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]
- 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]
- 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels [Bloomsbury Good Reading Guides]
- London: A & C Black [trade pb]; Sep 2006
Michael Bishops Dieser Mann ist leider tot und die literarischen Erben Philip K. Dicks
[Analysis of Philip K. Dick Is Dead, Alas, in German]
- Dieser Mann is leider tot (MB)
- Munich: Heyne [pb]; Apr 1991; 479-495
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]
- Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine (Shawna McCarthy)
[New York: Davis Publications], Jun 1984: 6-10
- [as Foreword: Religion and Science Fiction]
Close Encounters With the
Deity (MB)
- Atlanta GA: Peachtree Publishers [hc and trade pb]; Aug 1986: i-vi
- [as Religion and Science Fiction]
Asimov's Galaxy: Reflections on Science Fiction (Isaac Asimov)
- New York: Doubleday [hc]; Jan 1989: 21-24
- [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
Laboring in the Fields of Cultural Production
[Includes analysis of Count Geiger's Blues; p. 255]
- 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]
- 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
Introspective: An Interview with Michael Bishop
[interview]
- Future Retrospective #9-10
[Marietta GA: Cliff and Susan Biggers], Dec 1976: 20 -21
Michael Bishop
[appreciation]
- DeepSouthCon XV Program
[Birmingham AL: DeepSouthCon], Aug 1977
- Baryon #81
[Rome GA: Barry Hunter], Mar 2001
When SF Meets Groucho's
[Article about the Arthur C. Clarke Award nominees, including Philip K. Dick is Dead, Alas]
- Punch ( )
[London], Mar 10 1989: 67
Fiche Signalétique: Michael Bishop
[Critical analysis (in French)]
- Fiction #319 (Alain Dorémieux)
[Paris: Opta Editions], Jun 1981: 188 - 189
Damien Broderick & Paul Di Filippo |
Brittle Innings
[Analysis of Brittle Innings]
- Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels 1985-2010
- New York: Nonstop Press [trade pb]; June 2012: 113 - 114
Michael Bishop: No Two Alike
[Interview]
- Locus #335 (Charles N. Brown)
[Oakland CA: Locus Publications], Dec 1988: 1, 65-66
Michael Bishop: Subduing the Serpent
[Interview]
- Locus #426 (Charles N. Brown)
[Oakland CA: Locus Publications], Jul 1996: 4-5, 73-74
Michael Bishop: The Blessing and the Curse
[Interview]
- Locus #526 (Charles N. Brown)
[Oakland CA: Locus Publications], Nov 2004: 8-9, 76-77
- Locus Website (Mark Kelly)
Excerpt, 2004
Snapshot
[Interview]
- Vector #117 (Geoff Rippington)
[Lanarkshire SCOTLAND: British Science Fiction Association], Dec 1983: 5-9
1988 Review
[Includes Unicorn Mountain]
- Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror: 1988 (Charles N. Brown and William G. Contento)
- Oakland CA: Locus Press [hc]; Sep 1989: 438
1984, Nineteen Eighty-Four, and Other SF Novels, Signs, and Portents
[Includes a short analysis of Light Years and Dark]
- The Science Fiction Yearbook (Jerry E. Pournelle)
- New York: Baen Books; Sep 1985: 9
Introduction [Transfigurations]
- Transfigurations (MB)
- London: Gollancz [trade pb & ebook]; Nov 2013; vii - ix
[Review of Transfigurations]
- Destinies, Vol. 2, No. 1 (James Patrick Baen)
- New York: Ace 14305 [pb]; Feb 1980: 178
[Introduction to A Gift from the GrayLanders]
- Short Form, Vol 2 No 2 (Mark L. Van Name)
[Greensboro NC: Hatrack River Publications], Aug 1989: 8-10
- 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]
- The Worthing Saga (Orson Scott Card)
- New York: Tor [Tom Doherty Associates] 50927 [pb]; Dec 1990: ix-xiv
[Discussion of characterization in Unicorn Mountain]
- 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
Close Encounters with Michael Bishop
[Interview]
- New Pathways into Science Fiction and Fantasy #6 (Michael G. Adkisson)
[Plano TX: MGA Services], Jan/Feb 1987: 6-11
Recommended Reading
[Includes Close Encounters With the Deity]
- Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror: 1986 (Charles N. Brown and William G. Contento)
- Oakland CA: Locus Press [hc]; Sep 1987: 334
[General career overview]
- 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]
- 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]
- The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook Two (David S. Garnett)
- London: Futura [Orbit] [trade pb]; Aug 1989: 310
[General career overview]
- 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]
- 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]
