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Gary Gibson's first novel, Angel Stations, was published in 2004. Interzone called it "dense and involving, puzzling and perplexing. It's unabashed science fiction, with an almost "Golden Age" feel to it ..."

His second novel was Against Gravity in 2005; the Guardian described it as "building on current trends to produce a convincing picture of the world in 2096."

Stealing Light was first published in 2007, and garnered a wide range of positive reviews. The London Times called it: "A violent, inventive, relentlessly gripping adventure ... intelligently written and thought-provoking".

Stealing Light is the first volume in a three-part series which takes the notion of wide-screen baroque space opera to its heart and runs with it. The second volu...more


A year or two back I wrote an article for a manuscript agency's website on something I called 'the one third slump', by which I meant the way a novel, outlined or otherwise, tended to dribble off into confusion round about the thirty or forty thousand word mark. This used to really freak me out when it happened to me, in a OH GOD MY NOVEL DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TOR WILL ASK FOR THEIR MONEY BACK... Read more of this blog post »
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Average rating: 3.56 · 1,228 ratings · 121 reviews · 10 distinct works · Similar authors
Stealing Light
3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 507 ratings — published 2007 — 8 editions
Nova War
3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 242 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions
Empire of Light
3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 173 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions
Final Days
3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 147 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions
Angel Stations
3.19 of 5 stars 3.19 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions
Against Gravity
3.33 of 5 stars 3.33 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions
The Thousand Emperors
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2012
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2.0 of 5 stars 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1995 — 4 editions
Touched by an Angel & The R...
2.0 of 5 stars 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009
Science for Fun: Making Shapes
1.0 of 5 stars 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating5 editions
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