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Paul McAuley
(b.1955)Paul McAuley is the author of more than twenty books, including science-fiction, thriller, and crime novels, several collections of short stories, a Doctor Who novella, and an anthology of stories about popular music, which he co-edited with Kim Newman. His fiction has won the Philip K. Dick Memorial Award, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the John W. Campbell award, the Sidewise Award, the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, and the British Fantasy Award for best short story.
Before he went over to the dark side and became a full-time writer, Paul worked as a research biologist in various universities, including Oxford and UCLA, and for six years was a lecturer in botany at St Andrews University. His chief research interest was symbioses between unicellular algae and coelenterates, including green hydra, sea anemones, and reef-forming corals. Paul is still a huge fan of all things to do with science, and spend too much time tweeting about weird and wonderful stuff as UnlikelyWorlds; Time magazine listed him as one of their top 140 most interesting tweeters in 2013.
Paul lives in North London, and haven't yet walked down every street in the A-Z. But is trying.
Before he went over to the dark side and became a full-time writer, Paul worked as a research biologist in various universities, including Oxford and UCLA, and for six years was a lecturer in botany at St Andrews University. His chief research interest was symbioses between unicellular algae and coelenterates, including green hydra, sea anemones, and reef-forming corals. Paul is still a huge fan of all things to do with science, and spend too much time tweeting about weird and wonderful stuff as UnlikelyWorlds; Time magazine listed him as one of their top 140 most interesting tweeters in 2013.
Paul lives in North London, and haven't yet walked down every street in the A-Z. But is trying.
Awards: Sturgeon (2012), Campbell (1997), Clarke (1996), BFA (1995) see all
Genres: Science Fiction, Horror
Series
Four Hundred Billion Stars
1. Four Hundred Billion Stars (1988)
2. Secret Harmonies (1989)
aka Of the Fall
3. Eternal Light (1991)
1. Four Hundred Billion Stars (1988)
2. Secret Harmonies (1989)
aka Of the Fall
3. Eternal Light (1991)
Quiet War
1. The Quiet War (2008)
2. Gardens of the Sun (2009)
Stories From The Quiet War (2011)
3. In the Mouth of the Whale (2012)
4. Evening's Empires (2013)
Life After Wartime (2013)
1. The Quiet War (2008)
2. Gardens of the Sun (2009)
Stories From The Quiet War (2011)
3. In the Mouth of the Whale (2012)
4. Evening's Empires (2013)
Life After Wartime (2013)
Something Coming
1. Something Coming Through (2015)
2. Into Everywhere (2016)
Something Happened Here, But We're Not Quite Sure What It Was (2016)
1. Something Coming Through (2015)
2. Into Everywhere (2016)
Something Happened Here, But We're Not Quite Sure What It Was (2016)
Novels
Red Dust (1993)
Pasquale's Angel (1994)
Fairyland (1995)
Making History (2000)
The Secret of Life (2001)
Whole Wide World (2001)
White Devils (2004)
Mind's Eye (2005)
Players (2007)
Cowboy Angels (2007)
Austral (2017)
War of the Maps (2020)
Beyond the Burn Line (2022)
Pasquale's Angel (1994)
Fairyland (1995)
Making History (2000)
The Secret of Life (2001)
Whole Wide World (2001)
White Devils (2004)
Mind's Eye (2005)
Players (2007)
Cowboy Angels (2007)
Austral (2017)
War of the Maps (2020)
Beyond the Burn Line (2022)
Collections
The King of the Hill (1991)
The Invisible Country (1996)
Futures: Four Novellas (2001) (with others)
Little Machines (2004)
A Very British History (2013)
Gene Wars / Rocket Boy (2014)
The Invisible Country (1996)
Futures: Four Novellas (2001) (with others)
Little Machines (2004)
A Very British History (2013)
Gene Wars / Rocket Boy (2014)
Novellas and Short Stories
Second Skin (1997)
City of the Dead (2011)
Prisoners of the Action (2012) (with Kim Newman)
Dr Pretorius and the Lost Temple (2012)
City of the Dead (2011)
Prisoners of the Action (2012) (with Kim Newman)
Dr Pretorius and the Lost Temple (2012)
Anthologies edited
Series contributed to
Non fiction show
Books containing stories by Paul McAuley
The Year's Best Science Fiction on Earth 2 (2024)
(Year's Best Science Fiction on Earth, book 2)
edited by
Allan Kaster
The Year's Top Tales of Space and Time 4 (2024)
(Year's Top Tales of Space and Time, book 4)
edited by
Allan Kaster
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Paul McAuley recommends
The Last Blade Priest (2022)
(Holy Mountain, book 1)
W P Wiles
"W.P. Wiles embraces and transforms the archetypes of epic fantasy with impressive ingenuity. Vivid, vital, humane and deftly told, The Last Blade Priest's all-too-human characters and its world of dying gods, berserker cults and devastating superhuman powers will haunt your imagination long after you've turned the last page."
Something More Than Night (2021)
Kim Newman
"A monstrously inventive romp through the backlots, cults and conspiracies of Old Hollyweird, in the company of the best odd-couple pairing since Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon."
The Human (2020)
(Rise of the Jain, book 3)
Neal Asher
"Neal Asher's coruscating mix of epic space opera, weaponised Darwinism and high-stakes intrigue channels the primal flame of deep-core science fiction."
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