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ⓘ About Paul J. McAuley
Paul J. McAuley is an English author of fiction. He was born in 1955 and is the writer of over twenty novels in a variety of genres from crime and mystery to suspense thriller and even science fiction. He has penned several short story collections as well as a novella for the British science fiction television show Doctor Who as well as a popular music anthology of stories and more. McAuley has produced several thrillers based off of science fiction themes since 2001 that include Whole Wide World, The Secret of Life, and more. His work in fiction has won numerous awards. He is a huge fan of everything that has to do with science and has even been listed as one of 140 top most interesting Twitter users (Tweeters) on the behalf of Time magazine in 2013. He has won the Arthur C.
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1
Four Hundred Billion Stars
Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 1988
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Secret Harmonies / Of the Fall
Book 2 of 3 · published 1989
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Eternal Light
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 1991
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Child of the River
Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 1997
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Ancients of Days
Book 2 of 3 · published 1999
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Shrine of Stars
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 1999
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The Quiet War
Series opener · book 1 of 9 · published 2008 Anthology · Paul McAuley
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Gardens of the Sun
Book 3 of 9 · published 2009 Anthology · Paul McAuley
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Gardens of the Sun
Book 4 of 9 · published 2009
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Stories from the Quiet War
Book 5 of 9 · published 2011
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In the Mouth of the Whale
Book 6 of 9 · published 2012 Anthology · Paul McAuley
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In the Mouth of the Whale
Book 7 of 9 · published 2012
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Evening's Empires
Book 8 of 9 · published 2013
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Life After Wartime
Latest in the series · book 9 of 9 · published 2013
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Something Coming Through
Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2015
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Something Happened Here, But We’re Not Quite Sure What It Was
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2016
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Red Dust
Series opener · book 1 of 15 · published 1993
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Pasquale's Angel
Book 2 of 15 · published 1994
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The Secret of Life
Book 5 of 15 · published 2001
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Whole Wide World
Book 6 of 15 · published 2002
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War of the Maps
Book 12 of 15 · published 2020
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Secret Harmonies
Book 13 of 15 · published 2022
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Beyond the Burn Line
Book 14 of 15 · published 2023
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Loss Protocol
Latest in the series · book 15 of 15 · published 2026
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The Temptation of Dr Stein
Series opener · book 1 of 5 · published 1994
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City of the Dead
Book 3 of 5 · published 2011
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Prisoners of the Action
Book 4 of 5 · published 2012 Co-authored · Kim Newman
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5
Dr Pretorius and the Lost Temple
Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2012
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The King of the Hill
Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 1991
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The Invisible Country
Book 2 of 3 · published 1996
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Little Machines
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2011
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Story Behind the Book
Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2014 Co-authored · Kristijan Meic
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2
Brazil
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2014
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1
Year's Best SF
Series opener · book 1 of 18 · published 1996
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Year's Best SF 2
Book 2 of 18 · published 1997
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Year's Best SF 3
Book 3 of 18 · published 1998
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Year's Best SF 4
Book 4 of 18 · published 1999
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Year's Best SF 5
Book 5 of 18 · published 2000
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Year's Best SF 6
Book 6 of 18 · published 2001
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Year's Best SF 7
Book 7 of 18 · published 2002
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Year's Best SF 8
Book 8 of 18 · published 2003
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Year's Best SF 9
Book 9 of 18 · published 2004
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Year's Best SF 10
Book 10 of 18 · published 2005
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Year's Best SF 11
Book 11 of 18 · published 2006
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Year's Best SF 12
Book 12 of 18 · published 2007
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Year's Best SF 13
Book 13 of 18 · published 2008
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Year's Best SF 14
Book 14 of 18 · published 2009
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Year's Best SF 15
Book 15 of 18 · published 2010
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Year's Best SF 16
Book 16 of 18 · published 2011
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Year's Best SF 17
Book 17 of 18 · published 2012
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Year's Best SF 18
Latest in the series · book 18 of 18 · published 2013
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Time and Relative
Series opener · book 1 of 18 · published 2001 Anthology · Kim Newman
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Citadel of Dreams
Book 2 of 18 · published 2002 Anthology · Dave Stone
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Foreign Devils
Book 3 of 18 · published 2003 Anthology · Andrew Cartmel
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Eye of the Tyger
Book 4 of 18 · published 2003
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Nightdreamers
Book 5 of 18 · published 2003 Anthology · Tom Arden
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Ghost Ship
Book 6 of 18 · published 2003 Anthology · Keith Topping
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Rip Tide
Book 7 of 18 · published 2003 Anthology · Louise Cooper
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Wonderland
Book 8 of 18 · published 2003 Anthology · Mark Chadbourn
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Shell Shock
Book 9 of 18 · published 2003 Anthology · Simon A. Forward
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The Cabinet of Light
Book 10 of 18 · published 2003 Anthology · Daniel O'Mahony
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Frayed
Book 11 of 18 · published 2003 Anthology · Tara Samms
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Fallen Gods
Book 12 of 18 · published 2003 Anthology · Kate Orman,Jonathan Blum
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Companion Piece
Book 13 of 18 · published 2003 Anthology · Mike Tucker,Robert Perry
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The Dalek Factor
Book 14 of 18 · published 2004 Anthology · Charlie Higson,Simon Clark
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Blood and Hope
Book 15 of 18 · published 2004 Anthology · Iain McLaughlin
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The Beast of Babylon
Book 16 of 18 · published 2013 Anthology · Charlie Higson
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Summer Falls
Book 17 of 18 · published 2013 Anthology · James Goss
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Myths and Legends
Latest in the series · book 18 of 18 · published 2017 Anthology · Richard Dinnick
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1
Napoleon: Abel Gance's Classic Film
