标题: 《Ginungagap 》作者：- Michael Swanwick【EPUB】 [打印本页] 作者: zaq 时间: 2013-4-21 20:35 标题: 《Ginungagap 》作者：- Michael Swanwick【EPUB】 Michael Swanwick Michael Swanwick (1950-) distinguished himself with a group of notable short stories in the early and mid-'80s. He has written both science fiction and fantasy, and, after reaching the height of his powers as a SF novelist in Stations of the Tide (1991), has turned increasingly toward fantasy in his two most recent novels, The Iron Dragon's Daughter (1993) and Jack Faust (1997). "My father was an engineer... but I was lured away from engineering by science, and then lured away from science by literature," he says. Science Fiction Writers calls him "an author who produces thoughtful, speculative work in a complex, literary style without a strong, action-oriented plot." His early short fiction is collected in Gravity's Angels (1991). Swanwick is also the author of two influential critical essays, one on science fiction, "User's Guide to the Postmoderns" (1985), and one on fantasy, "In The Tradition..." (1994). He remains one of the most significant genre writers of the '90s. "Ginungagap" was his first published story. It appeared in a special SF issue of the distinguished literary magazine Triquarterly. The title refers to the primordial chaos out