Works About Michael Bishop and His Writing

Listed by author of work; excludes reviews published in periodicals (see Reviews) or on the Internet (see Online Resources); includes reviews in books that were previously published in periodicals

Format

Author

Title (or brief description of the work)

  1. [First Publication]
    Book Title (editor)
    • City: Publisher (Binding); Date: Page(s) of reference
    • [Reprints; same format as above]

      - or -
    Periodical Title (editor)
    [City: Publisher], Date; Page
  2. [Later publications; same format as 1.]

Brian W. Aldiss with David Wingrove

The Stars My Detestation: Sailing the Seventies
[Includes analyses of A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire, Transfigurations, No Enemy But Time, Saving Face, and The Quickening]

  1. Trillion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction
    • London: Gollancz [hc and trade pb]; Oct 1986
    • New York: Atheneum [hc]; Nov 1986: 354-357
    • New York: Avon 70461 [trade pb]; Mar 1988: 354-357
    • [slightly revised and updated]
      London: Grafton [Paladin] 08684 [trade pb]; Sep 1988: 446-450
Steve Andrews and Nick Rennison

[Includes as a selection Ancient of Days]

  1. 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels [Bloomsbury Good Reading Guides]
    • London: A & C Black [trade pb]; Sep 2006
Uwe Anton

Michael Bishops Dieser Mann ist leider tot und die literarischen Erben Philip K. Dicks [Analysis of Philip K. Dick Is Dead, Alas, in German]

  1. Dieser Mann is leider tot (MB)
    • Munich: Heyne [pb]; Apr 1991; 479-495
Isaac Asimov

Editorial: Religion and Science Fiction
[Essay about the publication of The Gospel According to Gamaliel Crucis (or, The Astrogator's Testimony) in Isaac Asimov's SF Magazine]

  1. Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine (Shawna McCarthy)
    [New York: Davis Publications], Jun 1984: 6-10
  2. [as Foreword: Religion and Science Fiction]
    Close Encounters With the Deity (MB)
    • Atlanta GA: Peachtree Publishers [hc and trade pb]; Aug 1986: i-vi
  3. [as Religion and Science Fiction]
    Asimov's Galaxy: Reflections on Science Fiction (Isaac Asimov)
    • New York: Doubleday [hc]; Jan 1989: 21-24
  4. [as Religion and Science Fiction]
    Gold: The Final Science Fiction Collection (Isaac Asimov)
    • New York: HarperPrism [hc]; Mar 1995: 297-302
    • New York: HarperPrism [book club edition published by Doubleday] [hc]; Apr 1995
    • London: HarperCollins [hc]; Oct 1995
    • New York: HarperPrism 105409 [pb]; Feb 1996
    • London: HarperCollins/Voyager [pb]; Sep 1996
Camille Bacon-Smith

Laboring in the Fields of Cultural Production
[Includes analysis of Count Geiger's Blues; p. 255]

  1. Science Fiction Culture
    • Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press [trade pb]; Dec 1999: 243-266
Wayne Douglas Barlowe and Ian Summers

[Visual interpretation of the Cygnostikoi from A Little Knowledge]

  1. Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials
    • New York: Workman Publishing [hc and trade pb]; Oct 1979: 28-29
    • Leicester [UK]: Windward [trade pb]; 1979
    • Sydney [AUS]: Methuen [trade pb]; 1980
    • [as Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials, by Wayne Douglas Barlowe, Beth Meacham and Ian Summers; second edition]
      New York: Workman Publishing [hc and trade pb]; Jun 1987: 28-29
Cliff Biggers

Introspective: An Interview with Michael Bishop
[interview]

  1. Future Retrospective #9-10
    [Marietta GA: Cliff and Susan Biggers], Dec 1976: 20 -21

Michael Bishop
[appreciation]

  1. DeepSouthCon XV Program
    [Birmingham AL: DeepSouthCon], Aug 1977
  2. Baryon #81
    [Rome GA: Barry Hunter], Mar 2001
Scott Bradfield

When SF Meets Groucho's
[Article about the Arthur C. Clarke Award nominees, including Philip K. Dick is Dead, Alas]

  1. Punch ( )
    [London], Mar 10 1989: 67
Jean-Daniel Brèque

Fiche Signalétique: Michael Bishop
[Critical analysis (in French)]

  1. Fiction #319 (Alain Dorémieux)
    [Paris: Opta Editions], Jun 1981: 188 - 189
Damien Broderick & Paul Di Filippo

Brittle Innings
[Analysis of Brittle Innings]

  1. Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels 1985-2010
    • New York: Nonstop Press [trade pb]; June 2012: 113 - 114
Charles N. Brown

Michael Bishop: No Two Alike
[Interview]

  1. Locus #335 (Charles N. Brown)
    [Oakland CA: Locus Publications], Dec 1988: 1, 65-66

Michael Bishop: Subduing the Serpent
[Interview]

  1. Locus #426 (Charles N. Brown)
    [Oakland CA: Locus Publications], Jul 1996: 4-5, 73-74

Michael Bishop: The Blessing and the Curse
[Interview]

