Neal Asher

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Neal Asher (born February 4, 1961 in Billericay , Essex ) is an English science fiction writer . He is best known for the Polis romance cycle.

Life

According to his own statements, he spent a calm childhood in his birthplace. His enthusiasm for the strange was mainly aroused by Tolkien's The Little Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings . He also benefited from the fact that his parents were also enthusiastic about science fiction. Neal Asher has been a full-time writer since 2000.

Above all, his works are characterized by their ingenuity. The majority of his previously published works ( Ian Cormac , Spatterjay ) take place in the Polity universe (Polity: English for constitution, government, state).

bibliography

Mason's advice
  • Mason's Rats (in: Orion # 2, November 1992 ; also: Mason's Rats I , 1999)
  • Mason's Rats II (in: Orion # 4, December 1994 )
  • Mason's Rats III (1999, in: Neal Asher and Neal Asher (as Neal L. Asher): Mason's Rats )
  • Mason's Rats (1999, Collection from I – III)
  • Mason's Rats: Black Rat (2008, in: George Mann (Ed.): The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction: Volume Two )
  • Mason's Rats: Autotractor (2008, in: George Mann (Ed.): The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction: Volume Two )
Polity / Polis

Most of Neal Asher's novels are set in a future civilization spanning many solar systems, the polis (in English polity ). Asher deals with many classic science fiction topics, such as artificial intelligence , transhumanism and extraterrestrial life .

Short stories:

  • Adaptogenic (in: Threads # 2, January 1994 )
  • Dragon in the Flower (1994, in: Focus, # 27 )
  • Always with You (in: The Zone # 4, Summer 1996 ; as Neil Asher)
  • The Engineer (1998, in: Neal Asher: The Engineer )
  • Blue Holes (1999, in: Neal Asher: Runcible Tales )
  • Putrefactors (in: Zest # 7, Summer 1999 )
  • The Gire & the Bibrat (1999, in: Neal Asher: Runcible Tales )
  • Walking John & Bird (1999, in: Neal Asher: Runcible Tales )
  • Choudapt (in: Sci-Fright # 6, 2000 )
  • The Sea of ​​Death (in: Interzone, # 169 July 2001 )
  • Snow in the Desert (2002, in: Spectrum SF, # 8 May )
  • Acephalous Dreams (2005, in: Chris Roberson (Ed.): Adventure )
  • Garp & Geronamid (in: Interzone, # 199 July-August 2005 )
  • Softly Spoke the Gabbleduck (in: Asimov's Science Fiction, August 2005 )
  • The Gabble (in: Asimov's Science Fiction, March 2006 )
  • Alien Archeology (in: Asimov's Science Fiction, June 2007 )
  • The Gabble and Other Stories (2008)
  • The Rhine's World Incident (2008, in: Ian Whates (Ed.): Subterfuge )
  • Shell Game (2009, in: Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan (Eds.): The New Space Opera 2 )

Ian Cormac:

Ian Cormac has been an agent of the ECS (Earth Central Security) who has been networked with the galaxy-wide computer system for many years. German translations by Thomasschichtel.

  • 1 Gridlinked (2001)
    • English: 1 The dragon of Samarkand. Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction # 23242, 2001, ISBN 3-404-23242-9 .
  • 2 The Line of Polity (2003)
    • English: 2 The inheritance of Jain. Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction # 23272, 2004, ISBN 3-404-23272-0 .
  • 3 Brass Man (2004)
    • German: 3 Der Messingmann. Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction & Fantasy # 23295, 2006, ISBN 3-404-23295-X .
  • 4 Polity Agent (2006)
  • 5 Line War (2008)
  • Shadow of the Scorpion (2008)

Novel series:

German translations by Thomasschichtel.

  • 1 Prador Moon (2006)
  • 3 The Technician (2010)
  • 7 Hilldiggers (2007)
    • German: Children of the drone. Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction & Fantasy # 23323, 2008, ISBN 978-3-404-23323-6 .

Spatterjay:

German translations by Thomasschichtel.