Series opener · book 1 of 103 · published 1982 Anthology · Kevin Brownlow
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The Seventh Seal
Book 2 of 103 · published 1993 Anthology · Melvyn Bragg
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42nd Street
Book 3 of 103 · published 1993 Anthology · J. Hoberman
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L'atalante
Book 4 of 103 · published 1993 Anthology · Marina Warner
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It's A Gift
Book 5 of 103 · published 1994 Anthology · Simon Louvish
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Things To Come
Book 6 of 103 · published 1995 Anthology · Christopher Frayling
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The Big Sleep
Book 7 of 103 · published 1997 Anthology · David Thomson
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Bride of Frankenstein
Book 8 of 103 · published 1997 Anthology · Alberto Manguel
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The Thing
Book 9 of 103 · published 1997 Anthology · Anne Billson
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The Birds
Book 10 of 103 · published 1998 Anthology · Camille Paglia
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Crash
Book 11 of 103 · published 1999 Anthology · Iain Sinclair
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Sanshô Dayû
Book 12 of 103 · published 1999 Anthology · Dudley Andrew
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Titanic
Book 13 of 103 · published 2000 Anthology · David M. Lubin
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Thelma And Louise
Book 14 of 103 · published 2000 Anthology · Marita Sturken
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Belle De Jour
Book 15 of 103 · published 2001 Anthology · Michael Wood
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The Manchurian Candidate
Book 16 of 103 · published 2002 Anthology · Greil Marcus
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The Exorcist
Book 17 of 103 · published 2003 Anthology · Mark Kermode
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Kind Hearts And Coronets
Book 18 of 103 · published 2003 Anthology · Michael Newton
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The Matrix
Book 19 of 103 · published 2004 Anthology · Joshua Clover
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City Lights
Book 20 of 103 · published 2007 Anthology · Charles J. Maland
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Ratcatcher
Book 21 of 103 · published 2008 Anthology · Annette Kuhn
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2001: A Space Odyssey
Book 22 of 103 · published 2010 Anthology · Peter Krämer
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The Best Years Of Our Lives
Book 23 of 103 · published 2011 Anthology · Sarah Kozloff
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Grey Gardens
Book 24 of 103 · published 2011 Anthology · Matthew Tinkcom
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Meshes Of The Afternoon
Book 25 of 103 · published 2011 Anthology · John David Rhodes
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Caché
Book 26 of 103 · published 2012 Anthology · Catherine Wheatley
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Taxi Driver
Book 27 of 103 · published 2012 Anthology · Amy Taubin
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Metropolis
Book 28 of 103 · published 2012 Anthology · Thomas Elsaesser
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Singin' In The Rain
Book 29 of 103 · published 2012 Anthology · Peter Wollen
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Don't Look Now
Book 30 of 103 · published 2012 Anthology · Mark Sanderson
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The Innocents
Book 31 of 103 · published 2013 Anthology · Christopher Frayling
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Performance
Book 32 of 103 · published 2014 Anthology · Colin MacCabe
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Spirited Away
Book 33 of 103 · published 2014 Anthology · AndrewOsmond
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The Shawshank Redemption
Book 35 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Mark Kermode
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The Silence Of The Lambs
Book 36 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Yvonne Tasker
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Les Enfants Du Paradis
Book 37 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Jill Forbes
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
Book 38 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Murray Pomerance
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Sweet Smell Of Success
Book 39 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · James Naremore
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Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb
Book 40 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Peter Krämer
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Los Olvidados
Book 41 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Mark Polizzotti
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The General
Book 42 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Peter Kramer
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The Tales Of Hoffmann
Book 43 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · William P. Germano
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Ivan The Terrible
Book 44 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Yuri Tsivian
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Shoah
Book 45 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Sue Vice
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Bombay
Book 46 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Lalitha Gopalan
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Chinatown
Book 47 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Michael Eaton
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Groundhog Day
Book 48 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Ryan Gilbey
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The Third Man
Book 49 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Rob White
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Toy Story: A Critical Reading
Book 50 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Tom Kemper
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The Gold Rush
Book 51 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Matthew Solomon
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The Searchers
Book 52 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Edward Buscombe
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Meet Me In St. Louis
Book 53 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Gerald Kaufman
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Pan's Labyrinth
Book 54 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Mar Diestro-Dopido
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Once Upon A Time In America
Book 55 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Adrian Martin
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Shadows
Book 56 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Ray Carney
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Bringing Up Baby
Book 57 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Peter Swaab
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Rome Open City
Book 58 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · David Forgacs
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Pulp Fiction
Book 59 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Dana Polan
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The Birth Of A Nation
Book 60 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Paul McEwan
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The Bigamist
Book 61 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Amelie Hastie
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Head-on
Book 62 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Daniela Berghahn
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An American In Paris
Book 63 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Sue Harris
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Vampyr
Book 64 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · David Rudkin
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Greed
Book 65 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Jonathan Rosenbaum
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Nosferatu : Eine Symphonie Des Grauens
Book 66 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Kevin Jackson
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High Noon
Book 67 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Phillip Drummond
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Night And The City
Book 68 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Andrew Pulver