- 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]
- Look at the Evidence (John Clute)
- New York: Serconia Press [hc], 1995
- Liverpool: Liverpool University Press [hc and trade pb], 1996
[Encyclopedic entry]
- 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]
- The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction [web edition] (John Clute, David Langford, Peter Nicholls, and Graham Sleight)
- London: Gollancz (online), Aug 2018 [Link]
Work in Progress: Michael Bishop
[Bibliography]
- The New York Review of Science Fiction #42
[Pleasantville NY: Dragon Press], Feb 1992: 22-23
[Bio-bibliographic entry, with excerpts from book reviews]
- Contemporary Authors: New Revision Series, Volume 49 (Pamela S. Dean)
- Detroit MI: Gale Research (hc); 1995: 34-37
Michael Bishop: Allegiances and Betrayals
[Analysis of MB's short fiction]
- Khatru (Jeffrey D. Smith)
[Baltimore MD: Jeffrey D. Smith], May 1975: 31-37
A Fiction of Miracles: On Michael Bishop's Other Arms Reach Out to Me: Georgia Stories
[Extended review]
- Los Angeles Review of Books (Tom Lutz)
[Los Angeles CA: Los Angeles Review of Books], May 3, 2019
[Online link]
[Analysis of Catacomb Years]
- 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]
- 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]
- Anatomy of Wonder, Second Edition (Neil Barron)
- New York: R. R. Bowker Co. [hc and trade pb], Jul 1981; p. 153
Michael Bishop
[Encyclopedic entry]
- Supernatural Fiction Writers: Contemporary Fantasy and Horror, Volume One (Richard Bleiler)
- New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (Thomson/Gale) [hc]; 2003: 79-88
- Theinferior4+1
[Paul Di Filippo's Livejournal], Jul 20, 2007 Online Publication
- [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
- A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire (MB)
- Bonney Lake WA: Kudzu Planet Productions [trade pb]; May 2015; pp. 11-13
Introductions
- 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]
- On SF (Thomas M. Disch)
- Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press [trade pb]; Jun 2005: 114-130
The Labor Day Group
- 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]
- On SF (Thomas M. Disch)
- Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press [trade pb]; Jun 2005: 89-96
Unsettled Reflections on Michael Bishop’s “Rattlesnakes and Men”
- The New York Review of Science Fiction #325 (Kevin J. Maroney)
[Yonkers NY: Burrowing Wombat Press], Sep 2015: 18-19
Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
[Includes brief career analysis]
- Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (Robert Holdstock)
- London: Octopus Books Ltd [hc]; 1978: 188
- Baltimore MD: Octopus Books [hc]; 1978: 188
Interview with Michael Bishop
- Science Fiction Review #1 (Elton Elliott)
[Salem OR: SFR Publications], Spring 1990: 42-43, 102
A Window on Michael Bishop
[Interview]
- The Anthology of Speculative Poetry #3 (Robert Frazier)
[Nantucket Island MA: TASP Press], 1978
The Prophetic World of Michael Bishop
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Magazine (Andrew Sparks)
[Atlanta GA: Atlanta Newspapers Inc.], Apr 4 1976: 8-10, 20
- Authors in the News Volume II
- Detroit: Gale Research [hc]; 1976: 31-32
Michael Bishop: In Prayer the Whisper of the Void
[Interview]
- Infinity Plus
Online Publication, Oct 2000
- The New York Review of Science Fiction #172 (Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell & Kevin J. Maroney)
[Pleasantville NY: Dragon Press], Dec 2002
[General career overview]
- The New Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (James Gunn)
- New York: Viking Press [hc]; Oct 1988: 52-53
The Plague of Utopias: Pestilence and the Apocalyptic Body
[Short analysis of Stolen Faces]
- Twentieth Century Literature
[Hempstead NY: Hofstra University], Win 2000: 405-433
Introduction
- Philip K. Dick is Dead, Alas (MB)
- Bonney Lake WA: Kudzu Planet Productions [trade pb]; Nov 2015; pp. 11-14
The Quiet Writer in Pine Mountain
[Interview]
- Georgia Journal ()
[: ], Fall 1990: 60-63
History and Transcendence: From Inner Space to Exotic Parable
[Comparison of writings of Michael Bishop, Ian Watson, and Jack Dann]
- Fantasy Newsletter #22 (Paul C. Allen)
[Loveland CO: Paul C. Allen], Oct 1982: 25-26, 38
- [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]
- Library Journal ( )
[New York: Cahners/Bowker], Nov 15 1988: 27
- Online Version
[updated] on the University of Kansas website