  1. Locus #526 (Charles N. Brown)
    [Oakland CA: Locus Publications], Nov 2004: 8-9, 76-77
  2. Locus Website (Mark Kelly)
    Excerpt, 2004
E. C. Brown

Snapshot
[Interview]

  1. Vector #117 (Geoff Rippington)
    [Lanarkshire SCOTLAND: British Science Fiction Association], Dec 1983: 5-9
Edward Bryant

1988 Review
[Includes Unicorn Mountain]

  1. Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror: 1988 (Charles N. Brown and William G. Contento)
    • Oakland CA: Locus Press [hc]; Sep 1989: 438
Algis Budrys

1984, Nineteen Eighty-Four, and Other SF Novels, Signs, and Portents
[Includes a short analysis of Light Years and Dark]

  1. The Science Fiction Yearbook (Jerry E. Pournelle)
    • New York: Baen Books; Sep 1985: 9
Pat Cadigan

Introduction [Transfigurations]

  1. Transfigurations (MB)
    • London: Gollancz [trade pb & ebook]; Nov 2013; vii - ix
Orson Scott Card

[Review of Transfigurations]

  1. Destinies, Vol. 2, No. 1 (James Patrick Baen)
    • New York: Ace 14305 [pb]; Feb 1980: 178

[Introduction to A Gift from the GrayLanders]

  1. Short Form, Vol 2 No 2 (Mark L. Van Name)
    [Greensboro NC: Hatrack River Publications], Aug 1989: 8-10
  2. Future on Fire (Orson Scott Card)
    • New York: Tor [Tom Doherty Associates] 51183 [pb]; Feb 1991: 69-89

Author's Introduction
[reaction to Bishop's review of Hot Sleep: xii]

  1. The Worthing Saga (Orson Scott Card)
    • New York: Tor [Tom Doherty Associates] 50927 [pb]; Dec 1990: ix-xiv

[Discussion of characterization in Unicorn Mountain]

  1. Characters and Viewpoints (Orson Scott Card)
    • New York: Writer's Digest Books [hc]; Aug 1998: 30
    • New York: Writer's Digest Books [trade pb]; Apr 1999: 30
Misha Chocholak

Close Encounters with Michael Bishop
[Interview]

  1. New Pathways into Science Fiction and Fantasy #6 (Michael G. Adkisson)
    [Plano TX: MGA Services], Jan/Feb 1987: 6-11
Dan Chow

Recommended Reading
[Includes Close Encounters With the Deity]

  1. Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror: 1986 (Charles N. Brown and William G. Contento)
    • Oakland CA: Locus Press [hc]; Sep 1987: 334
John Clute

[General career overview]

  1. The Science Fiction Encyclopedia (Peter Nicholls)
    • London: Granada [hc]; 1979
    • Garden City NY: Doubleday & Co. [hc and trade pb]; 1979: 74

Science Fiction Novels of the Year
[Includes a short review of The Secret Ascension]

  1. The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook (David S. Garnett)
    • London: Futura [Orbit] [trade pb]; Nov 1988: 311

Science Fiction Novels of the Year
[Includes a short review of Unicorn Mountain]

  1. The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook Two (David S. Garnett)
    • London: Futura [Orbit] [trade pb]; Aug 1989: 310

[General career overview]

  1. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (John Clute and Peter Nicholls)
    • London: Orbit [hc]; Apr 1993
    • New York: St. Martin's Press [hc]; Jun 1993: 126-127
    • [with addendum]
      New York: St. Martin's / Griffin [trade pb]; Nov 1995
    • [with addendum]
      New York: St. Martin's / Griffin [book club edition published by Doubleday] [hc]; Apr 1996

[Short analysis and bibliography]

  1. Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia
    • London: Dorling Kindersley Limited [hc]; Oct 1995
    • New York: Dorling Kindersley Publishing [hc]; Oct 1995: 189
    • New York: Dorling Kindersley [book club edition published by Doubleday] [hc]; Nov 1995

Classics of the 1990s
[Includes Brittle Innings]

  1. Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia
    • London: Dorling Kindersley Limited [hc], Oct 1995
    • New York: Dorling Kindersley Publishing [hc], Oct 1995: 237
    • New York: Dorling Kindersley [book club edition published by Doubleday] [hc]; Nov 1995

[Review of Unicorn Mountain]

  1. Look at the Evidence (John Clute)
    • New York: Serconia Press [hc], 1995
    • Liverpool: Liverpool University Press [hc and trade pb], 1996

[Encyclopedic entry]

  1. The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (John Clute and John Grant)
    • New York: Palgrave Macmillan [hc], Dec 1996
    • [updated edition]
      New York: St. Martin's Press [trade pb], Feb 1999: 114

[General career overview]

  1. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction [web edition] (John Clute, David Langford, Peter Nicholls, and Graham Sleight)
    • London: Gollancz (online), Aug 2018 [Link]
Lloyd W. Currey

Work in Progress: Michael Bishop
[Bibliography]

  1. The New York Review of Science Fiction #42
    [Pleasantville NY: Dragon Press], Feb 1992: 22-23
Ken Cuthbertson

[Bio-bibliographic entry, with excerpts from book reviews]

