Michael Swanwick
@michaelswanwick.bsky.social
Science Fiction and Fantasy writer. As a hobby, I also write Criticism and Non-Fiction.
Once again, it's Universe Box Monday! Today... a billy club. One that is particularly dear to my heart.
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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…
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November 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Once again, it's Universe Box Monday! Today... a billy club. One that is particularly dear to my heart.
file770.com/a-billy-club/
file770.com/a-billy-club/
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...
November 23, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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
November 23, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I got to have a
Alex Shvartsman at Philcon.
November 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Alex Shvartsman at Philcon.
Esther Friesner at Philcon.
November 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Esther Friesner at Philcon.
Andy Porter at Philcon.
November 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Andy Porter at Philcon.
Frank Wu at Philcon
November 22, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Frank Wu at Philcon
Neil Clarke at Philcon.
November 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Neil Clarke at Philcon.
Look what came in the mail! Loong's Tales: The True Form of the Dragon.
Details on my blog:
floggingbabel.blogspot.com/2025/11/intr...
Details on my blog:
floggingbabel.blogspot.com/2025/11/intr...
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...
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November 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Look what came in the mail! Loong's Tales: The True Form of the Dragon.
Details on my blog:
floggingbabel.blogspot.com/2025/11/intr...
Details on my blog:
floggingbabel.blogspot.com/2025/11/intr...
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 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 ...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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.
floggingbabel.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-mo...
floggingbabel.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-mo...
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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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…
file770.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
It's Universe Box Monday at File 770 again! Today, the story of my sixth Hugo Award--the one I DIDN'T win.
file770.com/a-hugo-award/
file770.com/a-hugo-award/
I may have to form a rock band, so I can use this as the cover of our first cd.
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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...
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November 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I may have to form a rock band, so I can use this as the cover of our first cd.
www.livescience.com/space/the-su...
www.livescience.com/space/the-su...
Hey, kids! It's time to play... ART or N'ART?
November 14, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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.
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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.
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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autumn leaves
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…
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November 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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.
file770.com/autumn-leaves/
file770.com/autumn-leaves/
Just a reminder that it's still autum
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Just a reminder that it's still autum
Big moon tonight.
November 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Big moon tonight.
Marianne at sunset.
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Marianne at sunset.
Caught between the waters of birth and death, the road goes ever on.
November 6, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Caught between the waters of birth and death, the road goes ever on.
Gravestone of Robert Morris Sr., a Liverpool ironmonger who became a rich Colonial merchant. His son, Robert Morris Jr., signed the Declaration of Independence and was the Financier of the Revolution.
November 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Gravestone of Robert Morris Sr., a Liverpool ironmonger who became a rich Colonial merchant. His son, Robert Morris Jr., signed the Declaration of Independence and was the Financier of the Revolution.
We went to an antique shop and bought...
November 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM
We went to an antique shop and bought...
I went online to discover the author of "The Breast" and after the answer (Philip Roth), the search engine's AI offered three related questions I might want answered. The first was "What are the benefits of touching a woman's breast?" And I thought: AI, you were obviously never a teenage boy.
November 6, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I went online to discover the author of "The Breast" and after the answer (Philip Roth), the search engine's AI offered three related questions I might want answered. The first was "What are the benefits of touching a woman's breast?" And I thought: AI, you were obviously never a teenage boy.