One Winter in Eden

by Michael Bishop

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Genres: Science Fiction

273 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

Michael Lawson Bishop was an award-winning American writer. Over four decades & thirty books, he created a body of work that stands among the most admired in modern sf & fantasy literature.

Bishop received a bachelor's from the Univ. of Georgia in 1967, going on to complete a master's in English. He taught English at the US Air Force Academy Preparatory School in Colorado Springs from 1968-72 & then at the Univ. of Georgia. He also taught a course in science fiction at the US Air Force Academy in 1971. He left teaching in 1974 to become a full-time writer.

Bishop won the Nebula in 1981 for The Quickening (Best Novelette) & in 1982 for No Enemy But Time (Best Novel). He's also received four Locus Awards & his work has been nominated for numerous Hugos. He & British author Ian Watson collaborated on a novel set in the universe of one of Bishop’s earlier works. He's also written two mystery novels with Paul Di Filippo, under the joint pseudonym Philip Lawson. His work has been translated into over a dozen languages.

Bishop has published more than 125 pieces of short fiction which have been gathered in seven collections. His stories have appeared in Playboy, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, the Missouri Review, the Indiana Review, the Chattahoochee Review, the Georgia Review, Omni & Interzone.

In addition to fiction, Bishop has published poetry gathered in two collections & won the 1979 Rhysling Award for his poem For the Lady of a Physicist. He's also had essays & reviews published in the NY Times, the Washington Post, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Omni Magazine & the NY Review of Science Fiction. A collection of his nonfiction, A Reverie for Mister Ray, was issued in 2005 by PS Publishing. He's written introductions to books by Philip K. Dick, Theodore Sturgeon, James Tiptree, Jr., Pamela Sargent, Gardner Dozois, Lucius Shepard, Mary Shelley, Andy Duncan, Paul Di Filippo, Bruce Holland Rogers & Rhys Hughes. He's edited six anthologies, including the Locus Award-winning Light Years & Dark & A Cross of Centuries: 25 Imaginative Tales about the Christ, published by Thunder’s Mouth Press shortly before the company closed.

In recent years, Bishop has returned to teaching & is writer-in-residence at LaGrange College located near his home in Pine Mountain, GA. He & his wife, Jeri, have a daughter & two grandchildren. His son, Christopher James Bishop, was one of the victims of the Virginia Tech massacre on 4/16/07.

Reviews

[Mygale · Rating 1 out of 5]

No review so far? Well then,here it goes. I had this book for over two years and since I'm currently in an Arkham House reading mood, I've decided to give it a try. So far, Having just finished the first story, the title one "One Winter In Eden", I'm not really convinced that I'm not going to have to struggle trough the entire book. Actually it was a long story that wasn't even captivating. Some morality about racism blacks vs whites... And a dragon... And the finale was as fast as a single paragraph and voilà, there you go... So far it's only one star.

[Taylor · Rating 4 out of 5]

I got this book at my library as a teen, mostly because the story “Seasons of Belief” inspired an episode of Tales from the Darkside that gave 8 year old me nightmares. The opening and title story is an odd one, but one of the only times I ever heard anyone write about winter scenery in the southeast. The story itself is a slice of life teacher drama with a twist so abrupt and insane it always stuck with me (even if admittedly it comes out of nowhere) Most of the other stories follow a similar pattern, just following people in their day to day lives when suddenly out of nowhere something surreal and honestly bonkers uproots everything. Definitely not universally good, but for whatever reason after tracking down a copy on ebay, I find myself drawn back to it from time to time for reasons I can’t explain… I don’t think I get it, but I do like it.