Brittle Innings: Outfielders or Outsiders
[Introduction to Brittle Innings]
- Brittle Innings (MB)
- Bonney Lake WA: Fairwood Press [trade pb]; Aug 2012; 12 - 14
Eyes of Fire
[A short appreciation]
- Readercon 5 Program Book (Eric Van & David Shaw)
[Worcester MA: Readercon 5], Jul 1992: 7
Michael Bishop
- 100 Most Popular Science-Fiction Authors: Biographical Sketches and Bibliographies
- Santa Barbara CA: Libraries Unlimited [hc]; 2010 (Dec 2009): 60-64
A Revision and a Gloss: Michael Bishop's Postmodern Interrogation of H. G. Wells's The Time Machine
- H. G. Wells's Perennial Time Machine
(George Slusser, Patrick Parrinder, and Danièle Chatelain)
- Athens: University of Georgia Press [hc]; Aug 2001: 176-187
On the Road
[Preface]
- A Reverie for Mister Ray (MB), May 2005: xxv-xxvii
Preface
- 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
- Ancient of Days (MB)
- London: Gateway / Orion [ebook]; Nov 2012
- Bonney Lake WA: Fairwood Press [tp]; Sep 2013; 8 - 11
Beyond Science Fiction
[Interview and article]
- Columbus Ledger Enguirer
[Columbus GA], June 19 1994: D1 & D12
[Critical analysis]
- Twentieth-Century Science-Fiction Writers, Second Edition (Curtis C. Smith)
- Chicago IL: St. James Press [hc]; Sep 1986: 55-57
Recommended Reading
[Short review of Bishop's short fiction output in 1986]
- 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]
- Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror: 1989 (Charles N. Brown and William G.Contento)
- Oakland CA: Locus Press [hc]; Aug 1990: 486
Genre Collapses! Thousands Crushed!
[Includes a short analysis of Brittle Innings]
- 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
- Count Geiger's Blues (MB)
- London: Gateway/Orion [ebook]; Nov 2012
- Bonney Lake WA: Kudzu Planet Productions [trade pb]; Nov 2014; pp. 11-13
Ein Grespräch mit Michael Bishop
[Interview in German]
- Das Science Fiction Yahr Ausgabe 1994 (Wolfgang Jeschke)
- Munich: Heyne 5080 [pb]; Aug 1994: 419-429
Michael Bishop
[Podcast interview]
- 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]
- 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
In Virginia Tech tragedy's wake, a life is reborn
[Interview and article]
- St. Petersburg Times
[St. Petersburg FL], Apr 11, 2008
[Online Publication]
An Interview with Ian Watson
[Includes discussion of Watson's collaborations with Michael Bishop]
- Extro #1 (Paul Campbell)
[Belfast: Specifi Publications], Feb/Mar 1982
- Science Fiction Review #42 (Richard E. Geis)
[Portland OR: Richard E. Geis], Feb 1982: 8-14
- Ansible Online
For families and survivors, grief becomes call to action
[Interview and article]
- USA Today
[McLean VA], Apr 11, 2008; 1 - 2
[Online Publication]
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]
- Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (Edward L. Ferman)
[Cornwall CT: Mercury Press], Dec 1981: 24-31
- [as "Literature, Bowling, and the Labor Day Group"]
Online Publication George R. R. Martin Website
Introduction
- The Door Gunner and Other Perilous Flights of Fancy (MB) (Michael H. Hutchins, ed.), Nov 2011; 13 - 17
Introduction to Beneath the Shattered Moons
- Beneath the Shattered Moons (MB)
- London: Gateway / Orion [ebook]; Dec 2012
The "Other" as Ego
[Includes an analysis of A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire]
- 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
The Medium is the Message
[Includes an examination of Death and Designation Among the Asadi]
- Aliens and Linguists: Language Study and Science Fiction
- Athens GA: University of Georgia Press, 1980: 78-79
Sex, Superman, and Sociobiology
[Includes a brief reference to No Enemy But Time]
- Aliens: The Anthropology of Science Fiction (George E. Slusser and Eric S. Rabkin)
- Carbondale IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1987: 83-84
[Review of The Secret Ascension]
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Review Annual 1988 (Robert Collins)
- Westport CT: Meckler Publishing [hc]; Jan 1989
Close Encounters with Michael Bishop
[A short appreciation]
- 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]
- 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
- Blue Kansas Sky (MB)
- Urbana IL: Golden Gryphon Press; Oct 2000: vii-xv
- The New York Review of Science Fiction #151
[Pleasantville NY: Dragon Press], Mar 2001: 1, 4-6
[Bibliography]
- 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]
[Entry on Who Made Stevie Crye?]
