Michael P. Kube-McDowell
Encyclopedia
Michael Paul Kube-McDowell (born August 29, 1954, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
) is a science fiction
novelist. He has also dabbled in music, written for television, been a stringer for a daily newspaper, and published short fiction, reviews, assorted nonfiction and erotica
. He was honored for teaching excellence by the 1985 White House
Commission on Presidential Scholars. Kube-McDowell's short fiction has been featured in Analog
, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, as well as anthologies After the Flames and Perpetual Light. Three of his stories have been adapted as episodes of the TV series Tales from the Darkside
.
Outside of science fiction Kube-McDowell is the author of more than 500 nonfiction articles on subjects ranging from space careers to "scientific creationism" to an award-winning four-part series on the state of American education.
Star Wars
: The Black Fleet Crisis
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...
) is a science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
novelist. He has also dabbled in music, written for television, been a stringer for a daily newspaper, and published short fiction, reviews, assorted nonfiction and erotica
Erotica
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. He was honored for teaching excellence by the 1985 White House
White House
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Commission on Presidential Scholars. Kube-McDowell's short fiction has been featured in Analog
Analog Science Fiction and Fact
Analog Science Fiction and Fact is an American science fiction magazine. As of 2011, it is the longest running continuously published magazine of that genre...
, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, as well as anthologies After the Flames and Perpetual Light. Three of his stories have been adapted as episodes of the TV series Tales from the Darkside
Tales from the Darkside
Tales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series produced by George A. Romero; it originally aired from 1983 to 1988. Similar to Amazing Stories, The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, The Outer Limits, and Tales From The Crypt, each episode was an individual short story that ended with a plot...
.
Outside of science fiction Kube-McDowell is the author of more than 500 nonfiction articles on subjects ranging from space careers to "scientific creationism" to an award-winning four-part series on the state of American education.
Series
The Trigon DisunityThe Trigon Disunity
The Trigon Disunity is a series of three books written by science fiction author Michael P. Kube-McDowell. Emprise was a Philip K. Dick Award nominee, and placed second in the annual Locus Poll for best first novel...
- Emprise (1985)
- Enigma (1986)
- Empery (1987)
Star Wars
Star Wars
Star Wars is an American epic space opera film series created by George Lucas. The first film in the series was originally released on May 25, 1977, under the title Star Wars, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by two sequels, released at three-year...
: The Black Fleet Crisis
The Black Fleet Crisis
The Black Fleet Crisis is a trilogy set in the Star Wars Expanded Universe. The books take place 16 years after Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. All three novels were authored by Michael P...
- Before the Storm (1996)
- Shield of Lies (1996)
- Tyrant's TestTyrant's TestStar Wars: Black Fleet Crisis #3: Tyrant's Test is the third book in The Black Fleet Crisis trilogy and is set in the fictional Star Wars universe. It is authored by Michael P. Kube-McDowell and was published by Bantam Books on December 1, 1996.-Summary:...
(1996)
Novels
- Alternities (1988) (see review http://www.bsu.edu/ourlandourlit/Literature/Authors/kube-mcdowell.html)
- The Quiet Pools (1990)
- Exile (1992)
- The TriggerThe TriggerThe Trigger is a 1999 science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke and Michael P. Kube-McDowell. It is an attempt to explore the social impact of technological change.- Plot summary :The Trigger starts in the early to mid 21st century...
(1999) (with Arthur C. ClarkeArthur C. ClarkeSir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE, FRAS was a British science fiction author, inventor, and futurist, famous for his short stories and novels, among them 2001: A Space Odyssey, and as a host and commentator in the British television series Mysterious World. For many years, Robert A. Heinlein,...
) - Vectors (2002)
Young Adult Novels
- Isaac Asimov's Robot City: OdysseyIsaac Asimov's Robot City: OdysseyIsaac Asimov's Robot City: Odyssey is a young adult science fiction novel written in 1987 by Michael P. Kube-McDowell. It is part of the series Isaac Asimov's Robot City, inspired by Isaac Asimov's robot series. The 1995 computer game Robot City is based on the plot of Odyssey.-The book:Derec, a...
(1987) - Thieves of Light (1987) (writing as Michael Hudson)
Selected short stories
- "The Inevitable Conclusion," Amazing StoriesAmazing StoriesAmazing Stories was an American science fiction magazine launched in April 1926 by Hugo Gernsback's Experimenter Publishing. It was the first magazine devoted solely to science fiction...
(August 1979) [first professional publication] - "Slac//," Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine (August 1981)
- "Slippage," Twilight Zone Magazine (August 1982)
- "Murphy's Planet," AnalogAnalog Science Fiction and FactAnalog Science Fiction and Fact is an American science fiction magazine. As of 2011, it is the longest running continuously published magazine of that genre...
(July 1983) - "Menace," Analog (February 1984) [a Trigon Disunity story]
- "When Winter Ends," Fantasy & Science Fiction (July 1985)
- "Lifebomb," Analog (January 1985) [adapted for TV series Tales from the DarksideTales from the DarksideTales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series produced by George A. Romero; it originally aired from 1983 to 1988. Similar to Amazing Stories, The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, The Outer Limits, and Tales From The Crypt, each episode was an individual short story that ended with a plot...
] - "I Shall Have a Flight to Glory", 1992 (Alternate Presidents)
Anthologies containing stories by Michael P Kube-McDowell
- The 1982 Annual World's Best SF, Donald Wollheim ed. (1982)
- Perpetual Light, Alan RyanAlan RyanAlan James Ryan, FBA was Warden of New College, Oxford, and Professor of Politics at the University of Oxford and currently a lecturer at Princeton University....
ed. (1982) - Aliens and Outworlders, Shawna McCarthyShawna McCarthyShawna Lee McCarthy is an American science fiction and fantasy editor and literary agent. She is married to science fiction artist Wayne Douglas Barlowe....
ed. (1983) - The Year's Best Horror Stories XI, Karl Edward WagnerKarl Edward WagnerKarl Edward Wagner was an American writer, editor and publisher of horror, science fiction, and heroic fantasy, who was born in Knoxville, Tennessee and originally trained as a psychiatrist. His disillusionment with the medical profession can be seen in the stories "The Fourth Seal" and "Into...
ed. (1983) - Alien Stars II: After the Flames, Elizabeth Mitchell ed. (1985)
- Alternate Presidents, Mike ResnickMike ResnickMichael Diamond Resnick , better known by his published name Mike Resnick, is an American science fiction author. He was executive editor of Jim Baen's Universe.-Biography:...
ed. (1992) - Alternate Kennedys, Mike Resnick ed. (1992)
- Alternate Warriors, Mike Resnick ed. (1993)
Awards
- Hugo Best NovelHugo Award for Best NovelThe Hugo Awards are given every year by the World Science Fiction Society for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and was once officially...
nominee (1991) : The Quiet Pools - Philip K. Dick nominee (1985) : Emprise