British botanist and science fiction author (born 1955)
Paul McAuley atWorldcon 2005 inGlasgow Paul J. McAuley (born 23 April 1955) is a British botanist and science fiction author. A biologist by training, McAuley writes mostlyhard science fiction . His novels deal with themes such asbiotechnology ,alternative history /reality, andspace travel .
McAuley began writing science fiction with the far-futurespace-opera novelFour Hundred Billion Stars Eternal Light , and the planetary-colony adventureOf the Fall Red Dust , set on a far-future Mars colonized by the Chinese, is aplanetary romance featuring manyemerging technologies and science fiction motifs:nanotechnology ,biotechnology ,artificial intelligence , personality downloads, andvirtual reality . HisConfluence series, set in an even more distant future (about ten million years from now), is one of multiple novels that useFrank J. Tipler 'sOmega Point Theory as a theme; in this theory, the universe seems to be evolving toward a maximum degree of complexity and consciousness.[ 1] Pasquale's Angel Italian Renaissance ; it featuresNiccolò Machiavegli (Machiavelli) andLeonardo da Vinci as major characters.
McAuley has also used biotechnology and nanotechnology themes in near-future settings: the novelFairyland describes a dystopian, war-torn Europe where genetically engineered "dolls" are used as disposable slaves. Since 2001, he has produced severaltechno-thriller novels based on science fiction, such asThe Secret of Life ,Whole Wide World , andWhite Devils .
Four Hundred Billion Stars , his first novel, won thePhilip K. Dick Award in 1988.[ 2] Fairyland won the 1996Arthur C. Clarke Award [ 3] John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best SF Novel.[ 4] British Fantasy Award .Pasquale's Angel won theSidewise Award for Alternate History (Long Form).
Red Dust . London: Gollancz, 1993.ISBN 9780575054882 Pasquale's Angel ISBN 9780575054899 [ 5] Sidewise Award winnerFairyland . London: Gollancz, 1995.ISBN 9780575060708 [ 5] [ 3] [ 4] The Secret of Life . London: Voyager, 2001.ISBN 9780002259040 [ 6] [ 7] Whole Wide World . London: Voyager, 2002.ISBN 9780002259033 White Devils . London: Simon & Schuster, 2004.ISBN 9780743238854 [ 8] Mind's Eye . London: Simon & Schuster, 2005.ISBN 9780743238878 [ 9] Players . London: Simon & Schuster, 2007.ISBN 9780743276177 Cowboy Angels . London: Gollancz, 2007.ISBN 9780575079342 Austral : London: Gollancz, 2017.ISBN 9781473217317 War of the Maps . London: Gollancz, 2020.ISBN 9781473217348 Beyond the Burn Line . London: Gollancz, 2022.ISBN 9781399603713 Loss Protocol . London: Gollancz, 2026.ISBN 9781399635561 Four Hundred Billion Stars series Four Hundred Billion Stars . London: Gollancz. 1988.[ 2] Secret Harmonies ISBN 9780575045804 Of the Fall )Eternal Light . London: Gollancz, 1991.ISBN 9780575049314 [ 10] [ 11] The Confluence series The Quiet War series The Quiet War ISBN 9780575079335 [ 13] Gardens of the Sun ISBN 9780575079373 In the Mouth of the Whale ISBN 9780575100732 Evening's Empires ISBN 9780575100794 [ 14] Stories from the Quiet War (2011), a collection of five stories:"Making History", first published in 2000 "Incomers", first published in 2008 "Second Skin", first published in 1997 in Asimov's "Reef", first published in 2000 "Karyl's War", first published in this collection Blade and Bone (2023) (novella)The Jackaroo series Something Coming Through [ 15] Into Everywhere [ 15] Dust (short story) (2006)Winning Peace (short story) (2007)City of the Dead (short story) (2008)Adventure (short story) (2008)Crimes and Glory (short story) (2009)Bruce Springsteen (short story) (2012)The Man (short story) (2012)Something Happened Here, But We're Not Quite Sure What It Was (short story) (2016)Maryon's Gift (short story) (2022)The King of the Hill Karl and the Ogre Transcendence The Temporary King Exiles Little Ilya and Spider and Box The Airs of Earth The Heirs of Earth Gene Wars (1991)Prison Dreams Recording Angel (1995) Dr. Luther's Assistant The Temptation of Dr Stein (1996)[ a] Children of the Revolution The True History of Doctor Pretorius Slaves The Two Dicks Residuals 17 All Tomorrow's Parties Interstitial How We Lost the Moon, a True Story by Frank W. Allen Under Mars Danger: Hard Hack Area The Madness of Crowds The Secret of My Success The Proxy I Spy The Rift Alien TV Before the Flood A Very British History Cross Roads Blues A Very British History . Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2013.[ 17] [ 18] Little Ilya and Spider and Box The Temporary King Cross Roads Blues Gene Wars Prison Dreams Children of the Revolution Recording Angel Second Skin All Tomorrow's Parties 17 Sea Change, With Monsters How We Lost the Moon, A True Story by Frank W. Allen A Very British History The Two Dicks Meat Rocket Boy The Thought War City of the Dead Little Lost Robot Shadow Life The Choice Stories[ b] Year Title First published Reprinted/collected Notes 2000 Making History Making History . Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2000.ISBN 9781902880082 Novella 2003 The Eye of the Tyger The Eye of the Tyger . Tolworth, Surrey: Telos Publishing, 2003.ISBN 9781903889244 Doctor Who novella )Novella 2011 The Choice "The Choice".Asimov's Science Fiction . February 2011. The Jackaroo series 2012 Antarctica Starts Here "Antarctica Starts Here".Asimov's Science Fiction .36 (10&11):48– 56. October–November 2012. 2015 Wild Honey McAuley, Paul (August 2015). "Wild Honey".Asimov's Science Fiction .39 (8):36– 45. 2023 Gravesend, or, Everyday Life in the Anthropocene Gravesend, or, Everyday Life in the Anthropocene (2023)Novella
"A Brief Guide to Other Histories" "Dead Men Walking".Asimov's Science Fiction [ 19] "Edna Sharrow" "Inheritance" "Planet of Fear" (2015) inOld Venus [ 20] "Rocket Boy" Set in the Jackaroo universe:"Winning Peace" (2016), in the collectionGalactic Empires byNeil Clarke . "Something Happened Here, But We're Not Quite Sure What It Was" (2016), published as a freebie onTor.com .[ 21] McAuley, Paul (2014).Brazil . BFI Film Classics. London: Palgrave Macmillan. ———————
Bibliography notes ^ Set in the same timeline thanPasquale's Angel (1994). ^ Short stories unless otherwise noted. [ edit ] Spinrad, Norman (April–May 2013). "Doors to anywhere". On Books.Asimov's Science Fiction .37 (4&5):183– 191.Cowboy Angels .
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