Sean McMullen
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Sean Christopher McMullen (born midnight 21 December 1948 in Sale, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
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) is an Australia
Australia
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n 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...

 and fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...

 author.

Biography

McMullen has a degree in physics
Physics
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 and history
History
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 from Melbourne University (1974), a postgraduate degree in library
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 and information science
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, and a PhD in Medieval Literature
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. He was a professional musician
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 in the 1970s, concentrating on singing
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 and guitar
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 playing.

His first novel was originally published in Australia as two separate books, Voices In The Light (1994) and Mirrorsun Rising (1995). They were rewritten and combined for a publication in the US as Souls In The Great Machine (1999), which, in turn, became the first volume of the Greatwinter
Greatwinter
The Greatwinter Series is a series of science fiction novels by Sean McMullen. In Australia, the home country of the author, the first book was released as two separate novels, Voices in the Light and Mirrorsun Rising...

 trilogy, a unique mix of the generally anti-genres Steampunk
Steampunk
Steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction, fantasy, alternate history, and speculative fiction that came into prominence during the 1980s and early 1990s. Steampunk involves a setting where steam power is still widely used—usually Victorian era Britain or "Wild West"-era United...

 and Cyberpunk
Cyberpunk
Cyberpunk is a postmodern and science fiction genre noted for its focus on "high tech and low life." The name is a portmanteau of cybernetics and punk, and was originally coined by Bruce Bethke as the title of his short story "Cyberpunk," published in 1983...

.

Novels

Greatwinter
Greatwinter
The Greatwinter Series is a series of science fiction novels by Sean McMullen. In Australia, the home country of the author, the first book was released as two separate novels, Voices in the Light and Mirrorsun Rising...

  • Souls in the Great Machine
    Souls in the Great Machine
    Souls in the Great Machine, by Sean McMullen, is the first book in the post-apocalyptic Greatwinter Trilogy. The book was published in June 1999....

     (1999, a rewritten version of Voices in the Light and Mirrorsun Rising)
  • The Miocene Arrow
    The Miocene Arrow
    The Miocene Arrow is a post-apocalyptic novel by Sean McMullen. It is the middle book of the Greatwinter trilogy.-Plot summary:In isolated pockets of what used to be America, humans fight stylized duels in small, biodiesel-powered airplanes...

     (2000)
  • Eyes of the Calculor
    Eyes of the Calculor
    Eyes of the Calculor is a post-apocalyptic novel by Sean McMullen published in 2001. It is the third part of the Greatwinter trilogy.-Plot:Mirrorsun, which orbits earth and prevents electrical machines from functioning, had been defunct for some time...

     (2001)


The Moonworlds Saga
The Moonworlds Saga
The Moonworlds Saga is a series of fantasy books written by Sean McMullen. It consists of the following novels:* Voyage of the Shadowmoon * Glass Dragons * Voidfarer * The Time Engine...

  • Voyage of the Shadowmoon
    Voyage Of The Shadowmoon
    Voyage of the Shadowmoon is the title of the first book in the The Moonworlds Saga fantasy series by Sean McMullen. The novel was first published in New York in October, 2002.-Plot introduction:...

     (2002)
  • Glass Dragons
    Glass Dragons
    Glass Dragons is a 2004 novel, second in the series The Moonworlds Saga by Sean McMullen.-Plot summary:The use of the weapon in the first book has led to storms that sweep the planet and make travel by sea nearly impossible. A group of magicians thinks it has the way to stop the storms: Dragonwall,...

     (2004)
  • Voidfarer
    Voidfarer
    Voidfarer is a fantasy book by Sean McMullen released in 2006. It is part of his series The Moonworlds Saga....

     (2006)
  • The Time Engine
    The Time Engine
    The Time Engine is a fantasy book by Sean McMullen released in 2008. It is the last part of his series The Moonworlds Saga....

     (2008)


Other novels
  • Voices in the Light (1994)
  • Mirrorsun Rising (1995)
  • The Centurion's Empire
    The Centurion's Empire
    The Centurion's Empire is a 1998 science fiction novel by Sean McMullen. It won the 1998 Aurealis Award for best science fiction novel.-Plot:...

