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[[File:Paul McAuley 2005.JPG|thumb|Paul McAuley at [[Worldcon]] 2005 in [[Glasgow]]]]
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'''Paul J. McAuley''' (born 23 April 1955) is a British botanist and science fiction author. A biologist by training, McAuley writes mostly [[hard science fiction]]. His novels dealing with themes such as [[biotechnology]], [[alternate history (fiction)|alternative history]]/alternative reality, and [[Spaceflight|space travel]].
'''Paul J. McAuley''' (born 23 April 1955) is a British botanist and science fiction author. A biologist by training, McAuley writes mostly [[hard science fiction]]. His novels dealing with themes such as [[biotechnology]], [[Alternate history|alternative history]]/alternative reality, and [[Spaceflight|space travel]].


McAuley began with far-future [[space opera]] ''[[Four Hundred Billion Stars]]'', its sequel ''Eternal Light'', and the planetary-colony adventure ''[[Of the Fall]]''. ''Red Dust'', set on a far-future Mars colonized by the Chinese, is a [[planetary romance]] featuring many [[emerging technologies]] and SF motifs: [[nanotechnology]], [[biotechnology]], [[artificial intelligence]], personality downloads, [[virtual reality]]. The Confluence series, set in an even more distant future (about ten million years from now), is one of a number of novels to use [[Frank J. Tipler]]'s [[Omega Point]] Theory (that the universe seems to be evolving toward a maximum degree of complexity and consciousness) as one of its themes.<ref name="infplus">{{cite web
McAuley began with far-future [[space opera]] ''[[Four Hundred Billion Stars]]'', its sequel ''Eternal Light'', and the planetary-colony adventure ''[[Of the Fall]]''. ''Red Dust'', set on a far-future Mars colonized by the Chinese, is a [[planetary romance]] featuring many [[emerging technologies]] and SF motifs: [[nanotechnology]], [[biotechnology]], [[artificial intelligence]], personality downloads, [[virtual reality]]. The Confluence series, set in an even more distant future (about ten million years from now), is one of a number of novels to use [[Frank J. Tipler]]'s [[Omega Point]] Theory (that the universe seems to be evolving toward a maximum degree of complexity and consciousness) as one of its themes.<ref name="infplus">{{cite web
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About the same time, he published ''Pasquale's Angel'', set in an alternative [[Italian Renaissance]] and featuring Niccolò Machiavegli ([[Machiavelli]]) and [[Leonardo da Vinci]] as major characters.
About the same time, he published ''Pasquale's Angel'', set in an alternative [[Italian Renaissance]] and featuring [[Niccolò Machiavelli|Niccolò Machiavegli]] (Machiavelli) and [[Leonardo da Vinci]] as major characters.


McAuley has also used biotechnology and nanotechnology themes in near-future settings: ''Fairyland'' describes a dystopian, war-torn Europe where genetically engineered "dolls" are used as disposable slaves. Since 2001 he has produced several SF-based [[techno-thriller]]s such as ''The Secret of Life'', ''Whole Wide World'', and ''White Devils''.
McAuley has also used biotechnology and nanotechnology themes in near-future settings: ''Fairyland'' describes a dystopian, war-torn Europe where genetically engineered "dolls" are used as disposable slaves. Since 2001 he has produced several SF-based [[techno-thriller]]s such as ''The Secret of Life'', ''Whole Wide World'', and ''White Devils''.
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}}</ref> "[[The Temptation of Dr. Stein]]", won the [[British Fantasy Award]]. ''Pasquale's Angel'' won the [[Sidewise Award for Alternate History]] (Long Form).
}}</ref> "The Temptation of Dr. Stein", won the [[British Fantasy Award]]. ''Pasquale's Angel'' won the [[Sidewise Award for Alternate History]] (Long Form).