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La Grande Illusion
Book 69 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Julian T. Jackson
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Vertigo
Book 70 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Charles Barr
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Distant Voices, Still Lives
Book 71 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Paul Farley
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Akira
Book 72 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Michelle Le Blanc,Colin Odell
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La Jetée
Book 73 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Chris Darke
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Solaris
Book 74 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Mark Bould
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La Regle Du Jeu
Book 75 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · V.F. Perkins
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To Be Or Not To Be
Book 76 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Peter Barnes
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Bonnie And Clyde
Book 77 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Lester D. Friedman
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A City Of Sadness
Book 78 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Bérénice Reynaud
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The Sound Of Music
Book 79 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Caryl Flinn
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Blade Runner
Book 80 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Scott Bukatman
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Bicycle Thieves
Book 81 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Robert S.C. Gordon
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Citizen Kane
Book 82 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Laura Mulvey
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Dead Man
Book 83 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Jonathan Rosenbaum
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Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs
Book 84 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Eric Smoodin
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Quatermass And The Pit
Book 85 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Kim Newman
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Blackmail
Book 86 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Tom Ryall
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Heat
Book 87 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Nick James
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Amores Perros
Book 88 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Paul Julian Smith
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When Harry Met Sally ...
Book 89 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Tamar Jeffers Mcdonald
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Unforgiven
Book 90 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Edward Buscombe
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Eyes Wide Shut
Book 91 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Michel Chion
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L'année Dernière à Marienbad
Book 92 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Paul Hammond,Jean-Louis Leutrat
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Written On The Wind
Book 93 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Peter William Evans
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Andrei Rublev
Book 94 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Robert Bird
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L.a. Confidential
Book 95 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Manohla Dargis
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Victim
Book 96 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · John Coldstream
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Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge:
Book 97 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Anupama Chopra
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Far From Heaven
Book 98 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · John Gill
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Das Cabinet Des Dr. Caligari
Book 99 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · David Robinson
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Silent Running
Book 100 of 103 · published 2019 Anthology · Mark Kermode
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The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp
Book 101 of 103 · published 2020 Anthology · A.L. Kennedy
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The Big Lebowski
Book 102 of 103 · published 2020 Anthology · J.M. Tyree
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Fear Eats The Soul
Latest in the series · book 103 of 103 · published 2020 Anthology · Laura Cottingham
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Confluence
Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2000 Anthology · Paul McAuley
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Confluence - The Trilogy
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2000 Anthology · Paul McAuley
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The Mammoth Book of Vampires
Series opener · book 1 of 59 · published 1992
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The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein
Book 3 of 59 · published 1994
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Best New Horror 6
Book 4 of 59 · published 1995
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The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 7
Book 6 of 59 · published 1996
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The Mammoth Book of Dracula
Book 7 of 59 · published 1997
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Eleventh Annual Collection
Book 8 of 59 · published 1998
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The Furthest Horizon
Book 9 of 59 · published 2000
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Vanishing Acts
Book 10 of 59 · published 2000
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The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #11
Book 11 of 59 · published 2000
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The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #12
Book 12 of 59 · published 2001
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Space Soldiers
Book 14 of 59 · published 2001
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Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 13
Book 16 of 59 · published 2002
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Asimov's Science Fiction July 2002
Book 17 of 59 · published 2002
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The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 15
Book 18 of 59 · published 2002
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The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 14
Book 19 of 59 · published 2003
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The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 16
Book 20 of 59 · published 2003
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The Hard SF Renaissance
Book 21 of 59 · published 2003
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The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 15
Book 22 of 59 · published 2004
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The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels
Book 23 of 59 · published 2005
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Year's Best SF 11
Book 24 of 59 · published 2006
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The Space Opera Renaissance
Book 25 of 59 · published 2006
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Future Weapons of War
Book 26 of 59 · published 2007
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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection
Book 27 of 59 · published 2007
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The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009
Book 28 of 59 · published 2008
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The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 22
Book 29 of 59 · published 2008
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Fast Forward 2
Book 30 of 59 · published 2008
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The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 2
Book 31 of 59 · published 2010
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The Living Dead 2
Book 32 of 59 · published 2010
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Zombie Apocalypse!
