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Ken MacLeod

Scotland (b.1954)

Since graduating from Glasgow University in 1976, Ken MacLeod has worked as a computer analyst in Edinburgh. He now writes full-time.
Ken MacLeod is the author of twelve previous novels, five of which have been nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and two which have won the BSFA Award. Ken MacLeod is married with two grown-up children and lives in West Lothian.

Awards: BSFA (2008), Prometheus (2006) see all

Genres: Science Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy

New and upcoming books

May 2024

Beyond the Light Horizon
(Lightspeed, book 3)

August 2024

A Jura for Julia

Series

Fall Revolution
   1. The Star Fraction (1995)
   2. The Stone Canal (1996)
   3. The Cassini Division (1997)
   4. The Sky Road (1998)

Engines of Light
   1. Cosmonaut Keep (2000)
   2. Dark Light (2001)
   3. Engine City (2002)

Corporation Wars Trilogy
   1. Dissidence (2016)
   2. Insurgence (2016)
   3. Emergence (2017)

Lightspeed
   1. Beyond the Hallowed Sky (2021)
   2. Beyond the Reach of Earth (2023)
   3. Beyond the Light Horizon (2024)

Novels

   Newton's Wake (2004)
   Learning the World (2005)
   The Execution Channel (2007)
   The Night Sessions (2008)
   The Restoration Game (2010)
   Intrusion (2012)
   Descent (2014)

Collections

   Giant Lizards from Another Star (2006)
   Poems (poems) (2015) (with Iain Banks)
   A Jura for Julia (2024)

Novellas and Short Stories

   The Light Company (1998)
   The Highway Men (2006)
   Earth Hour (2011)
   Selkie Summer (2020)

Series contributed to

Web
8. Cydonia (1998)

Outspoken Authors
10. The Human Front (2001)

Books containing stories by Ken MacLeod

Nova Scotia Vol 2. (2024)
New Speculative Fiction From Scotland
(Nova Scotia, book 2)
edited by
Neil Williamson and Andrew J Wilson

The Big Book of Cyberpunk Vol. 2 (2024)
(Big Book of Cyberpunk, book 2)
edited by
Jared Shurin

The Year's Top Robot and AI Stories: Fourth Annual Collection (2023)
(Year's Top Robot and AI Stories, book 4)
edited by
Allan Kaster

More books

Awards

	2008 BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction : Lighting Out
	2008 BSFA Award for Best Novel : The Night Sessions
	2006 Prometheus Award : Learning the World
	2002 Sidewise Award for Best Short-Form Alternate History : The Human Front
	1999 BSFA Award for Best Novel : The Sky Road
	1998 Prometheus Award : The Stone Canal
	1996 Prometheus Award : The Star Fraction

Award nominations

	2018 Prometheus Award (nominee) : Emergence
	2017 Prometheus Award (nominee) : Insurgence
	2017 Prometheus Award (nominee) : Dissidence
	2013 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Intrusion
	2013 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : Intrusion
	2012 Prometheus Award (nominee) : The Restoration Game
	2012 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Intrusion
	2011 Sidewise Award for Best Short-Form Alternate History (nominee) : Sidewinders
	2010 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Restoration Game
	2009 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : The Night Sessions
	2008 Prometheus Award (nominee) : The Execution Channel
	2008 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : The Execution Channel
	2008 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : The Execution Channel
	2008 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Who's Afraid of Wolf 359?
	2008 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : The Execution Channel
	2007 BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction (nominee) : The Highway Men
	2007 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Execution Channel
	2006 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Learning the World
	2006 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Learning the World
	2006 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Learning the World
	2006 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : Learning the World
	2005 Prometheus Award (nominee) : Newton's Wake: A Space Opera
	2005 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Newton's Wake: A Space Opera
	2005 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Newton's Wake: A Space Opera
	2004 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Newton's Wake: A Space Opera
	2003 Prometheus Award (nominee) : Dark Light
	2003 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Engine City
	2003 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Human Front
	2002 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Dark Light
	2002 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Cosmonaut Keep
	2002 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Dark Light
	2002 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Cosmonaut Keep
	2001 Prometheus Award (nominee) : The Sky Road
	2001 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : The Sky Road
	2001 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Sky Road
	2001 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : Cosmonaut Keep
	2000 Prometheus Award (nominee) : The Cassini Division
	2000 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : The Cassini Division
	1999 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Cassini Division
	1999 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : The Cassini Division
	1999 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : The Cassini Division
	1998 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Cassini Division
	1996 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Stone Canal
	1996 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : The Star Fraction

Ken MacLeod recommends

The Offset (2021)
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"The Offset’s searing critique of anti-natalism could do for eco-fascism what Ninety Eighty-Four did for socialism and Brave New World did for eugenics."

The Actuality (2021)
Paul Braddon
"Engaging, fast-moving and surprising... The novel gives familiar science fiction themes a fresh and compassionate look, and makes of them something new."

Starlings (2018)
Jo Walton
"Jo Walton's short writings have for decades been among the things that make the Internet worthwhile. She makes science fiction illuminate life. This collection lives up to its title: iridescent, dark, gregarious, talkative and ever ready to fly up."

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