Michael P. Kube-McDowell

Michael P. Kube-McDowell
Kube-McDowell at the Clarion Workshop in the summer of 1989
Born	Michael Paul McDowell (1954-08-29) August 29, 1954 (age 71) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation	Author
Nationality	American
Alma mater	St. Joseph's High School Michigan State University
Genres	Science fiction non-fiction
Notable awards	Pegasus Award (1994)
Website
alternities.com/wp/

Michael Paul Kube-McDowell (born August 29, 1954), also known as Michael McDowell or Michael P. McDowell, is an American science fiction and non-fiction author.

Background

Born Michael Paul McDowell on August 29, 1954 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), he attended St. Joseph's High School (Camden, New Jersey) (Class of 1972) ^[1] and Michigan State University.

Writing career

Kube-McDowell has 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.^{[ citation needed ]} 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. Kube-McDowell's literary works have been recognized and highlighted at Michigan State University in their Michigan Writers Series. ^[2]

Bibliography

Series

• The Trigon Disunity
  • Emprise (1985)
  • Enigma (1986)
  • Empery (1987)
• Star Wars  : The Black Fleet Crisis
  • Before the Storm (1996)
  • Shield of Lies (1996)
  • Tyrant's Test (1996)

Novels

• Alternities (1988) ^[3]
• Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Odyssey (1987) ^[4]
• The Quiet Pools (1990)
• Exile (1992)
• The Trigger (1999) (with Arthur C. Clarke)
• Vectors (2002)

Young adult novels

• Thieves of Light (1987) (writing as Michael Hudson)

Short stories

• I Shall Have a Flight to Glory (1992) (collected in Mike Resnick's alternate history anthology Alternate Presidents )
• The Inga-Binga Affair (1992) (collected in Mike Resnick's alternate history anthology Alternate Kennedys )
• Because Thou Lovest the Burning-Ground (1993) (collected in Mike Resnick's alternate history anthology Alternate Warriors )

Awards

• Hugo Best Novel nominee (1991) : The Quiet Pools
• Philip K. Dick nominee (1985) : Emprise
• Pegasus Award for Best Performer (1994) as a member of the Black Book Band ^[5]

References

1. ""Why 'Memorial'? Why 'Free Range'? Why 'Salt Lick'? Why these pages?" The St. Joseph High School Memorial Free Range Salt Lick website". Archived from the original on 2020-12-05. Retrieved 2014-03-29.
2. "Michigan Writers Series". Michigan State University Libraries. Archived from the original on 2019-07-31. Retrieved 2012-07-15.
3. (see review "Our Land, Our Literature: Literature - Michael P. Kube-McDowell". Archived from the original on 2008-12-03. Retrieved 2008-10-06.)
4. Odyssey title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
5. "Pegasus Awards - Michael Kube-McDowell".

External links

• Official site
• Michael P. Kube-McDowell at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Review of Alternities at the Wayback Machine (archived May 16, 2011)