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      • Neal Asher (born 4 February 1961) is an English science fiction writer. He lives near Chelmsford.
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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Neal_AsherNeal Asher - Wikipedia

    Neal Asher (born 4 February 1961) is an English science fiction writer. He lives near Chelmsford. [1] Career. Both of Asher's parents are educators and science fiction fans. [2] . Although he began writing speculative fiction in secondary school, he did not turn seriously to writing until he was 25.

  3. Neal Asher was born 1961 in Billericay, Essex, the son of a school teacher and a lecturer in applied mathematics who were also SF aficionados. Prior to 2000 the Asher had stories accepted by British small press SF and fantasy magazines but post 2000 his writing career took flight.

  4. Jul 25, 2024 · About Neal Asher: I’ve been an engineer, barman, skip lorry driver, coalman, boat window manufacturer, contract grass cutter and builder. Now I write sci...

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    • Gridlinked. by Neal Asher. Agent Cormac is sent to investigate a runcible disaster that killed thirty thousand people on the world of Samarkand, sinking it into an Ice Age.
    • The Line of Polity. by Neal Asher. On the frontiers of human-occupied space, a space station has been destroyed. Suspecting the alien bioconstruct Dragon, Earth Central assigns Agent Ian Cormac to discover the truth.
    • Brass Man. by Neal Asher. An old nemesis of Agent Cormac resurfaces, along with the terrifying Mr Crane, a brass android killing machine. He journeys to the brutal world of Cull, tasked with hunting a ‘dragon’.
    • Polity Agent. by Neal Asher. Time travelling refugees arrive in Polity, pursued by something alien and dangerous. Meanwhile, Orlandine, an augmented human, hopes to harness Jain technology – even though it could destroy her.
  5. Most of Neal’s work is set in the “Polity” universe, a future history. It encompasses a bunch of classic science fiction tropes including androids, aliens, world-ruling artificial intelligences, and hive minds. Neal’s work is characterized by violent encounters and fast-paced action.

  6. POLITY ENCYLOPEDIA. (EXCERPTS) Crucial Dates: 2050 – 2250 Expansion into the solar system. Corporate wars and many generation ships, or early U-space drive ships sent on their way. Also the AI takeover of human affairs, in the ‘ Quiet War ’. Colony ship to Cull in this time.

  7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › GridlinkedGridlinked - Wikipedia

    Gridlinked is a science fiction novel by British writer Neal Asher. His first novel, it was published by the Macmillan Publishers imprint Pan Books in 2001. It contains elements of the technological inventiveness of hard science-fiction with a more contemporary political plotline.

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