The Periodic Table of Science Fiction
1-904619-01-0 (slipcase), ISBN 1-904619-00-2 (hardcover)OCLC 69021516 Novels Short stories Short story collections
The Periodic Table of Science Fiction is a collection of 118 very short stories by science fiction author Michael Swanwick. Each story is named after an element in the periodic table, including the then-undiscovered element 117.
The stories were commissioned to run on Eileen Gunn's The Infinite Matrix[1] but were published in the Sci Fiction section of SciFi.com, between 2001 and 2003.[2] The stories were published as they were written, about which Swanwick said, "It made the sequence into a kind of performance art, something akin to being a trapeze artist, which is a possibility not normally open to a writer."[3]
The print edition was published in 2005, in two signed limited editions: one slipcase hardback edition with a print run of 200,[citation needed] and one hardback edition with a print run of 500 books.[4] In 2009, Swanwick posted the stories on a weblog dedicated to the purpose.[5]
The theme of each story in the collection is inspired by the element it is named after. The book also includes an afterword by the author, and a foreword by Theodore Gray who was awarded the IgNobel Prize for Chemistry in 2002.
References
- ^ The Infinite Matrix | Michael Swanwick | Periodic Table of SF | Hydrogen
- ^ Internet Archive | SciFi.com | Sci Fiction | Periodic Table
- ^ Crescent Blues | Author Interview
- ^ "The Periodic Table of Science Fiction [signed jhc] by Michael Swanwick [OUT OF PRINT]". PS Publishing. Retrieved June 21, 2012.
- ^ "The Periodic Table of Science Fiction". Michael Swanwick (blog). Retrieved June 21, 2012.
External links
- Serbian translation
- "'The Periodic Table of Science Fiction". Official site (Sci Fi Channel). Archived from the original on September 24, 2005.
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Works by Michael Swanwick
- In the Drift (1984)
- Vacuum Flowers (1987)
- Stations of the Tide (1991)
- The Iron Dragon's Daughter (1993)
- Jack Faust (1997)
- Bones of the Earth (2002)
- The Dragons of Babel (2008)
- Dancing With Bears (2011)
- Chasing the Phoenix (2015)
- The Iron Dragon's Mother (2019)
- "Dogfight" (1985)
- "The Dead" (1996)
- "The Very Pulse of the Machine" (1998)
- "Radiant Doors" (1999)
- "Ancient Engines" (1999)
- "Scherzo with Tyrannosaur" (1999)
- "The Dog Said Bow-Wow" (2001)
- "Slow Life" (2002)
- "'Hello,' Said the Stick" (2002)
- "Legions in Time" (2003)
- Gravity's Angels (1991)
- A Geography of Unknown Lands (1997)
- Moon Dogs (2000)
- Puck Aleshire's Abecedary (2000)
- The Periodic Table of Science Fiction (2005)
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