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
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===Novels===
===Novels===
* ''Red Dust''. London: Gollancz, 1993. {{ISBN|9780575054882}}
* ''Pasquale's Angel''. London: Gollancz, 1994. {{ISBN|9780575054899}} — Clarke and British Fantasy Awards nominee, 1995,<ref name="WWE-1995">{{cite web
| url = http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=1995
| title = 1995 Award Winners & Nominees
| work = Worlds Without End
| access-date=2009-05-16
}}</ref> [[Sidewise Award for Alternate History|Sidewise Award]] winner
* ''Fairyland''. London: Gollancz, 1995. {{ISBN|9780575060708}} — BSFA Award nominee, 1995;<ref name="WWE-1995"/> Clarke Award winner, 1996;<ref name="WWE-1996"/> Campbell Award winner, 1997<ref name="WWE-1997"/>
* ''The Secret of Life''. London: Voyager, 2001. {{ISBN|9780002259040}} — BSFA Award nominee, 2001;<ref name="WWE-2001">{{cite web
| url = http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=2001
| title = 2001 Award Winners & Nominees
| work = Worlds Without End
| access-date=2009-05-16
}}</ref> Clarke Award nominee, 2002<ref name="WWE-2002">{{cite web
| url = http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=2002
| title = 2002 Award Winners & Nominees
| work = Worlds Without End
| access-date=2009-05-16
}}</ref>
* ''Whole Wide World''. London: Voyager, 2002. {{ISBN|9780002259033}}
* ''White Devils''. London: Simon & Schuster, 2004. {{ISBN|9780743238854}} — Campbell Award nominee, 2005<ref name="WWE-2005">{{cite web
| url = http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=2005
| title = 2005 Award Winners & Nominees
| work = Worlds Without End
| access-date=2009-05-16
}}</ref>
* ''Mind's Eye''. London: Simon & Schuster, 2005. {{ISBN|9780743238878}} — Campbell Award nominee, 2006<ref name="WWE-2006">{{cite web
| url = http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=2006
| title = 2006 Award Winners & Nominees
| work = Worlds Without End
| access-date=2015-10-23
}}</ref>
* ''Players''. London: Simon & Schuster, 2007. {{ISBN|9780743276177}}
* ''Cowboy Angels''. London: Gollancz, 2007. {{ISBN|9780575079342}}
* ''Austral'': London: Gollancz, 2017. {{ISBN|9781473217317}}
* ''War of the Maps''. London: Gollancz, 2020. {{ISBN|9781473217348}}
* ''Beyond the Burn Line''. London: Gollancz, 2022. {{ISBN|9781399603713}}


====Four Hundred Billion Stars Series====
;Four Hundred Billion Stars series
*{{cite book|title=Four Hundred Billion Stars|location=London|publisher=Gollancz|year=1988 <!--isbn=0-575-04260-5-->}} [Philip K. Dick Award winner, 1988]<ref name="WWE-1988"/>
*{{cite book |title=Four Hundred Billion Stars |location=London |publisher=Gollancz |year=1988 <!--|isbn=9780575042605-->}} [Philip K. Dick Award winner, 1988]<ref name="WWE-1988"/>
* ''[[Secret Harmonies]]''. London: Gollancz, 1989. {{ISBN|0-575-04580-9}}. (Published in the United States as ''Of the Fall'')
* ''[[Secret Harmonies]]''. London: Gollancz, 1989. {{ISBN|9780575045804}}. (Published in the United States as ''Of the Fall'')
* ''Eternal Light''. London: Gollancz, 1991. {{ISBN|0-575-04931-6}} — ''BSFA Award nominee'', 1991<ref name="WWE-1991">{{cite web
* ''Eternal Light''. London: Gollancz, 1991. {{ISBN|9780575049314}} — BSFA Award nominee, 1991<ref name="WWE-1991">{{cite web
| url = http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=1991
| url = http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=1991
| title = 1991 Award Winners & Nominees
| title = 1991 Award Winners & Nominees
| work = Worlds Without End
| work = Worlds Without End
| access-date=2009-05-16
| access-date=2009-05-16
}}</ref> and ''Clarke Award nominee, 1992''<ref name="WWE-1992">{{cite web
}}</ref> and Clarke Award nominee, 1992<ref name="WWE-1992">{{cite web
| url = http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=1992
| url = http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=1992
| title = 1992 Award Winners & Nominees
| title = 1992 Award Winners & Nominees
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;The Confluence series

