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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.
 

Awards: BSFA (2019), Campbell (2011), Hugo (2007), Sturgeon (2001)  see all

Genres: Science Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy, Horror
 
New and upcoming books
September 2024

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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)
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Series contributed to
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Omnibus editions show
 
Books containing stories by Ian McDonald
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The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 8 (2024)
(Best Science Fiction of the Year , book 8)
edited by
Neil Clarke
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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
2019 BSFA Award for Best Shorter Fiction : Time Was
2011 John W. Campbell Memorial Award : The Dervish House
2010 BSFA Award for Best Novel : The Dervish House
2007 Hugo Award for Best Novelette : The Djinn's Wife
2007 BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction : The Djinn's Wife
2007 BSFA Award for Best Novel : Brasyl
2004 BSFA Award for Best Novel : River of Gods
2001 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award : Tendeleo's Story
1993 BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction : Innocents
1991 Philip K Dick Award : King of Morning, Queen of Day
1989 Locus Award for Best First Novel : Desolation Road

Award nominations
2020 Prometheus Award (nominee) : Moon Rising
2020 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Moon Rising
2019 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Time Was
2019 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Time Was
2018 Philip K Dick Award (nominee) : Time Was
2018 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Wolf Moon
2017 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Best of Ian McDonald
2016 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : Botanica Veneris: Thirteen Papercuts by Ida Countess Rathangan
2016 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : New Moon
2015 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : The Fifth Dragon
2015 Locus Award for Best Young Adult Novel (nominee) : Empress of the Sun
2015 Locus Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Fifth Dragon
2015 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : New Moon
2014 Locus Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Queen of the Night's Aria
2012 Sidewise Award for Best Long-Form Alternate History (nominee) : Planesrunner
2012 Locus Award for Best Young Adult Novel (nominee) : Planesrunner
2011 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : The Dervish House
2011 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Dervish House
2011 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : The Dervish House
2010 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Vishnu at the Cat Circus
2010 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Cyberabad Days
2010 Hugo Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Vishnu at the Cat Circus
2010 British Fantasy Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Cyberabad Days
2010 BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction (nominee) : Vishnu at the Cat Circus
2009 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : The Tear
2009 Philip K Dick Award (nominee) : Cyberabad Days
2009 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Tear
2009 Hugo Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Tear
2008 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Brasyl
2008 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Brasyl
2008 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Brasyl
2008 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Brasyl
2007 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : The Djinn's Wife
2007 British Fantasy Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Djinn's Wife
2006 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : The Little Goddess
2006 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Little Goddess
2006 Hugo Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Little Goddess
2005 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : River of Gods
2005 British Fantasy Award for Best Novel (nominee) : River of Gods
2005 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : River of Gods
2001 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Tendeleo's Story
1999 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Kirinya
1999 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Days of Solomon Gursky
1996 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Chaga
1996 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Chaga
1996 BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction (nominee) : Frooks
1995 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Necroville
1995 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone
1995 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Chaga
1994 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Some Strange Desire
1994 Philip K Dick Award (nominee) : Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone
1994 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Necroville
1993 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : The Broken Land
1993 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Speaking in Tongues
1993 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : The Broken Land
1992 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : King of Morning, Queen of Day
1992 BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction (nominee) : Floating Dogs
1992 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Broken Land
1991 BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction (nominee) : Winning
1990 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Out on Blue Six
1990 BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction (nominee) : Gardenias
1990 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : Desolation Road
1989 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Unfinished Portrait of the King of Pain by Van Gogh
1989 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Empire Dreams


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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