- Horror Literature: A Reader's Guide (Neil Barron)
- New York: Garland Publishing [hc]; Mar 1990: 225
Profile on Peachtree: Michael Bishop
- 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
- Atlanta Constitution
[Atlanta GA: Atlanta Newspapers Inc.], Oct 29, 1998: E2
The Unicorn and the Mirror
[Includes a review of A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire]
- SF in Dimension (Alexei and Cory Panshin)
- Chicago IL: Advent:Publishers [hc], Dec 1976: 224-226
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]
- Tau Ceti #5
[], May 1998
[Photograph]
- The Faces of Science Fiction
- New York: Bluejay Books [trade pb]; Oct 1984
Science Fiction: Imaginary Worlds and Real-Life Questions
[Includes a short analysis of Death and Designation Among the Asadi]
- 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]
- They Have Pulled Down Deep Heaven On Their Heads (Daniel Otto Jack Petersen)
Posted Dec 19 2013 [Link]
Interview: Michael Bishop
- Thrust #20 (D. Douglas Fratz)
[Gaithersburg MD: Thrust Publications], Summer 1984: 5-8
[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)]
- Great Themes of Science Fiction (John J. Pierce)
- Westport CT: Greenwood Press [hc]; Oct 1987
Acts of Chutzpah
- A Few Last Words for the Late Immortals (MB)
- Bonney Lake WA: Kudzu Planet Productions / Fairwood Press [trade paperback]; Nov 2021: 11-14
[Analysis of No Enemy But Time]
- 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?]
- 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]
- 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 (?)]
- 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
Introduction
- No Enemy But Time (MB)
- London: Gollancz [trade pb & ebook]; Aug 2013; ix - xii
Introduction: The Quality of Yearning
- The City and the Cygnets
- Bonney Lake WA: Kudzu Planet Productions / Fairwood Press [trade pb]; Aug 2020; 15 - 19
Introduction: Beyond Regionalism
- Other Arms Reach Out to Me: Georgia Stories (MB)
- Bonney Lake WA: Kudzu Planet Productions [trade pb]; Jun 2017; 13-15
Re: Michael Bishop
[A short appreciation]
- Readercon 5 Program Book (Eric Van & David Shaw)
[Worcester MA: Readercon 5], Jul 1992: 6
Men's Wild Behavior
[Essay on Ancient of Days]
- The New York Review of Science Fiction #71
[Pleasantville NY: Dragon Press], Jul 1994: 1-
Of (Human) Bondage in Michael Bishop's Brittle
Innings
- 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]
- 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
- 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
- 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]
- The New York Review of Science Fiction #342 (Kevin J. Maroney)
[Yonkers NY: Burrowing Wombat Press], Aug 2017: 13-16
Introduction: Anthropological / Science / Fiction
- Transfigurations (MB)
- Bonney Lake WA: Kudzu Planet Productions [trade pb]; Nov 2017: 9-12
[book-length critical study of the works of MB]
- 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.
Introduction
- No Enemy But Time (MB)
- Norwalk CT: The Easton Press [leatherbound hardcover]; Apr 1991: 1-5
[Synopsis and analysis of Brittle Innings]
- 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]
- A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction
- New York: Avon 46128 [pb]; Sep 1979: 19-20
- New York: Facts on File [hc]; 1980
Michael Bishop (Interview)
- Paulsemel.com (Paul Semel) 2019 [Online Link]
Silence and Disaster in the Novels of Michael Bishop
- The New York Review of Science Fiction #96 (David G. Hartwell)
[Pleasantville NY: Dragon Press], Aug 1996: 12-15
Introduction
- Brighten to Incandescence (MB)
- Urbana IL: Golden Gryphon Press [hc]; Jun 2003: xi-xv
Introduction: What Has Gone Before
- Apartheid, Superstrings, and Mordecai Thubana (MB)
- Eugene OR: Pulphouse Publishing [Axolotl Press #10]; Jul 1989
Satirical "Meta-Horror": An Introduction to Who Made Stevie Crye?