* ''Child of the River''. London: Gollancz, 1997. {{ISBN|9780575064270}}
====The Confluence Series====
* ''Child of the River''. London: Gollancz, 1997. {{ISBN|0-575-06427-7}}
* ''Ancients of Days''. London: Gollancz, 1998. {{ISBN|9780575064287}}
* ''Ancients of Days''. London: Gollancz, 1998. {{ISBN|0-575-06428-5}}
* ''Shrine of Stars''. London: Gollancz, 1999. {{ISBN|9780575064294}}
* ''Shrine of Stars''. London: Gollancz, 1999. {{ISBN|0-575-06429-3}}
* ''Confluence - The Trilogy''. London: Gollancz, 2014. {{ISBN|9780575119420}}<ref name="confluence">{{cite web
* ''Confluence - The Trilogy''. London: Gollancz, 2014. {{ISBN|0-575-11942-X}}<ref name="confluence">{{cite web
|url=http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/paul-mcauley-confluence-the-trilogy-cover-art-and-synopsis-reveal
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====The Quiet War series====
;The Quiet War series
* ''[[The Quiet War (novel)|The Quiet War]]'': London, Gollancz, 2008. {{ISBN|978-0-575-07933-5}} — Clarke Award nominee, 2009<ref name="WWE-2009">{{cite web
* ''[[The Quiet War (novel)|The Quiet War]]''. London, Gollancz, 2008. {{ISBN|9780575079335}} — Clarke Award nominee, 2009<ref name="WWE-2009">{{cite web
| url = http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=2009
| url = http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=2009
| title = 2009 Award Winners & Nominees
| title = 2009 Award Winners & Nominees
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* ''[[Gardens of the Sun]]''. London: Gollancz, 2009. {{ISBN|978-0-575-07937-3}}
* ''[[Gardens of the Sun]]''. London: Gollancz, 2009. {{ISBN|9780575079373}}
* ''[[In the Mouth of the Whale]]''. London: Gollancz, 2012. {{ISBN|978-0-575-10073-2}}
* ''[[In the Mouth of the Whale]]''. London: Gollancz, 2012. {{ISBN|9780575100732}}
* ''[[Evening's Empires]]'': London, Gollancz, 2013. {{ISBN|978-0-575-10079-4}}<ref name="empires">{{cite web
* ''[[Evening's Empires]]'': London, Gollancz, 2013. {{ISBN|9780575100794}}<ref name="empires">{{cite web
|url=http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/paul-mcauley-evenings-empires-cover-art-and-synopsis-revealed
|url=http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/paul-mcauley-evenings-empires-cover-art-and-synopsis-revealed
|title=Paul McAuley - Evening's Empires cover art and synopsis revealed
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** "Second Skin", first published in 1997 in Asimov's
** "Second Skin", first published in 1997 in Asimov's
** "Reef", first published in 2000
** "Reef", first published in 2000
** "Karyl’s War", first published in this collection
** "Karyl's War", first published in this collection
* ''Blade and Bone'' (2023) (novella)


====The Jackaroo series====
;The Jackaroo series
* ''[[Something Coming Through (novel)|Something Coming Through]]'': London, Gollancz, 2015.<ref name="SCT">{{cite web
* ''[[Something Coming Through]]'': London, Gollancz, 2015.<ref name="SCT">{{cite web
|url=http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/paul-mcauley-something-coming-through-and-into-everywhere-synopsis-reveal
|url=http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/paul-mcauley-something-coming-through-and-into-everywhere-synopsis-reveal
|title=Paul McAuley - Something Coming Through and into Everywhere synopsis reveal
|title=Paul McAuley - Something Coming Through and into Everywhere synopsis reveal
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|archive-date=7 December 2013
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* ''[[Into Everywhere (novel)|Into Everywhere]]''. London: Gollancz, 2016.<ref name="SCT"/>
* ''[[Into Everywhere (novel)|Into Everywhere]]''. London: Gollancz, 2016.<ref name="SCT"/>
* ''Dust'' (short story) (2006)
* ''Dust'' (short story) (2006)
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* ''Adventure'' (short story) (2008)
* ''Adventure'' (short story) (2008)
* ''Crimes and Glory'' (short story) (2009)
* ''Crimes and Glory'' (short story) (2009)
* ''The Choice'' (short story) (2011)
* ''Bruce Springsteen'' (short story) (2012)
* ''Bruce Springsteen'' (short story) (2012)
* ''The Man'' (short story) (2012)
* ''The Man'' (short story) (2012)
* ''Something Happened Here, But We're Not Quite Sure What It Was'' (short story) (2016)
* ''Something Happened Here, But We're Not Quite Sure What It Was'' (short story) (2016)
* ''Maryon's Gift'' (short story) (2022)


