Michael Swanwick

writer
Short Story

Radiant Doors

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  • Undetermined
  • Definite Time Travel
Short Story

Scherzo with Tyrannosaur

The director of Hilltop Research Station extinguishes various fires while hosting a donor dinner in the Cretaceous and planning predatory behavior of his own to keep the donor funds flowing, all while ensuring that the mysterious beings known only as the Unchanging remain in the dark about a quagmire of time travel violations. —Michael Main
It would bring our sponsors down upon us like so many angry hornets. The Unchanging would yank time travel out of human hands—retroactively.
A T-Rex leaps out of the forest while four oblivious diners in formal attire lift a toast.
  • 1999 Hugo
  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel
Novel

Bones of the Earth

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  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel
Short Story

Legions in Time

Ellie Voigt’s job is to sit and watch a door, until one day she gets angry enough at Mr. Tarblecko that she steps through the door into a time war.
One man with a sunstroker can be overwhelmed by savages equipped with nothing more than neutron bombs—if there are enough of them, and they don’t mind dying!
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  • 2004 Hugo
  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel
Short Story

Triceratops Summer

An incident at the Institute for Advanced Physics brings a herd of Triceratops to present-day Vermont, which is certainly a worry, but according to Everett McCoughlan of the Institute, that will be the least of our worries by the end of the summer.
Everything ends eventually. But after all is said and done, it’s waht we do in the meantime that matters, isn’t it?
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  • Eloi Bronze Medal
  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel
Short Story

Dream Atlas

Eleanor, a dream scientist, is visited by her future self in a vivid dream —Michael Main
Right now, all that matters is that within a month of your waking from this encounter, you’ll be able to duplicate thought projection through short durations of dream-time.
A tilted view of a partially lit Saturn with the sun above and a green moon outside of the rings.
  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel