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Michael Shea

(1946 - 2014)

Michael Shea was an American fantasy, horror, and science fiction author. He is a multiple winner of the World Fantasy Award.

Awards: WFA (2005) see all

Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction

Series

Dying Earth (with Jack Vance)
2.5. A Quest for Simbilis (1974)

Nifft
   1. Nifft the Lean (1982)
   2. The Mines of Behemoth (1997)
   3. The A'Rak (2000)
   4. The Incompleat Nifft (2000)

Extra
1. The Extra (2010)
2. Assault on Sunrise (2013)

Novels

   The Color Out of Time (1984)
   In Yana, The Touch of Undying (1985)
   Fat Face (1987)
   I, Said the Fly (1993)
   Mr. Cannyharme (2021)

Collections

   Polyphemus (1987)
   The Autopsy and Other Tales (2008)
   Copping Squid and Other Mythos Tales (2009)
   The Autopsy (2022)

Books containing stories by Michael Shea

Swords Against Darkness (2017)
edited by
Paula Guran

The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu (2016)
New Lovecraftian Fiction
edited by
Paula Guran

New Cthulhu 2 (2015)
More Recent Weird
(New Cthulhu, book 2)
edited by
Paula Guran

More books

Awards

	2005 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella : The Growlimb
	1983 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel : Nifft the Lean

Award nominations

	2009 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Autopsy and Other Tales
	1998 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : The Mines of Behemoth
	1988 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Polyphemus
	1988 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Polyphemus
	1986 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : In Yana, The Touch of Undying
	1983 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Fishing of the Demon Sea
	1983 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Nifft the Lean
	1982 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Polyphemus
	1981 Nebula Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Autopsy: Best Weird Stories of Michael Shea
	1981 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Autopsy: Best Weird Stories of Michael Shea
	1981 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Autopsy: Best Weird Stories of Michael Shea
	1980 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Angel of Death
	1975 British Fantasy Award for Best Novel (nominee) : A Quest for Simbilis

Michael Shea recommends

Conan the Hero (1989)
(Adventures of Conan)
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