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Lincoln Michel

Lincoln Michel
Lincoln Michel’s most recent novel is Metallic Realms (Atria Books). His previous books include the story collection Upright Beasts (Coffee House Press) and the novel The Body Scout (Orbit), which was named one of the fifty best science fiction of all time by Esquire. His fiction appears in The Paris Review, Strange Horizons, F&SF, Granta, and McSweeney’s. You can find him online at lincolnmichel.com and his newsletter Counter Craft.
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Neither Plot Nor Character, But… Something Else? Ten Novels with Mind-Blowing Structures

Lincoln Michel Recommends Alejandro Zambra, Renee Gladman, Percival Everett and More
May 13, 2025  By Lincoln Michel
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Lincoln Michel on the Pulpy, Rollicking, Resonant Early Sci-Fi of John Wyndham

Way Back in 1936, Stowaway to Mars Asked: “Does man rule machine or do machines rule man?”
July 6, 2022  By Lincoln Michel
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Why is Baseball the Most Literary of Sports?

Lincoln Michel Goes Deep Into the Prose of America’s Pastime
October 28, 2021  By Lincoln Michel
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In Defense of Labels: On Genre as a Literary Conversation

Lincoln Michel Considers the Expansive Power of Genres
September 21, 2021  By Lincoln Michel
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COVER REVEAL: Lincoln Michel’s The Body Scout

Plus, Read an Excerpt From This Near-Future Dystopian Neo-Noir
February 2, 2021  By Lincoln Michel
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Let’s Stop with the Realism Versus Science Fiction and Fantasy Debate

Lincoln Michel Proposes a New Way to Think About Fictional Worlds
September 17, 2020  By Lincoln Michel
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On the Many Different Engines That Power a Short Story

It's Not Just Plot or Character That Drives Fiction
October 24, 2019  By Lincoln Michel
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Do Great Writers Really Steal? On Plagiarism and Publishing

The Art of Fielding Law Suit Has Come to an End. OR HAS IT?
July 19, 2018  By Lincoln Michel
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Will Iain M. Banks’s Bonkers Space Opera Novels Work On Screen?

Everything You Need to Know About the Culture Novels
February 28, 2018  By Lincoln Michel
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Good Writers Borrow, Great Writers Remix

Why It’s Ok to Reuse, Repurpose, and Recycle Fiction
January 12, 2018  By Lincoln Michel
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Books With Beasts: An Animal-Filled Reading List

Lincoln Michel Explores His Animal Nature
October 13, 2015  By Lincoln Michel
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