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	Paul J. McAuley interview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Paul J. McAuley: Viruses is the thing that has come up in the last bit of the twentieth century, isn't it, because obviously we have the horrible AIDS virus and the AIDS plague and other nasty viruses.
		Paul J. McAuley: Yes, the idea behind that was to try a trilogy in which the first book seemed like a fantasy and the second book seemed like a science fantasy like Jack Vance and the third one seemed like hard science fiction which explained the fantasy in the first book.
		Paul J. McAuley: It is a relationship between apprentice and master and part of what the book is about is actually Pasquale trying to find a real master so he can finish his master piece, because his original master that he is apprenticed to is not much good as we found out.
	www.lysator.liu.se /lsff/confuse00/Paul_J_McAuley_interview.html (6537 words)

	Child of the River : First Book of Confluence by Paul J. McAuley. Orbital Trading Post. The online store for science ...
		Paul J. McAuley has won just about all the awards named for science fiction authors: the Philip K. Dick, the Arthur C. Clarke, and the John W. Campbell Memorial.
		McAuley is a wordsmith, an author's author, and in Child of the River, he has written a very interesting novel.
		McAuley's vision is original enough, as well as complex and entertaining enough, to keep the reader engrossed.
	www.computercrowsnest.com /shopbooks/cmb0899b.htm (505 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Pasquale's Angel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		But, in McAuley's evocation, the city's skies are tainted by industrial waste from foundries and manufactories; its monumental buildings are designed and fiercely watched over by the Great Engineer, whose identity readers will easily deduce as that of Leonardo da Vinci.
		McAuley does a great job of churning out a first rate murder mystery, plots and suspects rebound with apparent ease and your head is spinning by both his great attention to period detail and almost left field plot twists.
		McAuley's an author that instead of stunning us with one far out book, has steadily and swiftly built up a solid record of varied and entertaining science-fiction/fantasy, and if this book is any indication, his track record should hold long into the future.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1857989090?v=glance (1314 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		McAuley's novels ("Red Dust", "Pasquale's Angel", "Fairyland" et al.) are always ambitious, entertaining and worth reading but there's often a feeling a disappointment when you read them that what aimed to a great story was "merely" a good one.
		Unfortunately, having placed his story on such a grandiose level, McAuley is not quite able to resolve it satisfactorily and the climax is a bit of a letdown.
		I'll recommend anything by Paul J McAuley - not everything he writes is great, but it is always entertaining and very readable.
	sf.www.lysator.liu.se /sf_archive/sf-texts/html_index/sf-texts/books/M/McAuley,Paul_J..mbox (2623 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Books: Pasquale's Angel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In his fifth SF novel, the versatile Paul McAuley turns from outer space to alternate history and a 16th-century Florence where many of the strange, wonderful devices sketched in the notebooks of the "Great Engineer", Leonardo da Vinci, have been built and made to work.
		Occasionally McAuley is a bit too obvious in his genre allusions (such as casting Mchiovegli as a surrogate Holmes, or reusing the central idea of Murders in the Rue Morgue), but for an exotically different thriller this is quality stuff.
		McAuley spends so much time misleading us on this, that when we finally discover the real object of desire, it feels perfunctory and irritating, like those bad detective shows where the murderer is always, by default, the one least likely to have done the deed.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/1857989090 (948 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: The Invisible Country: Stories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		McAuley is a brilliant storyteller, and several standout pieces in this collection are astonishingly wonderful.
		In these nine exraordinary tales, acclaimed author PAUL J. MCAULEY--winner of the Philip K. Dick, British Fantasy Society, John W. Campbell Memorial, and Aruthur C. Clarke Awards--explores the wonders and dangers of biotechnology and its creations in stories whose settings careen from a distant alternate past to a breathtaking far-flung future.
		McAuley is one of those writers (like C.J. Cherryh, in her decades-old "Faded Sun" series) who creates a world so different from the one we presently live in that it's sometimes hard to understand what's going on.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0380792990?v=glance (756 words)

