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Gary Gibson (author)
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Gary Gibson (born in 1965) is a science fiction author from Glasgow, Scotland.
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Life
After studying Sociology, History and Politics at the Glasgow Caledonian University, Gary Gibson worked as a "small press" comics magazine editor[1][2] before following courses in desktop publishing and design and subsequently freelancing as a graphic designer.[1][3]
After marrying Emma, Gibson relocated to Taiwan[1] before moving back to Glasgow in 2010.[4]
Writing
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Gary Gibson has been writing since the age of fourteen[2][3] and has published eight novels to date, four of which linked to each other to form the "Shoal Sequence".[5]
He is a member of the Glasgow Science Fiction Writers Circle.[1][6]
Publishing history
After publishing some short stories[6] Gary Gibson saw his first novel, Angel Stations, released in 2004 by Tor,[7] that was nominated in 2005 by the British Fantasy Society for the award for best novel of the year,[8] which was eventually won by Stephen King with The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower.[9]
He followed up the following year with Against Gravity,[10] also nominated by the British Fantasy Society for the award for best novel of the year,[8] won that year by Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys.[9]
In 2007 Gibson published Stealing Light,[11] the first novel of the trilogy The Shoal Sequence. The series introduced the characters of Dakota Merrick, Lucas Corso and the alien Trader-in-Faecal-Matter-of-Animals, a fish-like member of the Shoal race, who rule all inhabited space through their exclusive knowledge of the secret of faster-than-light travel. The novels involve a discovery regarding the origins of this technology. Stealing Light was followed in 2009 by Nova War,[12] in 2010 by Empire of Light,[13] and in 2013 by Marauder.
In 2011 Gibson published Final Days,[4] the first installment of "The Final Days" series.[14] And in 2012 Gibson published The Thousand Emperors, the second book in "The Final Days" series
In 2014 Gibson published Extinction Game,[15] the first installment of a new series.[16]
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Other activities
Gary Gibson plays guitar.[1] He also keeps a blog called White Screen of Despair and a profile on Twitter.
Bibliography
Gibson has published the following novels:
- Angel Stations. London: Tor, 2004 (paper). ISBN 1-4050-3445-9
- Against Gravity. London: Tor, 2005 (paper). ISBN 1-4050-3446-7
- The Shoal Sequence
- Stealing Light. London: Tor, 2007. ISBN 0-230-70040-3
- Nova War. London: Tor, 2009. ISBN 0-230-70680-0
- Empire of Light. London: Tor, 2010. ISBN 0-230-70681-9
- Marauder. London: Tor, 2013. ISBN 0-230-74890-2[17]
- The Final Days
- Final Days. London: Tor, 2011. ISBN 978-0-230-74877-4
- The Thousand Emperors. London: Tor, 2012. ISBN 0-230-74878-3
- The Apocalypse Trilogy
- Extinction Game. London: Tor, 2014.[15]
- Survival Game. London: Tor, 2016. ISBN 978-0-230-77278-6
- Doomsday Game. Glasgow: Gary Gibson, 2019. ISBN 978-9-574-36459-6
- Other
- Scienceville and Other Lost Worlds. Brain in a Jar Books, 2018. ISBN 978-1-980-48127-0
- Ghost Frequencies. NewCon Press, 2018. ISBN 978-1-910-93580-4
- Devil's Road. Gary Gibson, 2020. ISBN 978-9-574-36460-2
- Echogenesis. Brain in a Jar Books, 2021. ISBN 978-9-860-67701-0
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