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Paul J. McAuley

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Paul J. McAuley (born 23 April 1955) is a British botanist and science fiction author. [1]

32 relations: Alternate history, Arthur C. Clarke Award, Artificial intelligence, Biotechnology, British Fantasy Award, Doctor Who, Emerging technologies, Evening's Empires, Frank J. Tipler, Gardens of the Sun, Hard science fiction, In the Mouth of the Whale, Italian Renaissance, John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, Leonardo da Vinci, Michael Swanwick, Nanotechnology, Neil Clarke (editor), Niccolò Machiavelli, Old Venus, Omega Point, Philip K. Dick Award, Planetary romance, Sidewise Award for Alternate History, Something Coming Through, Space opera, Spaceflight, Techno-thriller, Telos Doctor Who novellas, The Eye of the Tyger, The Quiet War (novel), Virtual reality.

Alternate history

Alternate history or alternative history (Commonwealth English), sometimes abbreviated as AH, is a genre of fiction consisting of stories in which one or more historical events occur differently.

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Arthur C. Clarke Award

The Arthur C. Clarke Award is a British award given for the best science fiction novel first published in the United Kingdom during the previous year.

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Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI, also machine intelligence, MI) is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence (NI) displayed by humans and other animals.

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Biotechnology

Biotechnology is the broad area of science involving living systems and organisms to develop or make products, or "any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use" (UN Convention on Biological Diversity, Art. 2).

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British Fantasy Award

The British Fantasy Awards are administered annually by the British Fantasy Society (BFS) and were first awarded in 1976.

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Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a British science-fiction television programme produced by the BBC since 1963.

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Emerging technologies

Emerging technologies are technologies that are perceived as capable of changing the status quo.

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Evening's Empires

Evening's Empires is a 2013 science fiction novel by Paul J. McAuley, the fourth in his Quiet War sequence.

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Frank J. Tipler

Frank Jennings Tipler (born February 1, 1947) is an American mathematical physicist and cosmologist, holding a joint appointment in the Departments of Mathematics and Physics at Tulane University.

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Gardens of the Sun

Gardens of the Sun is a 2009 science fiction novel by Paul J. McAuley.

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Hard science fiction

Hard science fiction is a category of science fiction characterized by an emphasis on scientific accuracy.

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In the Mouth of the Whale

In the Mouth of the Whale is a 2012 science fiction novel by Paul J. McAuley, the third in his Quiet War sequence.

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Italian Renaissance

The Italian Renaissance (Rinascimento) was the earliest manifestation of the general European Renaissance, a period of great cultural change and achievement that began in Italy during the 14th century (Trecento) and lasted until the 17th century (Seicento), marking the transition between Medieval and Modern Europe.

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John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel

The John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, or Campbell Memorial Award, is an annual award presented by the Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas to the author of the best science fiction novel published in English in the preceding calendar year.

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Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15 April 14522 May 1519), more commonly Leonardo da Vinci or simply Leonardo, was an Italian polymath of the Renaissance, whose areas of interest included invention, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography.

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Michael Swanwick

Michael Swanwick (born November 18, 1950) is an American science fiction author.

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Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology ("nanotech") is manipulation of matter on an atomic, molecular, and supramolecular scale.

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Neil Clarke (editor)

Neil Clarke (born 1966) is an editor and publisher of science fiction and fantasy.

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Niccolò Machiavelli

Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (3 May 1469 – 21 June 1527) was an Italian diplomat, politician, historian, philosopher, humanist, and writer of the Renaissance period.

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Old Venus

Old Venus is a "retro Venus science fiction"-themed anthology edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, that was published on March 3, 2015.

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Omega Point

The Omega Point is a spiritual belief and a scientific speculation that everything in the universe is fated to spiral towards a final point of divine unification.

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Philip K. Dick Award

The Philip K. Dick Award is a science fiction award given annually at Norwescon and sponsored by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and (since 2005) the Philip K. Dick Trust.

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Planetary romance

Planetary romance is a subgenre of science fiction or science fantasy in which the bulk of the action consists of adventures on one or more exotic alien planets, characterized by distinctive physical and cultural backgrounds.

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Sidewise Award for Alternate History

The Sidewise Awards for Alternate History were established in 1995 to recognize the best alternative history stories and novels of the year.

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Something Coming Through

Something Coming Through is a 2015 novel by Paul J. McAuley featuring elements of science fiction and crime fiction.

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Space opera

Space opera is a subgenre of science fiction that emphasizes space warfare, melodramatic adventure, interplanetary battles, chivalric romance, and risk-taking.

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Spaceflight

Spaceflight (also written space flight) is ballistic flight into or through outer space.

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Techno-thriller

A techno-thriller (also known as technothrillers) is a hybrid genre drawing from science fiction, thrillers, spy fiction, action, and war novels.

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Telos Doctor Who novellas

The Telos Doctor Who novellas were a series of tie-in novellas based on the long-running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, officially licensed by the BBC and published by Telos Publishing.

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The Eye of the Tyger

The Eye of the Tyger is an original novella written by Paul J. McAuley and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.

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The Quiet War (novel)

The Quiet War is a 2008 science fiction novel written by Paul McAuley.

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Virtual reality

Virtual reality (VR) is an interactive computer-generated experience taking place within a simulated environment, that incorporates mainly auditory and visual, but also other types of sensory feedback like haptic.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_J._McAuley

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