Michael McCollum

{{Infobox writer  | name = Michael McCollum | image = | imagesize = | caption = | pseudonym = Michael McCollum | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1946}} | birth_place = Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Author, aerospace engineer | alma_mater = Arizona State University | period = 1979<ref>''Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Literature'' by Brian M. Stableford, Scarecrow Press, 2004, page 222.</ref> to present | genre = Science fiction | subject =  | movement =  | influences = | influenced =  | signature =  | website = {{URL|http://www.scifi-az.com/}} }} '''Michael Allen McCollum''' (born 1946 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American science fiction author and aerospace engineer. He graduated from Arizona State University, where he studied aerospace propulsion and nuclear engineering. He is employed by Honeywell in Tempe, Arizona.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.scifi-az.com/bio.htm |title=Biographies: Michael Allen McCollum |website=Sci Fi - Arizona |access-date=2013-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130913092857/http://www.scifi-az.com/bio.htm |archive-date=2013-09-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1997, he founded ''[http://www.scifi-az.com/ Sci Fi - Arizona]'', one of the first author-owned-and-operated virtual bookstores on the Internet. He also conducts writers workshops.<ref>[http://fiction.michaelatman.com/articles/michael-mccollum-a-pioneer-in-the-ebook-industry/ Interview with author] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614082722/http://fiction.michaelatman.com/articles/michael-mccollum-a-pioneer-in-the-ebook-industry/ |date=2013-06-14 }}</ref> Most of his novels have been published as audio books by ''Audible Inc''.<ref>Audible.com web site [http://www.audible.com/search?advsearchKeywords=michael+mccollum]</ref> They have also been translated into German.<ref>Profile of author [http://www.awfulagent.com/clients/mccollum.html] and [https://portal.d-nb.de/opac.htm?query=Woe%3D129223344&method=simpleSearch Literature by and about Michael McCollum]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} in the catalog of the German National Library</ref>

==Bibliography==

===''Makers'' series=== *''Life Probe'' (1983, Del Rey, {{ISBN|0-345-30295-8}})<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.scifi-az.com/life-probe.html |title=Life Probe page |access-date= May 25, 2021 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20210525100037/https://www.scifi-az.com/life-probe.html |archive-date= May 25, 2021 |url-status= live }}</ref> *''Procyon's Promise'' (1985, Del Rey, {{ISBN|0-345-30296-6}})

===''Antares'' series=== *''Antares Dawn'' (1986, Del Rey, {{ISBN|0-345-32313-0}})<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.scifi-az.com/antares-dawn.html |title=Antares Dawn page |access-date= May 25, 2021 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20210525100704/https://www.scifi-az.com/antares-dawn.html |archive-date= May 25, 2021 |url-status= live }}</ref> *''Antares Passage'' (1987, Del Rey, {{ISBN|0-345-32314-9}}) *''Antares Victory'' (2002, SciFi Arizona, {{ISBN|1-929381-09-3}})

===''Gibraltar'' series=== *''Gibraltar Earth'' (1999, SciFi Arizona, {{ISBN|1-929381-25-5}})<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.scifi-az.com/gibraltar-earth.html |title=Gibraltar Series page |access-date= May 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210525072513/https://www.scifi-az.com/gibraltar-earth.html |archive-date=May 25, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> *''Gibraltar Sun'' (2006, SciFi Arizona, {{ISBN|1-932657-55-X}}) *''Gibraltar Stars'' (2009, SciFi Arizona, {{ISBN|978-1-934805-29-9}})

===Standalone novels=== * ''A Greater Infinity'' (1982, Del Rey, {{ISBN|0-345-30167-6}})<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.scifi-az.com/novels.html |title=Individual novels page |access-date= May 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210525072513/https://www.scifi-az.com/gibraltar-earth.html |archive-date=May 25, 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref> * ''Thunderstrike'' (1989, Del Rey, {{ISBN|0-345-35352-8}}) * ''The Clouds of Saturn'' (1991, Del Rey, {{ISBN|0-345-36412-0}}) * ''The Sails of Tau Ceti'' (1992, Del Rey, {{ISBN|0-345-37108-9}}) * ''Euclid's Wall'' (2012, SciFi Arizona, {{ISBN|978-1-934805-63-3}}) * ''Lost Earth'' (2020, SciFi - Arizona) {{ISBN|9781947483194}}

===Collections and short stories=== * ''Gridlock and Other Stories'' (1998, SciFi Arizona, {{ISBN|1-929381-16-6}})<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.scifi-az.com/short-stories.html |title= Short stories |accessdate= May 25, 2021 |archivedate= May 25, 2021 |archiveurl= https://archive.today/20210525101816/https://www.scifi-az.com/short-stories.html |url-status= live}}</ref>

===Non-fiction=== * ''The Art of Writing, Volume 1'' (2000) {{ISBN|978-1-929381-29-6}}<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.scifi-az.com/non-fiction.html |title= Non-Fiction page |access-date= May 25, 2021 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20210525101348/https://www.scifi-az.com/non-fiction.html |archive-date= May 25, 2021 |url-status= live }}</ref> * ''The Art of Writing, Volume 2'' (2000) {{ISBN|978-1-932657-31-9}} * ''The Art of Science Fiction, Volume 1'' (2000) {{ISBN|978-1-929381-21-0}} * ''The Art of Science Fiction, Volume 2'' (2000) {{ISBN|978-1-932657-23-4}} * ''The Astrogator's Handbook'' (2000) {{ISBN|1-929381-42-5}}

==References== {{Reflist|2}}

==External links== #[https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?method=simpleSearch&query=Michael+McCollum Literature by and about Michael McCollum] in the catalog of the German National Library #{{ISFDB name|id=Michael_McCollum}}

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