     (1998)
  • The Ancient Hero (2004, part of the Quentaris Chronicles)
  • Before the Storm (2007)

Non-fiction

  • The MUP Encyclopaedia of Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy (1998, assistant editor with Paul Collins)
  • Strange Constellations: A History of Australian Science Fiction (1999 with Russell Blackford
    Russell Blackford
    Russell Blackford is an Australian writer, philosopher, and critic, based for many years in Melbourne, Victoria. He was born in Sydney, and grew up in Lake Macquarie district, near Newcastle, NSW. He moved to Melbourne in 1979, but returned to Newcastle to live and work in 2009.-Writing career:As a...

     and Van Ikin
    Van Ikin
    Van Ikin is an academic and science fiction writer and editor. He is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Western Australia, and has acted as supervisor for several Australian writers completing their post-graduate degrees and doctorates - including science fiction and fantasy writers...

    )

Short fiction

  • "At the Focus" (1986 with Paul Collins
    Paul Collins (fantasy writer)
    Paul Collins is an Australian writer and editor who specializes in science fiction and fantasy.Collins has written many books for younger readers...

    ) in Eidolon Spring 1990 (ed. Jeremy G. Byrne)
  • "The Deciad" (1986) in Call to the Edge
  • "The Colors of the Masters" (1988) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
    The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
    The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction is a digest-size American fantasy and science fiction magazine first published in 1949 by Mystery House and then by Fantasy House. Both were subsidiaries of Lawrence Spivak's Mercury Publications, which took over as publisher in 1958. Spilogale, Inc...

     March 1988 (ed. Edward L. Ferman
    Edward L. Ferman
    Edward Lewis Ferman was an American science fiction and fantasy fiction editor and magazine publisher.Ferman is the son of Joseph W...

    )
  • "While the Gate Is Open" (1990) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 1990 (ed. Edward L. Ferman)
  • "Alone in His Chariot" (1991) in Eidolon Summer 1991 (ed. Jeremy G. Byrne)
  • "The Dominant Style" (1991) in Aurealis
    Aurealis
    Aurealis is a Australian speculative fiction magazine published by Chimaera Publications. The magazine was launched in September 1990 to provide a market for speculative fiction writers, with a particular emphasis on raising the profile of Australian authors.In 1995 the magazine instituted the...

     #4 (ed. Stephen Higgins, Dirk Strasser)
  • "The Eyes of the Green Lancer" (1992) in Call to the Edge
  • "Destroyer of Illusions" (1992) in Call to the Edge
  • "The Porphyric Plague" (1992) in Intimate Armageddons (ed. Bill Congreve
    Bill Congreve
    -Biography:Congreve's first work was published in 1987 with his short story "Collector" which was featured in the Summer 1986/1987 edition of Aphelion Science Fiction Magazine. In 1992 Congreve's first edited anthology was released by Five Islands Press, featuring a short story and introduction by...

    )
  • "Pax Romana" (1992) in Call to the Edge
  • "The Devils of Langenhagen" (1992) in Call to the Edge
  • "An Empty Wheelhouse" (1992) in Analog Science Fiction and Fact
    Analog Science Fiction and Fact
    Analog Science Fiction and Fact is an American science fiction magazine. As of 2011, it is the longest running continuously published magazine of that genre...

     January 1992 (ed. Stanley Schmidt
    Stanley Schmidt
    Stanley Albert Schmidt is an American science fiction author. Since 1978 he has been the editor of the SF magazine Analog Science Fiction and Fact.-Biography:...

    )
  • "Souls in the Great Machine" (1992) in Universe 2 (ed. Karen Haber
    Karen Haber
    Karen Haber is a science fiction and non-fiction author and editor, as well an art critic and historian. She is the author of nine novels including Star Trek Voyager: Bless the Beasts, and co-author of Science of the X-Men...

    , Robert Silverberg
    Robert Silverberg
    Robert Silverberg is an American author, best known for writing science fiction. He is a multiple nominee of the Hugo Award and a winner of the Nebula Award.-Early years:...

    )
  • "The Glasken Chronicles" (1992) in Eidolon Autumn 1992 (ed. Jeremy G. Byrne)
  • "Pacing the Nightmare" (1992) in Interzone May 1992 (ed. David Pringle
    David Pringle
    David Pringle is a Scottish science fiction editor.Pringle served as the editor of Foundation, an academic journal, from 1980 through 1986, during which time he became one of the prime movers of the collective which founded Interzone in 1982...

