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MICHAEL BISHOP
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He attended the University of Georgia, where he received his B.A. in 1967 with Phi Beta Kappa honors. He earned a master's degree in English with a thesis on the poetry of Dylan Thomas (Dylan Thomas' Obscurity: The Legitimacy of Explication, University of Georgia, 1968). In 1975 "A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire" was published his first novel, and the first of what could be called "the anthropological novels" and could be favorably compared to the early novels of Ursula K. Le Guin. This group would also include "Stolen Faces", "Transfigurations", and "Eyes of Fire", a complete rewrite of the first novel. Even though later novels such as the Nebula Award-winning "No Enemy But Time" and "Ancient of Days" would also examine anthropological issues, their Earthly settings prehistorical for the former and modern for the latter would set them apart from the earlier "space operas".
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AWARDS
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Locus Award for Best Novella [The Samurai and the Willows] of 1977 from the readers of Locus. Nebula Award for Best Novelette [The Quickening] of 1981 from the Science Fiction Writers of America. Nebula Award for Best Novel [No Enemy But Time] of 1982 from the Science Fiction Writers of America. Locus Award for Best Novella [Her Habiline Husband] of 1983 from the readers of Locus. Science Fiction Chronicle Award for Best Novella [Her Habiline Husband] of 1983 from the readers of Science Fiction Chronicle. Locus Award for Best Anthology [Light Years and Dark] of 1984 from the readers of Locus. The Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Best Novel [Unicorn Mountain] of 1988 from the Mythopoeic Society. Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel [Brittle Innings] of 1994 from the readers of Locus. Science Fiction Chronicle Award for Best Novel [Brittle Innings] of 1994 from the readers of Science Fiction Chronicle. The Southeastern Science Fiction Achievement Award for Best Short Fiction [The Door Gunner] of 2003
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NOMINATIIONS
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"A Death and Designation Among the Asadi" for Best Novella [1973 Hugos] for Best Novella [1973 Nebulas]
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"The White Otters of Childhood" for Best Novella [1973 Hugos] for Best Novella [1973 Nebulas]
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"Cathadonian Odyssey" for Best Short Story [1974 Hugos
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"On the Street of the Serpents" for Best Novella [1974 Nebulas
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Rogue Tomato" for Best Short Story [1975 Hugos]
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"The Samurai and the Willows" for Best Novella [1976 Hugos] for Best Novella [1976 Nebulas]
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"No Enemy But Time" for Best Novel [Runner-up] [1982 John W. Campbell, Jr. Memorial Award] for Best Novel [1983 British Science Fiction Awards] for Best International Fiction [1983 Ditmar Award]
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"The Gospel According to Gamaliel Crucis" for Best Novella [1984 Nebulas]
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"Her Habiline Husband" for Best Novella [1984 Nebulas]
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"Ancient of Days" for Best Novel [1988 Arthur C. Clarke Award
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"Unicorn Mountain" for Best Book of Fiction by a Georgia Writer [1988 Townsend Fiction Prize] for Best SF Novel [1989 Lambda Award
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"Philip K. Dick is Dead, Alas" for Best Novel [1989 Arthur C. Clarke Award]
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"The Ommatidium Miniatures" for Best Short Story [1990 Nebulas]
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"Apartheid, Superstrings, and Mordecai Thubana" for Best Novella [1990 World Fantasy Awards]
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"Life Regarded as a Jigsaw Puzzle of Highly Lustrous Cats" for Best Novelette [1992 Nebulas]
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"Cri de Coeur" for Short SF Novel [Finalist] [1994 Universitat Politecnia de Catalunya Awards] for Best Short Fiction [Finalist] [1995 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award] for Best Novella [1995 Hugos]
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"Brittle Innings" for Best Novel [1995 Hugos] for Baseball Book of the Year [1995 Casey Award] for Best Novel [Runner-up] [1995 John W. Campbell, Jr. Memorial Award] for Best Novel [1995 World Fantasy Awards] for Best Adult Literature [1996 Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards] for Best Book of Fiction by a Georgia Writer [1996 Townsend Fiction Prize]
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"Blue Kansas Sky" [2001 Georgia Author of the Year
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