Nebula Award
1回登壇
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第18回（1983年） Winner
Michael Lawson Bishop
マイケル・ローソン・ビショップ
Michael Lawson Bishop
ペンネーム:
Philip Lawson（Joint pseudonym used for mystery novels co-written with Paul Di Filippo）
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1945-11-12 （Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.）
- 死没
- 2023-11-13 （LaGrange, Georgia, U.S.） 78歳
- 国籍
- United States
- 言語
- English
- 宗教
- Christianity
- 居住地歴
- Tokyo (kindergarten) → Seville, Spain (senior year of high school) → Athens, Georgia (University of Georgia — student and later faculty) → Pine Mountain, Georgia (home) → LaGrange, Georgia (hospice / death)
経歴
- 職業
- novelist, short story writer, essayist, poet, teacher
- 活動期間
- 1970年〜2021年
- 所属
- LaGrange College (writer-in-residence)
- 影響を受けた人物
- Ursula K. Le Guin, Philip K. Dick, Theodore Sturgeon
- ノミネート
- Hugo Award (multiple nominations), Arthur C. Clarke Award (Ancient of Days nominee), John W. Campbell Memorial Award (No Enemy But Time nominee)
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Georgia | — | English | BA | 1963-1967 | United States |
| University of Georgia | — | English | MA | 1967-1968 | United States |
University of Georgia
English
学位:
BA
期間:
1963-1967
卒業年:
1967
国:
United States
University of Georgia
English
学位:
MA
期間:
1967-1968
卒業年:
1968
国:
United States
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Nebula Award (Best Novelette) | The Quickening | Best Novelette | Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) | Winner |
| 1982 | Nebula Award (Best Novel) | No Enemy But Time | Best Novel | Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) | Winner |
| 2009 | Shirley Jackson Award (Short Fiction) | The Pile | Best Short Story (2008) | Shirley Jackson Awards | Winner |
| 1989 | Mythopoeic Fantasy Award | Unicorn Mountain | Fantasy (Adult) | Mythopoeic Society | Winner |
| 1979 | Rhysling Award | For the Lady of a Physicist | Poetry | Science Fiction Poetry Association | Winner |
| 2018 | Georgia Author of the Year Award (short story collection) | Other Arms Reach Out to Me: Georgia Stories | Short Story Collection | Georgia Writers Association | Winner |
Nebula Award (Best Novelette)
1981
対象作品:
The Quickening
部門:
Best Novelette
主催:
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA)
結果:
Winner
Nebula Award (Best Novel)
1982
対象作品:
No Enemy But Time
部門:
Best Novel
主催:
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA)
結果:
Winner
Shirley Jackson Award (Short Fiction)
2009
対象作品:
The Pile
部門:
Best Short Story (2008)
主催:
Shirley Jackson Awards
結果:
Winner
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award
1989
対象作品:
Unicorn Mountain
部門:
Fantasy (Adult)
主催:
Mythopoeic Society
結果:
Winner
Rhysling Award
1979
対象作品:
For the Lady of a Physicist
部門:
Poetry
主催:
Science Fiction Poetry Association
結果:
Winner
Georgia Author of the Year Award (short story collection)
2018
対象作品:
Other Arms Reach Out to Me: Georgia Stories
部門:
Short Story Collection
主催:
Georgia Writers Association
結果:
Winner
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
No Enemy But Time
1982年 Science fiction (time travel / anthropological fiction)A modern African-American man is recruited for his ability to dream himself into the Pleistocene, becoming involved with a tribe of habilines; the novel examines humanity, love, and the formation of the Family of Man across deep time.
anthropologytime travelrace and culturelove and family
The Quickening
1981年 Science fiction (short fiction / modern fable)A novelette that uses a fable-like premise—people dispersed across the world—to critique American culture and values.
social critiquecultural displacementfable
Unicorn Mountain
1988年 Fantasy / literaryInterweaves the story of a man dying of AIDS and his relatives with themes of tribe-building, myth, and contemporary social issues; blends fantasy elements with literary concerns.
illness and deathtribe and communitymythic elements
Ancient of Days
1985年 Science fiction (anthropological)Tells the story surrounding 'Adam', claimed to be one of the last Homo habilis, discovered in contemporary Georgia; explores race, culture, and what it means to be human.
humanityprejudice and acceptancecivilization vs. primitivism
全著作
- A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire (1975)
- And Strange at Ecbatan the Trees (1976)
- Stolen Faces (1977)
- A Little Knowledge (1977)
- Catacomb Years (1979)
- Transfigurations (1979)
- Eyes of Fire (1980)
- Under Heaven's Bridge (1981, with Ian Watson)
- No Enemy But Time (1982)
- Who Made Stevie Crye? (1984)
- Ancient of Days (1985)
- Philip K. Dick Is Dead, Alas (The Secret Ascension) (1987)
- Unicorn Mountain (1988)
- Count Geiger's Blues (1992)
- Brittle Innings (1994)
- Joel-Brock the Brave and the Valorous Smalls (2016)
翻案
- Brittle Innings was optioned by 20th Century Fox and the rights were acquired in 1995; no film has been produced to date.
作風・主題
- 文体
- densely intellectual proseexploration of anthropological perspectives and ethical quandariesincorporation of Southern American sensibilities
- 頻出モチーフ
- religion and faithcross-cultural encounterqueries into human nature
健康
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cancer2023He died in hospice care from cancer in November 2023.
評価・遺産
Over five decades Bishop produced a widely admired and influential body of work across science fiction, fantasy, horror and poetry. His incorporation of religious themes and anthropological concerns, together with genre-crossing versatility, earned him major awards and influence on contemporaries and later writers.
関連学会
- Science Fiction Research Association (served as Guest of Honor)
引用
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“A body of work that stands among the most admired and influential in modern science fiction and fantasy literature.”
出典: Crossroads: Tales of the Southern Literary Fantastic (2004年)
豆知識
- His son Jamie Bishop was among the victims of the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting; Michael and his wife advocated for stricter U.S. gun laws thereafter.
- He was a military brat and lived abroad as a child (including Tokyo and Seville).
- He substantially rewrote his first novel A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire and republished it as Eyes of Fire.
- Used the joint pseudonym Philip Lawson for collaborations with Paul Di Filippo.