Michael G. Coney

Michael Greatrex Coney ( born September 28, 1932 in Birmingham, † November 4, 2005 in Saanichton ) was a British- Canadian science fiction author.

Life

Michael Coney came from England and initially trained as an accountant. He then ran a pub in Devon and later a hotel on the Caribbean island of Antigua. In 1972 he moved jointly with his wife Daphne and his two children to Canada. He lived in Sidney on Vancouver Iceland and worked until his retirement 17 years in accounting system of forest management in British Columbia.

End of the 1960s he began to publish science fiction novels and narratives. Among his most famous works include Summer is ( Hello Summer, Goodbye ), Brontomek! , For which he the British Science Fiction Association Award in 1976, and Tea and Hamsters, which was nominated for the 1995 Nebula Award.

Works

Arcadia

  • Flood, 1981, ISBN 3-453-30712-7, Syzygy, 1973
  • Brontomek! , 1983, ISBN 3-453-30883-2, Brontomek! , 1976

Song of the Earth

  • The galactic steam locomotive, 1985, ISBN 3-453-31191-4, The Celestial Steam Locomotive, 1983
  • Gods of the Great Away, 1984
  • Fang the Gnome, 1988
  • King of the Isle Scepter'd, 1989

Planet of the Stilk

  • Dreams of Pallahaxi, 2007, ISBN 3-453-52543-4, ( anthology )
  • Summer is, 1979, ISBN 3-453-30592-2, Hello Summer, Goodbye also: Rax also: Pallahaxi Tide, 1975
  • Memories of Pallahaxi ( in German only in the collection included), I Remember Pallahaxi, 2007

Single novels

  • Planet of anxiety, 1974, ISBN 3-404-09945-1, Mirror Image, 1972
  • The Friendship boxes, 1976, ISBN 3-404-09994- X, Friends come in boxes in 1973
  • The Hero of Downways, 1973
  • Eiskinder, 1975, ISBN 3-404-00371-3, Winter 's Children, 1974
  • Charisma, 1989, ISBN 3-453-03493-7, Charisma, 1975
  • Slaves of the future, 1981, ISBN 3-442-23298-8, The Jaws That Bite, The Claws That Catch the well: The Girl With a Symphony in Her Fingers, 1979
  • The last starship, 1983, ISBN 3-453-30941-3, The Ultimate Jungle, 1979
  • Neptune's cauldron, 1986, ISBN 3-453-31238-4, Neptune 's Cauldron, 1981
  • Cat Karina, 1982
  • A Tomcat Called Sabrina, 1992
  • Flower of Goronwy, 2005

Story Collections

  • The monitor in the Orbit, 1986, ISBN 3-453-31239-2, Monitor Found in Orbit, 1974
  • Five Short Stories, 2005

In addition to the novels Coney wrote numerous short stories.

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