Book 33 of 59 · published 2010
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The Recent Weird
Book 34 of 59 · published 2011
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New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird
Book 35 of 59 · published 2011
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Alien Contact
Book 36 of 59 · published 2011
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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection
Book 37 of 59 · published 2012
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The Mammoth Book of SF Wars
Book 38 of 59 · published 2012
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Arc 1.2: Post Human Conditions
Book 39 of 59 · published 2012
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The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 4
Book 40 of 59 · published 2012
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Lightspeed Magazine, January 2015
Book 41 of 59 · published 2012
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Aliens: Recent Encounters
Book 42 of 59 · published 2013
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The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 5
Book 43 of 59 · published 2013
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Best New SF 26
Book 44 of 59 · published 2013
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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection
Book 45 of 59 · published 2014
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The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume One
Book 46 of 59 · published 2016
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In the Shadow of Frankenstein
Book 47 of 59 · published 2016
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Galactic Empires
Book 48 of 59 · published 2017
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The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 9
Book 49 of 59 · published 2017
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The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2017
Book 50 of 59 · published 2017
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In the Footsteps of Dracula
Book 51 of 59 · published 2017
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2001: An Odyssey in Words
Book 52 of 59 · published 2018
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Twelve Tomorrows
Book 53 of 59 · published 2018
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Clarkesworld Year Ten: Volume One
Book 54 of 59 · published 2019
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The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 3
Book 55 of 59 · published 2019
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The 2020 Look at Mars Fiction Book
Book 56 of 59 · published 2020
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The 2020 Look at Space Opera Book
Book 57 of 59 · published 2020
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Burning Brightly
Book 58 of 59 · published 2021
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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection
Latest in the series · book 59 of 59 · published 2017
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? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Paul J. McAuley?
Paul J. McAuley is an English author of fiction. He was born in 1955 and is the writer of over twenty novels in a variety of genres from crime and mystery to suspense thriller and even science fiction. He has penned several short story collections as well as a novella for the British science fiction television show Doctor Who as well as a popular music anthology of stories and more.
Which Paul J. McAuley series should I start with?
The best place to start is the BFI Film Classics series, the earliest of Paul J. McAuley's multi-book series: it opens with Napoleon: Abel Gance's Classic Film (1982) and runs to 103 books across 1982–2020, ending with Fear Eats The Soul (2020). Paul J. McAuley's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Paul J. McAuley written?
Paul J. McAuley has 243 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1982 and 2026. 159 of them belong to 8 named series — the largest being the BFI Film Classics series with 103 books — and 84 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Paul J. McAuley's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Paul J. McAuley's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are BFI Film Classics (1982–2020, 103 books), Four Hundred Billion Stars (1988–1991, 3 books) and Confluence (1997–1999, 3 books), plus 4 more.
How are Paul J. McAuley's books organised into series?
This guide splits Paul J. McAuley's 243 books into 8 named series and 84 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: BFI Film Classics (103 books, 1982–2020); Doctor Who Short Stories/Novellas (18 books, 2001–2017); The Quiet War (9 books, 2008–2013); Four Hundred Billion Stars (3 books, 1988–1991); Confluence (3 books, 1997–1999), plus 3 further series.
