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Tim Powers

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American science fiction writer and actor (born 1952)

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Timothy Thomas Powers is an American science fiction and fantasy author. His first major novel was The Drawing of the Dark (1979), but the novel that earned him wide praise was The Anubis Gates (1983), which won the Philip K. Dick Award, and has since been published in many other languages.

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In their own words 10

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Banach recalled that one defector had stated, I didn’t abandon the USSR, the USSR abandoned me.

Chapter 5, “Underpainting” (p. 65)

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We should all be getting insanity danger pay.

Chapter 7, “Spiritual Danger Pay” (p. 89)

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Finehouse relaxed in his own seat. They had all certainly failed.

Epilogue, “I Have No Idea” (p. 284)

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Awards 16

2012World Fantasy Award for Best Collection
2012Locus Award for Best Collection
2001Geffen Award
2001World Fantasy Award for Best Novel
1998Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel
1996Locus Award for Best Horror Novel
1993Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel
1993World Fantasy Award for Best Novel
1992Ignotus Award for Best Novel
1990Mythopoeic Fantasy Award
1987Prix Tour-Apollo Award
1986Philip K. Dick Award
1984Science Fiction Chronicle Award
1984Philip K. Dick Award
International Horror Guild Award
Mythopoeic Awards

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Timothy Thomas Powers is an American science fiction and fantasy author. His first major novel was The Drawing of the Dark (1979), but the novel that earned him wide praise was The Anubis Gates (1983), which won the Philip K. Dick Award, and has since been published in many other languages. His other written work include Dinner at Deviant's Palace (1985), Last Call (1992), Expiration Date (1996), Earthquake Weather (1997), Declare (2000), and Three Days to Never (2006). Powers has won the World Fantasy Award twice for his critically acclaimed novels Last Call and Declare. His 1987 novel On Stranger Tides served as inspiration for the Monkey Island franchise of video games and was partly adapted into the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film.

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Born 1952 · age 74
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