	Paul J. McAuley's Little Machines. The Eternal Night Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Web Site
		But whereas his latest novel is mainly outside the sf genre, this collection of McAuley's short fiction is most definitely science fiction and it shows his skill at creating excellent, entertaining gritty science fiction tales.
		Paul McAuley is a writer I had missed entirely until last year's White Devils (which was a change of style from the sf on display in this book to science thriller).
		McAuley shows a tremendous versatility skill and a fair degree of versatility here, moving as he does from territory in the cyber-punk region to alternate histories and more personal character driven vignettes.
	www.eternalnight.co.uk /books/m/mcauleypaulj/littlemachines.html (775 words)

	Michael Swanwick Online: Profile of Paul McAuley
		Even J. Ballard was frozen out of the American market, until Stephen Spielberg’s movie scrapbook of Empire of the Sun catapulted him to literary superstardom.
		The stock bio goes something like this: Paul J. McAuley was born in England and lives in Scotland.
		Paul is one of that select few (I’m another) who believe that short fiction is important enough to justify the time and effort that writing it takes, despite the fact that it pays (by the word or by the hour) only a fraction of what any moderately successful novel brings in.
	www.michaelswanwick.com /nonfic/mcauley.html (1304 words)

	SciFan: Books: Child of the River by Paul J. McAuley (from our database of Fantasy & SF novels, anthologies, ...
		McAuley is a true wordsmith, an author's author, and in Child of the River, he has not only written an outstanding novel, he has created a universe.
		McAuley's vision is original enough, as well as complex and entertaining enough, to keep a demanding reader engrossed.
		With Child of the River, McAuley begins a trilogy examining the death of a breathtakingly epic civilization.
	www.scifan.com /titles/title.asp?TI_titleid=7615 (315 words)

	Special Circumstances: Child of the River by Paul J. McAuley
		The setting and the plot is not particularly original involving the ubiquitous `Chosen One' plotline, but the hard-sf details and the comfortable fantasy atmosphere can conspire to make it quite a enjoyable read for a lazy summers day.
		Paul McAuley walks a thin line between fantasy and hard-sf.
		I hope that McAuley's intentions were not as shallow and it is unclear whether we should attribute these and many other discrepancies to a higher purpose or to the author's ineptitude.
	www.cs.sfu.ca /~anoop/weblog/archives/000045.html (506 words)

	Paul J Mcauley : Entertaining Comments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The third book in McAuley's series is very different from the first two, especially in the last 100 pages.
		McAuley is one of those writers (like C.J. Cherryh, in her decades-old "Faded Sun" series) who creates a world so different from the one we presently live in that it's...
		But then, in a moment of weakness, I followed the link to Paul McAuley's "Eternal Light" when it was recommended to me after...
	queerpopculture.com /entertainment/authorsearch_Paul%20J%20Mcauley/mode_books (645 words)

	Paul J. McAuley's White Devils. The Eternal Night Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Web Site
		Paul McAuley gives us a vision of an Africa of the future completely devastated by civil wars, disease and genetic experimentation gone awry.
		This is an age of multinational corporations, larger richer and more powerful than many countries, eager to maintain their positions and protect their interests.
		McAuley has served notice for the rest of the sf books of 2004, this is the standard by which you will be judged.
	www.eternalnight.co.uk /books/m/mcauleypaulj/whitedevils.html (595 words)

	SS > SF > book reviews > Paul J. McAuley
		That's if she even gets to try: she has been drafted and initially feels no great urge to help; Andrews, one of the leaders who drafted her, has his own opinion of the herders, and merely wants it confirmed.
		McAuley is a biologist by training, and we get treated to descriptions of alien physiologies and ecologies, and some graphic accounts of the effects on the human digestive system of eating them; there is also a fair smattering of astronomy.
		A good scene that illustrates McAuley's scientific background is where Andrews tries to patronise the military commander, who then demonstrates a better grasp of the scientific method than he does:
	www-users.cs.york.ac.uk /susan/sf/books/m/mcauley.htm (772 words)

