Michael P. Kube-McDowell

Michael Paul Kube-McDowell (born August 29, 1954), also known as Michael McDowell or Michael P. McDowell, is an American science fiction and non-fiction author.

Born Michael Paul McDowell on August 29, 1954 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), he attended St. Joseph's High School (Camden, New Jersey) (Class of 1972)^[1] and Michigan State University.

Kube-McDowell has written for television, been a stringer for a daily newspaper, and published short fiction, reviews, assorted nonfiction and erotica. He was honored for teaching excellence by the 1985 White House Commission on Presidential Scholars.^{[citation needed ]} Kube-McDowell's short fiction has been featured in Analog , Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction , as well as anthologies After the Flames and Perpetual Light. Three of his stories have been adapted as episodes of the TV series Tales from the Darkside . Outside of science fiction Kube-McDowell is the author of more than 500 nonfiction articles on subjects ranging from space careers to "scientific creationism" to an award-winning four-part series on the state of American education. Kube-McDowell's literary works have been recognized and highlighted at Michigan State University in their Michigan Writers Series.^[2]

• The Trigon Disunity
  • Emprise (1985)
  • Enigma (1986)
  • Empery (1987)
• Star Wars : The Black Fleet Crisis
  • Before the Storm (1996)
  • Shield of Lies (1996)
  • Tyrant's Test (1996)

• Alternities (1988)^[3]
• Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Odyssey (1987)^[4]
• The Quiet Pools (1990)
• Exile (1992)
• The Trigger (1999) (with Arthur C. Clarke)
• Vectors (2002)

• Thieves of Light (1987) (writing as Michael Hudson)

• I Shall Have a Flight to Glory (1992) (collected in Mike Resnick's alternate history anthology Alternate Presidents )
• The Inga-Binga Affair (1992) (collected in Mike Resnick's alternate history anthology Alternate Kennedys )
• Because Thou Lovest the Burning-Ground (1993) (collected in Mike Resnick's alternate history anthology Alternate Warriors )

• Hugo Best Novel nominee (1991) : The Quiet Pools
• Philip K. Dick nominee (1985) : Emprise
• Pegasus Award for Best Performer (1994) as a member of the Black Book Band^[5]

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• Michael P. Kube-McDowell at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Review of Alternities at the Wayback Machine (archived May 16, 2011)

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