Ben Peek

Author of The Godless

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About the Author

Ben Peek was born on October 12, 1976 in Australia. His short stories have been published in a variety of genre magazines, including Fantasy Magazine and Aurealis. His fiction has been reprinted in various Year's Best volumes. In 2000, he created a zine called The Urban Sprawl Project, a black and show more white pamphlet of photography and prose, and this remains the name of his online journal. In 2006 his autobiography, Twenty-Six Lies/One Truth, was published by Wheatland Press. In 2007, Black Sheep, a dystopian novel, was published by Prime Books. In 2007, Peek also began collaborating with artist Anna Brown on Nowhere Near Savannah, an online comic that in part follows on from their original collaboration on Twenty-Six Lies/One Truth. Peek holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Western Sydney, and a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of New South Wales, during which he wrote the novel A Year in the City. Peek's writing is best described as speculative fiction. In 2015 his title Godless was nominated for Best Novel by the Ditmar Awards. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Series

Children Trilogy

Works by Ben Peek

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The Godless (2014) 132 copies

Leviathan's Blood: Book Two of the Children Trilogy (2016) 37 copies

Black Sheep (2007) 29 copies

Dead Americans (2014) 25 copies

Above/Below (2011) — Author — 13 copies

Twenty-Six Lies/One Truth (2006) 12 copies

The Eternal Kingdom (Children, #3) (2017) 11 copies

Clarkesworld: Issue 063 (December 2011) (2011) 5 copies

Possession (2014) 4 copies

The Funeral, Ruined (2014) 4 copies

The Souls of Dead Soldiers are for Blackbirds Not Little Boys (2014) 3 copies

The Dreaming City (2014) 2 copies

David Bowie (in 2012 - KRASNOSTEIN) 2 copies

Saboteurs (2017) 1 copy

Johnny Cash (2014) 1 copy

Dr. Who? or the day I learned to love Tom Baker 1 copy

Scratches in the Sky 1 copy

Sirius 1 copy

White Crocodile Jazz [short story] 1 copy

R 1 copy

The Enigma Variant (1999) 1 copy

Cigarettes and Roses 1 copy

The leeharveyoswaldband 1 copy

Under the Red Sun (2014) 1 copy

Mono 1 copy

An Investigation Into the Chinese Roman Made Travelling Toga 1 copy

The Night of the Dead King 1 copy

The Lost World of the Stranger 1 copy

The Elephant's Glass Prison 1 copy

Dream of a Russian Princess 1 copy

John Wayne (2014) 1 copy

Black Betty 1 copy

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Associated Works

Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy (2008) — Contributor — 217 copies

Steampunk III: Steampunk Revolution (2012) — Contributor — 151 copies

Leviathan 4: Cities (2005) — Contributor — 51 copies

A Field Guide to Surreal Botany (2008) — Contributor — 44 copies

Clarkesworld: Year Six (2014) — Contributor — 40 copies

The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy: Volume 1 (2002) — Contributor — 34 copies

The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy: Volume 4 (2008) — Contributor — 30 copies

Last Drink Bird Head : A Flash Fiction Anthology for Charity (2009) — Contributor — 29 copies

Agog! Fantastic Fiction (2002) — Contributor — 25 copies

The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy: Volume 2 (2006) — Contributor — 22 copies

Polyphony 6 (2006) — Contributor — 21 copies

Sprawl (2010) — Contributor — 20 copies

Forever Shores (2003) — Contributor — 20 copies

The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy: Volume 3 (2007) — Contributor — 19 copies

Agog! Smashing Stories (2004) — Contributor — 18 copies

2012 (2008) — Contributor — 18 copies

Agog! Ripping Reads (2006) — Contributor — 17 copies

Passing strange: A new anthology of Australian speculative fiction (2002) — Contributor — 12 copies

The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2010 (2011) — Contributor — 10 copies

Elsewhere : an anthology of incredible places (2003) — Contributor — 8 copies

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Birthdate: 1976-10-12
Gender: male
Nationality: Australia

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The Godless: Children: Book One by Ben Peek

I've been babbling about this since I read it -- I really enjoyed this. Keeping in mind that I don't read much epic fantasy to begin with, this is like epic fantasy for fantasy veterans in that it breaks a lot of the expected tropes in half. It's political and working itself up to something more dire, but philosophical and thinking about the connotations and consequences of a world whose gods have died but where their power hasn't quite faded. It was good. I think Malazan fans would like it. The second book just came out in the US today (yesterday?) and I may have to pick it up in the near future.… (more)

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lyrrael | 5 other reviews | Aug 3, 2023 |

The Godless: Children: Book One by Ben Peek

Really a 3.5. Good enough to read the sequel; but not an OMGILOVETHIS book. Interesting premise. Refreshing lack of sexism and racism. I feel like he's trying to make a Point wrt religion and I don't yet know what it is, which prevents me from just getting into the plot.

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andrea_mcd | 5 other reviews | Mar 10, 2020 |

The Godless (Children) by Ben Peek

Love the diversity, love the power-and-responsibility themes (how do the mice play when the cats are all dead, shades of Max Gladstone) but I just couldn't get into the narrative style, so setting aside.

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cupiscent | 5 other reviews | Aug 3, 2019 |

The Godless (Children Trilogy #1) by Ben Peek

Took a while to get in to this book. Lots of concepts to get your head around. Enjoyed it when I finally managed to do this! Library only had book 1 though, so...

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libgirl69 | 5 other reviews | May 27, 2019 |

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