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Paul McAuley

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Born

in Stroud, Gloucestershire, The United Kingdom

Website

http://unlikelyworlds.blogspot.com/

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Member Since

March 2016

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Since about 2000, book jackets have given his name as just Paul McAuley.

A biologist by training, UK science fiction author McAuley writes mostly hard science fiction, dealing with themes such as biotechnology, alternate history/alternate reality, and space travel.

McAuley has also used biotechnology and nanotechnology themes in near-future settings.

Since 2001, he has produced several SF-based techno-thrillers such as The Secret of Life, Whole Wide World, and White Devils.

Four Hundred Billion Stars, his first novel, won the Philip K. Dick Award in 1988. Fairyland won the 1996 Arthur C. Clarke Award and the 1997 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best SF Novel.

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A Review

Just discovered a long and sympathetic review of Loss Protocol, over on Strange Horizons.

'Beyond the interesting plot and convincing characters throughout, the foregrounding of the natural world was, for me, the core of the novel. It comes with an implied reprimand that we must do what we can for the world around us and remain optimistic that those who come after us will do the same.'

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Paul McAuley’s books

Average rating: 3.72 · 31,300 ratings · 3,662 reviews · 229 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Quiet War (The Quiet War, #1) 3.60 avg rating — 2,385 ratings — published 2008 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Something Coming Through (Jackaroo, #1) 3.61 avg rating — 1,347 ratings — published 2015 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gardens of the Sun (The Quiet War, #2) 3.82 avg rating — 1,052 ratings — published 2009 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	War of the Maps 3.64 avg rating — 822 ratings — published 2020 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Austral 3.52 avg rating — 693 ratings — published 2017 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Into Everywhere (Jackaroo, #2) 4.01 avg rating — 583 ratings — published 2016 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beyond the Burn Line 3.51 avg rating — 636 ratings — published 2022 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Mouth of the Whale (The Quiet War, #3) 3.71 avg rating — 484 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cowboy Angels 3.32 avg rating — 517 ratings — published 2007 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Evening's Empires 3.66 avg rating — 360 ratings — published 2013 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The past doesn’t change, does it?”
“It’s still there, same as it ever was. But we see it differently as we get older.”
― Paul J. McAuley, Evening's Empires

tags: old-testament

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“One thing that's certain about the future: it will have more history than the present.”
― Paul J. McAuley

tags: future-history

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“This is an age of superstition and wishful thinking. The sky is full of evening's empires, and every one of them is founded on sand.”
― Paul J. McAuley, Evening's Empires

tags: evening-s-empires

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MAY SCIENCE FICTION: This poll decides which 2 books will move on to the run-off poll for our May SF Book of the Month

The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham

17 votes, 21.8%

When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger

12 votes, 15.4%

The Dervish House by Ian McDonald

11 votes, 14.1%

Kesrith by C.J. Cherryh

10 votes, 12.8%

Pacific Edge by Kim Stanley Robinson

9 votes, 11.5%

Archangel by Sharon Shinn

8 votes, 10.3%

To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer

6 votes, 7.7%

The Quiet War by Paul J. McAuley

3 votes, 3.8%

The Myriad by R.M. Meluch

2 votes, 2.6%

78 total votes

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