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Paul McAuley


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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.
 

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)
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Confluence
   1. Child of the River (1997)
   2. Ancients of Days (1998)
   3. Shrine of Stars (1999)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Novellas and Short Stories
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Anthologies edited
   In Dreams (1986) (with Kim Newman)
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Series contributed to
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Non fiction show
 
Books containing stories by Paul McAuley
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The Big Book of Cyberpunk Vol. 2 (2024)
(Big Book of Cyberpunk, book 2)
edited by
Jared Shurin
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The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 7 (2023)
(Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories, book 7)
edited by
Allan Kaster
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Burning Brightly (2021)
50 Years of Novacon
edited by
Ian Whates

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Awards
2012 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award : The Choice
1997 John W. Campbell Memorial Award : Fairyland
1996 Sidewise Award for Best Long-Form Alternate History : Pasquale's Angel
1996 Arthur C. Clarke Award : Fairyland
1995 British Fantasy Award for Best Short Story : The Temptation of Dr. Stein

Award nominations
2021 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : War of the Maps
2018 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Austral
2017 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Into Everywhere
2014 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : A Very British History
2014 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Evening's Empires
2013 Locus Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Bruce Springsteen
2013 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Evening's Empires
2012 Locus Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Choice
2010 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Gardens of the Sun
2010 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Crimes and Glory
2010 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Gardens of the Sun
2009 Sidewise Award for Best Short-Form Alternate History (nominee) : A Brief Guide to Other Histories
2009 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : The Quiet War
2009 BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction (nominee) : Little Lost Robot
2009 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : The Quiet War
2006 Sidewise Award for Best Short-Form Alternate History (nominee) : Prix Victor Hugo Script
2006 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Mind's Eye
2006 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Little Machines
2006 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Mind's Eye
2005 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : White Devils
2005 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : White Devils
2005 British Fantasy Award for Best Novel (nominee) : White Devils
2003 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Doctor Pretorius and the Lost Temple
2002 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Whole Wide World
2002 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : The Secret of Life
2002 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : The Secret of Life
2001 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : Reef
2001 Sidewise Award for Best Short-Form Alternate History (nominee) : A Very British History
2001 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Shrine of Stars
2001 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Making History
2001 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Secret of Life
2000 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Naming the Dead
2000 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Ancients of Days
1999 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Child of the River
1999 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Sea Change, with Monsters
1999 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Invisible Country
1998 Philip K Dick Award (nominee) : The Invisible Country
1997 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Fairyland
1997 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Invisible Country
1996 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Fairyland
1995 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Pasquale's Angel
1995 British Fantasy Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Pasquale's Angel
1995 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Fairyland
1995 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : Pasquale's Angel
1994 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Red Dust
1992 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Eternal Light
1992 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : Eternal Light
1991 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Eternal Light
1989 Locus Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : Four Hundred Billion Stars
1988 Philip K Dick Award (nominee) : Four Hundred Billion Stars


Paul McAuley recommends
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The Last Blade Priest (2022)
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."
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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."
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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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