====Other novels====
=== Short fiction ===
* ''Red Dust''. London: Gollancz, 1993. {{ISBN|0-575-05488-3}}
* ''The King of the Hill''. London: Gollancz, 1991. {{ISBN|9780575050013}}
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* ''Pasquale's Angel''. London: Gollancz, 1994. {{ISBN|0-575-05489-1}} — Clarke and British Fantasy Awards nominee, 1995,<ref name="WWE-1995">{{cite web
# The King of the Hill
| url = http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=1995
# Karl and the Ogre
| title = 1995 Award Winners & Nominees
# Transcendence
| work = Worlds Without End
# The Temporary King
| access-date=2009-05-16
# Exiles
}}</ref> [[Sidewise Award for Alternate History|Sidewise Award]] winner
# Little Ilya and Spider and Box
* ''Fairyland''. London: Gollancz, 1995. {{ISBN|0-575-06070-0}} — BSFA Award nominee, 1995;<ref name="WWE-1995"/> Clarke Award winner, 1996;<ref name="WWE-1996"/> Campbell Award winner, 1997<ref name="WWE-1997"/>
# The Airs of Earth
* ''The Secret of Life''. London: Voyager, 2001. {{ISBN|0-00-225904-4}} — BSFA Award nominee, 2001;<ref name="WWE-2001">{{cite web
# The Heirs of Earth
| url = http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=2001
{{colend}}
| title = 2001 Award Winners & Nominees
* ''The Invisible Country''. London: Gollancz, 1996. {{ISBN|9780575060722}} — Philip K. Dick Award nominee, 1998<ref name="WWE-1998">{{cite web
| work = Worlds Without End
| access-date=2009-05-16
}}</ref> Clarke Award nominee, 2002<ref name="WWE-2002">{{cite web
| url = http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=2002
| title = 2002 Award Winners & Nominees
| work = Worlds Without End
| access-date=2009-05-16
}}</ref>
* ''Whole Wide World''. London: Voyager, 2002. {{ISBN|0-00-225903-6}}
* ''White Devils''. London: Simon & Schuster, 2004. {{ISBN|0-7432-3885-0}} — Campbell Award nominee, 2005<ref name="WWE-2005">{{cite web
| url = http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=2005
| title = 2005 Award Winners & Nominees
| work = Worlds Without End
| access-date=2009-05-16
}}</ref>
* ''Mind's Eye''. London: Simon & Schuster, 2005. {{ISBN|0-7432-3887-7}} — Campbell Award nominee, 2006<ref name="WWE-2006">{{cite web
| url = http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=2006
| title = 2006 Award Winners & Nominees
| work = Worlds Without End
| access-date=2015-10-23
}}</ref>
* ''Players''. London: Simon & Schuster, 2007. {{ISBN|0-7432-7617-5}}
* ''Cowboy Angels''. London: Gollancz, 2007. {{ISBN|978-0-575-07934-2}}
* ''Austral'': London: Gollancz, 2017. {{ISBN|978-1473217317}}
* ''War of the Maps''. London: Gollancz, 2020. {{ISBN|978-1473217348}}
* ''Beyond the Burn Line''. London: Gollancz, 2022. {{ISBN|978-1399603713}}

===Novellas===
* ''Making History''. Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2000. {{ISBN|1-902880-08-0}}
* ''[[The Eye of the Tyger]]''. Tolworth, Surrey: Telos Publishing, 2003. {{ISBN|1-903889-24-3}} (a ''[[Doctor Who]]'' [[Telos Doctor Who novellas|novella]])

