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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.
 

Genres: Science Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy
 
New and upcoming books
Series
Fall Revolution
   1. The Star Fraction (1995)
   2. The Stone Canal (1996)
   3. The Cassini Division (1997)
   4. The Sky Road (1998)
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Engines of Light
   1. Cosmonaut Keep (2000)
   2. Dark Light (2001)
   3. Engine City (2002)
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Corporation Wars Trilogy
   1. Dissidence (2016)
   2. Insurgence (2016)
   3. Emergence (2017)
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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)
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Collections
   Giant Lizards from Another Star (2006)
   Poems (poems) (2015) (with Iain Banks)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   The Light Company (1998)
   The Highway Men (2006)
   Earth Hour (2011)
   Selkie Summer (2020)
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Series contributed to
Web
   8. Cydonia (1998)
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Ken MacLeod recommends
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The Offset (2021)
Calder Szewczak
"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."
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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."
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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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Books containing stories by Ken MacLeod
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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
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Communications Breakdown (2023)
SF Stories about the Future of Connection
(Twelve Tomorrows)
edited by
Jonathan Strahan

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Awards
2008 British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Book : The Night Sessions
2006 Prometheus Award : Learning the World
1999 British Science Fiction Association 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
2008 Prometheus Award (nominee) : The Execution Channel
2008 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : The Execution Channel
2008 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : The Execution Channel
2007 British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Execution Channel
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 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Newton's Wake: A Space Opera
2004 British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Newton's Wake: A Space Opera
2003 Prometheus Award (nominee) : Dark Light
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 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Sky Road
2001 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : Cosmonaut Keep
2000 Prometheus Award (nominee) : The Cassini Division
1999 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Cassini Division
1999 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : The Cassini Division
1996 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : The Star Fraction


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