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My Take
Michael Bishop is the kind of writer I instinctively respect. A Nebraska-born, Georgia-educated novelist who collected Nebula, Locus, and Shirley Jackson Awards across five decades, he built a body of work that critics rank among science fiction's most influential. No Enemy But Time, his time-travel novel reaching back to humanity's origins, is the sort of premise that still gives me chills. He passed in 2023 at seventy-eight, leaving more than thirty books behind, which is about the best legacy a storyteller can hope for. I admire people who reshape worlds quietly, with nothing louder than language.
Overview
Michael Lawson Bishop (November 12, 1945 – November 13, 2023) was an American author. Over five decades and in more than thirty books, he created what has been called a "body of work that stands among the most admired and influential in modern science fiction and fantasy literature."
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Michael Bishop
- Name (Japanese)
- マイクル・ビショップ
- Reading
- まいくる・びしょっぷ
- Born
- November 12, 1945 – November 13, 2023
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Rooster
- Origin
- Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- novelist / writer / science fiction writer / journalist / poet
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Georgia
Awards & achievements
- 1983 Nebula Award for Best Novel
- 1977 Locus Award for Best Novella
- 1995 Science Fiction Chronicle Award
- 2008 Shirley Jackson Award
- Mythopoeic Awards
- 1995 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel
- 1984 Locus Award for Best Novella
- 1982 Nebula Award for Best Novelette
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | No Enemy But Time | — | |
| Notable work | Philip K. Dick Is Dead, Alas | — | |
| Notable work | Unicorn Mountain | — |
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.