===Collections===
* ''The King of the Hill''. London: Gollancz, 1988. {{ISBN|0-575-05001-2}}
** The King of the Hill
** Karl and the Ogre
** Transcendence
** The Temporary King
** Exiles
** Little Ilya and Spider and Box
** The Airs of Earth
** The Heirs of Earth
* ''The Invisible Country''. London: Gollancz, 1996. {{ISBN|0-575-06072-7}} — Philip K. Dick Award nominee, 1998<ref name="WWE-1998">{{cite web
| url = http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=1998
| url = http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=1998
| title = 1998 Award Winners & Nominees
| title = 1998 Award Winners & Nominees
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| access-date=2009-05-16
}}</ref>
}}</ref>
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** [[Hackers (short stories)#"Gene Wars"|"Gene Wars"]] (1991)
# [[Hackers (anthology)#"Gene Wars"|Gene Wars]] (1991)
** Prison Dreams
# Prison Dreams
** "Recording Angel" (1995)
# Recording Angel (1995)
** Dr Luther's Assistant
# Dr. Luther's Assistant
** "The Temptation of Dr. Stein" (1996) — set in the same timeline than ''Pasquale's Angel'' (1994)
# The Temptation of Dr Stein (1996)<ref group=lower-alpha>Set in the same timeline than ''Pasquale's Angel'' (1994).</ref>
** Children of the Revolution
# Children of the Revolution
** The True History of Doctor Pretorius
# The True History of Doctor Pretorius
** Slaves
# Slaves
* ''Little Machines''. Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2005. {{ISBN|1-902880-94-3}}
{{colend}}
** The Two Dicks
* ''Little Machines''. Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2005. {{ISBN|9781902880945}}
** Residuals
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** 17
# The Two Dicks
** All Tomorrow's Parties
# Residuals
** Interstitial
# 17
** How we Lost the Moon
# All Tomorrow's Parties
** Under Mars
# Interstitial
** Danger: Hard Hack Area
# How We Lost the Moon, a True Story by Frank W. Allen
** The Madness of Crowds
# Under Mars
** The Secret of My Success
# Danger: Hard Hack Area
** The Proxy
# The Madness of Crowds
** I Spy
# The Secret of My Success
** The Rift
# The Proxy
** Alien TV
# I Spy
** Before the Flood
# The Rift
** A Very British History
# Alien TV
** Cross Roads Blues
# Before the Flood
# A Very British History
# Cross Roads Blues
{{colend}}
* ''A Very British History''. Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2013.<ref name="avbe">{{cite web
* ''A Very British History''. Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2013.<ref name="avbe">{{cite web
|url=http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/paul-mcauley-a-very-british-history-cover-art-unveiled
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|archive-date=3 March 2013
}}</ref>
}}</ref>
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** Little Ilya and Spider and Box
# Little Ilya and Spider and Box
** The Temporary King
# The Temporary King
** Cross Road Blues
# Cross Roads Blues
** Gene Wars
# Gene Wars
** Prison Dreams
# Prison Dreams
** Children of the Revolution
# Children of the Revolution
** Recording Angel
# Recording Angel
** Second Skin
# Second Skin
** All Tomorrow's Parties
# All Tomorrow's Parties
** 17
# 17
** Sea Change, With Monsters
# Sea Change, With Monsters
** How We Lost the Moon, A True Story by Frank W. Allen
# How We Lost the Moon, A True Story by Frank W. Allen
** A Very British History
# A Very British History
** The Two Dicks
# The Two Dicks
** Meat
# Meat
** Rocket Boy
# Rocket Boy
** The Thought War
# The Thought War
** City of the Dead
# City of the Dead
** Little Lost Robot
# Little Lost Robot
** Shadow Life
# Shadow Life
** The Choice
# The Choice

