Ken MacLeod is a highly acclaimed science fiction author, hailing from Scotland. His works have been honored with several prestigious awards, including the Prometheus Award and the British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) award. Moreover, his novels have been recognized with nominations for both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, further solidifying his reputation in the genre. MacLeod's residence is in close proximity to Edinburgh, Scotland, where he continues to write and contribute to the science fiction community.
MacLeod's academic background is diverse and well-suited to his chosen genre. He holds a degree in zoology from Glasgow University and has experience working as a computer programmer. His educational pursuits also include the completion of a master's thesis focused on biomechanics. These varied experiences and interests have provided MacLeod with a strong foundation in the technical elements often explored in his science fiction novels.
A recurring theme in MacLeod's work is the examination of political ideas, with a particular focus on socialist, communist, and anarchist philosophies. He delves into various iterations of Trotskyism and anarcho-capitalism, or extreme economic libertarianism, in his stories. Furthermore, MacLeod's novels often incorporate technical themes such as singularities, divergent human cultural evolution, and post-human cyborg-resurrection. These concepts, combined with his political interests, create a unique and thought-provoking narrative in his science fiction works.
The Fall Revolution Books
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Year
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1
The Star Fraction
1995
2
The Stone Canal
1996
3
The Cassini Division
1998
4
The Sky Road
1999
Engines of Light Books
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Year
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1
Cosmonaut Keep
2000
2
Dark Light
2001
3
Engine City
2002
The Corporation Wars Books
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Year
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1
Dissidence
2016
2
Insurgence
2016
3
Emergence
2017
Lightspeed Trilogy Books
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Year
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1
Beyond the Hallowed Sky
2021
2
Beyond the Reach of Earth
2023
3
Beyond the Light Horizon
2024
Standalone Novels
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Year
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The Human Front
2001
2
Newton's Wake
2004
3
Learning the World
2005
4
The Execution Channel
2007
5
The Night Sessions
2008
6
The Restoration Game
2010
7
Intrusion
2012
8
Descent
2014
Short Stories/Novellas
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Year
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1
Who’s Afraid of Wolf 359?
2007
2
Earth Hour
2011
3
Selkie Summer
2020
Collections
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Year
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1
Giant Lizards From Another Star
2006
2
Poems
2015
3
Poems (With: Iain Banks)
2015
4
A Jura for Julia
2024
Chapbooks
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Year
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1
The Highway Men
2006
The Web - 2028 Books
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Year
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Webcrash
1998
2
Webcrash ( By: Stephen Baxter)
1998
3
Cydonia
1998
4
Spindrift
1998
5
Spindrift (By: Maggie Furey)
1998
6
Computopia
1998
7
Computopia (By: James Lovegrove)
1998
8
Avatar
1998
9
Avatar ( By: Pat Cadigan)
1998
10
Walkabout
1998
11
Walkabout (By: Eric Brown)
1998
12
The Web: 2028
1999
13
The Web: 2028 (With: Pat Cadigan, Stephen Baxter, James Lovegrove, Eric Brown, Maggie Furey, Simon Spanton)
1999
Outspoken Authors Books
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Year
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The Human Front
2001
2
The Left Left Behind
2009
3
The Left Left Behind (By: Terry Bisson, Eleanor Arnason)
2009
4
Lucky Strike
2009
5
Lucky Strike (By: Kim Stanley Robinson)
2009
6
The Underbelly
2010
7
The Underbelly (By: Gary Phillips, Eleanor Arnason)
2010
8
Mammoths of the Great Plains
2010
9
Mammoths of the Great Plains (By: Eleanor Arnason)
2010
10
The Wild Girls
2011
11
The Wild Girls (By: Ursula K. Le Guin, Eleanor Arnason)
2011
12
Modem Times 2.0
2011
13
Modem Times 2.0 (By: Michael Moorcock, Eleanor Arnason)
2011
14
The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow
2011
15
The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (By: Cory Doctorow, Eleanor Arnason)
2011
16
Surfing the Gnarl
2012
17
Report from Planet Midnight (By: Nalo Hopkinson, Eleanor Arnason)
2012
18
Report from Planet Midnight
2012
19
The Science of Herself (By: Karen Joy Fowler, Eleanor Arnason)
2013
20
The Science of Herself
2013
21
Patty Hearst & The Twinkie Murders: A Tale of Two Trials (By: Eleanor Arnason, Paul Krassner)
2013
22
Patty Hearst & The Twinkie Murders: A Tale of Two Trials
2013
23
New Taboos (By: John Shirley)
2013
24
New Taboos
2013
25
Raising Hell (By: Norman Spinrad, Eleanor Arnason)
2014
26
Raising Hell
2014
27
My Life, My Body (By: Marge Piercy)
2015
28
My Life, My Body
2015
29
Gypsy (By: Carter Scholz, Eleanor Arnason)
2015
30
Gypsy
2015
31
Miracles Ain't What They Used to Be (By: Joe R. Lansdale, Eleanor Arnason)
2016
32
Miracles Ain't What They Used to Be
2016
33
Fire. (By: Elizabeth Hand, Eleanor Arnason)
2017
34
Fire.
