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List of works by or about the British author Ian McDonald.


Novels


''Desolation Road'' series

* ''
Desolation Road ''Desolation Road'' is a 1988 science fiction novel written by Ian McDonald. It was McDonald's first published novel. The plot takes place on a far future Mars in a town that develops around an oasis in the terraformed Martian desert. McDonald p ...
'' (1988) * ''The Luncheonette of Lost Dreams'' (1992) (short story) * ''Ares Express'' (2001)


''Chaga'' saga

* "Toward Kilimanjaro" (1990) (short story) * ''
Chaga The Chaga or Chagga () are a Bantu ethnic group from Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania and Arusha Region of Tanzania. They are the third-largest ethnic group in Tanzania. They founded the now former sovereign Chagga states on the slopes of M ...
'' (1995, US: ''Evolution's Shore'') * '' Kirinya'' (1997) * "Tendeléo's Story" (2000) (short story)


''India in 2047''

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River of Gods ''River of Gods'' is a 2004 science fiction novel by British writer Ian McDonald. It depicts a futuristic India in 2047, a century after its independence from Britain, characterized both by ancient traditions and advanced technologies such as ...
'' (2004) * ''The Djinn's Wife'' (2006) in ''
Asimov's Science Fiction ''Asimov's Science Fiction'' is an American science fiction magazine edited by Sheila Williams and published by Dell Magazines, which is owned by Penny Press. It was launched as a quarterly by Davis Publications in 1977, after obtaining Isaac ...
'' –
Hugo Award for Best Novelette The Hugo Award for Best Novelette is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published or translated into English during the previous calendar year. The novelette award is available for works of fiction of ...
winner


''Everness'' series

* '' Planesrunner'' (2011) * ''
Be My Enemy ''Planesrunner'' is a 2011 young adult science fiction novel by British author Ian McDonald, and the first installment of the ''Everness'' series. The book follows British teenager Everett Singh as he travels between alternate universes in sear ...
'' (2012) * ''
Empress of the Sun ''Planesrunner'' is a 2011 young adult science fiction novel by British author Ian McDonald, and the first installment of the ''Everness'' series. The book follows British teenager Everett Singh as he travels between alternate universes in sear ...
'' (2014)


''Luna'' series

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New Moon In astronomy, the new moon is the first lunar phase, when the Moon and Sun have the same ecliptic longitude. At this phase, the lunar disk is not visible to the naked eye, except when it is silhouetted against the Sun during a solar eclipse. ...
'' (2015) -
BSFA award The BSFA Awards are literary awards presented annually since 1970 by the British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) to honour works in the genre of science fiction. Nominees and winners are chosen based on a vote of BSFA members. More recently, m ...
nominee, winner of the
Gaylactic Spectrum Award The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards are given to works of science fiction, fantasy and horror that explore LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) topics in a positive way. Established in 1998, the awards were initially presented by the Gaylact ...
* '' Wolf Moon'' (2017) * '' Moon Rising'' (2019)


Standalone novels

* '' Out on Blue Six'' (1989) * ''King of Morning, Queen of Day'' (1991) * ''Hearts, Hands and Voices'' (1992, US: ''The Broken Land'') * ''Necroville'' (1994, US: ''Terminal Café'') * ''Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone'' (1994) - 2013
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includes ''The Tear'' * ''Sacrifice of Fools'' (1996) * ''
Brasyl ''Brasyl'' is a 2007 novel by British author Ian McDonald (author), Ian McDonald. It was nominated for the 2008 Hugo Awards in the best novel category. In 2008 it was nominated for, and made the longlist of, the £50,000 Warwick Prize for Writing ...
'' (2007) –
Hugo Award The Hugo Award is an annual literary award for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year, given at the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) and chosen by its members. The award is administered by th ...
nominee, winner of the
BSFA award The BSFA Awards are literary awards presented annually since 1970 by the British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) to honour works in the genre of science fiction. Nominees and winners are chosen based on a vote of BSFA members. More recently, m ...
, Nominated for the £50,000
Warwick Prize for Writing The Warwick Prize for Writing was an international literary prize, worth £25,000, that was given biennially for writing excellence in the English language, in any genre or form, on a theme that changes with every award.The Dervish House ''The Dervish House'' is a 2010 science fiction novel by British author Ian McDonald. The novel was shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 2011, and won the BSFA Award and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award in the same year. It was a ...
'' (2010) – Hugo Award nominee, Clarke Award nominee, winner of the BSFA award * '' Time Was'' (2018) * '' Hopeland'' (2023)


Graphic novels

* ''Kling Klang Klatch'' (1992) (
graphic novel A graphic novel is a self-contained, book-length form of sequential art. The term ''graphic novel'' is often applied broadly, including fiction, non-fiction, and Anthology, anthologized work, though this practice is highly contested by comics sc ...
, illustrated by David Lyttleton)