  1. Contemporary Authors: New Revision Series, Volume 49 (Pamela S. Dean)
    • Detroit MI: Gale Research (hc); 1995: 34-37
Don D'Ammassa

Michael Bishop: Allegiances and Betrayals
[Analysis of MB's short fiction]

  1. Khatru (Jeffrey D. Smith)
    [Baltimore MD: Jeffrey D. Smith], May 1975: 31-37
Doug Davis

A Fiction of Miracles: On Michael Bishop's Other Arms Reach Out to Me: Georgia Stories
[Extended review]

  1. Los Angeles Review of Books (Tom Lutz)
    [Los Angeles CA: Los Angeles Review of Books], May 3, 2019 [Online link]
Joe De Bolt

[Analysis of Catacomb Years]

  1. The Science Fiction Reference Book (Marshall B. Tymn)
    • Mercer Island WA: Starmont House [hc]; 1981: 376-377
Joe De Bolt and John R. Pfeiffer

[Entry on A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire]

  1. Anatomy of Wonder (Neil Barron)
    • New York: R. R. Bowker Co. [hc and trade pb], Aug 1976; p. 143

[Entries on Catacomb Years, A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire (reprinted from the first edition), and Transfigurations]

  1. Anatomy of Wonder, Second Edition (Neil Barron)
    • New York: R. R. Bowker Co. [hc and trade pb], Jul 1981; p. 153
Paul Di Filippo

Michael Bishop
[Encyclopedic entry]

  1. Supernatural Fiction Writers: Contemporary Fantasy and Horror, Volume One (Richard Bleiler)
    • New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (Thomson/Gale) [hc]; 2003: 79-88
  2. Theinferior4+1
    [Paul Di Filippo's Livejournal], Jul 20, 2007 Online Publication
  3. [as Michael Bishop's Fantasies]
    SF Commentary 87 (Bruce Gillespie)
    [Greensborough, Australia: Bruce Gillespie], Apr 2014: 34-45 [print, PDF, and online publication]

A Phoenix Rises from the Funeral Fires: An Introduction to Michael Bishop's Revised First Novel

  1. A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire (MB)
    • Bonney Lake WA: Kudzu Planet Productions [trade pb]; May 2015; pp. 11-13
Thomas M. Disch

Introductions

  1. One Winter in Eden (MB)
    • Sauk City WI: Arkham House [hc]; Jan 1984: ix-xiv

The Feast of St. Bradbury
[includes review of No Enemy But Time: 115-117]

  1. On SF (Thomas M. Disch)
    • Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press [trade pb]; Jun 2005: 114-130

The Labor Day Group

  1. On SF (Thomas M. Disch)
    • Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press [trade pb]; Jun 2005: 97-104

Talking with Jesus
[includes review of Cold War Orphans]

  1. On SF (Thomas M. Disch)
    • Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press [trade pb]; Jun 2005: 89-96
Ron Drummond

Unsettled Reflections on Michael Bishop’s “Rattlesnakes and Men

  1. The New York Review of Science Fiction #325 (Kevin J. Maroney)
    [Yonkers NY: Burrowing Wombat Press], Sep 2015: 18-19
Malcolm Edwards

Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
[Includes brief career analysis]

  1. Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (Robert Holdstock)
    • London: Octopus Books Ltd [hc]; 1978: 188
    • Baltimore MD: Octopus Books [hc]; 1978: 188
Elton Elliott

Interview with Michael Bishop

  1. Science Fiction Review #1 (Elton Elliott)
    [Salem OR: SFR Publications], Spring 1990: 42-43, 102
Robert Frazier

A Window on Michael Bishop
[Interview]

  1. The Anthology of Speculative Poetry #3 (Robert Frazier)
    [Nantucket Island MA: TASP Press], 1978
Phil Garner

The Prophetic World of Michael Bishop

  1. Atlanta Journal-Constitution Magazine (Andrew Sparks)
    [Atlanta GA: Atlanta Newspapers Inc.], Apr 4 1976: 8-10, 20
  2. Authors in the News Volume II
    • Detroit: Gale Research [hc]; 1976: 31-32
Nick Gevers

Michael Bishop: In Prayer the Whisper of the Void
[Interview]

  1. Infinity Plus
    Online Publication, Oct 2000
  2. The New York Review of Science Fiction #172 (Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell & Kevin J. Maroney)
    [Pleasantville NY: Dragon Press], Dec 2002
Stephen H. Goldman

[General career overview]

  1. The New Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (James Gunn)
    • New York: Viking Press [hc]; Oct 1988: 52-53
Elana Gomel

The Plague of Utopias: Pestilence and the Apocalyptic Body
[Short analysis of Stolen Faces]

  1. Twentieth Century Literature
    [Hempstead NY: Hofstra University], Win 2000: 405-433
Daryl Gregory

Introduction

  1. Philip K. Dick is Dead, Alas (MB)
    • Bonney Lake WA: Kudzu Planet Productions [trade pb]; Nov 2015; pp. 11-14
Jim Grimes

The Quiet Writer in Pine Mountain
[Interview]