{{colend}}
===Short Stories===
;Stories<ref group=lower-alpha>Short stories unless otherwise noted.</ref>
* {{cite journal |date=Oct–Nov 2012 |title=Antarctica starts here |magazine=Asimov's Science Fiction |volume=36 |issue=10&11 |pages=48–56}}
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* "A Brief Guide To Other Histories"
|-
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! width="25%" |Title
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!|Reprinted/collected
!|Notes
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!2000
|Making History
|''Making History''. Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2000. {{ISBN|9781902880082}}
|
|Novella
|-
!2003
|[[Telos Doctor Who novellas|''The Eye of the Tyger'']]
|''The Eye of the Tyger''. Tolworth, Surrey: Telos Publishing, 2003. {{ISBN|9781903889244}} (a ''[[Doctor Who]]'' [[Telos Doctor Who novellas|novella]])
|
|Novella
|-
!2011
|The Choice
|{{cite journal |date=February 2011 |title=The Choice |magazine=Asimov's Science Fiction |volume= |issue= |pages=|journal=}}
|
|The Jackaroo series
|-
!2012
|Antarctica Starts Here
|{{cite journal |date=Oct–Nov 2012 |title=Antarctica Starts Here |magazine=Asimov's Science Fiction |volume=36 |issue=10&11 |pages=48–56|journal=}}
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|
|-
!2015
|Wild Honey
|{{cite journal |author=McAuley, Paul |date=August 2015 |title=Wild Honey |journal=Asimov's Science Fiction |volume=39 |issue=8 |pages=36–45}}
|
|
|-
!2023
|Gravesend, or, Everyday Life in the Anthropocene
|''Gravesend, or, Everyday Life in the Anthropocene'' (2023)
|
|Novella
|}
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* "A Brief Guide to Other Histories"
* "Dead Men Walking". ''[[Asimov's Science Fiction]]''. 30 (3): 80–93. March 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publication: Asimov's Science Fiction, March 2006 |url=https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?88181 |access-date=2023-08-23 |website=www.isfdb.org}}</ref>
* "Edna Sharrow"
* "Edna Sharrow"
* "Inheritance"
* "Inheritance"
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* Set in the Jackaroo universe:
* Set in the Jackaroo universe:
** "Winning Peace" (2016), in the collection ''Galactic Empires'' by [[Neil Clarke (editor)|Neil Clarke]].
** "Winning Peace" (2016), in the collection ''Galactic Empires'' by [[Neil Clarke (editor)|Neil Clarke]].
** "Something Happened Here, But We’re Not Quite Sure What It Was" (2016), published as a freebie on Tor.com.<ref>{{cite web|title=Something Happened Here, But We’re Not Quite Sure What It Was|url=http://www.tor.com/2016/07/20/something-happened-here-but-were-not-quite-sure-what-it-was/|access-date=2017-04-06}}</ref>
** "Something Happened Here, But We're Not Quite Sure What It Was" (2016), published as a freebie on [[Reactor (magazine)|Tor.com]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Something Happened Here, But We’re Not Quite Sure What It Was|url=http://www.tor.com/2016/07/20/something-happened-here-but-were-not-quite-sure-what-it-was/|access-date=2017-04-06}}</ref>


===Critical studies and reviews of McAuley's work===
*{{cite journal |author=Spinrad, Norman |author-link=Norman Spinrad |date=Apr–May 2013 |title=Doors to anywhere |department=On Books |journal=Asimov's Science Fiction |volume=37 |issue=4&5 |pages=183–191}} Reviews ''Cowboy Angels''.


===Non-fiction===
* {{cite book |author=McAuley, Paul |title=Brazil |location=London |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |date=2014 |series=BFI Film Classics <!--|isbn=9781844577941-->}}
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;Bibliography notes
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== Critical studies and reviews of McAuley's work ==
*{{cite journal |author=Spinrad, Norman |author-link=Norman Spinrad |date=April–May 2013 |title=Doors to anywhere |department=On Books |journal=Asimov's Science Fiction |volume=37 |issue=4&5 |pages=183–191}} Reviews ''Cowboy Angels''.
==References==
==References==
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* [http://www.unlikelyworlds.myzen.co.uk Paul J. McAuley's official site]
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* [http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/misc/pmca.htm Infinity Plus profile of Paul J. McAuley]
* [http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/misc/pmca.htm Infinity Plus profile of Paul J. McAuley]
* [http://www.michaelswanwick.com/nonfic/mcauley.html Profile of Paul McAuley] by [[Michael Swanwick]]
* [http://www.michaelswanwick.com/nonfic/mcauley.html Profile of Paul McAuley] by [[Michael Swanwick]]
* {{isfdb name|name=Paul J. McAuley}}
*[http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/nonfiction/secretoflife.htm Review, ''The Secret of Life'']
*[http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/nonfiction/secretoflife.htm Review, ''The Secret of Life'']
*[http://www.scifi.com/sfw/books/column/sfw5171.html Review, ''The Book of Confluence'' trilogy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304105347/http://www.scifi.com/sfw/books/column/sfw5171.html |date=4 March 2009 }}
*[http://www.scifi.com/sfw/books/column/sfw5171.html Review, ''The Book of Confluence'' trilogy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304105347/http://www.scifi.com/sfw/books/column/sfw5171.html |date=4 March 2009 }}
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"White Devils" redirects here. For other uses, see The White Devil (disambiguation).
Paul McAuley at Worldcon 2005 in Glasgow

Paul J. McAuley (born 23 April 1955) is a British botanist and science fiction author. A biologist by training, McAuley writes mostly hard science fiction. His novels dealing with themes such as biotechnology, alternative history/alternative reality, and space travel.