    , Lee Montgomerie)
  • "A Greater Vision" (1992) in Analog Science Fiction and Fact October 1992 (ed. Stanley Schmidt)
  • "The Way to Greece" (1993) in Eidolon Winter 1993 (ed. Jeremy G. Byrne, Jonathan Strahan
    Jonathan Strahan
    Jonathan Strahan is an editor and publisher of science fiction. His family moved to Perth, Western Australia in 1968, and he graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Arts in 1986....

    )
  • "Charon's Anchor" (1993) in Aurealis #12 (ed. Stephen Higgins, Dirk Strasser)
  • "The Miocene Arrow" (1994) in Alien Shores: An Anthology of Australian Science Fiction (ed. Peter McNamara, Margaret Winch)
  • "The Blondefire Genome" (1994) in The Lottery: Nine Science Fiction Stories (ed. Lucy Sussex)
  • "A Ring of Green Fire" (1994) in Interzone November 1994 (ed. David Pringle, Lee Montgomerie)
  • "Lucky Jonglar" (1996) in Dream Weavers
    Dream Weavers (anthology)
    Dream Weavers is a 1996 fantasy anthology edited by Paul Collins.-Background:Dream Weavers was first published in September 1996 by Penguin Books in trade paperback format. It was a short-list nominee for the 1997 Ditmar Award for best long fiction but lost to Lucy Sussex' The Scarlet Rider. Dream...

     (ed. Paul Collins)
  • "The Weakest Link" (1996, written as Roger Wilcox) in Dream Weavers (ed. Paul Collins)
  • "Slow Famine" (1996) in Interzone May 1996 (ed. David Pringle)
  • "Queen of Soulmates" (1998) in Dreaming Down-Under
    Dreaming Down-Under
    Dreaming Down-Under is a 1998 speculative fiction anthology edited by Jack Dann and Janeen Webb-Background:Dreaming Down-Under was first published in Australia in November 1998 by Voyager Books in trade paperback format....

     (ed. Jack Dann
    Jack Dann
    Jack Dann is an American writer best known for his science fiction, an editor and a writing teacher, who has lived in Australia since 1994. He has published over seventy books, in the majority of cases as editor or co-editor of story anthologies in the science fiction, fantasy and horror genres...

    , Janeen Webb
    Janeen Webb
    Janeen Webb is an Australian writer, critic, and editor working mainly in the field of science fiction and fantasy.-Biography:...

    )
  • "Chronicler" (1998) in Fantastic Worlds (ed. Paul Collins)
  • "Rule of the People" (1998) in Aurealis #20/21, (ed. Stephen Higgins, Dirk Strasser)
  • "Souls in the Great machine" (1999) an excerpt in The Centurion's Empire
  • "New Words of Power" (1999) in Interzone August 1999 (ed. David Pringle)
  • "Colours of the Soul" (2000) in Interzone February 2000 (ed. David Pringle)
  • "Unthinkable" (2000) in Analog Science Fiction and Fact June 2000 (ed. Stanley Schmidt)
  • "Mask of Terminus" (2000) in Analog Science Fiction and Fact October 2000 (ed. Stanley Schmidt)
  • "Voice of Steel" (2001)
  • "Tower of Wings" (2001) in Analog Science Fiction and Fact December 2001 (ed. Stanley Schmidt)
  • "SVYAGATOR" (2002) in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #3 (ed. Ian Nichols)
  • "Walk to the Full Moon" (2002) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
    The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
    The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction is a digest-size American fantasy and science fiction magazine first published in 1949 by Mystery House and then by Fantasy House. Both were subsidiaries of Lawrence Spivak's Mercury Publications, which took over as publisher in 1958. Spilogale, Inc...

     December 2002 (ed. Gordon Van Gelder
    Gordon Van Gelder
    Gordon Van Gelder is a Hugo Award-winning American science fiction editor. As of 2008, Van Gelder is both editor and publisher of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, for which he has twice won the Hugo Award for Best Editor Short Form...

    )
  • "The Cascade" (2004) in Agog! Smashing Stories
    Agog! Smashing Stories
    Agog! Smashing Stories is a 2004 speculative fiction anthology edited by Cat Sparks.-Background:Agog! Smashing Stories was first published in Australia in 2004 by Agog! Press in trade paperback format. It was a short-list nominee for best collected work at the 2005 Ditmar Awards but lost to Black...

     (ed. Cat Sparks)
  • "The Empire of the Willing" (2005) in Future Washington (ed. Ernest Lilley)
  • "The Engines of Arcadia" (2006) in Futureshocks (ed. Lou Anders
    Lou Anders
    Lou Anders is an American editor, author and journalist, primarily of science fiction/fantasy novels, articles and short stories.-Biography and journalism:...

