Michael McCollum

Michael McCollum
Pen name	Michael McCollum
Occupation	Author, aerospace engineer
Nationality	United States
Period	1979[1] to present
Genre	Science Fiction
Website
www.scifi-az.com

Michael Allen McCollum (born 1946 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American science fiction author and aerospace engineer. He graduated from Arizona State University, where he studied aerospace propulsion and nuclear engineering. He is employed by Honeywell in Tempe, Arizona.^[2] In 1997, he founded Sci Fi - Arizona, one of the first author-owned-and-operated virtual bookstores on the Internet. He also conducts writers workshops.^[3] Most of his novels have been published as audio books by Audible Inc.^[4] They have also been translated into German.^[5]

Bibliography

Makers series

• Life Probe (1983, Del Rey, ISBN 0-345-30295-8)^[6]
• Procyon's Promise (1985, Del Rey, ISBN 0-345-30296-6)

Antares series

• Antares Dawn (1986, Del Rey, ISBN 0-345-32313-0)^[7]
• Antares Passage (1987, Del Rey, ISBN 0-345-32314-9)
• Antares Victory (2002, SciFi Arizona, ISBN 1-929381-09-3)

Gibraltar series

• Gibraltar Earth (1999, SciFi Arizona, ISBN 1-929381-25-5)^[8]
• Gibraltar Sun (2006, SciFi Arizona, ISBN 1-932657-55-X)
• Gibraltar Stars (2009, SciFi Arizona, ISBN 978-1-934805-29-9)

Standalone novels

• A Greater Infinity (1982, Del Rey, ISBN 0-345-30167-6)^[9]
• Thunderstrike (1989, Del Rey, ISBN 0-345-35352-8)
• The Clouds of Saturn (1991, Del Rey, ISBN 0-345-36412-0)
• The Sails of Tau Ceti (1992, Del Rey, ISBN 0-345-37108-9)
• Euclid's Wall (2012, SciFi Arizona, ISBN 978-1-934805-63-3)

Collections

• Gridlock and Other Stories (1998, SciFi Arizona, ISBN 1-929381-16-6)

Non-fiction

• The Art of Writing, Volume 1 (2000) ISBN 978-1-929381-29-6^[10]
• The Art of Writing, Volume 2 (2000) ISBN 978-1-932657-31-9
• The Art of Science Fiction, Volume 1 (2000) ISBN 978-1-929381-21-0
• The Art of Science Fiction, Volume 2 (2000) ISBN 978-1-932657-23-4
• The Astrogator's Handbook (2000) ISBN 1-929381-42-5

References

1. Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Literature by Brian M. Stableford, Scarecrow Press, 2004, page 222.
2. Biography retrieved July 2013
3. Interview with author
4. Audible.com web site
5. Profile of author and Literature by and about Michael McCollum in the catalog of the German National Library
6. Makers Series page
7. Antares Series page
8. Gibraltar Series page
9. Individual novels page
10. Non-Fiction page

External links

1. Literature by and about Michael McCollum in the catalog of the German National Library
2. Michael McCollum's website
3. Michael McCollum at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database