![]() McAuley has also used biotechnology and nanotechnology themes in near-future settings: Fairyland describes a dystopian, war-torn Europe where genetically engineered "dolls" are used as disposable slaves. Ībout the same time, he published Pasquale's Angel, set in an alternative Italian Renaissance and featuring Niccolò Machiavegli ( Machiavelli) and Leonardo da Vinci as major characters. Tipler's Omega Point Theory (that the universe seems to be evolving toward a maximum degree of complexity and consciousness) as one of its themes. The Confluence series, set in an even more distant future (about ten million years from now), is one of a number of novels to use Frank J. Red Dust, set on a far-future Mars colonized by the Chinese, is a planetary romance featuring many emerging technologies and SF motifs: nanotechnology, biotechnology, artificial intelligence, personality downloads, virtual reality. ![]() McAuley began with far-future space opera Four Hundred Billion Stars, its sequel Eternal Light, and the planetary-colony adventure Of the Fall. ![]() His novels dealing with themes such as biotechnology, alternative history/alternative reality, and space travel. A biologist by training, McAuley writes mostly hard science fiction. ![]() McAuley (born 23 April 1955) is a British botanist and science fiction author. ![]()
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