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Charles Stross

pbk 01 Mar 07

About the Author

Paperback - Orbit (2007)

Glasshouse
When Robin wakes up in a clinic with most of his memories missing, it doesn’t take him long to discover that someone is trying to kill him …
It is the 27th century: interstellar travel is by teleport gate, and conflicts ore fought by network worms that censor refugees’ personalities and target historians. Robin is a civilian, now-demobilised following a civil war-but someone wants him dead because of something his earlier self knew.
Fleeing from his ruthless pursuer, he volunteers to participate in a unique experimental polity, the Glasshouse. It seems the ideal hiding place for a posthuman on the run, but in this escape-proof environment Robin will undergo even more radical change, placing him at the mercy of the experimenters - and of his own unbalanced psyche,
Praise for Charles Stross
'Charles Stross is one of the best' Time Out
‘Like being trapped in the middle of an exploding ideas factory without a helmet’ Guardian
‘One of the best British science fiction authors to emerge in recent years’ Waterstone’s Books Quarterly
‘Breathtaking’ Locus
‘An impressive talent’ Dream Watch

First British Edition Orbit (2005)

Iron Sunrise
Charles Stross’s visionary debut novel, Singularity Sky, was hailed as ‘a carnival of ideas’. Now he confirms his reputation as a writer at the very cutting edge of science fiction with his stunning follow-up novel, Iron Sunrise
When the planet of Now Moscow was brutally destroyed, its few survivors launched a counter-attack against the most likely culprit: the neighbouring system of trade rival, New Dresden. But New Dresden wasn’t responsible and, as the deadly missiles approach their target, Rachel Mansour, ‘agent for the Interests of Old Earth, is assigned to find out who was.
The one person who does know is a disaffected teenager who calls herself Wednesday Shadowmist. But Wednesday has no idea where she might be hiding this significant information. Time is limited and if Rachel can’t resolve this mystery it will mean the annihilation of an entire world…
Praise for Charles Stross
‘One of the most significant works of SF this decade’ Guardian
‘Stross is an author who anyone interested in SF should read and relish’ SFX
‘A carnival of ideas… the Next Big Thing in science fiction’ Michael Swanwick
‘Where Charles Stross goes today, the rest of science fiction will follow tomorrow’ Gardner Dozois

Paperback - Orbit (2005)

First British Edition Orbit (2004)

Singularity Sky
In the twenty-first century, life as we know it was changed forever by two events: the discovery of faster-than-light travel and the creation of the Eschaton, an artificial intelligence that achieved independent sentience. Four hundred years later, the far-flung human colonies that arose as a result of these two extraordinary occurrences are scattered over three thousand years of time and a thousand parsecs of space.
One such colony, the New Republic, exists in self-imposed isolation. Founded by men and women suffering from an acute case of future shock, the member-planets want no part of the Eschaton or the technological advances that followed its creation.
But their backward ways are about to be severely compromised in an attack from an information plague that calls itself The Festival. And as advanced technologies suppressed for generations begin literally to fall from the sky, the New Republic is in danger of slipping into revolutionary turmoil.
The colony’s only hope lies with a swiftly dispatched battle fleet. But secret plans, hidden agendas and ulterior motives abound, both on the rescue ships and among the populace of the beleaguered colony. And watching it all is the Eschaton, which has its own very definite ideas about the future of mankind ...
‘Breathtaking… a real contender for the title ‘space opera of the year’ Locus
`A.fast, fizzing firework of ideas’ Ken MacLeod
`Stross is an author who anyone interested in SF should read and relish’ SFX
‘A hyperkinetic, exuberantly organised clash of ideologies, darkly funny and crackling with hi gh-bandwidth ideas’ Paul McAuley
`There seems to be a consensus across the board:. Charles Stross is the cutting -edge of modern science fiction’ SF Site

About The Author
Charles Stross is a full-time writer who was born in Leeds, England in 1964. He studied in London and Bradford, gaining degrees in pharmacy and computer science, and has worked in a variety of jobs, including pharmacist, technical author, software engineer and freelance journalist. He has won international acclaim for his short fiction, and Singularity Sky is his first novel.

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Bibliography
N.B. dates and publishers in dark red indicate British First Editions. Dates and publishers in black indicate recent reprints.

Glasshouse (Orbit, 2006) Orbit Pbk Mar 07

Iron Sunrise (Orbit, 2005)

Singularity Sky (Orbit, 2004) Orbit Pbk Feb 05