Stranger Tides

Links to Tim Powers Related Stuff

Here are some additional web resources that may be of interest to readers and fans of Tim Powers:



  • Other Tim Powers Sites... This section has grown slowly but steadily as more people decide that Powers should have a presence on the web. If you know of any others or are creating one yourself, feel free to contact me and I'll be happy to reference it here.
    • The "timpowers" Yahoo group: this mailing list / message board is a forum for discussion of Tim Powers and related subjects. Has become the best place on the web for the latest on Powers, and features frequent commentary from the author himself. Loosely moderated by Chris Simmons. Feel free to join!
    • I hesitate to send you to The Works of Tim Powers by John Berlyne... you won't want to come back here! This excellent site has a little bit of everything, especially complete publication histories and lots of cover art. Not to be missed.
    • This site by Dirk Berger is in German, but it's got lots of great artwork even if you don't read the language! "Die Tore zu Anubis_Reich"
    • In the works as of 01/00 is the uniquely named "The Digging Anubis" site, the first ever combination Powers/Blaylock web page.
    • A Powers page at the site of Spanish publisher Gigamesh. It's in Espaņol, of course. There's also a link to an extensive discussion of Las Puertas de Anubis, their recent publication of The Anubis Gates.
    • See this Tim Powers Appreciation Page by Donna K. Fitch for a set of personal photos from a visit with Tim and his wife.
    • Take a look at Last Call by Patrick - cool tarot theme and good sections on historical and literary references.
    • A nice thorough fan page by Ellen: The Anubis Gates.
    • This one, "ML's Unofficial Tim Powers Web Page" is by ML, an acquaintance of Powers. She's got some good cover art and also some personal photos.
    • The page by Whoop is now accessible on a new server, as the author was kind enough to inform me. This was my source for the Locus interview article which I've since copied onto this site.
    • Andy's Page.
    • A page from Spain - it's in Catalan, not Spanish, but there's an interesting picture of the cover of the Spanish edition of Last Call.
    • Here's a Powers page by Allan with a nice description of Power's style and review/synopses of five of the books.


  • Book Stores... you can order Powers books from these locations online:
    • Amazon Books. Get the still-in-print books here. - all are listed. You can do the search yourself or click here for the results page I got when I did the search. All the out-of-print ones are listed as "Hard To Find". Also you can read or enter reviews here for books that you've read.
    • Bookpages, an Amazon-affiliated online bookstore in Britain.
    • Here's a nice site for a bookstore specializing in sci-fi/fantasy, and horror: Dangerous Visions in Sherman Oaks, CA.
    • Not so "Hard To Find" after all... search for "Powers, Tim" at any of these online locations and you'll get an extensive list of rarities offered by small used bookstores around the world (well, mostly North America). I've found multiple copies of every Powers work except the short stories - some are first editions and signed copies, so they can be a bit expensive, but you can find bargain books too:
    • AddALL does book searches and price comparisons. Here's their used book search page, where you'll find an extensive list of Powers books.
    • Barnes & Noble has the expected short list of in print books, with the older ones listed as "Special Handling". However, they now have a fairly large out of print list as well.
    • Does this belong in the "bookstore" category? If you can read Russian (and have a Cyrillic font), follow this link and let me know. It appears to be an online bookseller in Russia, and they've been kind enough to link to this site. Good luck navigating around, but from what I can tell, there are two books available: This one appears to be The Anubis Gates, and I guess this one is On Stranger Tides.
    • If not Russian, maybe Powers in French is what you're looking for. All his books appear to be available at Culture Surf - just put his name in the search field.
    • Special Note (12/25/99):Reported by Dennis Walker via email:
      "A second hand bookshop in Glasgow (Pulp Fiction) has a copy of Fantasy and Science Fiction from December 1982, i.e. the one with The Way Down The Hill in it."


  • Publishers...

  • Sci-Fi/Fantasy Sites... with references to Tim Powers, of course...

  • Interviews and other Random References...
    • The Paut Lines contest; a friendly competition among members of the Tim Powers Yahoo group to imitate Powers' style by outlining an imagined Powers book. Web site created and maintained by August Trometer.
    • A Feb. '02 Locus interview (online excerpt).
    • Two copies of the same interview from a local paper in Powers' current home town:
    • There's an interesting new interview with Tim Powers at Powells.com in connection with his recent (Feb/01) west coast Declare book signing tour.
    • Powers was a guest starting last September in an online forum at The Well. Follow the link to "Topics in the Inkwell.vue conference"; select "Tim Powers", then click on "see all responses". A very interesting ongoing chat/interview.
    • Freakshow Films has optioned Last Call for a possible movie version! A script is in the works and venture capital is being obtained. Follow the "more info" and then the "photo section" links for a picture of Powers and and associates, as well as the famous blue Suburban.
    • Check this out: a Tim Powers crossword puzzle by Mervius at Fantastica Daily!
    • An interview from July '99 by Kim Fawcett at SFSite.
    • Some Anubis Gates pages by Professor David Rogers from his Contemporary Literature course at Valencia Community College in central Florida.
    • The Locus interview (online excerpt) from the March '98 issue.
    • A feature by Skot Armstrong in an online 'zine called Pug which includes a recent interview, an excerpt from Earthquake Weather, and a comprehensive bibliography supplied by Mr. Powers himself.
    • Here's an excellent interview done in Spring '96 by Brad Katz from Brow, another online 'zine.
    • Here's a transcript of an interview with Powers from PEOPLE Online (3/12/97).
    • A brief mention of Tim Powers as a guest at the Mythcon conference in Berkeley in 1995.
    • This could go in several categories, so I'll put it here: an interview with James Blaylock in which Powers and Ashbless are mentioned.
    • Cover art from the "advance proof" of The Anubis Gates. (However, the webmaster of the site where this is located indicates that the site is not being actively supported anymore).
    • A reference to Tim Powers as the Author Guest of Honor at the LepreCon (May '98) in Arizona. Visit the site for more info.
    • The International William Ashbless Society page. Just take a look at it for yourself and let the author know what you think!
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