Neal L. Asher, Author . Tor $25.95 (480p) ISBN 978-0-7653-0737-8
With his second novel (after 2003's Gridlinked
), a rousing space opera, Asher takes us to Spatterjay, a deadly planet reminiscent of that in Harry Harrison's 1960 classic Deathworld
. Spatterjay has Earth-equivalent gravity and a breathable
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Neal L. Asher, Author . Tor $14.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-7653-1512-0
Like "Kage Baker on steroids," says David Hartwell in his promotional letter, and indeed Asher's latest SF novel (after 2004's The Skinner
) bears definite similarities to Baker's popular tales of the Company. Both involve near-im
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Neal L. Asher, Author . Cosmos $29.95 (257p) ISBN 978-0-8095-5614-4
British author Asher (Gridlinked
) is rapidly becoming one of the major figures in 21st-century SF, as shown by the 10 powerful and entertaining stories in this collection. In "The Engineer," an interstellar research vessel picks up an...
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Neal L. Asher, Author . Night Shade $14.95 (222p) ISBN 978-1-59780-052-5
Asher's enjoyable if violent SF novel pits heavily augmented posthumans and the AIs who rule them, the Polity Collective, against the Prador, vicious, bug-eyed aliens out to conquer all human space. The Polity Collective, an eminently civilized...
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Neal L. Asher, Author . Tor $14.95 (485p) ISBN 978-0-765-31731-5
A satisfyingly baroque plot and strong action sequences make up for a lack of character development and moral complexity in this gory space opera from British SF author Asher. Human beings have considerable freedom in Polity Space, a mostly...
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Neal L. Asher, Author . Night Shade $14.95 (242p) ISBN 978-1-59780-139-3
An energetic, gory prequel to Asher's “Polity” novels (Gridlinked
, etc.), this far-future novel alternates the youthful memories of Ian Cormac, Asher's complex soldier-hero, with Cormac's brutal adult efforts to master...
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