- 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
[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)]
- Anatomy of Wonder, Third Edition (Neil Barron)
- New York: R. R. Bowker Co. [hc]; Aug 1987
Field of Broken Dreams
- Necrofile #14 (Stefan Dziemianowicz, S. T. Joshi, and Michael A. Morrison)
[West Warwick RI: Necronomicon Press], Fall (Oct) 1994; 1 - 3
- [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]
- 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]
- Readercon 5 Program Book (Eric Van & David Shaw)
[Worcester MA: Readercon 5], Jul 1992: 9-13
Book Notes: Who's On First
[short article about Brittle Innings; includes an interview with Michael Bishop]
- Book World (Nina King)
[Washington DC: Washington Post Co.], Jul 24 1994: 16
Contributions to a Crap Artist
[Article on Philip K. Dick is Dead, Alas (in German)]
- Fandom Newsletter #44
[GERMANY], 1991
Michael Bishop: An Annotated Bibliography
[Minor listing of books]
- Interzone #82 (David Pringle)
[Brighton UK: Interzone], Apr 1994: 57-58
Michael Lawson Bishop: aliens, pleistocene and the human being today
[interview]
- Raccontifantascienzaedintorni (Francesco Troccoli)
Online Publication, Jun 6, 2010
Mike Bishop
[Appreciation]
- Orycon 11 Program Book
[Portland OR], Nov 1989: 1, 4-6
Bishop: Appreciation of a Peculiar Friendship
- Armadillocon 15 Program Book
[Austin TX], Nov 1993: 7
A Reverie for Mister Mike
[Introduction]
- A Reverie for Mister Ray (MB), May 2005
- SF Site Online Publication, Mid-Dec 2005
Pine Mountain author Michael Bishop to release book of short stories
[Article and interview]
- Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (Blake Kaplan)
[Columbus GA: McClatchy], Apr 15, 2017
A Rhetoric of Recognition: The Science Fiction of Michael Bishop
- Foundation #19 (Malcolm Edwards)
[Dagenham UK: SF Foundation, North East London Polytechnic], Jun 1980: 5-14
- [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]
- Twentieth-Century Science-Fiction Writers (Curtis C. Smith)
- New York: St. Martin's Press [hc]; Nov 1981: 52-53
Treading the Sublime
[Afterword]
- A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire (MB)
- Worcester Park UK: Kerosina [hc]; Jun 1989: 249-255
[Analysis of Who Made Stevie Crye?]
- 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]
- Readercon 5 Program Book (Eric Van & David Shaw)
[Worcester MA: Readercon 5], Jul 1992: 5
The Indian in Science Fiction
[Includes an examination of characters in A Little
Knowledge]
- Extrapolation (Thomas D. Clareson)
[Wooster OH: College of Wooster); Win 1979: 308-320
Recommended Reading
[Includes The Secret Ascension]
- Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror: 1987 (Charles N. Brown and William G.Contento)
- Oakland CA: Locus Press [hc]; Dec 1988: 402
[Includes an examination of No Enemy But Time]
- 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]
- Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy (M. H. Zool)
- London: Bloomsbury [trade pb]; Aug 1989
[Bio-bibliographical entry]
- Contemporary Authors, Volumes 61 - 64 (Cynthia R. Fadool)
- Detroit: Gale Research Co. [hc]; 1976: 68-
[Bio-bibliographic entry in German]
- Lexikon der Science Fiction Literatur 1 (Alper, Fuchs, Hahn and Jeschke)
- Munich: Heyne 7111 [pb]; 1980: 189-190
[Bio-bibliographical entry]
- Contemporary Authors: New Revision Series, Volume 9 (Ann Evory and Linda Metzger)
- Detroit: Gale Research Co. [hc]; 1983: 57-
[Short encyclopedic entry]
- 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]
- 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]
- 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]
- Fiction Catalog, Twelfth Edition (Juliette Yaakov & John Greenfieldt)
- New York: H. W. Wilson Co.; 1991: 61
[Short analysis of Nebula Awards 24]
- 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
- 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]
- 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]
- 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]
- 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]
- The Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- (online), 1995 - 2018 [Link]