Ken MacLeod

   

Ken MacLeod (born August 2, 1954) is a Scottish science fiction writer living near Edinburgh. He is a Glasgow University graduate of Zoology and has written a masters thesis on Biomechanics. His novels are notable for the exploration of socialist, communist and anarchist political themes.

He is a friend of Iain Banks and is thanked for his advice in at least one of the latter's books.

Bibliography

Fall Revolution sequence

  • The Star Fraction (1995)
  • The Stone Canal (1996)
  • The Cassini Division (1998)
  • The Sky Road (1999)
The Sky Road represents an 'alternate future' to the other books, as its events diverge sharply from those in the other books after 2059, due to a choice made differently by one of the protagonists.

Engines of Light trilogy

  • Cosmonaut Keep (2000)
  • Dark Light (2001)
  • Engine City (2002)

Other work

  • The Human Front (2002) (Winner of Short-form Sidewise Award 2002)
  • Newton's Wake (2004)

Criticism

The SF Foundation have published a book of criticism called The True Knowledge Of Ken MacLeod (http://www.sf-foundation.org/publications/kenmacleod.html) edited by Andrew M. Butler and Farah Mendlesohn. As well as critical essays it contains material by MacLeod himself, including his introduction to the German edition of Banks' Consider Phlebas.

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