  1. Georgia Journal ()
    [: ], Fall 1990: 60-63
James E. Gunn

History and Transcendence: From Inner Space to Exotic Parable
[Comparison of writings of Michael Bishop, Ian Watson, and Jack Dann]

  1. Fantasy Newsletter #22 (Paul C. Allen)
    [Loveland CO: Paul C. Allen], Oct 1982: 25-26, 38
  2. [excerpted as "Exotic Parables", introduction to Rogue Tomato]
    The Road to Science Fiction #4: From Here to Forever (James E. Gunn)
    • New York: NAL [Mentor] ME2136 [pb]; Nov 1982
    • Clarkston GA: White Wolf/Borealis WW 11090 [trade pb]; 1997: 444-446

A Basic Science Fiction Library
[Includes No Enemy But Time]

  1. Library Journal ( )
    [New York: Cahners/Bowker], Nov 15 1988: 27
  2. Online Version [updated] on the University of Kansas website
Elizabeth Hand

Brittle Innings: Outfielders or Outsiders
[Introduction to Brittle Innings]

  1. Brittle Innings (MB)
    • Bonney Lake WA: Fairwood Press [trade pb]; Aug 2012; 12 - 14
David Hartwell

Eyes of Fire
[A short appreciation]

  1. Readercon 5 Program Book (Eric Van & David Shaw)
    [Worcester MA: Readercon 5], Jul 1992: 7
Maura Heaphy

Michael Bishop

  1. 100 Most Popular Science-Fiction Authors: Biographical Sketches and Bibliographies
    • Santa Barbara CA: Libraries Unlimited [hc]; 2010 (Dec 2009): 60-64
David Leon Higdon

A Revision and a Gloss: Michael Bishop's Postmodern Interrogation of H. G. Wells's The Time Machine

  1. H. G. Wells's Perennial Time Machine (George Slusser, Patrick Parrinder, and Danièle Chatelain)
    • Athens: University of Georgia Press [hc]; Aug 2001: 176-187
Michael H. Hutchins

On the Road
[Preface]

  1. A Reverie for Mister Ray (MB), May 2005: xxv-xxvii

Preface

  1. The Door Gunner and Other Perilous Flights of Fancy (MB) (Michael H. Hutchins, ed.), Nov 2011; 11 - 12

Far Too Human: An Introduction to Michael Bishop's Ancient of Days

  1. Ancient of Days (MB)
    • London: Gateway / Orion [ebook]; Nov 2012
    • Bonney Lake WA: Fairwood Press [tp]; Sep 2013; 8 - 11
Richard Hyatt

Beyond Science Fiction
[Interview and article]

  1. Columbus Ledger Enguirer
    [Columbus GA], June 19 1994: D1 & D12
George Kelley

[Critical analysis]

  1. Twentieth-Century Science-Fiction Writers, Second Edition (Curtis C. Smith)
    • Chicago IL: St. James Press [hc]; Sep 1986: 55-57
Mark R. Kelly

Recommended Reading
[Short review of Bishop's short fiction output in 1986]

  1. Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror: 1986 (Charles N. Brown and William G. Contento)
    • Oakland CA: Locus Press [hc]; Sep 1987: 334

Short Fiction in 1989
[Includes Icicle Music and Apartheid, Superstrings, and Mordecai Thubana]

  1. Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror: 1989 (Charles N. Brown and William G.Contento)
    • Oakland CA: Locus Press [hc]; Aug 1990: 486
John Kessel

Genre Collapses! Thousands Crushed!
[Includes a short analysis of Brittle Innings]

  1. Nebula Awards 30 (Pamela Sargent)
    • San Diego: Harcout Brace & Company [Harvest] [hc and trade pb]; 1996: 3-4

Michael Bishop's Blues: An Introduction to Coung Geiger's Blues

  1. Count Geiger's Blues (MB)
    • London: Gateway/Orion [ebook]; Nov 2012
    • Bonney Lake WA: Kudzu Planet Productions [trade pb]; Nov 2014; pp. 11-13
Usch Kiausch

Ein Grespräch mit Michael Bishop
[Interview in German]

  1. Das Science Fiction Yahr Ausgabe 1994 (Wolfgang Jeschke)
    • Munich: Heyne 5080 [pb]; Aug 1994: 419-429
David Barr Kirtley

Michael Bishop
[Podcast interview]

  1. Geek's Guide to the Galaxy #322 (David Barr Kirtley)
    [Wired.com], Aug 17, 2018 [Online link]
Gray Kochhar-Lindgren and William Spruiell

[Biography and career overview, up through 1994]

  1. Science Fiction Writers: Critical Studies of the Major Authors from the Early Nineteenth Century to the Present Day, Second Edition (Richard Bleiler)
    • New York: Charles Scribner's Sons / Macmillan Publishing [hc]; Jan 1999: 81-87
Michael Kruse

In Virginia Tech tragedy's wake, a life is reborn
[Interview and article]

  1. St. Petersburg Times
    [St. Petersburg FL], Apr 11, 2008
    [Online Publication]
David Langford

An Interview with Ian Watson
[Includes discussion of Watson's collaborations with Michael Bishop]

