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Ian McDonald


UK flag (b.1960)

IAN MCDONALD was born , to an Irish mother and a Scottish father. He moved with his family to Northern Ireland in 1965. He has won the Locus Award, the British Science Fiction Association Award, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. His novels include King of Morning, Queen of Day (winner of the Philip K. Dick Award), River of Gods, The Dervish House, ,  and many more. He now lives in Belfast.
 

Genres: Science Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy
 
New and upcoming books
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The Wilding
 
Series
Desolation Road
   1. Desolation Road (1988)
   2. Ares Express (2001)
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Chaga
   1. Chaga (1995)
     aka Evolution's Shore
   2. Kirinya (1998)
   3. Tendeleo's Story (2000)
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India 2047
   1. River of Gods (2004)
   2. Cyberabad Days (2008)
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Everness
   1. Planesrunner (2011)
   2. Be My Enemy (2012)
   3. Empress of the Sun (2014)
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Luna
   1. New Moon (2015)
   2. Wolf Moon (2017)
   3. Moon Rising (2019)
   4. The Menace from Farside (2019)
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Novels
   Out on Blue Six (1989)
   The Broken Land (1992)
     aka Hearts, Hands and Voices
   Kling Klang Klatch (1992) (with David Lyttleton)
   Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone (1994)
   Necroville (1994)
   Terminal Cafe (1994)
   Sacrifice of Fools (1996)
   Brasyl (2007)
   The Dervish House (2008)
   Hopeland (2018)
   The Wilding (2024)
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Collections
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Time Was (2018)
   The Guile (2018)
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Omnibus editions show
 
Ian McDonald recommends
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Alien Clay (2024)
Adrian Tchaikovsky
"A hell prison on a hell planet with a thrilling, important message: only connect. Adrian's firing on all cylinders in this one."
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Unholy Land (2018)
Lavie Tidhar
"There are SFF writers. There are good SFF writers. And there is Lavie Tidhar. In a genre entirely of his own, and quite possibly a warped genius, he rummages in the ruins of our centuries and our genres and makes out of them something strange, dark and utterly unique. There is no one like him writing in genre today. This [Unholy Land] is a twisted piece of alt-history/geography that refuses to go where lesser writers would drive it. Bold and witty and smoky, it plays games and coquetries, makes dark dalliances and will leave you dazzled and delighted."
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Tomorrow Factory (2018)
Rich Larson
"Stories of growl, attack and bite - sentences muscular with taut language, sinewed with concision and outsider sensibility. Tomorrow Factory is all that SFF is capable of, all that it hopes to be - and more."

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Anthologies containing stories by Ian McDonald
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Communications Breakdown (2023)
SF Stories about the Future of Connection
(Twelve Tomorrows)
edited by
Jonathan Strahan
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Multiverses (2023)
An Anthology of Alternate Realities
edited by
Preston Grassmann

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Awards
Nebula Awards Best Novellette nominee (1989) : Unfinished Portrait of the King of Pain by Van Gogh
Arthur C. Clarke Award Best Book nominee (1990) : Desolation Road
Philip K Dick Award Best Book winner (1991) : King of Morning, Queen of Day
Arthur C. Clarke Award Best Book nominee (1993) : The Broken Land
Philip K Dick Award Best Book nominee (1994) : Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone
World Fantasy Best Short Story nominee (1994) : Some Strange Desire
John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel nominee (1996) : Chaga
British Science Fiction Association Best Novel winner (2004) : River of Gods
Arthur C. Clarke Award Best Book nominee (2005) : River of Gods
British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee (2005) : River of Gods
British Science Fiction Association Best Novel winner (2007) : Brasyl
Hugo Best Novel nominee (2008) : Brasyl
John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel nominee (2008) : Brasyl
Nebula Awards Best Novel nominee (2009) : Brasyl
Philip K Dick Award Best Book nominee (2009) : Cyberabad Days
British Science Fiction Association Best Book winner (2010) : The Dervish House
Arthur C. Clarke Award Best Book nominee (2011) : The Dervish House
Hugo Best Novel nominee (2011) : The Dervish House
John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel winner (2011) : The Dervish House
British Science Fiction Association Best Book nominee (2015) : New Moon
John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel nominee (2016) : New Moon
John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel nominee (2019) : Time Was


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