  • 1 The Skinner (2002)
    • English: 1 Skinner: The blue death: The blue death. Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction # 23258, 2003, ISBN 3-404-23258-5 .
  • 2 The Voyage of the Sable Keech (2006)
    • English: 2 The great journey of the Sable Keech. Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction # 23302, 2006, ISBN 3-404-23302-6 .
  • 3 Orbus (2009)

Transformation:

  • 1 Dark Intelligence (2015)
  • 2 War Factory (2016)
  • 3 Infinity Engine (2017)

Rise of the Jain:

  • 1 The Soldier (2018)
  • 2 The Warship (2019)
  • 3 The Human (2020)
Owner
  • 1 The Departure (2011)
    • German: 1 Das Komitee. Translated by Thomasschichtel. Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction & Fantasy # 20765, 2014, ISBN 978-3-404-20765-7 .
  • 2 Zero Point (2012)
  • 3 Jupiter War (2013)
  • Proctors (1998, in: Neal Asher: The Engineer )
  • The Owner (1998, in: Neal Asher: The Engineer )
  • Tiger Tiger (in: Kimota, # 15, Autumn 2001 )
  • Owner Space (2008, in: Gardner Dozois (Ed.): Galactic Empires )
  • The Complete Owner Trilogy (collective edition from 1–3; 2014)
Single novels
  • Mindgames: Fool's Mate (1992)
  • The Parasite (1996)
  • Cowl (2004)
    • German: Die Zeitbestie. Translated by Thomasschichtel. Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction # 23283, 2005, ISBN 3-404-23283-6 .
  • Africa Zero (2005)
Collections
  • The Engineer (1998; also: The Engineer ReConditioned , 2006, with 3 further stories)
  • Runcible Tales (1999)
  • Owning the Future (2018)
Short stories
  • Another England (1989, in: Back Brain Recluse, Autumn 1989 (Issue # 14) )
  • Out of the Leaf-Light (1990, in: Nova SF, # 3 Winter 1990/91 )
  • The Gire and the Bibrat (in: Premonitions # 1, Winter 1992 )
  • The Great African Vampire (in: Premonitions # 2, Summer 1993 )
  • Wood-Smith (in: Threads # 1, October 1993 )
  • Africa Zero (3 parts in: Threads # 4, July 1994  ff.)
  • Blue Holes and Bloody Waters (in: Threads # 3, April 1994 )
  • Cavefish (1994, in: The Third Alternative # 5, Winter 1994/95 )
  • Stinging Things (in: Grotesque # 4, 1994 )
  • Death, The Pilot & The Diamond (1995, in: Works # 10 )
  • Oceana Foods (in: Grotesque # 7, 1995 )
  • Spatterjay (in: Grotesque # 8, 1995 )
  • Snairls (in: Grotesque # 10, 1996 )
  • The Bacon (in: Threads # 10, Winter 1996 )
  • The Halfman's Cellar (1996, 2 parts in: Scheherazade 13  ff.)
  • Stones of Straw (in: Threads # 13, February 1997 )
  • The Devil You Know (1997, in: Sierra Heaven # 4, Winter 1997/98 ; as Neil Asher)
  • Alternative Hospital (in: Kimota, # 8, Spring 1998 )
  • Jable Sharks (1998, in: Neal Asher: The Engineer )
  • The Thrake (1998, in: Neal Asher: The Engineer )
  • Sucker (in: Sackcloth & Ashes # 4, June 1999 )
  • The Gurnard (in: Kimota, # 10, winter 1999 )
  • A Reasonable Facsimile (in: The Zone # 9, Summer 2000 )
  • The Torbeast's Prison (in: Kimota, # 13, Autumn 2000 )
  • The Berserker Captain (2001, in: Sean Wallace (Ed.): Strange Pleasures )
  • Plastipak ™ Limited (2003, in: John B. Ford and Paul Kane (Eds.): Terror Tales # 1 )
  • Scar Tissue (2003, in: Paul Kane (Ed.): Shadow Writers: Volume Two )
  • Strood (in: Asimov's Science Fiction, December 2004 )
  • The Veteran (in: Asimov's Science Fiction, June 2004 )
  • Laura's Knot (2005, in: Scheherazade 28 )
  • Check Elastic Before Jumping (in: Nature, June 22, 2006 )
  • Bioship (2007, in: George Mann (Ed.): The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction )
  • Recoper (in: Nature, December 13, 2007 )
  • Bad Traveling (2008, in: David Lee Summers (Ed.): Space Pirates )
  • The Cuisinart Effect (2010, in: Ian Whates (Ed.): Conflicts )
  • Memories of Earth (in: Asimov's Science Fiction, October-November 2013 )
  • The Other Gun (in: Asimov's Science Fiction, April-May 2013 )
  • Berserker Captain (2019, in: Ian Whates (Ed.): Legends 3: Stories in Honor of David Gemmell )
  • An Alien on Crete (in: Asimov's Science Fiction, January-February 2020 )
  • The Host (in: Clarkesworld, Issue 161, February 2020 )

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Asher, Neal
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Asher, Neal Lewis (full name); Asher, Neil (alternative spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English science fiction author
DATE OF BIRTH 4th February 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Billericay , Essex