John Birmingham

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born

August 07, 1964 in Liverpool, England, The United Kingdom

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website

http://www.cheeseburgergothic.com/

genre

Humor, Politics

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John Birmingham grew up in Ipswich, Queensland and was educated at St Edmunds Christian Brother's College in Ipswich and the University of Queensland in Brisbane. His only stint of full time employment was as a researcher at the Defence Department. After this he returned to Queensland to study law but he did not complete his legal studies, choosing instead to pursue a career as a writer. He currently lives in Brisbane.

While a law student he was one of the last people arrested under the state's Anti Street March legislation. Birmingham was convicted of displaying a sheet of paper with the words 'Free Speech' written on it in very small type. The local newspaper carried a photograph of him being frogmarched off to a waiting police paddy wagon...more

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Something about kids in restaurants.

I love ‘em. As long as they don’t behave like kids.

At Blunty.

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Books by John Birmingham

Average rating: 3.77 · 4,156 ratings · 485 reviews · 28 distinct works

	Weapons Of Choice (Axis Of Time, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 883 ratings — published 2004 — 9 editions	My rating:
	He Died with a Felafel in His Hand 3.69 avg rating — 642 ratings — published 1994 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Designated Targets (Axis Of Time, #2) 3.94 avg rating — 591 ratings — published 2005 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Without Warning (Without Warning, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 597 ratings — published 2008 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Final Impact (Axis Of Time, #3) 3.89 avg rating — 537 ratings — published 2006 — 9 editions	My rating:
	After America (Without Warning, #2) 3.60 avg rating — 335 ratings — published 2010 — 12 editions	My rating:
	The Tasmanian Babes Fiasco 3.65 avg rating — 146 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Leviathan: The Unauthorised Biography of Sydney 3.77 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Angels of Vengeance 3.76 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2011 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Dopeland 3.31 avg rating — 58 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:

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Series by John Birmingham

Axis Of Time (aka, World War 2.0) (3 books)
by John Birmingham

3.88 avg rating — 2,003 ratings

The Disappearance (3 books)
by John Birmingham

3.66 avg rating — 998 ratings

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Quotes by John Birmingham

“300 million people turned into jelly by The Wave and Rupert Murdoch wasn't one of them. There is no god.”
― John Birmingham, Angels of Vengeance

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Polls

May Sci-Fi Theme -- Alternate History. And the nominees are...

The Man in the High Castle, by Philip K. Dick

57 votes, 24.7%

The Years of Rice and Salt, by Kim Stanley Robinson

50 votes, 21.6%

Boneshaker, by Cherie Priest

40 votes, 17.3%

The Yiddish Policemen's Union, by Michael Chabon

37 votes, 16.0%

Weapons of Choice, by John Birmingham

15 votes, 6.5%

Ruled Britannia, by Harry Turtledove

12 votes, 5.2%

Bitter Seeds, by Ian Tregillis

12 votes, 5.2%

Into the Storm: Destroyermen, Book I, by Taylor Anderson

8 votes, 3.5%

231 total votes

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