Sean McMullen
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Sean Christopher McMullen (born 1948 in Victoria) is an Australian science fiction and fantasy author. He has a degree in physics and history from Melbourne University (1974) and a postgraduate degree in library and information science. He was a professional musician in the 1970s, concentrating on singing and guitar 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 trilogy:
- Souls in the Great Machine (1999)
- The Miocene Arrow (2000, winner of the 2000 Aurealis Award for best science fiction novel)
- Eyes of the Calculor (2001)
He is currently working on The Moonworlds Saga, a fantasy series, with the following novels out so far:
Other books include:
- Call To The Edge (1992, collection)
- The Centurion's Empire (1998, winner of the 1998 Aurealis Award for best science fiction novel)
- Strange Constellations: A History of Australian Science Fiction (1998, non-fiction with Russell Blackford and Van Ikin, co-winner of the 2000 William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism or Review award)
- The MUP Encyclopaedia of Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy (1998, assistant editor with Paul Collins)[1]
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- ^ McMullen was "Assistant Editor" along with another Australian SF writer, Steven Paulsen.
