Michael L. Bishop is dead, alas

Who is happier than an author with a new book? (Michael Bishop in 2018)

Michael Bishop, winner of 2 Nebula Awards and 4 Locus Awards, succumbed to sarcoma on November 13, one day after his 78th birthday. The author of 18 novels and over 150 shorter pieces, Mr. Bishop was well-loved within the sf/f community and was part of the post-New Wave writers of the 1970s. He was noted for the anthropological slant (akin to Le Guin) and decided alienness (twigging James Tiptree) of his science fiction. Long-time resident of Pine Mountain, Georgia, he was a member of the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame and has an entry in the New Georgia Encyclopedia. Rich Horton, sf reviewer and compiler of notable collections, has a fine appreciation of Mr. Bishop on the Black Gate magazine website.

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