McAuley began with far-future space opera Four Hundred Billion Stars, its sequel Eternal Light, and the planetary-colony adventure Of the Fall. Red Dust, set on a far-future Mars colonized by the Chinese, is a planetary romance featuring many emerging technologies and SF motifs: nanotechnology, biotechnology, artificial intelligence, personality downloads, virtual reality. The Confluence series, set in an even more distant future (about ten million years from now), is one of a number of novels to use Frank J. Tipler's Omega Point Theory (that the universe seems to be evolving toward a maximum degree of complexity and consciousness) as one of its themes.[1] About the same time, he published Pasquale's Angel, set in an alternative Italian Renaissance and featuring Niccolò Machiavegli (Machiavelli) and Leonardo da Vinci as major characters.

McAuley has also used biotechnology and nanotechnology themes in near-future settings: Fairyland describes a dystopian, war-torn Europe where genetically engineered "dolls" are used as disposable slaves. 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.[2] Fairyland won the 1996 Arthur C. Clarke Award[3] and the 1997 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best SF Novel.[4] "The Temptation of Dr. Stein", won the British Fantasy Award. Pasquale's Angel won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History (Long Form).

Bibliography

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Novels

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  • Red Dust. London: Gollancz, 1993. ISBN 9780575054882
  • Pasquale's Angel. London: Gollancz, 1994. ISBN 9780575054899 — Clarke and British Fantasy Awards nominee, 1995,[5] Sidewise Award winner
  • Fairyland. London: Gollancz, 1995. ISBN 9780575060708 — BSFA Award nominee, 1995;[5] Clarke Award winner, 1996;[3] Campbell Award winner, 1997[4]
  • The Secret of Life. London: Voyager, 2001. ISBN 9780002259040 — BSFA Award nominee, 2001;[6] Clarke Award nominee, 2002[7]
  • Whole Wide World. London: Voyager, 2002. ISBN 9780002259033
  • White Devils. London: Simon & Schuster, 2004. ISBN 9780743238854 — Campbell Award nominee, 2005[8]
  • Mind's Eye. London: Simon & Schuster, 2005. ISBN 9780743238878 — Campbell Award nominee, 2006[9]
  • Players. London: Simon & Schuster, 2007. ISBN 9780743276177
  • Cowboy Angels. London: Gollancz, 2007. ISBN 9780575079342
  • Austral: London: Gollancz, 2017. ISBN 9781473217317
  • War of the Maps. London: Gollancz, 2020. ISBN 9781473217348
  • Beyond the Burn Line. London: Gollancz, 2022. ISBN 9781399603713
Four Hundred Billion Stars series
  • Four Hundred Billion Stars. London: Gollancz. 1988. [Philip K. Dick Award winner, 1988][2]
  • Secret Harmonies. London: Gollancz, 1989. ISBN 9780575045804. (Published in the United States as Of the Fall)
  • Eternal Light. London: Gollancz, 1991. ISBN 9780575049314 — BSFA Award nominee, 1991[10] and Clarke Award nominee, 1992[11]
The Confluence series
The Quiet War series
The Jackaroo series
  • Something Coming Through: London, Gollancz, 2015.[15]
  • Into Everywhere. London: Gollancz, 2016.[15]
  • Dust (short story) (2006)
  • Winning Peace (short story) (2007)
  • City of the Dead (short story) (2008)
  • Adventure (short story) (2008)
  • Crimes and Glory (short story) (2009)
  • Bruce Springsteen (short story) (2012)
  • The Man (short story) (2012)
  • Something Happened Here, But We're Not Quite Sure What It Was (short story) (2016)
  • Maryon's Gift (short story) (2022)

