The Periodic Table of Science Fiction
| File:The Periodic Table of Science Fiction.jpg First edition | |
| Author | Michael Swanwick |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | PS Publishing |
Publication date | July 1, 2005 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Slipcased hardcover, hardcover) |
| Pages | 274 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (slipcase), Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (hardcover) |
| OCLC | 69021516 |
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 Ig Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2002.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ The Infinite Matrix | Michael Swanwick | Periodic Table of SF | Hydrogen
- ^ Internet Archive | SciFi.com | Sci Fiction | Periodic Table
- ^ Crescent Blues | Author Interview
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- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
External links
[edit | edit source]- Serbian translation
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