Paul J. McAuley
Author of Fairyland
About the Author
Image credit: Paul J. McAuley - Photo: © Szymon Sokół
Series
Works by Paul J. McAuley
Recording Angel {novelette} 10 copies
Crimes and Glory 8 copies
Gene Wars [short fiction] 8 copies
Dead Men Walking 8 copies
The Two Dicks 7 copies
Incomers 6 copies
The Thought War 6 copies
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 47, No. 11 & 12 [November/December 2023] — Contributor — 5 copies
The Temporary King [short fiction] 5 copies
Karl and the Ogre 5 copies
Sea Change with Monsters 5 copies
The Passenger 4 copies
17 4 copies
Macy Minnot's Last Christmas on Dione, Ring Racing, Fiddler's Green, the Potter's Garden (Short story) (2012) 4 copies
Little Lost Robot 4 copies
All Tomorrow's Parties 3 copies
Naming The Dead 3 copies
Prison Dreams (novelette) 3 copies
Rats of the System 3 copies
Cross Roads Blues 3 copies
The King Of The Hill [short fiction] 3 copies
Exiles [short fiction] 3 copies
Shadow Life (short story) 2 copies
Bone Orchards 2 copies
A Brief Guide To Other Histories 2 copies
The Man (Short story) 2 copies
The Madness Of Crowds 2 copies
Meat (short story) 2 copies
The True History Of Doctor Pretorius 2 copies
Inheritance 2 copies
Wild Honey {short story} 2 copies
Interstitial 2 copies
The Airs of Earth [Short story] 2 copies
Residuals 2 copies
Assassination Of Faustino Malarte 2 copies
Elves of Antarctica {short story} 2 copies
Războiul liniștit 2 copies
Rocket Boy (novelette) 2 copies
Transcendence [Short story] 2 copies
The Heirs of Earth [Short story] 2 copies
The Gardens of Saturn 1 copy
Blade And Bone 1 copy
Back Door Man 1 copy
Novacon 28 Special: Alien TV 1 copy
Maryon's Gift 1 copy
Rats Dream Of The Future 1 copy
Danger: Hard Hack Area 1 copy
Penance 1 copy
Planet of Fear (novelette) 1 copy
The Proxy 1 copy
I Spy 1 copy
The Rift 1 copy
Alien Tv 1 copy
Before The Flood 1 copy
Antarctica Starts Here 1 copy
Life As We Know It 1 copy
Space Fever 1 copy
Crossroads [short fiction] 1 copy
Take me to the river 1 copy
Adventure 1 copy
Prometheus Warps the F-Ring 1 copy
Karyl's War 1 copy
Edna Sharrow 1 copy
Straight to Hell 1 copy
Child of the Stones 1 copy
The Secret Of My Success 1 copy
Heaven Is A Place 1 copy
Associated Works
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Six (2012) — Contributor, some editions — 139 copies
The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Sixteen Original Works by Speculative Fiction's Finest Voices (2008) — Contributor — 132 copies
The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year's Best Science Fiction (2019) — Contributor — 131 copies
2001: An Odyssey in Words: Celebrating the Centenary of Arthur C. Clarke's Birth (2018) — Contributor — 54 copies
More Human Than Human: Stories of Androids, Robots, and Manufactured Humanity (2017) — Contributor — 50 copies
One Lamp: Alternate History Stories from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (2003) — Contributor — 46 copies
Twelve Tomorrows - Visionary stories of the near future inspired by today's technologies (2013) — Contributor — 35 copies
Postscripts Magazine, Issue 15: Worldcon 2008 Special (2008) — Contributor, some editions — 13 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1999, Vol. 96, No. 3 (1999) — Contributor — 11 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1988, Vol. 75, No. 5 (1988) — Author — 10 copies
Subterranean Magazine Spring 2009 — Contributor — 5 copies
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- McAuley, Paul J.
- Legal name
- McAuley, Paul James
- Other names
- McAuley, Paul
- Birthdate
- 1955-04-23
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK
- Places of residence
- London, England, UK
St. Andrews, Scotland, UK - Occupations
- botanist
science fiction writer - Organizations
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
- Awards and honors
- Guest of Honour, Eastercon, UK (1992)
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Statistics
- Works
- 134
- Also by
- 149
- Members
- 6,038
- Popularity
- #4,074
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 175
- ISBNs
- 210
- Languages
- 10
- Favorited
- 6
There's a murder mystery that isn't much of a mystery - what's not given away in the blurb becomes fairly clear about three chapters in when we're introduced to an exceptionally mad and unpleasant tech billionaire and his (just plain unpleasant) sidekick. Said sidekick is perhaps the best-drawn character in the book, though that doesn't make him any the more likeable.
Otherwise, what we have here is a fairly straightforward police procedural set in the world of online gaming. There are a couple of nods to McAuley's science fiction background for the initiated, but otherwise this will seem fairly humdrum, especially seventeen years on. Having said that, the last quarter of the book doesn't quite go down the expected plot route; the tech billionaire enjoys the pleasures of the hunt, but any expectations the reader may have as to where that was going to take us don't quite come to pass. So ultimately, this novel was satisfying but not mind-blowing.… (more)