    )
  • "The Twilight Year" (2008) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 2008 (ed. Gordon Van Gelder)
  • "The Constant Past" (2008) in Dreaming Again (ed. Jack Dann)
  • "The Spiral Briar" (2009) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April–May 2009 (ed. Gordon Van Gelder)
  • "The Art of the Dragon" (2009) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August–September 2009 (ed. Gordon Van Gelder)

Essays

  • Beyond Our Shores (1990) in Eidolon Winter 1990
  • The High Brick Wall (1990) in Eidolon Spring 1990 (ed. Jeremy G. Byrne)
  • Not In Print but Worth Millions (1991) in Eidolon Winter 1991 (ed. Jeremy G. Byrne)
  • Book Review (1991) in Aurealis #5 (ed. Stephen Higgins, Dirk Strasser)
  • Going Commercial and Becoming Professional (1991) in Eidolon Spring 1991 (ed. Jeremy G. Byrne)
  • Australian SF Art Turns 50 (1992) in Eidolon Summer 1992 (ed. Jonathan Strahan, Jeremy G. Byrne)
  • Far from Void: The History of Australian SF Magazines (1992) in Aurealis #7 (ed. Stephen Higgins, Dirk Strasser)
  • Skirting the Frontier (1992) in Eidolon Autumn 1992 (ed. Jeremy G. Byrne)
  • Showcase or Leading Edge: Australian SF Anthologies 1968-1990 (1992) in Aurealis #9, (ed. Stephen Higgins, Dirk Strasser)
  • From Science Fantasy to Galileo (1992) in Eidolon Spring 1992 (ed. Jeremy G. Byrne, Jonathan Strahan)
  • Australian Content: The State of Quarantine (1993) in Eidolon Summer 1993 (ed. Jeremy G. Byrne, Jonathan Strahan)
  • Australian Content: Suffering for Someone Else's Art (1993) in Eidolon Autumn 1993 (ed. Jonathan Strahan, Jeremy G. Byrne)
  • Protection, Liberation and the Cold, Dangerous Universe: The Great Australian SF Renaissance (1993) in Aurealis #11, (ed. Stephen Higgins, Dirk Strasser)
  • No Science Fiction Please, We're Australian (1993) in Eidolon Winter 1993 (ed. Jeremy G. Byrne, Jonathan Strahan)
  • The Quest for Australian Fantasy (1994, with Steven Paulsen
    Steven Paulsen
    Steven Paulsen is a prize winning Australian writer of science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction whose work has been published in books, magazines, journals and newspapers around the world...

    ) in Aurealis #13, (ed. Stephen Higgins, Dirk Strasser)
  • Australian Content: The Great Transition (1994) in Eidolon Winter 1994 (ed. Jonathan Strahan, Jeremy G. Byrne)
  • The Hunt for Australian Horror Fiction (1994, with Steven Paulsen
    Steven Paulsen
    Steven Paulsen is a prize winning Australian writer of science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction whose work has been published in books, magazines, journals and newspapers around the world...

    ) in Aurealis #14 (ed. Stephen Higgins, Dirk Strasser)
  • A History of Australian Horror (1995, with Bill Congreve and Steve Paulsen) in Bonescribes: Year's Best Australian Horror: 1995 (ed. Bill Congreve, Robert Hood
    Rob Hood
    Robert Hood is an Australian writer and editor recognised as one of Australia's leading horror writers. He has published five young adult novels, three collections of his short fiction, fifteen children's books and over 100 short stories in anthologies and magazines in Australia and overseas...

    )
  • SF in Australia (1995, with Terry Dowling
    Terry Dowling
    Terence William Dowling, born at Lystra Private Hospital , is an Australian writer, freelance journalist, award-winning critic, editor, game designer and reviewer...

    ) in Locus
    Locus (magazine)
    Locus, subtitled "The Magazine Of The Science Fiction & Fantasy Field", is published monthly in Oakland, California. It reports on the science fiction and fantasy publishing field, including comprehensive listings of all new books published in the genre. It is considered the news organ and trade...

     January 1995 (ed. Charles N. Brown
    Charles N. Brown
    Charles Nikki Brown was the co-founder and editor of Locus, the long-running news and reviews magazine covering the genres of science fiction and fantasy literature. He was born on June 24, 1937 in Brooklyn, New York. He attended City College until 1956, when he joined the military ; he served in...

