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Excerpt
Had he been a superstitious man, Darger would not have wound up being swallowed by a dragon. However, as the product of an enlightened age and being possessed of a skeptical frame of mind to boot, he dismissed as mere peasant credulity all warnings that the mountain pass was haunted by the legendary creature and thus not to be hazarded. Surplus was less certain, for “Such beliefs often have a nugget of truth to them, as when a sea-ogre turns out to be a whirlpool or a basilisk a volcanic vent spewing poisonous gases,” as he put it. But rather than show the white feather before his friend, he went along with Darger’s itinerary.
Bio
Michael Swanwick is one of the most acclaimed science fiction and fantasy writers of his generation. He has the unique distinction of having received a Hugo Award for fiction in five out of six years and has been honored with the Nebula, Theodore Sturgeon, and World Fantasy Awards as well as receiving nominations for the British Science Fiction Award and the Arthur C. Clarke Award. He has taught at Clarion West several times and enjoyed it immensely.
He lives in Philadelphia with his wife, Marianne Porter.
Writing Description
Swanwick's writing is infinitely varied.
Goals
One thousand words per week, not counting flash fiction, which is far too easy to count. Last year I tricked Eileen Gunn into writing a story with me (“Shed That Guilt! Double Your Productivity Overnight!”) by the simple expedient of not telling her she was doing so. I expect she’ll be warier this year, so I may not be able to work this trick again. We’ll see.
Website
My web page is michaelswanwick.com, and I blog at floggingbabel.blogspot.com and poemdujour.blogspot.com.