  1. Extro #1 (Paul Campbell)
    [Belfast: Specifi Publications], Feb/Mar 1982
  2. Science Fiction Review #42 (Richard E. Geis)
    [Portland OR: Richard E. Geis], Feb 1982: 8-14
  3. Ansible Online
Donna Leinwand

For families and survivors, grief becomes call to action
[Interview and article]

  1. USA Today
    [McLean VA], Apr 11, 2008; 1 - 2
    [Online Publication]
George R. R. Martin

Books
[Essay in response to Thomas M. Disch's book review column in The Magazine of Fantasy & SF, Feb 1981, which labeled Michael Bishop and others as the "Labor Day Group"; originally presented as a speech at the LASFS Showcase, Los Angeles, May 2, 1981]

  1. Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (Edward L. Ferman)
    [Cornwall CT: Mercury Press], Dec 1981: 24-31
  2. [as "Literature, Bowling, and the Labor Day Group"]
    Online Publication George R. R. Martin Website
Jack McDevitt

Introduction

  1. The Door Gunner and Other Perilous Flights of Fancy (MB) (Michael H. Hutchins, ed.), Nov 2011; 13 - 17

Introduction to Beneath the Shattered Moons

  1. Beneath the Shattered Moons (MB)
    • London: Gateway / Orion [ebook]; Dec 2012
Gaille McGregor

The "Other" as Ego
[Includes an analysis of A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire]

  1. The Noble Savage in the New World Garden: Notes Toward a Syntactics of Place
    • Toronto: Toronto UP; Bowling Green, KY: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1988
Walter E. Meyers

The Medium is the Message
[Includes an examination of Death and Designation Among the Asadi]

  1. Aliens and Linguists: Language Study and Science Fiction
    • Athens GA: University of Georgia Press, 1980: 78-79
Joseph D. Miller

Sex, Superman, and Sociobiology
[Includes a brief reference to No Enemy But Time]

  1. Aliens: The Anthropology of Science Fiction (George E. Slusser and Eric S. Rabkin)
    • Carbondale IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1987: 83-84
Michael A. Morrison

[Review of The Secret Ascension]

  1. Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Review Annual 1988 (Robert Collins)
    • Westport CT: Meckler Publishing [hc]; Jan 1989
James Morrow

Close Encounters with Michael Bishop
[A short appreciation]

  1. Readercon 5 Program Book (Eric Van & David Shaw)
    [Worcester MA: Readercon 5], Jul 1992: 8

[Introduction to Life Regarded as a Jigsaw Puzzle of Highly Lustrous Cats]

  1. Nebula Awards 28 (James Morrow)
    • New York: Harcourt Brace [hc and trade pb]; May 1994: 207

"Such Guileless Beauty in Debris": The Moral Universe of Michael Bishop

  1. Blue Kansas Sky (MB)
    • Urbana IL: Golden Gryphon Press; Oct 2000: vii-xv
  2. The New York Review of Science Fiction #151
    [Pleasantville NY: Dragon Press], Mar 2001: 1, 4-6
Dave Nee

[Bibliography]

  1. Michael Bishop: A Preliminary Bibliography
    • Berkeley CA: The Other Change of Hobbit [pamphlet]; Apr 1983: [34 pp. + 4 page supplement, 1983]

[Referenced in Reference Guide to Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror (Michael Burgess); Englewood CA: Libraries Unlimited Inc.; 1992]

Keith Neilson

[Entry on Who Made Stevie Crye?]

  1. Horror Literature: A Reader's Guide (Neil Barron)
    • New York: Garland Publishing [hc]; Mar 1990: 225
Don O'Briant

Profile on Peachtree: Michael Bishop

  1. Atlanta Weekly (Mary Ellen Pettigrew)
    [Atlanta GA: Atlanta Newspapers Inc.], Apr 26 1987: 4

Book Notes: Sci-fi writer Bishop takes on partner in crime

  1. Atlanta Constitution
    [Atlanta GA: Atlanta Newspapers Inc.], Oct 29, 1998: E2
Alexei and Cory Panshin

The Unicorn and the Mirror
[Includes a review of A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire]

  1. SF in Dimension (Alexei and Cory Panshin)
    • Chicago IL: Advent:Publishers [hc], Dec 1976: 224-226
Kai S. Paulus

L'innocenza e la bellezza del pleistocene-Alla fantasiosa ricerca delle origini del’umanità con il meraviglioso romanzo di michael bishop…-"Il tempo è il solo nemico"
[Essay on No Enemy But Time, in Italian]

  1. Tau Ceti #5
    [], May 1998
Patti Perret

[Photograph]

  1. The Faces of Science Fiction
    • New York: Bluejay Books [trade pb]; Oct 1984
Noel Perrin

Science Fiction: Imaginary Worlds and Real-Life Questions
[Includes a short analysis of Death and Designation Among the Asadi]

  1. New York Times
    [New York: New York Times Co.], Apr 9 1989: Sec. 7: 37
Daniel Otto Jack Petersen

Stolen Faces (1977) by Michael Bishop
[Essay on Stolen Faces]

