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Lincoln Michel Recommends Alejandro Zambra, Renee Gladman, Percival Everett and More
By
Lincoln Michel
| May 13, 2025
Lincoln Michel on the Pulpy, Rollicking, Resonant Early Sci-Fi of John Wyndham
Stowaway to Mars Asked: “Does man rule machine or do machines rule man?”">Way Back in 1936,
Stowaway to Mars
Asked: “Does man rule machine or do machines rule man?”
By
Lincoln Michel
| July 6, 2022
Why is Baseball the Most Literary of Sports?
Lincoln Michel Goes Deep Into the Prose of America’s Pastime
By
Lincoln Michel
| October 28, 2021
In Defense of Labels: On Genre as a Literary Conversation
Lincoln Michel Considers the Expansive Power of Genres
By
Lincoln Michel
| September 21, 2021
The Body Scout">
The Body Scout">
The Body Scout">COVER REVEAL: Lincoln Michel’s
The Body Scout
Plus, Read an Excerpt From This Near-Future Dystopian Neo-Noir
By
Lincoln Michel
| February 2, 2021
Let's Stop with the Realism Versus Science Fiction and Fantasy Debate
Lincoln Michel Proposes a New Way to Think About Fictional Worlds
By
Lincoln Michel
| September 17, 2020
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On the Many Different Engines That Power a Short Story
By
Lincoln Michel
| October 24, 2019
Do Great Writers Really Steal? On Plagiarism and Publishing
By
Lincoln Michel
| July 19, 2018
Will Iain M. Banks's Bonkers Space Opera Novels Work On Screen?
By
Lincoln Michel
| February 28, 2018
Good Writers Borrow, Great Writers Remix
Why It’s Ok to Reuse, Repurpose, and Recycle Fiction
By
Lincoln Michel
| January 12, 2018
Books With Beasts: An Animal-Filled Reading List
Lincoln Michel Explores His Animal Nature
By
Lincoln Michel
| October 13, 2015
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