Neal Asher is a science fiction writer whose work has been nominated for both the Philip K. Dick and the British Fantasy Society awards. He has published more than twenty books, many set within his Polity” universe, including Gridlinked, The Skinner, and Dark Intelligence. He divides his time between Essex and a home in Crete.
Praise for Infinity Engine
“Incredible beings wielding vast alien technologies, devastating
space battles, and mind-blowing science . . . Asher completes his
Transformation series with this powerful work that transcends the
borders of morality, existence, and spacetime itself.” —Publishers
Weekly (starred review)
“A wide-screen special-effects extravaganza, a space opera
featuring gods and monsters . . . Doc Smith and Olaf Stapledon in a
blender, turned up to eleven, with the contents splattering across
the ceiling.” —Russell Letson, Locus
Praise for War Factory
Asher ventures into some terrifying minds and incredible space
battles in this tangled but heart-pounding sequel, which achieves a
rare success in depicting truly nonhuman forms of
intelligence.”
Publishers Weekly
Praise for Dark Intelligence
"Beautifully paced ... does just as well as at slam-bang action
scenes as at painting frightening pictures ... This is space opera
at a high peak of craftsmanship."
Publishers Weekly, starred review
What Asher delivers here is state-of-the-art SF on so many levels
a compelling, smart read.”
Paul Di Filippo, Locus
"Blends large portions of horror and mystery into an SF tale of
revenge and redemption ... a complex and satisfying work."
Library Journal, starred review
"An exciting, intricate, and unabashedly futuristic story rife with
twists and turns ... Asher returns to his popular far-future
series, Polity Universe, with another fast-paced space opera filled
with his trademark technological marvels and elaborate world
building."
Booklist
"Hardboiled, fast-paced space opera epic ... Asher’s books are
similar to the world of Iain M. Banks’ Culture universe, but the
Polity is arguably a much darker and more vicious environmentand
all the better for it."
The Register
"Perpetually on the knife's edge, and this constant tension works
wonders for creating a page-turning atmosphere. It's a damningly
gripping and infecting book."
Upcoming4.me
"A superb novel and Asher has an amazing talent for world-building,
for writing larger-than-life characters, for weaving gripping plots
and for imagining exotic alien races and wonderful technologies.
Huge ships! Big weapons! Space battles! Ground battles! Treason!
Revenge! This is New Space Opera at its best."
Sense of Wonder
"One of his best works so far ... Asher is a modern master of
sci-fi."
Starburst magazine
"[The Polity books] are SF novels that mix early cyberpunk’s
insouciance with the widescreen baroque spectacle of space opera
and the pacing of an airport action-thriller. But even by Neal
Asher’s standards, there’s something particularly grisly about Dark
Intelligence.”
SFX
Praise for Neal Asher
Asher rocks with XXX adrenaline while delivering a vivid
future.”
David Brin, New York Times-bestselling author of Kiln People
What has six arms, a large beak, looks like a pyramid, has more
eyes than you’d expect, and talks nonsense? If you don’t know the
answer to that, then 1) you should and 2) you haven’t been reading
Neal Asher (see point 1).”
Jon Courtenay Grimwood
Projects the terror-haunted sensibility of our time into a future
of limitless brutality . . . Asher displays great virtuosity.”
The New York Times
Asher has lit up the sky of science fiction like a new sun.”
Tanith Lee
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