreiben überschreitet oft Genregrenzen und verbindet introspektive Erzählungen mit futuristischen und fantastischen Elementen. Er befasst sich häufig mit moralischen Dilemmata und komplexen zwischenmenschlichen Beziehungen in unkonventionellen Umgebungen. Bishops Fähigkeit, aufschlussreiche Charaktere und stimmungsvolle Welten zu erschaffen, festigt seinen Status als bedeutende Stimme in der modernen spekulativen Fiktion.
Set in Crown Heights, the narrative follows a young man's journey of discovering his passion for music. Initially influenced by the sounds of home, he becomes captivated by the vibrant street music he encounters at a summer block party. This energetic and familiar yet distinct sound ignites a lifelong love for what would later be recognized as Hip Hop. The story captures the essence of a cultural movement and the transformative power of music in shaping identity and community.
This retrospective Michael Bishop collection of fifty short pieces (thirty-four stories, fifteen poems or prose-poems, and one amusing Moon-based play about writing SF, "The Grape Jelly and Mustard Method") spans the author's entire career, from "Asytages's Dream," written while Bishop was a college student, to "Yahweh's Hour," an acerbic but moving work of science-fantasy political satire composed in 2020. The collection's most distinctive attribute, however, lies in the fact that no contribution is longer than 3,000 words and most are shorter, a kind of Palm-of-the-Hand Stories for lovers of short fiction, heartfelt pieces that afford the reader as much meat as they do flash."A Few Last Words for the Late Immortals," set on Saturn's largest moon, Titan, embodies a requiem for the entire human species. "Philip K. Dick is dead, a lass" memorializes in verse science fiction's preeminent bard of the reality breakdown." "Love's Heresy" and "The Library of Babble" appear to be channeling the labyrinthine mind of Jorge Luis Borges, albeit with surprising jinks all their own. And the list of narrative explorations grows and grows . . .Humor and horror, music and whimsy, primates and pathology, mice and men, religion and rebellion: these stories and poems cover the waterfront of human experience while acknowledging the singularity of each human life.
"Unicorn Mountain, a Mythopoeic Fantasy Award winner for Best Novel, includes ranching in Colorado, Ute Indian lore, a Denver-based advertising firm, Swing Era music, an old Bendix TV set that transmits signals from an askew parallel Earth, and, last but no less disquieting, transdimensional migrations of living unicorns."--Publisher marketing
Set in an alternative Atlanta between 2000 and 2070, the story unfolds under a massive artificial dome that obscures the night sky. Citizens live in a tightly controlled environment, spread across nine underground levels, where computer simulations create the illusion of weather and seasons. Despite the oppressive bureaucracy and confined living conditions, the inhabitants find ways to not only survive but thrive, showcasing resilience in a dystopian landscape.
Exploring diverse themes and settings, this collection features four long stories by Michael Bishop, showcasing his unique storytelling prowess. The title tale merges exotic adventure with 1930s pulp elements, while "And Strange at Ecbatan the Trees" presents a distant future where a flawed genius confronts catastrophic challenges. "To the Land of Snow" offers a unique perspective on a starship journey led by an unconventional Dalai Lama, and "The Gospel According to Gamaliel Crucis" presents an evangelist who believes in a sentient insect as a redeemer.
This collection gathers together Michael Bishop's mainstream stories set in Georgia or featuring characters from Georgia. It represents the culmination of a career-long project that Bishop did not fully realize he had embarked upon, but that he did always have in the back of his mind. It opens with a hommage, both poignant and funny, to Flannery O'Connor, and closes with his daringly satirical Nebula Award-nominated novelette "Rattlesnakes and Men."
The narrative centers on a decades-old murder case in Nashville, where a private citizen, Michael Bishop, uncovers evidence suggesting that the wrong man was convicted. The 1964 murder of babysitter Paula Herring, initially blamed on a judge's son, is revealed to involve a conspiracy among elite members of society. With the help of renowned forensic experts, Bishop exposes the truth behind the crime and the subsequent cover-up, including interviews with key figures and a shocking confession, promising to alter Nashville's historical narrative.
Joel-Brock Lollis's family has vanished into the labyrinthine Sporangium below a curious Georgia emporium, Big Box Bonanzas. Glimpses of an older J-B Lollis of the Atlanta Braves on a BBB television suggest that Joel-Brock may never get back his parents and sister. The Valorous Smalls--almost-ten Joel-Brock, lively teen Addi, and tiny detective Valona--forge their way into the mushroom realm to change that possible future.
Der Kuppelstadt von Atlanta und ihrer religiösen Despotie glücklich entronnen und über Europa in den Weltraum geflohen, lassen sich die Balduin-Brüder auf allerlei interstellare Geschäfte ein, um ihren Lebensunterhalt zu verdienen. Da erhalten sie einen lukrativen Auftrag. Sie sollen eine sektiererische kleine Gemeinde von Hominiden vom Planeten Trope auf den Planeten Glaparca umsiedeln. Die Quemartsee, so heißen die Angehörigen der fanatischen Sekte, treiben einen bizarren Kult mit den Augen von Verstorbenen, deren »Letzten Blick« sie auf telepathischem Wege zu erhaschen verstehen, eine Vision, in der sich äußeres und inneres Erleben verbindet. Gunnar Balduin, der zusammen mit Regierungsleuten und Militärs die Umsiedlungsaktion in die Wege leiten soll und bei seinem Kontakt mit den Betroffenen sich mehr und mehr zu den Quemartsee hingezogen fühlt, merkt zu spät, daß er in ein abgefeimtes politisches Spiel geraten ist und sich zum Werkzeug hat machen lassen, die armen Teufel in die Sklaverei zu verfrachten.
Set in a small Georgia town, a widowed young mother named Mary Stevenson Crye, affectionately called Stevie, juggles life as a freelance writer while raising her two children. Her reliance on a quirky, outdated typewriter, the PDE Exceleriter, adds a unique twist to her struggles for income and stability. The story explores themes of resilience and family dynamics as Stevie navigates the challenges of single motherhood in a changing world.