2017
35
Totalitopia (By: John Crowley)
2017
36
Totalitopia
2017
37
The Atheist in the Attic (By: Samuel R. Delany, Eleanor Arnason)
2018
38
The Atheist in the Attic
2018
39
Thoreau's Microscope (By: Michael Blumlein, Eleanor Arnason)
2018
40
Thoreau's Microscope
2018
41
The Beatrix Gates (By: Rachel Pollack)
2019
42
The Beatrix Gates
2019
43
A City Made of Words (By: Paul Park)
2019
44
A City Made of Words
2019
45
Not What I Intended (By: Nancy Kress)
2025
Year's Best SF Anthology Books
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Year
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Year's Best SF
1996
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Year's Best SF 2
1997
3
Year's Best SF 3
1998
4
Year's Best SF 4
1999
5
Year's Best SF 5
2000
6
Year's Best SF 6
2001
7
Year's Best SF 7
2002
8
Year's Best SF 8
2003
9
Year's Best SF 9
2004
10
Year's Best SF 10
2005
11
Year's Best SF 11
2006
12
Year's Best SF 12
2007
13
Year's Best SF 13
2008
14
Year's Best SF 14
2009
15
Year's Best SF 15
2010
16
Year's Best SF 16
2011
17
Year's Best SF 17
2012
18
Year's Best SF 18
2013
Solaris Rising Anthology Books
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Year
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Solaris Rising (With: Pat Cadigan, Mike Resnick, Stephen Baxter, Lavie Tidhar, Peter F. Hamilton, Ian Watson, Eric Brown, Adam Roberts, Paul Di Filippo, Alastair Reynolds, Tricia Sullivan, Ian Whates, Richard Salter)
2011
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Solaris Rising 1.5 (By: Paul Cornell, Tanith Lee, Mike Resnick, Aliette de Bodard, Adam Roberts, Paul Di Filippo, Ian Whates, Gareth L. Powell, Sarah Lotz, Philip Vine)
2012
3
Solaris Rising 2 (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Paul Cornell, Liz Williams, James Lovegrove, Robert Reed, Eugie Foster, Nancy Kress, Nick Harkaway, Norman Spinrad, Vandana Singh, Kim Lakin-Smith, Ian Whates, Paul Cornell, Jr., Kay Kenyon, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Martin Sketchley, Allan Steele)
2013
PM's Outspoken Authors Books
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The Presidential Papers (By: John H. Kessel)
1984
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The Human Front
2001
3
The Underbelly (By: Gary Phillips, Eleanor Arnason)
2010
4
Mammoths of the Great Plains (By: Eleanor Arnason)
2010
5
Modem Times 2.0 (By: Michael Moorcock, Eleanor Arnason)
2011
6
Surfing the Gnarl (By: Rudy Rucker)
2012
7
Patty Hearst & The Twinkie Murders: A Tale of Two Trials (By: Eleanor Arnason, Paul Krassner)
2013
8
Raising Hell (By: Norman Spinrad, Eleanor Arnason)
2014
9
Gypsy (By: Carter Scholz)
2015
10
Miracles Ain't What They Used to Be (By: Joe R. Lansdale, Eleanor Arnason)
2016
11
Fire. (By: Elizabeth Hand, Eleanor Arnason)
2017
12
The Atheist in the Attic (By: Samuel R. Delany, Eleanor Arnason)
2018
13
Beatrix Gates (By: Rachel Pollack)
2019
14
Talk Like a Man (By: Nisi Shawl)
2019
15
Big Girl (By: Meg Elison)
2020
16
Planetbreaker’s Son (By: Nick Mamatas)
2021
17
Utopias of the Third Kind (By: Vandana Singh)
2021
18
Night Shift (By: Eileen Gunn)
2022
19
The Collapsing Frontier (By: Jonathan Lethem)
2024
Ken MacLeod Anthologies
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Title
Year
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Year's Best SF
1996
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Year's Best SF 2
1997
3
Year's Best SF 3
1998
4
Year's Best SF 4
1999
5
Year's Best SF 5
2000
6
Year's Best SF 6
2001
7
Infinities
2002
8
Year's Best SF 7
2002
9
The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 15
2002
10
Year's Best SF 8
2003
11
Year's Best SF 9
2004
12
Year's Best SF 10
2005
13
Solaris Rising
2011
14
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection
2006
15
Year's Best SF 11
2006
16
Fast Forward 1: Future Fiction from the Cutting Edge
2007
17
Year's Best SF 12
2007
18
The New Space Opera
2007
19
Shoreline of Infinity 11½: Edinburgh International Science Festival Special Edition
2018
20
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection
2007
21
Space Opera
2007
22
Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2008 Edition
2008
23
Year's Best SF 13
2008
24
The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 21
2008
25
Seeds of Change
2008
26
Year's Best SF 14
2009
27
Year's Best SF 15
2010
28
The Sixty
2011
29
Year's Best SF 16
2011
30
Year's Best SF 17
2012
31
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection
2012
32
Where Rockets Burn Through
2012
33
Solaris Rising 2
2013
34
Year's Best SF 18
2013
35
Tor.com: Selected Original Fiction, 2008-2012
2013
36
Shoreline of Infinity 4
2016
37
Shoreline of Infinity 8½: Edinburgh International Book Festival Special Edition
2017
38
Shoreline of Infinity 11½
2018
39
Best of British Science Fiction 2017
2018
40
Stories of Hope and Wonder: In Support of UK's Healthcare Workers