Would it be right to limit the civil liberties of some groups to avoid disadvantages for all the others in the long term? That´s seen as followed: The Inhibitors are killing anything too intelligent with expansionary mentalities that could form larger empires and control everything for two reasons: First, they want to avoid one species assimilating and, or killing all others. The philosophical implications of what good leadership could look like are immense. Trying to break free from potential extinction by quarreling about the right use of alternative, time travel induced, defense options. We live surrounded by hills, woods and wildlife, and not too much excitement. I met my wife in the Netherlands through a mutual interest in climbing and we married back in Wales.

In my spare time I am a very keen runner, and I also enjoying hill-walking, birdwatching, horse-riding, guitar and model-making. I moved to the Netherlands to continue my science career and stayed there for a very long time, before eventually returning to Wales.

I was born in Wales, but raised in Cornwall, and then spent time in the north of England and Scotland. Some of my books and stories are set in a consistent future named after Revelation Space, the first novel, but I've done a lot of other things as well and I like to keep things fresh between books.

I write about a novel a year and try to write a few short stories as well. I started off publishing short stories in the British SF magazine Interzone in the early 90s, then eventually branched into novels. I'm Al, I used to be a space scientist, and now I'm a writer, although for a time the two careers ran in parallel.

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