About the Author

STEPHEN BAXTER is the author of, amongst others, Time Ships, Titan, Moonseed, Time and Mammoth. He is published all over the world and has won awards as far afield as Japan. PETER F. HAMILTON burst onto the world SF scene on the back of a massive US deal for his Night's Dawn trilogy. This has been followed by massive success in Germany and France. The trilogy is widely regarded as the keystone work of British SF for the 1990's. PAUL MCAULEY is the author of, amongst others, Shrine of Stars and Pasquale's Angel. He is published around the world and has won the Arthur C. Clarke Award. IAN MCDONALD is the author of, amongst others, Kirinya and Chaga. Regarded as the author of some of the most beautifully written novels of SF ideas he, too, is published around the world.