	Sci-Fi
		McAuley, Paul J. - Fairyland (9") - SciFi - E - 1.99
		McAuley, Paul J. - Fairyland - Sci-Fi - E - 1.99
		McAuley, Paul J. - Red Dust - Sci-Fi - E - 1.99
	www.angelfire.com /az3/ise/Sci_Fi.html (1502 words)

	Fairyland by Paul J. McAuley, 0380786753, Lowest Book Price Finder
		For two-thirds of its length Fairyland is an enjoyable character-driven science fantasy, but unfortunately it falls at the final hurdle with an overly obscure and anticlimactic ending.
		The central idea seems to be an expansion of McAuley’s earlier short story ‘Karl and the Ogre’ (collected in The King of the Hill) with it’s setting of a seemingly fantastic landscape created out of technology.
		McAuley has added to the small set of books which add a new paradigm to SF.
	www.bookfinder4u.co.uk /book_detail/0380786753 (778 words)

	Postviews - past SF reviews, by authors, Mc to Mo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		McAuley is really pumping out the work nowadays - it wasn't all that long since "Pasquale's Angel" came out.
		On the positive side, McAuley's descriptive powers are at their peak as he describes refugee camps plagued by "meme plagues", the war-torn towns and countries of Eastern Europe, and the fairy-infested ruins of Euro-Disney.
		McAuley resists the temptation to go over the top with his anachronisms (like "the Difference Engine" did) and keeps the technological Florence extreme but believable.
	homepage.cs.latrobe.edu.au /agapow/Postviews/past_mc-mo.html (5967 words)

	Paul McAuley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Paul McAuley (born April 23, 1955), a British botanist, award-winning author, and self-described science junkie.
		By training a biologist, UK science fiction author McAuley writes mostly hard science fiction, dealing with themes such as biotechnology, alternate history/alternate reality, and space travel.
		Red Dust describes a far-future Mars colonised by the Chinese.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paul_McAuley (173 words)

	Paul McAuley -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Paul McAuley -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Paul McAuley (born April 23, 1955), a British botanist, award-winning author, and self-described science (A narcotics addict) junkie.
		McAuley began writing far future (Click link for more info and facts about space opera) space opera.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pa/paul_mcauley1.htm (236 words)

	Science Fiction Book Reviews
		He just doesn't know what that purpose is. But it seems that just about everyone else on the artificial, far-future world of Confluence has their own ideas about Yama's destiny: savior, weapon, pawn, research subject.
		Paul J. McAuley's sequel to last year's Child of the River continues Yama's quest to find his people and his destiny.
		McAuley sustains the story's momentum by offering neither Yama nor readers a clear-cut choice between good and evil.
	www.scifi.com /sfw/issue120/books.html (1146 words)

	The Absolutely Weird Bookshelf Hardcover Science Fiction and Fantasy Books: M
		PAUL J. McAuley, Paul J. Child of the River Avon, New York 1998 1st ed, near F in dj.
		McAuley, Paul Shrine of Stars Gollancz, London 1999 1st ed, F in dj.
		McAuley, Paul J. The Invisible Country Avon, New York 1998 Trade paper, 1st printing, near F. Short fiction collection by brilliant UK writer.
	www.strangewords.com /weirdbooks/weirdm.html (7883 words)

	Paul J. McAuley Interview
		For more on Paul J. McAuley, his own web page is a good place to start.
		Paul J McAuley is on the point of publishing his seventh novel, Child of the River.
		He has been a full-time writer since 1996 when he gave up his former career as a research biologist.
	www.hoopoes.com /sf/iv_mcauley.html (4034 words)

	Paul J McAuley - an infinity plus profile
		Paul J McAuley - an infinity plus profile
		Paul J McAuley was born in England on St George's Day 1955.
		He has worked as a researcher in biology in variousuniversities, including Oxford and UCLA, and for six years was a lecturer in botany at St Andrews University.
	www.infinityplus.co.uk /misc/pmca.htm (307 words)

