George Mann (writer)

George Mann is a British author and editor, primarily in genre fiction, and is best known for his alternate history detective novel series Newbury and Hobbes (2008-2019) and The Ghosts action science fiction noir novels (2010-2017), a book series set in the same universe.^[1]

Mann works in Nottinghamshire and lives in Lincolnshire, England.^[2] He is a former editor of Outland Magazine, and has also edited a number of anthologies, including The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction (Volumes 1, 2 and 3), The Solaris Book of New Fantasy^[3] and two retrospective collections of Sexton Blake stories, Sexton Blake, Detective, which has an introduction by Michael Moorcock and Sexton Blake, Crime Fighter.^[4]

Mann is the author of The Human Abstract,^[5] The Severed Man, a novella in the series the Time Hunter, and co-author of the series finale, Child of Time.^[6] He has also written numerous short stories, and original Doctor Who novels. In 2011 he wrote a new Sherlock Holmes audiobook as well.^[7] The novels The Affinity Bridge and The Osiris Ritual marked the beginning of his Newbury and Hobbes detective series.

Newbury and Hobbes novel series

Mann has published four novels and several stories subtitled A Newbury & Hobbes or A Maurice Newbury investigation. These are steampunk adventures, set in Victorian England, featuring Sir Maurice Newbury, a gentleman "investigator for the Crown" (reminiscent of Mycroft Holmes), and his assistant Miss Veronica Hobbes who, unbeknownst to him, is an agent of the Queen as well. This is an ongoing series that will consist of at least six novels.^[8][9]

In November 2012, Obverse Books released a Newbury and Hobbes Annual, with contents modelled on the World Distributor Annuals which were popular in the UK in the 70s and 80s. The Annual contains new stories, a boardgame, crossword and a comic strip, in the same manner as those earlier annuals.

The Ghosts novel series

Although not part of the Newbury & Hobbes franchise, Mann continued to expand upon its setting with the novel Ghosts of Manhattan and its sequels, Ghosts of War, Ghosts of Karnak, and Ghosts of Empire. Set twenty-five years after Newbury & Hobbes, the stories follow a new cast of characters, initially taking place in New York City in an

• The Human Abstract (
  ISBN 978-1903889657
  ) (Telos, 2004)
• Wychwood (2017): a legend of occult practices in the ancient forest of Wychwood is the basis for a modern crime story.^[12]

Sherlock Holmes

• The Will of the Dead (
  Titan Books
  , 2013)
• The Spirit Box (Titan Books, 2014)

Doctor Who

• Paradox Lost (
  ISBN 978-1849902359) (BBCbooks
  , 2011)
• Engines of War (
  ISBN 978-1849908481) (BBCbooks
  , 2014)

• Ghosts of Manhattan (
  ISBN 978-1616141943) (Pyr
  , 2010)
• Ghosts of War (
  ISBN 978-1616143671) (Pyr
  , 2011)
• Ghosts of Karnak (
  Titan Books
  , 2016)
• Ghosts of Empire (
  Titan Books
  , 2017)

• The Affinity Bridge (
  ISBN 978-1905005888
  ) (Snowbooks, 2008)
• "The Hambleton Affair" (Newbury and Hobbes short story) – appeared in the hardcover edition of The Affinity Bridge, free PDF available for download.^[13] Included in The Casebook of Newbury & Hobbes.
• "The Shattered Teacup" (Snowbooks, 2010) (free
  eBook/Audiobook download)^[14]
  * Included in The Casebook of Newbury & Hobbes.
• The Osiris Ritual (
  ISBN 978-1906727048
  ) (Snowbooks, 2009)
• "What Lies Beneath" (short story), free PDF available for download^[15] Included in The Casebook of Newbury & Hobbes.
• The Immorality Engine (
  ISBN 978-1906727185
  ) (Snowbooks, 2011)
• The Executioner's Heart (
  Titan Books
  , 2013)
• The Revenant Express (
  Titan Books
  , 2019)
• The Casebook of Newbury & Hobbes Collection (
  Titan Books
  , 2013)
• The Albion Initiative (ISBN 9781250852366) (Tor Books, 2022)

• The Severed Man (
  ISBN 978-1903889435
  ) (Telos, 2004)
• Child of Time (
  ISBN 978-1845831042
  )(Telos, 2007) (with David J Howe)

• "Methuselah" in
  Short Trips: Transmissions
  (Big Finish, 2008)
• "The Hambleton Affair" (Newbury and Hobbes short story) (Snowbooks, 2008; appeared in the hardcover edition of The Affinity Bridge]
• "The Shattered Teacup" (Newbury and Hobbes short story) (Snowbooks, 2010)
• "The Cull" in The Obverse Book of Ghosts (Obverse Books, 2010)
• "Annabel Regina" in
  Iris: Abroad
  (Obverse Books, 2010)
• "Rise and Fall" in Short Trips: Volume 1 (Big Finish, 2010)
• "The Albino's Shadow" in Zenith Lives! (Obverse Books, 2011)

Short story collections

• The Sacrificial Pawn and Other Stories (Obverse Books, 2011)
• The Newbury & Hobbes Annual 2013 (Obverse Books, 2012)
• The Casebook of Newbury & Hobbes (
  Titan Books
  , 2013)

Non-fiction

• The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (
  ISBN 978-1841191775
  ) (2001)
• The Gollancz Encyclopedia of SF Technology (
  ISBN 978-0575074217
  ) (Gollancz, 2006)

• The Pyralis Effect (Doctor Who: The Companion Chronicles) (
  ISBN 978-1844354276
  ) (Big Finish, 2010)
• The Shattered Teacup (Newbury and Hobbes) (Snowbooks, 2010)
• Helion Rain (
  ISBN 184-9700176
  ) (The Black Library, 2011)
• Child of Time (Time Hunter) (
  ISBN 978-1906263218
  ) (Fantom Films Limited, 2011)
• The Reification of Hans Gerber (Sherlock Holmes) (
  ISBN 978-1844355921
  ) (2011)
• Labyrinth of Sorrows (
  ISBN 978-1849701327
  ) (The Black Library, 2012)