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Neal Asher

Neal Asher

Asher, Neal Lewis

February 4, 1961 (age 65)

Birth place: Billericay, Essex, England, UK

117 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
1989 33 Short Fiction Another England Back Brain Recluse, Autumn 1989
1992 18 Short Fiction The Gire and the Bibrat Premonitions, Winter 1992
November 1992 4 Short Fiction Mason's Rats Orion #2, November 1992
1993 46 Short Fiction The Great African Vampire Premonitions, Summer 1993
October 1993 10 Short Fiction Wood-Smith Threads, October 1993
1994 16 Short Fiction Cavefish The Third Alternative, Winter 1994/95
January 1994 19 Short Fiction Adaptogenic Threads, January 1994
February 1994 39 Short Fiction Stinging Things Grotesque, # 4
April 1994 17 Short Fiction Blue Holes and Bloody Waters Threads, April 1994
July 1994 5 Serial Africa Zero (Part 1 of 3) Threads, July 1994
October 1994 5 Serial Africa Zero (Part 2 of 3) Threads, October 1994
December 1994 153 Short Fiction Dragon in the Flower Focus, #27
1995 12 Short Fiction Death, The Pilot & The Diamond Works, #10
February 1995 37 Short Fiction Oceana Foods Grotesque, # 7
March 1995 5 Serial Africa Zero (Part 3 of 3) Threads, March 1995
May 1995 5 Short Fiction Spatterjay Grotesque, #8
1996 49 Short Fiction The Bacon Threads, Winter 1996
1996 2 Serial The Halfman's Cellar (Part 1 of 2) Scheherazade 13
1996 37 Serial The Halfman's Cellar (Part 2 of 2) Scheherazade 14
February 1996 39 Short Fiction Snairls Grotesque, #10
February 1997 37 Short Fiction Stones of Straw Threads, February 1997
1999 3 Short Fiction The Gurnard Kimota, Winter 1999
April 1999 48 Short Fiction Putrefactors Zest, Summer 1999
May 1999 11|11 Essay Getting There Focus, #35
2000 3 Short Fiction The Torbeast's Prison Kimota, Autumn 2000
January 2000 25 Short Fiction Choudapt Sci-Fright, Issue #6
May 2000 7|7 Essay Re-Write Focus, #37
August 2000 8 Short Fiction A Reasonable Facsimile The Zone, Summer 2000
November 2000 8|8 Essay Music Please Focus, #38
2001 59 Review Gridlinked The Third Alternative, #27
May 2001 13 Essay Censor Censorship Focus, #39
July 2001 12 Interview An Interview with Neal Asher Vector 218
July 2001 17 Review Gridlinked Vector 218
July 2001 38 Short Fiction The Sea of Death Interzone, July 2001
September 2001 58 Short Fiction Tiger Tiger Kimota, Autumn 2001
November 2001 4 Essay How It Happens Focus, #40
May 2002 33 Review Gridlinked Vector 223
May 2002 17 Essay Rabid (Focus 41) Focus, #41
May 2002 16 Short Fiction Snow in the Desert Spectrum SF, #8 May
June 2002 38|38.3 Review The Skinner Albedo One, #25, 2002
August 2002 58 Review The Skinner Interzone, August 2002
August 2002 25 Review The Skinner Locus, #499 August 2002
October 2002 27|27.0 Review Snow in the Desert Chronicle, #229 October 2002
November 2002 18 Essay Rabid (Focus 42) Focus, #42
February 2003 137 Review The Skinner Analog Science Fiction and Fact, February 2003
May 2003 19 Essay Cities in Flight Focus, #43
May 2003 19 Review The Line of Polity Vector 229
June 2003 2 Short Fiction The Thrake Hadrosaur Tales, 16
July 2003 23 Review The Line of Polity Locus, #510 July 2003
July 2003 31 Review The Skinner Vector 230
August 2003 27 Review Gridlinked Locus, #511 August 2003
November 2003 15 Essay Rebrand the Brand Focus, #44
March 2004 26 Review Cowl Vector 234
March 2004 56 Review Cowl Locus, #518 March 2004
May 2004 20 Essay SF Archaeology Focus, #45
May 2004 33 Review The Line of Polity Vector 235
June 2004 46 Short Fiction The Veteran Asimov's Science Fiction, June 2004
September 2004 35 Review The Skinner Vector 237
November 2004 20|20.1 Essay Not Immortal Focus, #46
December 2004 96 Short Fiction Strood Asimov's Science Fiction, December 2004
2005 4 Short Fiction Laura's Knot Scheherazade 28
May 2005 15 Review Brass Man Vector 241
May 2005 20 Essay Super Trooper Focus, #47
July 2005 25 Review Brass Man Locus, #534 July 2005
July 2005 15 Short Fiction Garp & Geronamid Interzone, July-August 2005
August 2005 30 Short Fiction Softly Spoke the Gabbleduck Asimov's Science Fiction, August 2005
August 2005 100 Review The Skinner Cemetery Dance, #52, 2005
September 2005 22 Review The Skinner Deep Magic, #40, September 2005
November 2005 20 Essay Literature Focus, #48
March 2006 20 Short Fiction The Gabble Asimov's Science Fiction, March 2006
March 2006 23 Review The Voyage of the Sable Keech Vector 246
March 2006 23 Review The Voyage of the Sable Keech Locus, #542 March 2006
April 2006 76 Interview Neal Asher interviewed Interzone, April 2006
May 2006 20 Essay Hype and Agendas Focus, #49
June 2006 1026 Short Fiction Check Elastic Before Jumping Nature, June 22, 2006
July 2006 32 Review Brass Man Vector 248
July 2006 23 Review Prador Moon Locus, #546 July 2006
July 2006 21 Review The Engineer ReConditioned The New York Review of Science Fiction, July 2006
September 2006 118 Review The Voyage of the Sable Keech Cemetery Dance, #56
January 2007 19 Review Polity Agent Vector 250
January 2007 23 Review Polity Agent Locus, #552 January 2007
February 2007 64 Review Polity Agent Interzone, February 2007
March 2007 68 Review Africa Zero Locus, #554 March 2007
April 2007 4 Essay 25 IZ (25 Years of Interzone) Interzone, April 2007
April 2007 138 Review Brass Man Analog Science Fiction and Fact, April 2007
June 2007 93 Short Fiction Alien Archaeology Asimov's Science Fiction, June 2007
December 2007 1126 Short Fiction Recoper Nature, December 13, 2007
2008 30 Review Prador Moon Vector 255 Spring 2008
January 2008 Short Fiction Acephalous Dreams Escape Pod, EP139
August 2008 21 Review Hilldiggers Locus, #571 August 2008
October 2008 23 Review Line War Locus, #573 October 2008
January 2009 21 Review Shadow of the Scorpion Locus, #576 January 2009
February 2009 54 Review The Gabble and Other Stories Interzone, February 2009
March 2009 21 Review Shadow of the Scorpion Locus, #578 March 2009
May 2009 Review Shadow of the Scorpion StarShipSofa, No 83
July 2009 Review Orbus StarShipSofa, No 95
October 2009 Review Orbus Strange Horizons, 26 October 2009
2011 40 Review The Technician Vector 266 Spring 2011
January 2011 59 Review The Technician Locus, #600 January 2011
October 2011 23 Review The Departure Locus, #609 October 2011
April 2013 14 Short Fiction The Other Gun Asimov's Science Fiction, April-May 2013
May 2013 22 Review Zero Point Locus, #628 May 2013
October 2013 36 Short Fiction Memories of Earth Asimov's Science Fiction, October-November 2013
November 2013 |12 Review The Departure Bewildering Stories, 11 November 2013
February 2014 21 Review Jupiter War Locus, #637 February 2014
November 2014 106 Review Jupiter War Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November 2014
January 2015 19 Review Dark Intelligence Locus, #648 January 2015
July 2016 19 Review War Factory Locus, #666 July 2016
June 2017 17 Review Infinity Engine Locus, #677 June 2017
May 2018 20 Review The Soldier Locus, #688 May 2018
January 2020 14 Short Fiction An Alien on Crete Asimov's Science Fiction, January-February 2020
February 2020 32 Short Fiction The Host Clarkesworld, February 2020
May 2020 38 Short Fiction Moral Biology Analog Science Fiction and Fact, May-June 2020
July 2020 203 Review The Human Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July-August 2020
November 2020 206 Review The Soldier Asimov's Science Fiction, November-December 2020
May 2021 203 Review Lockdown Tales Analog Science Fiction & Fact, May-June 2021
May 2021 35 Short Fiction Longevity Averaging Analog Science Fiction & Fact, May-June 2021

