Expiration Date (79 page)
Authors: Tim Powers
Other Novels
Epitaph In Rust
The Skies Discrowned
The Drawing of the Dark
The Anubis Gates
Dinner At Deviant’s Palace
On Stranger Tides
*
The Stress of Her Regard
*
Declare
*
Three Days to Never
*
Collections
Strange Itineraries
* not available as an SF Gateway eBook
F
OR
B
RENDAN AND
R
EGINA
P
OWERS,
WONDERFUL FRIENDS AND FAMILY
And with thanks to Chris Arena, Skot Armstrong, Gloria Batsford, Brian Bilby, Jim Blaylock, Phil Dick, Aaron Dietrich, Mike Donohue, Anthony Foster, Kendall Garmon, Tom Gilchrist, Jaq Greenspon, Ken Lopez, Joe Machuga, Ed McKie, Denny Meyer, Chris Miller, Dean Moody, Dave Moran, David Perry, Serena Powers, Sam Riemer, Megan Robb, Randal Robb, Roger Rocha, Lew Shiner, Fred Speicher, Kate Sanborne, Roy Squires, Kirsten Tierney, Ed and Pat Thomas, and Dan Volante—
—And with gratitude to Art, Bill, Bob, Dave, Dennis, Doug, Frank, Greg, Jane, Jody, Joe, Joel, Mac, Mario, Michael, Nick, Peggy, Rich, Tom, William, and the rest of the 1924 gang—and especially Charlie.
Tim Powers (1952 – )
Tim Powers was born in Buffalo, New York, and educated at California State University, gaining a degree in English. It was at University that he met K.W. Jeter and James Blaylock, who became friends and occasional collaborators, and the three of them are regarded as the founding fathers of the steampunk literary movement. He was also a friend of noted SF writer Philip K. Dick. Tim Powers is the author of many highly regarded novels and among his many honours are two Philip K. Dick Awards (for the
Anubis Gates
and
Dinner at Deviant’s Palace
) and two World Fantasy Awards (for
Last Call
and
Declare)
. The fourth
Pirates of the Caribbean
film is based on his 1988 novel
On Stranger Tides
. Tim Powers lives in California with his wife Serena
A Gollancz eBook
Copyright © Tim Powers 1995
All rights reserved.
The right of Tim Powers to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
This eBook first published in Great Britain in 2011 by
Gollancz
The Orion Publishing Group Ltd
Orion House
5 Upper Saint Martin’s Lane
London, WC2H 9EA
An Hachette UK Company
A CIP catalogue record for this book
is available from the British Library.
ISBN 978 0 575 11778 5
All characters and events in this publication are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher, nor to be otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published without a similar condition, including this condition, being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.