Patrick Tilley
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Patrick Tilley is a British
science fiction
author best known for The Amtrak Wars
series of books - a futureworld epic set on the eve of the third millennium in a world emerging from the ravages of a dimly understood global holocaust. The name "Amtrak" - appropriated by a specific group of survivors - is a name remembered from what is called "The Old Time". Contrary to what has been suggested, the author, his literary agents, and publishers have never been contacted by the current Amtrak
organisation over an infringement of trademark .
Interviews with the author via his own website were removed when the forum section was terminated at his own request. The Forum section of the website has now been made available again.
United Kingdom
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science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
author best known for The Amtrak Wars
The Amtrak Wars
The Amtrak Wars is a series of novels written by British author Patrick Tilley. The series is a post-apocalyptic science fiction with some fantasy elements such as the existence of magic. Six novels and an illustrated companion guidebook were published between 1983 and 1990, with additional books...
series of books - a futureworld epic set on the eve of the third millennium in a world emerging from the ravages of a dimly understood global holocaust. The name "Amtrak" - appropriated by a specific group of survivors - is a name remembered from what is called "The Old Time". Contrary to what has been suggested, the author, his literary agents, and publishers have never been contacted by the current Amtrak
Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971, to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States. "Amtrak" is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "track". It is headquartered at Union...
organisation over an infringement of trademark .
Interviews with the author via his own website were removed when the forum section was terminated at his own request. The Forum section of the website has now been made available again.
The Amtrak Wars
- Cloud Warrior (1983)
- First Family (1985)
- Iron Master (1987)
- Blood River (1988)
- Death-Bringer (1989)
- Earth-Thunder (1990)
Other novels
- Fade-Out (1975)
- Mission (1981)
- Xan (1986)
- Star Wartz (1995)