Short fiction


Collections

* ''Empire Dreams'' (1988) * ''Speaking in Tongues'' (1992) * ''Cyberabad Days'' (2009) * ''The Best of Ian McDonald'' (2015)


Short stories

* "The Islands of the Dead" (1982) * "The Catharine Wheel" (Our Lady of Tharsis) (1984) (also published as "The Catharine Wheel") * "Christian" (1984) * "Scenes from a Shadowplay" (1985) * "Empire Dreams" (1985)" (also appeared as: Empire Dreams; Ground Control to Major Tom) * "Approaching Perpendicular" (1988) * "Radio Marrakech" (1988) * "The Island of the Dead" (1988) * "Unfinished Portrait of the King of Pain by Van Gogh" (1988) * "Visits to Remarkable Cities" (1988) * "Vivaldi" (1988) * "King of Morning, Queen of Day" (1988) * "Gardenias" (1989) * "Rainmaker Cometh" (1989) * "Listen" (1989) * "Atomic Avenue" (1990) * "Speaking in Tongues" (1990) * "Winning" (1990) * "Fronds" (1990) * "Toward Kilimanjaro" 'Chaga''(1990) * "Floating Dogs" (1991) * "King of Morning, Queen of Day" (excerpt)" (1991) * "Fragments of an Analysis of a Case of Hysteria" (1991) * "Brody Loved the Masai Woman" (1992) * "Innocents" (1992) * "The Best and the Rest of James Joyce" (1992) * "Fat Tuesday" (1992) * "Big Chair" (1992) * "Legitimate Targets" (1993) * "Some Strange Desire" (1993) * "The Undifferentiated Object of Desire" (1993) * "Blue Motel" (1994) * "Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone" (1994) * "Steam" (1995) * "The Time Garden: A Faery Story" (1995) * "Frooks" (1995) * "Faithful" (1996) * "Islington" (1996) * "Recording Angel" (1996) * "The Further Adventures of Baron Munchausen: The Gulf War" (1996) * "Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet" (1997) * "The Five O'Clock Whistle" (1997) * "After Kerry" (1997) * "The Days of Solomon Gursky" (1998) * "Breakfast on the Moon, with Georges" (1999) * "Tendeléo's Story" 'Chaga''(2000) * "The Twenty Five Mile High Club" (2002) * "The Old Cosmonaut and the Construction Worker Dream of Mars" (2002) * "The Hidden Place" (2002) * "Written in the Stars" (2005) in ''
Constellations A constellation is an area on the celestial sphere in which a group of visible stars forms a perceived pattern or outline, typically representing an animal, mythological subject, or inanimate object. The first constellations were likely defin ...
'' * "The Little Goddess" (2005) * "Kyle Meets the River" (2006) * "Sanjeev and Robotwallah" (2007) * "Verthandi's Ring" (2007) * "The Tear" (2008) * " Ghost Samba (2008) * "The Dust Assassin" (2008) * "An Eligible Boy" (2008) * "Vishnu at the Cat Circus" (2009) * "A Little School" (2009) * "Tonight We Fly" (2010) * "Digging" (2011) * "A Smart Well-Mannered Uprising of the Dead" (2011) * "Driftings" (2013) * "The Queen of the Night's Aria" (2013) in ''
Old Mars ''Old Mars'' is a "retro Mars science fiction"-themed anthology edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, published on October 8, 2013. According to the publisher Tor Books, the collection celebrates the "Golden Age of Science Fiction", a ...
'' (anthology) * "The Revolution Will Not Be Refrigerated" (2013) in ''Twelve Tomorrows 2014'' (anthology) * "Nanonauts! In Battle with Tiny Death-subs!" (2014) in ''Robot Uprisings'' (anthology) * " The Fifth Dragon" (2014, novelette) in ''
Reach for Infinity ''Reach for Infinity'' is a 2014 science fiction anthology edited by Jonathan Strahan. Contents * "Introduction" (essay) by Jonathan Strahan * "Break My Fall" (novelette) by Greg Egan * "The Dust Queen" (short story) by Aliette de Bodard * " Th ...
'' (anthology)Related to the ''Luna'' series of novels. * "Botanica Veneris: Thirteen Papercuts by Ida Countess Rathangan" (2015) in '' Old Venus'' (anthology)


Critical studies and reviews of McDonald's work

* Clute, John, & Nicholls, Peter (eds). ''The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction''. New York: St Martin’s Press, 1993. . * Lennard, John, ''Ian McDonald: Chaga / Evolution's Shore''. Tirril: Humanities-Ebooks, 2007. * Reviews ''Planesrunner''.


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mcdonald, Ian Bibliographies by writer Bibliographies of British writers Science fiction bibliographies