	Cloggie :: Booklog :: Whole Wide World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Paul McAuley is part of the group of British writers who came to prominence in the late eighties and early nineties, a group which also included Iain M. Banks, Stephen Baxter and slightly later, Ken MacLeod.
		The resolution of it all was a bit of a disappointment and the mixture of science fiction with a conventional technothriller story was not a complete success.
		I got the feeling McAuley deliberately restrained himself, perhaps to appeal to a broader audience.
	www.cloggie.org /books/whole-wide-world.html (418 words)

	Paul J. McAuley Index. The Eternal Night Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Web Site
		Paul McAuley is a former research scientist at Oxford University and UCLA, and a former lecturer in botany at St. Andrews University.
		He is available for interview and comment, particularly in regard to the dangers of biotechnology and the interface of profit and science.
		Paul McAuley's first novel, Four Hundred Billion Stars, won the Philip K. Dick Memorial Award, and his novel, Fairyland, won the 1995 Arthur C Clarke Award for best SF novel published in Britain and the John W Campbell Award for best novel.
	www.eternalnight.co.uk /books/m/mcauleypaulj.html (146 words)

	The Absolutely Weird Bookshelf Paperback Science Fiction and Fantasy Books: M (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		PAUL J. McAuley, Paul J. Four Hundred Billion Stars Ballantine,1988 (35175) 1st ed, slight wear, near F. PK Dick Award winner.
		McAuley, Paul J Of the Fall Del Rey,1989 (36056) 1st ed, near F. Abandoned Earth colonists war among themselves, against the aborigonal population, and AI's.
		McAuley, Paul J Red Mars AvoNova, 1995 (77528) 1st ed, slight wear, near F. One of the great Mars stories.
	www.strangewords.com /weirdbooks/weirdpaperm.html (4108 words)

	The SF Site: Featured Reviews Archive
		The author uses unexpected intrusions of violence mixed with characters whose actions are often surprising to craft a story full of twists and turns.
		The stories, mostly hard SF that draw on McAuley's background in biology, are a good introduction to a writer who is both a first-rate story teller and remarkable stylist.
		But a new series when the name on the cover is Paul McAuley is cause for celebration.
	www.sfsite.com /revus/revumcauley.htm (1005 words)

	Paul McAuley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Paul McAuley’s mesmerizing new thriller combines breathless suspense with frighteningly plausible speculations on mind control, whose consequences are almost too horrifying to contemplate.
		Award winning author Paul McAuley has produced a thought-provoking, heart-stopping, white-knuckle ride through a near future Africa transformed by plague, corporate greed, and the dark side of biotechnology.
		The Secret Of Life is a gripping near-future thriller for the Age of the Genome, blending the wonder of classic science fiction with the terrifying implication of biotechnology.
	www.twbooks.co.uk /authors/paulmcauley.html (1653 words)

	Fictionwise eBooks: Paul McAuley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Alert me when new Paul McAuley titles are added
		Bio: Paul J. McAuley was born in England in 1955 and currently lives in Scotland.
		McAuley also produces a regular review column for Interzone and contributes reviews to Foundation.
	www.fictionwise.com /eBooks/PaulMcAuleyeBooks.htm (286 words)

	Eternal Light (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Importantly, although the action sometimes happens on a galactic scale it's the individual human characters who are the centre of attention.
		Just as a contemporary author would not write a story about a writer which was based upon his amazing word processor, McAuley, like many of the best sf writers, doesn't rely on technology and far out spectacle to hold your interest.
		Having said this, McAuley's actual depictions of individuals within the story are never quite satisfactorily fleshed out, which left me disappointingly cold to the climaxes of the book.
	www.stuandmel.plus.com /Reviews/Eternal%20Light.html (460 words)

	Paul McAuley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		With this book McAuley proves he's an artist of uncommon depth and range' Pat Cadigan, twice winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award
		In the aftermath of an interstellar war an enigmatic star is discovered, travelling towards the Solar System from the galactic core.
		From the endless carnival on Titan to an earth ruled by the fanatic Witnesses; from the depths of space and the galactic core to the border between reality and the manifold infinity between universes, Eternal Light is huge in scope, breathtaking in ideas and packed with life, character, atmosphere and incident.
	www.twbooks.co.uk /authors/paulmcauley1.html (609 words)

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