''Time Machines Repaired While-U-Wait'' is a 2008

science fiction Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...

novel by Australian writer

K. A. Bedford Kenneth Adrian Bedford, better known under the pseudonym of K. A. Bedford, is an Australian writer of science fiction. Biography Bedford was born in Fremantle, Western Australia. In 2003 Bedford's first novel, ''Orbital Burn'', was released in ...

. It follows the story of Spider who repairs time machines for a living until he discovers a corpse inside one of the machines he is fixing - leading the Department of Time and Space to take over the situation.

Background

''Time Machines Repaired While-U-Wait'' was first published in Canada on August 1, 2008 by Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing in trade paperback format. It has been distributed in both Canada and the United States by Fitzhenry and Whiteside. ''Time Machines Repaired While-U-Wait'' won the 2008

Aurealis Award The Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction is an annual literary award for Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction. Only Australians are eligible for the award. History The Aurealis Award was established in 1995 by ...

for best science fiction novel and was a short-list nominee for the 2008 Philip K. Dick Award.

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