Neal L. Asher
Neal L. Asher
b. 4 February 1961 · From United Kingdom- Books
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Neal Asher is an English science fiction writer, born in Billericay, Essex. He began publishing short stories in 1989, and his first novel, Gridlinked (2001), opened the Agent Cormac series. Most of his work is set in the Polity, a future history ruled by artificial intelligences and populated by androids, hive minds and aliens, spanning the Agent Cormac, Spatterjay, Transformation and Rise of the Jain sequences as well as standalone novels such as Prador Moon and Shadow of the Scorpion. He divides his time between Essex and Crete.
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Prador Moon
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Polity Universe (chronological) #1
Dark intelligence
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Transformation #1
The Line of Polity
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Polity Universe (chronological) #4
Shadow of the Scorpion
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Polity Universe (chronological) #2
Gridlinked
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Polity Universe (chronological) #3Series
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While many of Neal Asher's Polity novels can be read as standalones, a good starting point for the main narrative arc is Gridlinked, followed by The Line of Polity and Brass Man. For a chronological experience, some readers prefer to begin with Shadow of the Scorpion or Prador Moon, which are prequels.
Neal Asher is known for his intricate world-building within the Polity universe, featuring advanced AI, diverse alien species, and high-octane action sequences. His work often explores themes of transhumanism and the nature of consciousness within a hard science fiction framework.
Neal Asher's novel The Skinner was nominated for the British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel in 2003. While he has not won major awards, his work is consistently popular among fans of space opera.