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Gary Gibson

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Gary Gibson's first novel, Angel Stations, was published in 2004. Interzone called it "dense and involving, puzzling and perplexing. It's unabashed science fiction, with an almost "Golden Age" feel to it ..."

His second novel was Against Gravity in 2005; the Guardian described it as "building on current trends to produce a convincing picture of the world in 2096."

Stealing Light was first published in 2007, and garnered a wide range of positive reviews. The London Times called it: "A violent, inventive, relentlessly gripping adventure ... intelligently written and thought-provoking".

Stealing Light is the first volume in a four-book space opera, the final volume of which, Marauder, was published in 2013.

To date, Gary has written ten novels, m ...more

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	Stealing Light (The Shoal Sequence, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 3,470 ratings — published 2007 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Echogenesis (Echogenesis #1) 4.09 avg rating — 2,484 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nova War (The Shoal Sequence, #2) 3.83 avg rating — 2,128 ratings — published 2009 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Empire of Light (The Shoal Sequence, #3) 3.79 avg rating — 1,643 ratings — published 2010 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Europa Deep 4.12 avg rating — 1,196 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Final Days 3.69 avg rating — 1,128 ratings — published 2011 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Extinction Game (The Apocalypse #1) 3.75 avg rating — 924 ratings — published 2014 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Marauder 3.88 avg rating — 602 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Thousand Emperors 3.92 avg rating — 580 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Angel Stations 3.60 avg rating — 451 ratings — published 2004 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Xenopraxis is a sequel to my 2021 novel, Echogenesis. The manuscript of Echogenesis was rejected by every publisher going before I finally gave up submitting it and decided to release it through my own imprint. Since then it's gone on to be very successful indeed: successful enough to make me feel comfo

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Gary answered Niranjan Mavath's question: Will Europa Deep ever get a sequel? It's the first and only book of yours I've read so far and I absolutely devoured it. Echogenesis is next on my list but I just can't let go of the feeling Europa Deep gave me and would I love more. Never say never, but I have no immediate plans for a sequel. I'm a fan of books that tell a story in a single volume, rather than stretching it out over multiple volumes - although I do sometimes commit the sin of trilogy or duology. But if a story e See Full Answer
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“Here and there, info-pillars displayed images from the earliest centuries of colonisation and the wars that shaped the destiny of the moons of Jupiter. Much of it, unfortunately, almost hilariously inaccurate. More had been forgotten than he could have anticipated. Perhaps, before he departed, he would donate some of his memories to Europa’s archives. As he had told the guide, after all, he went back a long way. ”
― Gary Gibson, Europa Deep

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“Edmundo was a smart guy. All the sysadmins were. But like a lot of smart guys, he was smart within a very specific and, in some ways, very narrow range. He was smart in the same way that a Great White was an efficient hunter of prey, the product of tens of millions of years of focused evolution.”
― Gary Gibson, Europa Deep

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JUNE SCIENCE FICTION: This poll decides which two books will go on to the run off poll for June 2015's Science Fiction BOTM.

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North

25 votes, 30.9%

The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon

21 votes, 25.9%

Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor

11 votes, 13.6%

Stealing Light by Gary Gibson

8 votes, 9.9%

Dust by Elizabeth Bear

7 votes, 8.6%

The Greatship by Robert Reed

6 votes, 7.4%

Kingdom Come by J.G. Ballard

3 votes, 3.7%

81 total votes

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“Our first job as artists, then, is to venture out, away from what we think we know in search of the new and unexplored. Great artists do this their entire lives, never staying stuck in a single style even when it brings wealth and fame.”
― Jeff Goins, Real Artists Don't Starve: Timeless Strategies for Thriving in the New Creative Age

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“The writer must earn money in order to be able to live and to write, but he must by no means live and write for the purpose of making money. —KARL MARX”
― Jeff Goins, Real Artists Don't Starve: Timeless Strategies for Thriving in the New Creative Age

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