Patrick Tilley

{{Short description|British science fiction author (1928–2020)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Use British English|date=August 2012}}{{Infobox writer  | name = Patrick Alfred Tilley | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|7|4}} | birth_place = Southend-on-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom | death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|5|25|1928|7|4}} | residence = | education = Durham University | occupation = Writer, screenwriter, artist | nationality = British | period = 1975–1995 (as writer) | genre = Science fiction | subject = | movement = | notableworks = ''The Amtrak Wars'' series | spouse = | partner = | children = | relatives = Janine Tilley (wife)<ref>https://www.patricktilley.co.uk/mission/genesis.html</ref><ref>Fade-Out, Patrick Tilley, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013, front matter</ref> | website = | signature = }}

'''Patrick Alfred Tilley'''<ref>https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/wA6p1efSPxFNApRAwISFR8r0FLM/appointments</ref> (4 July 1928 – 25 May 2020) was a British science fiction author best known for ''The Amtrak Wars'' series of books – a futureworld epic set on the eve of the fourth millennium in a world emerging from the ravages of a dimly understood global holocaust.<ref>[http://www.enterstageright.com/archive/articles/1009/1009tradlibp6.htm Traditionalist and libertarian themes in science fiction and fantasy: Part Six – Some notable SF works], ESR, 28 September 2009</ref> The name "Amtrak" – appropriated by a specific group of survivors – is a name remembered from what is called "The Old Time".

Outside his authorship, Tilley worked as a graphic designer until 1968, then as a film scriptwriter. He and his wife lived in Gwynedd, Wales.<ref>The Amtrak Wars: Deathbringer, Patrick Tilley, Orbit Books, 1998, front matter</ref> He died on 25 May 2020 after a short illness.<ref>[https://news.ansible.uk/a403.html Ansible newsletter]</ref><ref>[http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/tilley_patrick Encyclopedia of Science Fiction]</ref>

== Bibliography == === The Amtrak Wars === # ''Cloud Warrior'' (1983) # ''First Family'' (1985) # ''Iron Master'' (1987) # ''Blood River'' (1988) # ''Death-Bringer'' (1989) # ''Earth-Thunder'' (1990)

=== Other novels === * ''Fade-Out'' (1975)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121102235456/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/610523262.html?dids=610523262:610523262&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jul+13,+1975&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=And+intrepid+Americans+contend+with+an+Alien+Force&pqatl=google And intrepid Americans contend with an Alien Force], ''Chicago Tribune'' (13 July 1975) (review)</ref> * ''Mission'' (1981) * ''Xan'' (1986) * ''Star Wartz: Tales of Adventure from the Rimworld'' (1995)

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== External links == * {{Official website|https://www.patricktilley.co.uk/}} * {{isfdb name|id=Patrick_Tilley|name=Patrick Tilley}} * {{IMDb name|id=0863352|name=Patrick Tilley}}

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