  1. They Have Pulled Down Deep Heaven On Their Heads (Daniel Otto Jack Petersen)
    Posted Dec 19 2013 [Link]
David Pettus

Interview: Michael Bishop

  1. Thrust #20 (D. Douglas Fratz)
    [Gaithersburg MD: Thrust Publications], Summer 1984: 5-8
John J. Pierce

[Analyses of Death and Designation Among the Asadi, A Little Knowledge, and Under Heaven's Bridge (pp. 21-22); and Catacomb Years and A Little Knowledge (p. 99)]

  1. Great Themes of Science Fiction (John J. Pierce)
    • Westport CT: Greenwood Press [hc]; Oct 1987
Sarah Pinsker

Acts of Chutzpah

  1. A Few Last Words for the Late Immortals (MB)
    • Bonney Lake WA: Kudzu Planet Productions / Fairwood Press [trade paperback]; Nov 2021: 11-14
David Pringle

[Analysis of No Enemy But Time]

  1. Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (David Pringle)
    • London: Xanadu [hc and trade pb]; Oct 1985
    • New York: Carroll & Graf [hc]; Aug 1986
    • New York: Carroll & Graf [trade pb]; Nov 1987: 215-216

[Analysis of Who Made Stevie Crye?]

  1. Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels (David Pringle)
    • London: Grafton [hc and trade pb]; Oct 1988
    • New York: Peter Bedrick Books [hc and trade pb]; Sep 1989: 231-232

[Brief descriptions and evaluations of all books up through The Secret Ascension]

  1. The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction (David Pringle)
    • London: Grafton [hc and trade pb]; Nov 1990
    • New York: Pharos Books [hc and trade pb]; Mar 1991

[Brief descriptions and evaluations of all books up through Brittle Innings (?)]

  1. The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, Second Edition: An A - Z of Science Fiction Books by Title (David Pringle)
    • Breckfield VT: Ashgate Publishing [hc]; Dec 1994
    • Hants UK: Scolar Press [hc]; Feb 1995
Alastair Reynolds

Introduction

  1. No Enemy But Time (MB)
    • London: Gollancz [trade pb & ebook]; Aug 2013; ix - xii
Kelly Robson

Introduction: The Quality of Yearning

  1. The City and the Cygnets
    • Bonney Lake WA: Kudzu Planet Productions / Fairwood Press [trade pb]; Aug 2020; 15 - 19
Hugh Ruppersburg

Introduction: Beyond Regionalism

  1. Other Arms Reach Out to Me: Georgia Stories (MB)
    • Bonney Lake WA: Kudzu Planet Productions [trade pb]; Jun 2017; 13-15
Jessica Amanda Salmonson

Re: Michael Bishop
[A short appreciation]

  1. Readercon 5 Program Book (Eric Van & David Shaw)
    [Worcester MA: Readercon 5], Jul 1992: 6
Joe Sanders

Men's Wild Behavior
[Essay on Ancient of Days]

  1. The New York Review of Science Fiction #71
    [Pleasantville NY: Dragon Press], Jul 1994: 1-

Of (Human) Bondage in Michael Bishop's Brittle Innings

  1. The New York Review of Science Fiction #96 (David G. Hartwell)
    [Pleasantville NY: Dragon Press], Aug 1996: 1, 4-7

Re:Visions in Michael Bishop's First and Seventh Novel
[Essay on A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire and Eyes of Fire]

  1. The New York Review of Science Fiction #109 (David G. Hartwell)
    [Pleasantville NY: Dragon Press], Sep 1997: 1, 8-11

Unicorn Mountain: Going to Extremes with Michael Bishop

  1. The New York Review of Science Fiction #119 (David G. Hartwell)
    [Pleasantville NY: Dragon Press], Jul 1998: 13-16

The Game of Hide and Seek in Michael Bishop's No Enemy But Time

  1. The New York Review of Science Fiction #134 (David G. Hartwell)
    [Pleasantville NY: Dragon Press], Oct 1999: 1, 8-13

Taking Another Look at Michael Bishop: Two Early Stories
[Includes analyses of Cathadonian Odyssey and The House of Compassionate Sharers]

  1. The New York Review of Science Fiction #342 (Kevin J. Maroney)
    [Yonkers NY: Burrowing Wombat Press], Aug 2017: 13-16

Introduction: Anthropological / Science / Fiction

  1. Transfigurations (MB)
    • Bonney Lake WA: Kudzu Planet Productions [trade pb]; Nov 2017: 9-12

[book-length critical study of the works of MB]

  1. Michael Bishop and the Persistence of Wonder: A Critical Study of the Writings (Joe Sanders)
    • Jefferson NC: McFarland & Company [ISBN: 978-1-4766-7151-2] [trade pb] ($39.95); Jan 2021: 194 pp.
Pamela Sargent

Introduction

  1. No Enemy But Time (MB)
    • Norwalk CT: The Easton Press [leatherbound hardcover]; Apr 1991: 1-5
Noel Schraufnagel

[Synopsis and analysis of Brittle Innings]

