About the Author

K. A. Bedford was born in Fremantle, Western Australia, in 1963. He attended Curtin and Murdoch Universities, and studied Writing, Theatre, and Philosophy. He lives with his wife, Michelle, near Perth, Australia. His novels have been nominated for the Australian Aurealis Award and the P. K. Dick Award. Time Machines Repaired While-U-Wait won the Aurealis Award.

Reviews

"Bedford is funny in a crazed, Rudy Rucker kind of way. While Rucker writes of gonzo theorists, Bedford writes of the gonzo mechanics who keep the machines running."
-- Fred Cleaver, Denver Post "It's hard to do anything fresh with time travel, but ... K. A. Bedford delivers by focusing less on the "wow" factor than on the social-implications factor."
-- Dru Pagliassotti, The Harrow "I have to say I really liked this book, and think K. A. Bedford a writer easily capable of taking his place with better-known contemporary sf authors like Alister Reynolds, Ken McLeod, and Paul McAuley."
-- New York Review of Science Fiction "The mastery of the projected technologies is dazzling, far more so than in most military space opera, and it is not there simply for display. These technologies have consequences. The vocabulary associated with them is credible and vital. Setting and complication are real strengths for this writer, and the pacing and action keep the reader fully occupied."
-- Dave Luckett, reviewer - The West Australian

"Bedford is funny in a crazed, Rudy Rucker kind of way. While Rucker writes of gonzo theorists, Bedford writes of the gonzo mechanics who keep the machines running."
-- Fred Cleaver, Denver Post
"It's hard to do anything fresh with time travel, but ... K. A. Bedford delivers by focusing less on the "wow" factor than on the social-implications factor."
-- Dru Pagliassotti, The Harrow
"I have to say I really liked this book, and think K. A. Bedford a writer easily capable of taking his place with better-known contemporary sf authors like Alister Reynolds, Ken McLeod, and Paul McAuley."
-- New York Review of Science Fiction
"The mastery of the projected technologies is dazzling, far more so than in most military space opera, and it is not there simply for display. These technologies have consequences. The vocabulary associated with them is credible and vital. Setting and complication are real strengths for this writer, and the pacing and action keep the reader fully occupied."
-- Dave Luckett, reviewer - The West Australian


Praise: "Bedford is funny in a crazed, Rudy Rucker kind of way. While Rucker writes of gonzo theorists, Bedford writes of the gonzo mechanics who keep the machines running."-- Fred Cleaver, Denver Post

"It's hard to do anything fresh with time travel, but ... K. A. Bedford delivers by focusing less on the "wow" factor than on the social-implications factor."-- Dru Pagliassotti, The Harrow

"I have to say I really liked this book, and think K. A. Bedford a writer easily capable of taking his place with better-known contemporary sf authors like Alister Reynolds, Ken McLeod, and Paul McAuley."-- New York Review of Science Fiction

"The mastery of the projected technologies is dazzling, far more so than in most military space opera, and it is not there simply for display. These technologies have consequences. The vocabulary associated with them is credible and vital. Setting and complication are real strengths for this writer, and the pacing and action keep the reader fully occupied." -- Dave Luckett, reviewer - The West Australian