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January 01, 1961 in Essex, England, The United Kingdom

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I’ve been an engineer, barman, skip lorry driver, coalman, boat window manufacturer, contract grass cutter and builder. Now I write science fiction books, and am slowly getting over the feeling that someone is going to find me out, and can call myself a writer without wincing and ducking my head. As professions go, I prefer this one: I don’t have to clock-in, change my clothes after work, nor scrub sensitive parts of my body with detergent. I think I’ll hang around.

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I haven’t got a lot to say, or rather a lot of time in which to say anything since the work on the kitchen never seems to end, so here are some pictures. The first is of a visitor to our garden, who stuck around for a while sunbathing on our stepping stones then either buggered off because of the cats that come here, or was eaten by them. Unfortunately the leopard snake that appeared by our pot... read more »
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Average rating: 3.90 · 8,966 ratings · 658 reviews · 35 distinct works
Gridlinked
3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 1,508 ratings — published 2001 — 11 editions
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Brass Man
3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 788 ratings — published 2005 — 8 editions
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The Skinner
4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 851 ratings — published 2002 — 15 editions
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The Line Of Polity
3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 648 ratings — published 2003 — 8 editions
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Polity Agent
4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 541 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions
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Prador Moon: A Novel of the...
3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 638 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions
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Line War
4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 492 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 464 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions
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Cowl
3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 481 ratings — published 2004 — 13 editions
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3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 425 ratings — published 2008 — 9 editions
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Well, for various reasons I’ve not been reading as much as usual, and my ‘to read’ pile has been stacking up. First on my list upon returning to it was Crystal Rain by Tobias Buckell. It’s always a little worrying reading a book by an author you’ve h...more
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“Cormac was completely aware that he was being manipulated, but how he could not see. He reckoned that when he did find out, the surprise would be a nasty one. That was how it usually went.”
Neal Asher, Gridlinked

“Satisfaction, for us, is only a brief thing. The man who acquires wealth does not reach a point where he has enough. Success for us is more like acceleration than speed. Interest cannot be maintained at a constant level.”
Neal Asher, The Skinner

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Groups_nophoto-25x33 Q&A with Neal Asher — 9 members — last activity Mar 13, 2012 01:18am
Here you can ask me questions about writing, the stuff I like to read, science and science fiction ... just about anything really. It'll be a valid qu...more



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