Short fiction

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  1. The King of the Hill
  2. Karl and the Ogre
  3. Transcendence
  4. The Temporary King
  5. Exiles
  6. Little Ilya and Spider and Box
  7. The Airs of Earth
  8. The Heirs of Earth
  • The Invisible Country. London: Gollancz, 1996. ISBN 9780575060722 — Philip K. Dick Award nominee, 1998[16]
  1. Gene Wars (1991)
  2. Prison Dreams
  3. Recording Angel (1995)
  4. Dr. Luther's Assistant
  5. The Temptation of Dr Stein (1996)[a]
  6. Children of the Revolution
  7. The True History of Doctor Pretorius
  8. Slaves
  1. The Two Dicks
  2. Residuals
  3. 17
  4. All Tomorrow's Parties
  5. Interstitial
  6. How We Lost the Moon, a True Story by Frank W. Allen
  7. Under Mars
  8. Danger: Hard Hack Area
  9. The Madness of Crowds
  10. The Secret of My Success
  11. The Proxy
  12. I Spy
  13. The Rift
  14. Alien TV
  15. Before the Flood
  16. A Very British History
  17. Cross Roads Blues
  • A Very British History. Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2013.[17][18]
  1. Little Ilya and Spider and Box
  2. The Temporary King
  3. Cross Roads Blues
  4. Gene Wars
  5. Prison Dreams
  6. Children of the Revolution
  7. Recording Angel
  8. Second Skin
  9. All Tomorrow's Parties
  10. 17
  11. Sea Change, With Monsters
  12. How We Lost the Moon, A True Story by Frank W. Allen
  13. A Very British History
  14. The Two Dicks
  15. Meat
  16. Rocket Boy
  17. The Thought War
  18. City of the Dead
  19. Little Lost Robot
  20. Shadow Life
  21. The Choice
Stories[b]
Year Title First published Reprinted/collected Notes
2000 Making History Making History. Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2000. ISBN 9781902880082 Novella
2003 The Eye of the Tyger The Eye of the Tyger. Tolworth, Surrey: Telos Publishing, 2003. ISBN 9781903889244 (a Doctor Who novella) Novella
2011 The Choice "The Choice". Asimov's Science Fiction. February 2011. The Jackaroo series
2012 Antarctica Starts Here "Antarctica Starts Here". Asimov's Science Fiction. 36 (10&11): 48–56. October–November 2012.
2015 Wild Honey McAuley, Paul (August 2015). "Wild Honey". Asimov's Science Fiction. 39 (8): 36–45.
2023 Gravesend, or, Everyday Life in the Anthropocene Gravesend, or, Everyday Life in the Anthropocene (2023) Novella
  • "A Brief Guide to Other Histories"
  • "Dead Men Walking". Asimov's Science Fiction. 30 (3): 80–93. March 2006.[19]
  • "Edna Sharrow"
  • "Inheritance"
  • "Planet of Fear" (2015) in Old Venus (anthology)[20]
  • "Rocket Boy"
  • Set in the Jackaroo universe:
    • "Winning Peace" (2016), in the collection Galactic Empires by Neil Clarke.
    • "Something Happened Here, But We're Not Quite Sure What It Was" (2016), published as a freebie on Tor.com.[21]


Non-fiction

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  • McAuley, Paul (2014). Brazil. BFI Film Classics. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

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Bibliography notes
  1. ^ Set in the same timeline than Pasquale's Angel (1994).
  2. ^ Short stories unless otherwise noted.

Critical studies and reviews of McAuley's work

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  • Spinrad, Norman (April–May 2013). "Doors to anywhere". On Books. Asimov's Science Fiction. 37 (4&5): 183–191. Reviews Cowboy Angels.

References

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  1. ^ "Hard Science, Radical Imagination: An Interview with Paul J McAuley". Infinity Plus. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  2. ^ a b "1988 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
  3. ^ a b "1996 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
  4. ^ a b "1997 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
  5. ^ a b "1995 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
  6. ^ "2001 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
  7. ^ "2002 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
  8. ^ "2005 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
  9. ^ "2006 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  10. ^ "1991 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
  11. ^ "1992 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
  12. ^ "Paul McAuley - Confluence The Trilogy cover art and synopsis reveal". Upcoming4.me. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  13. ^ "2009 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
  14. ^ "Paul McAuley - Evening's Empires cover art and synopsis revealed". Upcoming4.me. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  15. ^ a b "Paul McAuley - Something Coming Through and into Everywhere synopsis reveal". Upcoming4.me. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  16. ^ "1998 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
  17. ^ "Paul McAuley - A Very British History cover art unveiled". Upcoming4.me. Archived from the original on 19 March 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
  18. ^ "Paul McAuley announces A Very British History, table of contents unveiled". Upcoming4.me. Archived from the original on 3 March 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
  19. ^ "Publication: Asimov's Science Fiction, March 2006". www.isfdb.org. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  20. ^ "Not A Blog: Venus In March". GRRM.livejournal.com. 19 June 2014. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  21. ^ "Something Happened Here, But We're Not Quite Sure What It Was". Retrieved 6 April 2017.
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