Gareth L. Powell

Gareth Lyn Powell, born 1970, is an English author of Science Fiction. He is the author of the novels Silversands, The Recollection, Ack-Ack Macaque, Hive Monkey and Macaque Attack.

In 2013, his alternate history thriller, Ack-Ack Macaque won the British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) Award for Best Novel.

Gareth’s short stories have appeared in a host of magazines and anthologies, including Interzone, Solaris Rising 3, and The Year’s Best Science Fiction. One of these stories came top of the 2007 Interzone readers’ poll for best short story of the year. Since then, many of his shorter works have been brought together in the collections, The Last Reef (2008) and The New Ships (coming 2017).

Born and brought up in the West Country, Gareth studied humanities and creative writing at the University of Glamorgan (now the University of South Wales). He has given guest lectures on creative writing at Bath Spa University, and has written a series of non-fiction articles on science fiction for The Irish Times.

His first four novels were favourably reviewed in The Guardian by Eric Brown.

Professional works

Powell's first book was a collection, The Last Reef and Other Stories. It compiles much of his short fiction from before 2008, including the Interzone reader's choice poll winner "Ack-Ack Macaque". A second collection, Entropic Angel, was made available for free download from Powell's website in 2013. It reprints "Distant Galaxies Colliding", "The Last Reef" and "Sunsets and Hamburgers" from the previous collection and adds "Entropic Angel", several novel excerpts and an essay.

Silversands was Powell's debut novel. It was initially produced in a run of three hundred hardcover copies and an ebook edition, featuring the additional short story "Memory Dust", was made available by Anarchy Books. The reception was mostly favourable, including reviews from Interzone and Eric Brown in The Guardian. Brown regarded the novel as a "fine hi-tech romp" but was critical of what he called "a rushed and melodramatic dénouement."[1]

The Recollection is the second novel by Powell. The novel received mostly favourable reviews, including reviews from Locus[2] and Powell's second review from Eric Brown in his column in The Guardian. Brown said that the novel's set-pieces were "brilliantly realised" and that the book balanced its high concepts with the human story. He ended his review with "If you read only one space opera this year, it's got to be The Recollection".[3]

In January 2013, Powell released his third novel via Solaris Books, Ack-Ack Macaque, based on the short story of the same name. A sequel, Hive Monkey, followed in 2014. The third volume of the trilogy, Macaque Attack, was released in January 2015.

Bibliography

The Last Reef and Other Stories
First edition cover
Author Gareth L. Powell
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre Science fiction
Publisher Elastic Press
Publication date
August 2008
Media type Print (Paperback)
ISBN 978-0-9553181-7-7
Silversands
First edition cover
Author Gareth L. Powell
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre Science fiction
Publisher Pendragon Press
Publication date
10 April 2008
Media type Print (Hardcover)
Pages 160
ISBN 978-1906864064
The Recollection
First edition cover
Author Gareth L. Powell
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre Science fiction
Publisher Solaris Books
Publication date
September 2011
Media type Print (Paperback)
Pages 400
ISBN 978-1907519994
Ack-Ack Macaque
Author Gareth L. Powell
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre Science fiction
Publisher Solaris Books
Publication date
December 2012
Media type Print (Paperback)
Pages 405
ISBN 978-1781080603
Followed by Hive Monkey
Hive Monkey
Author Gareth L. Powell
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre Science fiction
Publisher Solaris Books
Publication date
January 2014
Media type Print (Paperback)
Pages 384
ISBN 978-1-78108-165-5
Preceded by Ack-Ack Macaque
Followed by Macaque Attack
Macaque Attack
Author Gareth L. Powell
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre Science fiction
Publisher Solaris Books
Publication date
January 2015
Media type Print (Paperback)
Pages 347
ISBN 978-1-78108-285-0
Preceded by Hive Monkey

Novels

Short story collections

Short stories

References

  1. Eric Brown (10 April 2011). "Science fiction review roundup". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
  2. Russell Letson (December 2011). "Reviews - The Recollection". Locus. p. 21.
  3. Eric Brown (2 September 2011). "Science fiction review roundup". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 July 2012.

External links

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