Michael McCollum

Michael McCollum
Born1946 (age 79–80)
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Pen nameMichael McCollum
OccupationAuthor, aerospace engineer
Alma materArizona State University
Period1979[1] to present
GenreScience fiction
Website
www.scifi-az.com

Michael Allen McCollum (born 1946 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American science fiction author and aerospace engineer. He graduated from Arizona State University, where he studied aerospace propulsion and nuclear engineering. He is employed by Honeywell in Tempe, Arizona.[2] In 1997, he founded Sci Fi - Arizona, one of the first author-owned-and-operated virtual bookstores on the Internet. He also conducts writers workshops.[3] Most of his novels have been published as audio books by Audible Inc.[4] They have also been translated into German.[5]

Bibliography

Makers series

  • Life Probe (1983, Del Rey, ISBN 0-345-30295-8)[6]
  • Procyon's Promise (1985, Del Rey, ISBN 0-345-30296-6)

Antares series

  • Antares Dawn (1986, Del Rey, ISBN 0-345-32313-0)[7]
  • Antares Passage (1987, Del Rey, ISBN 0-345-32314-9)
  • Antares Victory (2002, SciFi Arizona, ISBN 1-929381-09-3)

Gibraltar series

  • Gibraltar Earth (1999, SciFi Arizona, ISBN 1-929381-25-5)[8]
  • Gibraltar Sun (2006, SciFi Arizona, ISBN 1-932657-55-X)
  • Gibraltar Stars (2009, SciFi Arizona, ISBN 978-1-934805-29-9)

Standalone novels

  • A Greater Infinity (1982, Del Rey, ISBN 0-345-30167-6)[9]
  • Thunderstrike (1989, Del Rey, ISBN 0-345-35352-8)
  • The Clouds of Saturn (1991, Del Rey, ISBN 0-345-36412-0)
  • The Sails of Tau Ceti (1992, Del Rey, ISBN 0-345-37108-9)
  • Euclid's Wall (2012, SciFi Arizona, ISBN 978-1-934805-63-3)
  • Lost Earth (2020, SciFi - Arizona) ISBN 9781947483194

Collections and short stories

  • Gridlock and Other Stories (1998, SciFi Arizona, ISBN 1-929381-16-6)[10]

Non-fiction

  • The Art of Writing, Volume 1 (2000) ISBN 978-1-929381-29-6[11]
  • The Art of Writing, Volume 2 (2000) ISBN 978-1-932657-31-9
  • The Art of Science Fiction, Volume 1 (2000) ISBN 978-1-929381-21-0
  • The Art of Science Fiction, Volume 2 (2000) ISBN 978-1-932657-23-4
  • The Astrogator's Handbook (2000) ISBN 1-929381-42-5

References

  1. ^ Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Literature by Brian M. Stableford, Scarecrow Press, 2004, page 222.
  2. ^ "Biographies: Michael Allen McCollum". Sci Fi - Arizona. Archived from the original on 2013-09-13. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
  3. ^ Interview with author Archived 2013-06-14 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Audible.com web site [1]
  5. ^ Profile of author [2] and Literature by and about Michael McCollum in the catalog of the German National Library
  6. ^ "Life Probe page". Retrieved May 25, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  7. ^ "Antares Dawn page". Retrieved May 25, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  8. ^ "Gibraltar Series page". Retrieved May 24, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  9. ^ "Individual novels page". Retrieved May 25, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  10. ^ "Short stories". Retrieved May 25, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  11. ^ "Non-Fiction page". Retrieved May 25, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  1. Literature by and about Michael McCollum in the catalog of the German National Library
  2. Michael McCollum at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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