George Mann (writer)

George Mann is an author and editor, primarily in genre fiction. He was born in Darlington, County Durham in 1978. He works and lives in Nottinghamshire, England.^[1]

He is a former editor of Outland Magazine, and has also edited a number of anthologies including The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction (Volumes 1, 2 and 3), The Solaris Book of New Fantasy^[2] and two retrospective collections of Sexton Blake stories, Sexton Blake, Detective, which has an introduction by Michael Moorcock and Sexton Blake, Crime Fighter.^[3]

Mann is the author of The Human Abstract,^[4] The Severed Man, a novella in the series the Time Hunter, and co-author of the series finale; Child of Time.^[5]

He has also written numerous short stories, as well as original Doctor Who audiobooks. He is contracted to write a new Sherlock Holmes audiobook as well.^[6] The novels The Affinity Bridge and The Osiris Ritual marked the beginning of his 'Newbury and Hobbes' detective series.

Contents 1 Newbury & Hobbes & The Ghost 2 Bibliography 2.1 Novels 2.2 Novellas 2.3 Short stories 2.4 Short story collections 2.5 Non fiction 2.6 Audiobooks 2.7 as Editor 3 External links 4 References

Newbury & Hobbes & The Ghost

Mann has published three novels and several stories subtitled "A Newbury & Hobbes-" or "A Maurice Newbury investigations". These are steampunk adventures, set in Victorian England, featuring Sir Maurice Newbury, a gentleman "investigator for the Crown" (reminiscent of Mycroft Holmes), and his assistant Miss Veronica Hobbes who, unbeknownst to him, is an agent of the Queen as well. This is an ongoing series that will consist of at least six novels.^[7]

Although not part of the Newbury & Hobbes series, Mann successfully continued to expand upon its setting with the novel Ghosts of Manhattan and its sequel Ghosts of War which are set in New York during the Roaring Twenties; a future version of the Newbury & Hobbes universe. This series Mann has named The Ghost".^[8]

Bibliography

Novels

• The Human Abstract (ISBN 978-1903889657) (Telos, 2004)
• Doctor Who: Paradox Lost (ISBN 978-1849902359) (BBCbooks, 2011)

The Ghosts series

• Ghosts of Manhattan (ISBN 978-1906727161) (Snowbooks, 2010)
• Ghosts of War (ISBN 978-1616143671) (Pyr, 2011)

Newbury & Hobbes series

• The Hambleton Affair (Newbury and Hobbes short story) [appeared in the hardcover edition of The Affinity Bridge, free PDF available for download)^[9]
• The Affinity Bridge (ISBN 978-1905005888) (Snowbooks, 2008)
• The Osiris Ritual (ISBN 978-1906727048) (Snowbooks, 2009)
• The Shattered Teacup (Snowbooks, 2010) (free PDF eBook/Audiobook download)^[10]*
• The Immorality Engine (ISBN 978-1906727185) (Snowbooks, 2011)

Novellas

Time Hunter series

• The Severed Man (ISBN 978-1903889435) (Telos, 2004)
• Child of Time (ISBN 978-1845831042)(Telos, 2007) (with David J Howe)

Short stories

• Methuselah in Short Trips: Transmissions (Big Finish, 2008)
• The Hambleton Affair (Newbury and Hobbes short story) (Snowbooks, 2008; appeared in the hardcover edition of The Affinity Bridge]
• The Shattered Teacup (Newbury and Hobbes short story) (Snowbooks, 2010)
• "The Cull" in The Obverse Book of Ghosts (Obverse Books, 2010)
• Annabel Regina in Iris: Abroad (Obverse Books, 2010)
• Rise and Fall in 'Short trips: Volume 1' (Big Finish, 2010)

Short story collections

• The Sacrificial Pawn and Other Stories (Obverse Books, 2011)

Non fiction

• The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (ISBN 978-1841191775) (2001)
• The Gollancz Encyclopedia of SF Technology (ISBN 978-0575074217) (Gollancz, 2006)

Audiobooks

• The Pyralis Effect (Doctor Who: The Companion Chronicles) (ISBN 978-1844354276) (Big Finish, 2010)
• The Shattered Teacup (Newbury and Hobbes) (Snowbooks, 2010)
• Helion Rain (Warhammer 40000) (ISBN 184-9700176) (The Black Library, 2011)
• Child of Time (Time Hunter) (ISBN 978-1906263218) (Fantom Films Limited, 2011)
• Labyrinth of Sorrows (ISBN 978-1849701327) (The Black Library, 2012)

The Shattered Teacup was offered as a free download by Snowbooks, it has however since been removed from their website

as Editor

• The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction (ISBN 978-1844164486) (Solaris, 2007)
• The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, Volume Two (ISBN 978-1844165421) (Solaris, 2008)
• The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, Volume Three (ISBN 978-1844167098)(Solaris, 2009)
• The Solaris Book of New Fantasy (ISBN 978-1844165230) (Solaris, 2007)
• The Solaris Book of New Fantasy II (ISBN 978-1844167609) (Solaris, 2009)  
• Sexton Blake: Detective (ISBN 978-1906727413) (Snowbooks, 2009)
• Sexton Blake, Crime Fighter (ISBN 978-1906727499) (Snowbooks, 2010)

External links

• Official website
• George Mann at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

References

1. ^ "About the Author". Solaris Books. http://www.solarisbooks.com/titles/title_details/the_solaris_book_of_new_science_fiction_volume_three. 
2. ^ "authors/". Solaris Books. http://www.solarisbooks.com/authors/. 
3. ^ "About George Mann /". Snowbooks. http://www.snowbooks.com/author_Mann.html. 
4. ^ "The Human Abstract". Telos Publishing. http://www.telos.me.uk/searchResultItem.php?id=49. 
5. ^ "Time Hunter Novellas". Telos Publishing. http://www.telos.me.uk/category.php?id=1. 
6. ^ Holmes Released "Holmes Released". bigfinish.com. http://www.bigfinish.com/news/Holmes-Released Holmes Released. 
7. ^ "George Mann's Newbury and Hobbes six volumes all contracted for publication". Fantasy Book Critic. http://fantasybookcritic.blogspot.com/2009/05/george-manns-newbury-and-hobbes-series.html. 
8. ^ "The Ghost". George Mann. http://georgemann.wordpress.com/the-ghost/. 
9. ^ "The Hambleton Affair.". sfsignal.com. http://www.sfsignal.com/TheHambletonAffair.pdf. 
10. ^ "The Shattered Teacup". Snowbooks. http://www.snowbooks.com/teacupe.pdf. 

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