Gary Gibson (author)

Gary Gibson (born in 1965) is a science fiction author from Glasgow, Scotland.

After studying Sociology, History and Politics at the Glasgow Caledonian University, Gary Gibson worked as a "small press" comics magazine editor^[1][2] before following courses in desktop publishing and design and subsequently freelancing as a graphic designer.^[1][3]

After marrying Emma, Gibson relocated to Taiwan^[1] before moving back to Glasgow in 2010.^[4]

Gary Gibson has been writing since the age of fourteen^[2][3] and has published eight novels to date, four of which linked to each other to form the "Shoal Sequence".^[5]

He is a member of the Glasgow Science Fiction Writers Circle.^[1][6]

After publishing some short stories^[6] Gary Gibson saw his first novel, Angel Stations, released in 2004 by Tor,^[7] that was nominated in 2005 by the British Fantasy Society for the award for best novel of the year,^[8] which was eventually won by Stephen King with The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower.^[9]

He followed up the following year with Against Gravity,^[10] also nominated by the British Fantasy Society for the award for best novel of the year,^[8] won that year by Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys.^[9]

In 2007 Gibson published Stealing Light,^[11] the first novel of the trilogy The Shoal Sequence. The series introduced the characters of Dakota Merrick, Lucas Corso and the alien Trader-in-Faecal-Matter-of-Animals, a fish-like member of the Shoal race, who rule all inhabited space through their exclusive knowledge of the secret of faster-than-light travel. The novels involve a discovery regarding the origins of this technology. Stealing Light was followed in 2009 by Nova War,^[12] in 2010 by Empire of Light,^[13] and in 2013 by Marauder.

In 2011 Gibson published Final Days,^[4] the first installment of "The Final Days" series.^[14] And in 2012 Gibson published The Thousand Emperors, the second book in "The Final Days" series

In 2014 Gibson published Extinction Game,^[15] the first installment of a new series.^[16]

Gary Gibson plays guitar.^[1] He also keeps a blog called White Screen of Despair and a profile on Twitter.

Gibson has published the following novels:

• Angel Stations. London: Tor, 2004 (paper). ISBN 1-4050-3445-9
• Against Gravity. London: Tor, 2005 (paper). ISBN 1-4050-3446-7

The Shoal Sequence

• Stealing Light. London: Tor, 2007. ISBN 0-230-70040-3
• Nova War. London: Tor, 2009. ISBN 0-230-70680-0
• Empire of Light. London: Tor, 2010. ISBN 0-230-70681-9
• Marauder. London: Tor, 2013. ISBN 0-230-74890-2^[17]

The Final Days

• Final Days. London: Tor, 2011. ISBN 978-0-230-74877-4
• The Thousand Emperors. London: Tor, 2012. ISBN 0-230-74878-3

The Apocalypse Trilogy

• Extinction Game. London: Tor, 2014.^[15]
• Survival Game. London: Tor, 2016. ISBN 978-0-230-77278-6
• Doomsday Game. Glasgow: Gary Gibson, 2019. ISBN 978-9-574-36459-6

Other

• Scienceville and Other Lost Worlds. Brain in a Jar Books, 2018. ISBN 978-1-980-48127-0
• Ghost Frequencies. NewCon Press, 2018. ISBN 978-1-910-93580-4
• Devil's Road. Gary Gibson, 2020. ISBN 978-9-574-36460-2
• Echogenesis. Brain in a Jar Books, 2021. ISBN 978-9-860-67701-0

• Personal homepage
• REVIEW : Angel Stations
• REVIEW : Marauder
• Story behind The Shoal Sequence - Online Essay by Gary Gibson
• Audio Interview with Gary Gibson about his career and writing