  1. The Baseball Novel: A History and Annotated Bibliography of Adult Fiction
    • New York: McFarland & Company [trade pb]; Aug 2008: 131-132
Baird Searles with Martin Last, Beth Meacham and Michael Franklin

[General overview of novels up through A Little Knowledge]

  1. A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction
    • New York: Avon 46128 [pb]; Sep 1979: 19-20
    • New York: Facts on File [hc]; 1980
Paul Semel

Michael Bishop (Interview)

  1. Paulsemel.com (Paul Semel) 2019 [Online Link]
William A. Senior

Silence and Disaster in the Novels of Michael Bishop

  1. The New York Review of Science Fiction #96 (David G. Hartwell)
    [Pleasantville NY: Dragon Press], Aug 1996: 12-15
Lucius Shepard

Introduction

  1. Brighten to Incandescence (MB)
    • Urbana IL: Golden Gryphon Press [hc]; Jun 2003: xi-xv
Lewis Shiner

Introduction: What Has Gone Before

  1. Apartheid, Superstrings, and Mordecai Thubana (MB)
    • Eugene OR: Pulphouse Publishing [Axolotl Press #10]; Jul 1989
Jack Slay, Jr.

Satirical "Meta-Horror": An Introduction to Who Made Stevie Crye?

  1. Who Made Stevie Crye? (MB)
    • London: Gateway/Orion [ebook]; Nov 2012
    • Bonney Lake WA: Kudzu Planet Productions [trade pb & ebook]; Aug 2014; pp. 7 -9
Brian Stableford

[Analyses of Ancient of Days, Blooded on Arachne, Catacomb Years, No Enemy But Time, and Transfigurations (p. 231); Under Heaven's Bridge (p. 312), and Light Years and Dark (p. 321)]

  1. Anatomy of Wonder, Third Edition (Neil Barron)
    • New York: R. R. Bowker Co. [hc]; Aug 1987

Field of Broken Dreams

  1. Necrofile #14 (Stefan Dziemianowicz, S. T. Joshi, and Michael A. Morrison)
    [West Warwick RI: Necronomicon Press], Fall (Oct) 1994; 1 - 3
  2. [as Field of Broken Dreams: Michael Bishop's Brittle Innings]
    Slaves of the Death Spiders and Other Essays on Fantastic Literature (Brian Stableford)
    • Borgo Press / Wildside Press [0-8095-1910-0] [trade pb], Nov 2006 ($19.95); 73 - 78
Phil Stephensen-Payne & Gordon Benson, Jr.

[Major bibliography]

  1. Michael Bishop: A Working Bibliography
    • Albuquerque NM: Galactic Central Publications (pamphlet); May 1986
    • [revised as Michael Bishop: A Working Bibliography, Second Edition]
      Albuquerque NM: Galactic Central Publications (pamphlet); Aug 1988
    • [revised as Michael Bishop: A Transfigured Talent, Third Edition]
      Albuquerque NM: Galactic Central Publications (pamphlet); Feb 1992
Phil Stephensen-Payne & Gordon Benson, Jr.
with Michael Bishop & Sheila Lightsey

[A short bibliography]

  1. Readercon 5 Program Book (Eric Van & David Shaw)
    [Worcester MA: Readercon 5], Jul 1992: 9-13
David Streitfeld

Book Notes: Who's On First
[short article about Brittle Innings; includes an interview with Michael Bishop]

  1. Book World (Nina King)
    [Washington DC: Washington Post Co.], Jul 24 1994: 16
Jürgen Thomann

Contributions to a Crap Artist
[Article on Philip K. Dick is Dead, Alas (in German)]

  1. Fandom Newsletter #44
    [GERMANY], 1991
Anrew Titmarsh

Michael Bishop: An Annotated Bibliography
[Minor listing of books]

  1. Interzone #82 (David Pringle)
    [Brighton UK: Interzone], Apr 1994: 57-58
Francesco Troccoli

Michael Lawson Bishop: aliens, pleistocene and the human being today
[interview]

  1. Raccontifantascienzaedintorni (Francesco Troccoli)
    Online Publication, Jun 6, 2010
Steve Utley

Mike Bishop
[Appreciation]

  1. Orycon 11 Program Book
    [Portland OR], Nov 1989: 1, 4-6

Bishop: Appreciation of a Peculiar Friendship

  1. Armadillocon 15 Program Book
    [Austin TX], Nov 1993: 7
Jeff VanderMeer

A Reverie for Mister Mike
[Introduction]

  1. A Reverie for Mister Ray (MB), May 2005
  2. SF Site Online Publication, Mid-Dec 2005
Carrie Beth Wallace

Pine Mountain author Michael Bishop to release book of short stories
[Article and interview]

  1. Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (Blake Kaplan)
    [Columbus GA: McClatchy], Apr 15, 2017
Ian Watson

A Rhetoric of Recognition: The Science Fiction of Michael Bishop

  1. Foundation #19 (Malcolm Edwards)
    [Dagenham UK: SF Foundation, North East London Polytechnic], Jun 1980: 5-14
  2. [as Die Rhetorik der Erkenntnis: über die Science Fiction Michael Bishops] [German translation by Joachim Kurber]
    Heyne Science Fiction Magazin 8 (Wolfgang Jeschke)
    • Munich: Heyne 4019 [pb], 1983: 88-103

[Critical analysis]

  1. Twentieth-Century Science-Fiction Writers (Curtis C. Smith)
    • New York: St. Martin's Press [hc]; Nov 1981: 52-53

Treading the Sublime
[Afterword]

  1. A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire (MB)
    • Worcester Park UK: Kerosina [hc]; Jun 1989: 249-255

[Analysis of Who Made Stevie Crye?]

