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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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Average rating: 3.72 · 30,867 ratings · 3,579 reviews · 229 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Quiet War (The Quiet War, #1) 3.61 avg rating — 2,374 ratings — published 2008 — 6 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) 3.60 avg rating — 1,341 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 — 1,049 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 — 811 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 3.53 avg rating — 681 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 — 580 ratings — published 2016 — 2 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 3.52 avg rating — 619 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 — 479 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 3.33 avg rating — 513 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 — 356 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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Paul McAuley wrote a new blog post That Shelfie Thing A few of my bookshelves feature in the latest episode of Lavie Tidhar's and Jared Shurin's Shelfie website. Find out more about the shelves and det Read more of this blog post »
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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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Polls

September Science Fiction -- The following poll decides which two books will go to the final round of polls for Sept. 2018's Science Fiction BOTM.

Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty

17 votes, 25.0%

Way Station by Clifford D. Simak

16 votes, 23.5%

Embassytown by China Miéville

11 votes, 16.2%

The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks

10 votes, 14.7%

Excession by Iain M. Banks

6 votes, 8.8%

The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester

6 votes, 8.8%

The Quiet War by Paul McAuley

2 votes, 2.9%

68 total votes

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