neal asher

Does anyone have any idea where I can obtain a signed first printing of The Jupiter War? For years I bought signed 1sts on eBay or via ABE. Now both sites seem to have been invaded by the megasellers who give no information about the books they're selling whatsoever, other than author, title...

I have a copy of Gridlinked and Cowl, both of which I have not read yet. I`m just wondering what to expect, and what you guys like and/or dislike about these books, and his style in general. I know Neal Asher is often compared to and put into the same group as guys like Ian M. Banks...

4th August 2011 04:03 PM Kerry Butters Tor Books are to release the first in a new series from Neal Asher, author of the Polity universe novels, entitled The Departure next month. The new book is a ‘departure’ from the Polity universe and follows the story of Alan Saul – the story is...

Well, he's posting a lot here so I'd best show my support by buying at least one of his books. :) However, which titles should I be looking at most? I appreciate there are a few, I just aren't sure whether we're talking complete standalones, series, or whether there are important references...

Apologies if there's another thread dealing with this, the fourth of Neal Asher's Ian Cormac series. Again, the author ups the stakes and the quality of the story in this book. I can't think of anything I didn't like and would recommend it to anyone (unless they truly, hate multiple PoV...

Here we go. Here's the finished cover of Zero Point: The billions of Zero Asset citizens of Earth are free from their sectors, free from the prospect of extermination from orbit, for Alan Saul has all but annihilated the Committee by dropping the Argus satellite laser network on it. The...

So, I came into work this morning, and there in the post from Tor sits a proof copy of The Departure. So amazingly excited! I figure this is a good time to start a discussion about it. Personally I can't wait to see a completely new set of characters, but I would like some clarification from...

Superb new Jon Sullivan cover for Hilldiggers!

I've been after this book for ages, and finally got my hands on it at christmas. ONly about half way through, because Abercrombie's The Heroes turned up, and I want to get it read before his signing in Manchester tonight, but anyway. I love this story so far! It gives some amazing back-story...

Gridlinked is my second Neal Asher read-earlier in the year I read 2006's Prador Moon, but this book, though similar, is somewhat different. While that other book deals with the nasty crab-like Prador and the military's attempts to deal with them, this book is about an agent with the Earth...

Should Mr. Asher's Polity universe be read in publication order, internal chronological, or does it not really matter?

Finally, I get to read a Neal Asher book! I've been dying to get hold of one of these books for ages! This is the first in the Polity series, published in 2006, and features the Polity's dicovery of an alien race-its a first contact story. The Prador of the title are described as large,crab...

Although I'd heard a lot about Neal Asher in the past, I hadn't picked up any of his books until encountering the author himself at a signing in my home town of Colchester. I picked up Gridlinked, his first novel and also the first in his Agent Cormac series, but hadn't gotten round to reading...

Hi, Just to alert people to the launch of the latest (and quite excellent, if I do say so myself! :D) NewCon Press anthology, Subterfuge. The book features a cover by award winning artist Andy Bigwood and fifteen original stories, themed on Subterfuge: A clever device or strategy used to...

I'm looking forward to seeing Asher's new collection of stories, The Gabble. :cool:

I finished Gridlinked last night and thought it was a good book for a debut novel. A few things bothered me about the book and I would like to ask someone who is more clued up on the series as I have only read this book by Asher: ****SPOILERS AHEAD**** At the end of the book when...

Here, check out fantasybookcritic where there's a Line War giveaway. There's also an interview with me to be found, which will soon be updated.

Well, just started reading this (after a dissapointing Banks:Matter) and seems good so far. I read Cowl a few months back, didnt realise at that time there was a whole Universe to read at the time (very nice to find that out btw!). I finished Gridlinked a week or so back - good book though...

It's quite a tough choice. My personal favorite keeps changing, but at the moment I would certainly say Brass Man is my favorite - Mr Crane is such a wonderful character, it just managed to sneak ahead of The Skinner. You?

I think this is relevant to this thread... For anyone who is in the area, there’s to be a bit of a do at Heffers Bookshop in the Grafton Centre, Cambridge, on 2nd November starting at 6.30pm. Numerous writers, including me, will be there to sign books and generally wander around and chat...