41 English-language books

Year Type Title Author(s)
1999 Collection Runcible Tales Neal Asher
2001 Novel Gridlinked Neal Asher
2002 Novel The Skinner Neal Asher
2003 Novel The Line of Polity Neal Asher
2004 Novel Cowl Neal Asher
2005 Novel Africa Zero Neal Asher
2005 Novel Brass Man Neal Asher
2006 Novel Polity Agent Neal Asher
2006 Novel Prador Moon Neal Asher
2006 Collection The Engineer ReConditioned Neal Asher
2006 Novel The Voyage of the Sable Keech Neal Asher
2007 Novel Hilldiggers Neal Asher
2008 Novel Line War Neal Asher
2008 Novel Shadow of the Scorpion Neal Asher
2008 Collection The Gabble and Other Stories Neal Asher
2009 Novel Orbus Neal Asher
2010 Novel The Technician Neal Asher
2011 Chapbook Snow in the Desert Neal Asher
2011 Novel The Departure Neal Asher
2012 Novel Zero Point Neal Asher
2013 Novel Jupiter War Neal Asher
2014 Omnibus The Complete Owner Trilogy Neal Asher
2015 Novel Dark Intelligence Neal Asher
2016 Novel War Factory Neal Asher
2017 Novel Infinity Engine Neal Asher
2018 Novel Mindgames: Fool's Mate Neal Asher
2018 Collection Owning the Future Neal Asher
2018 Novel The Parasite Neal Asher
2018 Novel The Soldier Neal Asher
2019 Novel The Warship Neal Asher
2020 Collection Lockdown Tales Neal Asher
2020 Chapbook The Bosch Neal Asher
2020 Novel The Human Neal Asher
2021 Novel Jack Four Neal Asher
2022 Novel Weaponized Neal Asher
2023 Collection Fantastical Neal Asher
2023 Chapbook Jenny Trapdoor Neal Asher
2023 Collection Lockdown Tales II Neal Asher
2023 Novel War Bodies Neal Asher
2024 Novel World Walkers Neal Asher
2025 Novel Dark Diamond Neal Asher

Middle name via 'International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004'.
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