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M John Harrison


(Michael John Harrison)
UK flag (b.1945)

aka Gabriel King

Michael John Harrison was born in Rugby, Warwickshire in 1945 and now lives in London.
Harrison is stylistically an Imagist and his early work relies heavily on the use of strange juxtapositions characteristic of absurdism.
 

Awards: Goldsmiths (2020), Dick (2007), Clarke (2007), Otherwise (2002)  see all

Genres: Science Fiction
 
New and upcoming books
March 2026

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Anabasis
 
Series
Viriconium
   1. The Pastel City (1971)
   2. A Storm of Wings (1980)
   3. In Viriconium (1982)

     aka The Floating Gods

   4. Viriconium Nights (1984)
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Light
   1. Light (2002)
   2. Nova Swing (2006)
   3. Empty Space (2012)
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Novels
   The Commited Men (1971)
   The Centauri Device (1974)
   Climbers (1989)
   The Course of the Heart (1992)
   Signs of Life (1997)
   The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again (2020)
   Anabasis (2026)
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Collections
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Cave & Julia (2013)
   The 4th Domain (2014)
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Graphic Novels show
 
Non fiction show
 
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Books containing stories by M John Harrison
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The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 8 (2024)
(Best Science Fiction of the Year , book 8)
edited by
Neil Clarke
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Collected Stories (2023)
edited by
Ben Rivers

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Awards
2020 Goldsmiths Prize : The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again
2007 Philip K Dick Award : Nova Swing
2007 Arthur C. Clarke Award : Nova Swing
2002 Otherwise Award : Light

Award nominations
2020 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again
2013 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Empty Space
2012 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Empty Space
2007 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Nova Swing
2007 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Nova Swing
2007 British Fantasy Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Nova Swing
2006 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Nova Swing
2005 British Fantasy Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Things That Never Happen
2004 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Things That Never Happen
2004 British Fantasy Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Things That Never Happen
2003 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Light
2003 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : Light
2002 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Light
2001 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Travel Arrangements
2001 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Travel Arrangements
2000 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : Suicide Coast
1998 British Fantasy Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Signs of Life
1997 BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction (nominee) : The East
1986 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Viriconium Nights
1986 BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction (nominee) : A Young Man's Journey to Viriconium
1985 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Viriconium Nights
1985 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Viriconium Nights
1983 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : In Viriconium
1983 British Fantasy Award for Best Novel (nominee) : In Viriconium
1981 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : A Storm of Wings
1981 British Fantasy Award for Best Novel (nominee) : A Storm of Wings


M John Harrison recommends
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Prophet (2023)
Sin Blaché and Helen Macdonald
"Prophet promises to bring back everything you lost and now yearn for... Proper science fiction - self-aware, funny, ruthlessly propulsive, full of invention... I loved it."
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Outside Looking In (2019)
T C Boyle
"Funny, but not always in a way you can laugh at. Boyle's dissections are far too accurate. One moment you're watching the antics of a narcissistic cast; the next you're finding it all heartbreakingly human."
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The Heavens (2019)
Sandra Newman
"The Heavens, shifting restlessly between worlds, gently encouraging Elizabethan England into eccentric New York, rolling everything into a dreamy, desperate new reality, is everything we expect from Sandra Newman. It's strange but focused, beautifully written and put together, dangerously benign, comic and clever, bright as a knife."

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