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Entry updated 20 July 2026. Tagged: Author, Editor.

(1978-    ) UK editor and author whose The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2001) was an ambitious one-person attempt to cover the field (see Bibliographies), though at less than 700 pages its coverage was necessarily constrained (the term Mammoth in the title was imposed by the publishers to echo their numerous The Mammoth Book of ... anthologies edited by Mike Ashley and others). His first sf novel, The Human Abstract (2004) is a competent Space Opera (see also Colonization of Other Worlds), but his most interesting work is probably contained in the Newbury & Hobbes sequence – comprising The Affinity Bridge (2008; vt The Affinity Bridge: A Newbury & Hobbes Investigation 2009) and The Osiris Ritual (2009) – which is set in an exorbitant Steampunk version of Victorian London, an atmosphere daily intensified by new Inventions, novel forms of Transportation, and mass killings. Moved forward to a 1920s world plagued by echoes of World War One, this steampunk vision is extended to a Decadent New York in the Ghost sequence starting with Ghosts of Manhattan: A Tale of the Ghost (2010; rev vt Ghosts of Manhattan 2014), featuring the eponymous Superhero. His Sherlock Holmes novels, Sequels by Other Hands beginning with Sherlock Holmes: The Will of the Dead (2013), are tangentially set in the Newbury & Hobbes universe. [JC/DRL]

George Mann

born Darlington, County Durham: 8 July 1978

works

series

Doctor Who: Time Hunter

• Time Hunter: The Severed Man (Tolworth, Surrey: Telos Publishing, 2005) [tie to the Doctor Who universe: Doctor Who: Time Hunter: pb/]
• Time Hunter: Child of Time (Tolworth, Surrey: Telos Publishing, 2005) with David J Howe [tie to the Doctor Who universe: Doctor Who: Time Hunter: pb/Matthew Laznicka]

Doctor Who New Series

• Doctor Who: Paradox Lost (London: BBC Books, 2011) [tie to the Doctor Who universe: Doctor Who New Series: hb/]
• Doctor Who: Engines of War (London: BBC Books, 2014) [tie to the Doctor Who universe: Doctor Who New Series: hb/]

Newbury & Hobbes

• The Affinity Bridge (London: Snowbooks, 2008) [Newbury & Hobbes: hb/]
  • The Affinity Bridge: A Newbury & Hobbes Investigation (New York: Tor, 2009) [vt of the above: Newbury & Hobbes: hb/]
• The Osiris Ritual (London: Snowbooks, 2009) [Newbury & Hobbes: hb/]
• The Immorality Engine (London: Snowbooks, 2010) [Newbury & Hobbes: hb/Emma Snow]
• The Newbury & Hobbes Annual 2013 (Edinburgh, Scotland: Obverse Books, 2012) [coll: including nonfiction, games and puzzles, Comic strip: Newbury & Hobbes: illus/Mark Manley: pb/]
• The Casebook of Newbury & Hobbes (London: Titan Books, 2013) [coll: Newbury & Hobbes: pb/]
• The Executioner's Heart (London: Titan Books, 2013) [Newbury & Hobbes: pb/Viktor Koen]
• The Revenant Express (London: Titan Books, 2019) [Newbury & Hobbes: pb/Viktor Koen]
• The Albion Initiative (London: Titan Books, 2022) [Newbury & Hobbes: pb/Viktor Koen]
• The London Particular (Alconbury Weston, Cambridgeshire: NewCon Press, 2022) [chap: Newbury & Hobbes: in the publisher's NewCon Novellas series: hb/Justin Tan]

Ghost

• Ghosts of Manhattan: A Tale of the Ghost (London: Snowbooks, 2010) [Ghost: hb/]
  • Ghosts of Manhattan (London: Titan Books, 2014) [rev vt of the above: Ghost: pb/]
• Ghosts of War: A Tale of the Ghost (London: Snowbooks, 2011) [Ghost: hb/]
  • Ghosts of War (London: Titan Books, 2015) [rev vt of the above: Ghost: pb/]
• Ghosts of Karnak (London: Titan Books, 2016) [Ghost: pb/]
• Ghosts of Empire (London: Titan Books, 2017) [Ghost: pb/]