    )
  • Australian Content: Recognition Australian Style (1995) in Eidolon Summer 1995 (ed. Jeremy G. Byrne)
  • Australia: Australian Contemporary Fantasy (1997, with Steven Paulsen
    Steven Paulsen
    Steven Paulsen is a prize winning Australian writer of science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction whose work has been published in books, magazines, journals and newspapers around the world...

    )
  • George Turner and the Nova Mob (1997) in Eidolon, Issue 25/26 Spring 1997 (ed. Jonathan Strahan, Jeremy G. Byrne, Richard Scriven)
  • The Road to 1996 (1998, with Terry Dowling) in Nebula Awards 32 (ed. Jack Dann)
  • The British Benchmark (1999) in Interzone August 1999 (ed. David Pringle)
  • Time Travel, Times Scapes, and Timescape (2000, with Russell Blackford
    Russell Blackford
    Russell Blackford is an Australian writer, philosopher, and critic, based for many years in Melbourne, Victoria. He was born in Sydney, and grew up in Lake Macquarie district, near Newcastle, NSW. He moved to Melbourne in 1979, but returned to Newcastle to live and work in 2009.-Writing career:As a...

    , Alison Goodman
    Alison Goodman
    Alison Goodman is an Australian writer based in Melbourne.Goodman came to attention with her debut novel Singing the Dogstar Blues...

    , Damien Broderick
    Damien Broderick
    Damien Francis Broderick is an Australian science fiction and popular science writer. His science fiction novel The Judas Mandala is sometimes credited with the first appearance of the term "virtual reality," and his 1997 popular science book The Spike was the first to investigate the...

    , Aubrey Townsend, Gregory Benford
    Gregory Benford
    Gregory Benford is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is on the faculty of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine...

    ) in The New York Review of Science Fiction
    The New York Review of Science Fiction
    The New York Review of Science Fiction is a monthly literary journal of science fiction that was established in 1988. It includes works of science fiction criticism, essays, and in-depth critical reviews of new works of fiction and scholarship. It is published by Dragon Press and the managing...

     August 2000, (ed. Kathryn Cramer
    Kathryn Cramer
    Kathryn Elizabeth Cramer is an American science fiction author, editor, and literary critic.- Life :Cramer grew up in Seattle, and currently lives in Pleasantville, New York with her husband David G. Hartwell and their two children. She is the daughter of physicist John G. Cramer...

    , David G. Hartwell
    David G. Hartwell
    David Geddes Hartwell is an American editor of science fiction and fantasy. He has worked for Signet , Berkley Putnam , Pocket , and Tor Books David Geddes Hartwell (b. July 10, 1941) is an American editor of science fiction and fantasy. He has worked for Signet (1971–1973), Berkley Putnam...

    , Kevin J. Maroney)
  • 25 (Celebrating 25 Years of Interzone) (2007) in Interzone September–October 2007 (ed. Andrew Hedgecock, Jetse de Vries, Andy Cox)

Awards

Ditmar Awards

1991 Best Australian Short Fiction - While the Gate is Open

1992 Best Short Fiction - Alone in His Chariot; William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism - Going Commercial

1993 William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism - Australian SF Art Turns 50

1996 Best Australian Long Fiction - Mirrorsun Rising; William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism - The Hunt for Australian Horror Fiction (together with Steven Paulsen
Steven Paulsen
Steven Paulsen is a prize winning Australian writer of science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction whose work has been published in books, magazines, journals and newspapers around the world...

 and Bill Congreve)

1998 William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism - Fantasy in Australia (together with Steven Paulsen
Steven Paulsen
Steven Paulsen is a prize winning Australian writer of science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction whose work has been published in books, magazines, journals and newspapers around the world...

)

2000 William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism - Strange Constellations (together with Van Ikin and Russell Blackford)

Aurealis Awards

1998 Best Novel - The Centurion's Empire

2001 Best Novel - The Miocene Arrow

2003 Best Short Story -Walk to the Moon

Analog
Analog Science Fiction and Fact
Analog Science Fiction and Fact is an American science fiction magazine. As of 2011, it is the longest running continuously published magazine of that genre...

 Reader's Award


2002 Best Novellette - Tower of Wings

Nova Fantastyka Reader's Award

2003 Best Foreign Story - Voice of Steel

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