  1. Horror: 100 Best Books (Stephen Jones and Kim Newman)
    • London: Xanadu [special hardcover; signed and limited to 300 copies]; Nov 1988
    • London: Xanadu [trade hardcover]; Nov 1988
    • New York: Carroll & Graf [hc]; Jan 1990: 203-204
    • New York: Carroll & Graf [trade pb]; Jun 1990
    • [slightly revised and updated]
      London: New English Library [Hodder and Stoughton] 56639 [trade pb]; Jul 1992: 275-277

The Bishop File
[A short appreciation]

  1. Readercon 5 Program Book (Eric Van & David Shaw)
    [Worcester MA: Readercon 5], Jul 1992: 5
Mary S. Weinkauf

The Indian in Science Fiction
[Includes an examination of characters in A Little Knowledge]

  1. Extrapolation (Thomas D. Clareson)
    [Wooster OH: College of Wooster); Win 1979: 308-320
Tom Whitmore

Recommended Reading
[Includes The Secret Ascension]

  1. Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror: 1987 (Charles N. Brown and William G.Contento)
    • Oakland CA: Locus Press [hc]; Dec 1988: 402
Hoda M. Zaki

[Includes an examination of No Enemy But Time]

  1. Phoenix Renewed: The Survival and Mutation of Utopian Thought in North American Science Fiction, 1965-1982
    • Mercer Island WA: Starmont House [trade pb]; Oct 1988
    • [revised edition]
      San Bernadino CA: Borgo Press [trade pb]; 1993
M. H. Zool [The Oxford SF Group]

[General career overview]

  1. Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy (M. H. Zool)
    • London: Bloomsbury [trade pb]; Aug 1989
[Authorship Uncredited]

[Bio-bibliographical entry]

  1. Contemporary Authors, Volumes 61 - 64 (Cynthia R. Fadool)
    • Detroit: Gale Research Co. [hc]; 1976: 68-

[Bio-bibliographic entry in German]

  1. Lexikon der Science Fiction Literatur 1 (Alper, Fuchs, Hahn and Jeschke)
    • Munich: Heyne 7111 [pb]; 1980: 189-190

[Bio-bibliographical entry]

  1. Contemporary Authors: New Revision Series, Volume 9 (Ann Evory and Linda Metzger)
    • Detroit: Gale Research Co. [hc]; 1983: 57-

[Short encyclopedic entry]

  1. The Science Fiction Source Book (David Wingrove)
    • New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. [hc]; Jun 1984: 103

[Short analysis of Apartheid, Superstrings, and Mordecai Thubana]

  1. What Do I Read Next, 1990 Edition (Neil Barron, Wayne Barton, Kristin Ramsdell and Steven A. Stilwell)
    • Detroit MI: Gale Research [hc]; 1990: 340

[Short analysis of No Enemy But Time]

  1. What Do I Read Next, 1990 Edition (Neil Barron, Wayne Barton, Kristin Ramsdell and Steven A. Stilwell)
    • Detroit MI: Gale Research [hc]; 1990: 340-341

[Short reviews of No Enemy But Time and Unicorn Mountain]

  1. Fiction Catalog, Twelfth Edition (Juliette Yaakov & John Greenfieldt)
    • New York: H. W. Wilson Co.; 1991: 61

[Short analysis of Nebula Awards 24]

  1. What Do I Read Next, 1991 Edition (Neil Barron, Wayne Barton, Kristin Ramsdell and Steven A. Stilwell)
    • Detroit MI: Gale Research [hc]; 1991: 345-346

Michael Bishop: A Brief Biography

  1. World Fantasy Convention 1992 Program Book (Edward E. Kramer)
    [Pine Mountain GA: WFC 1992], Oct 29 1992: 3-4

[Short analysis of Nebula Awards 25]

  1. What Do I Read Next, 1992 Edition (Neil Barron, Wayne Barton, Kristin Ramsdell and Steven A. Stilwell)
    • Detroit MI: Gale Research [hc]; 1992: 373

[Short review of Count Geiger's Blues]

  1. Fiction Catalog, 1992 Supplement to the Twelfth Edition (Juliette Yaakov)
    • New York: H. W. Wilson Co.[trade pb]; 1993: 7-8

[Short analysis of Count Geiger's Blues]

  1. What Do I Read Next, 1993 Edition (Neil Barron, Wayne Barton, Kristin Ramsdell and Steven A. Stilwell)
    • Detroit MI: Gale Research [hc]; 1994: 387

[Bibliographical entry]

  1. The Internet Speculative Fiction Database
    • (online), 1995 - 2018 [Link]
 

Compiled by Michael H. Hutchins

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