Sherlock Holmes: Newbury & Hobbes

• Sherlock Holmes: The Will of the Dead (London: Titan Books, 2013) [Sherlock Holmes: Newbury & Hobbes: pb/]
• Sherlock Holmes: The Spirit Box (London: Titan Books, 2014) [Sherlock Holmes: Newbury & Hobbes: pb/Dreamtime/Shutterstock/funnylittlefish]

Warhammer 40,000

• Warhammer 40,000: Legends of the Dark Millennium: Sons of Corax (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Black Library, 2015) [coll: tie: Warhammer 40,000: pb/Alex Boyd]
• Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Legends: Shrike (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Black Library, 2017) [coll: tie: Warhammer 40,000: hb/Akim Kaliberda]
• Warhammer 40,000: Awakenings (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Games Workshop, 2023) [tie: Warhammer 40,000: pb/]

Wychwood

• Wychwood (New York: Titan Books, 2017) [Wychwood: pb/Julia Lloyd]
• Hallowdene (New York: Titan Books, 2018) [Wychwood: pb/Julia Lloyd]

Star Wars: The High Republic

• Star Wars: The High Republic: The Battle For Starlight (Glendale, California: Disney/Lucasfilm Press, 2022) [chap: tie to the Star Wars universe: Star Wars: The High Republic: pb/]
• Star Wars: The High Republic: The Battle Of Jedha (New York: Random House Worlds, 2023) [Star Wars: The High Republic: hb/]

Star Wars: The High Republic: Phase III: Trials of the Jedi

• Star Wars: The High Republic: The Eye of Darkness (New York: Random House Worlds, 2023) [Star Wars: The High Republic: Phase III: Trials of the Jedi: hb/]

Durstan

• Broken Things: A Tale of Durstan (Hornsea, East Yorkshire: PS Publishing/Absinthe Books, 2020) [Durstan: hb/Daniele Serra]
• Spiderglass: A Tale of Durstan (Hornsea, East Yorkshire: PS Publishing/Absinthe Books, 2024) [Durstan: hb/Danielle Serra]

individual titles

• The Human Abstract (Tolworth, Surrey: Telos Publishing, 2004) [pb/Dariusz Jaziczak]

collections

• The Sacrificial Pawn and Other Stories (Edinburgh, Scotland: Obverse Books, 2011) [coll: includes Newbury & Hobbes stories: pb/]
• Sons of Corax (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: BL Publishing, 2015) [coll: Legends of the Dark Millenium: hb/]

nonfiction

• The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (London: Robinson, 2001) [encyclopedia: pb/Nick Castle]
• The Whoniverse (London: BBC Books, 2016) with Justin Richards [encyclopedia: pb/]
• Doctor Who: Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe (London: BBC Books, 2017) with Justin Richards and Cavan Scott [pb/]

works as editor

series

Solaris Science Fiction

• The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: BL Publishing/Solaris, 2007) [anth: Solaris Science Fiction: pb/Stephan Martinière]
• The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, Volume Two (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: BL Publishing/Solaris, 2008) [anth: Solaris Science Fiction: pb/Pavel Lewandowski]
• The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, Volume Three (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: BL Publishing/Solaris, 2009) [anth: Solaris Science Fiction: pb/Hardy Fowler]

Solaris Fantasy

• The Solaris Book of New Fantasy (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: BL Publishing/Solaris, 2007) [anth: Solaris Fantasy: pb/Jon Sullivan]
• The Solaris Book of New Fantasy II (Oxford, Oxfordshire: Rebellion/Solaris, 2010) [anth: Solaris Fantasy: pb/]

individual titles as editor

• Encounters of Sherlock Holmes: Brand-New Tales of the Great Detective (London: Titan Books, 2013) [anth: Sherlock Holmes: pb/uncredited]
• Further Encounters of Sherlock Holmes (London: Titan Books, 2014) [anth: Sherlock Holmes: pb/]
• Associates of Sherlock Holmes (New York: Titan Books, 2016) [anth: pb/]
• Further Associates of Sherlock Holmes (New York: Titan Books, 2017) [anth: pb/]
• A Clockwork Iris (Edinburgh, Scotland: Obverse Books, 2016) with Stuart Douglas and Paul Magrs [anth: Iris Wildthyme: hb/Paul Hanley]
• Life Day Treasury: Holiday Stories from a Galaxy Far, Far Away (Glendale, California: Disney Lucasfilm Press, 2021) with Cavan Scott [anth: Star Wars: hb/]

links

• George Mann
• Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Picture Gallery

previous versions of this entry

• Internet Archive