MacDonald, Yen

Ian MacDonald was born March 31, 1960 in Manchester ( England ). Ian's mother was Irish, her father was a Scotsman. When Ian was five years old, his family moved to Northern Ireland . The future author grew up against the backdrop of the ethno-political conflict in Northern Ireland 1968-1998 (the so-called "Problems" ), which could not but have an impact on his attitude and future creativity. Many of the author’s works, in one way or another, touch upon the problems of postcolonialism and the relations of the Third World countries with the former metropolises .

In 1982, the magazine "Extro" published the debut work of I. MacDonald - the story of The Island of the Dead ("Island of the Dead"). The debut novel Desolation Road ("The Road of Despair") was published in 1988. The novel, inspired by Ray Bradbury 's The Martian Chronicles and Marquez 's One Hundred Years of Solitude , was praised by critics and won the 1989 Locus Award for Best Debut Novel.

Currently, Ian MacDonald lives in Belfast (Northern Ireland) and works as head of development for a large telecommunications company.

Mars

The cycle of works on the "red planet" - "Mars" ( Mars ):

• The Desolation Road novel, 1988 - Laureate of the Locus Award (Best Debut Novel) in 1989;
• Ares Express , 2001 (based on The Catharine Wheel )
• the story "Big Chair" , 1992;
• the story "The Luncheonette of Lost Dreams" , 1992;
• the story "Steam" , 1995;
• the story "The Five O'Clock Whistle" , 1997;
• the story "The Old Cosmonaut and the Construction Worker Dream of Mars" , 2002.

Shian

The cycle of works "Shian":

• the novel "Sacrifice of Fools" , 1996;
• the story "The Undifferentiated Object of Desire" , 1993;
• the story "Legitimate Targets" , 1994;
• the story "Frooks" , 1995.

Necroville

The cycle of works "Necroville":

• the novel "Necroville" , 1994;
• The story of The Days of Solomon Gursky (“The Night of the Dead”), 1998 - in Russia was published in the If magazine ^[1] .

Chaga Saga

The cycle of works "Chaga Saga":

• the novel "Chaga" , 1995;
• the novel "Kirinya" , 1998;
• the story "Recording Angel" , 1996;
• the story “Tendeléo's Story” (“The History of Tendeleo”), 2000 ^[2] - Laureate of the Sturgeon Prizes in 2001 and “Sigma-F” (“Best Foreign Work”) in 2003;

India

Confused with cyberpunk and ethnography , the cycle of works “India” is about the promised land for scientists of the 21st century working at the forefront of science. India is the new Mecca of computer technology, a haven for extreme amateurs recognized illegal throughout the rest of the world.

• the novel River of Gods (“River of the Gods”), 2004 ^[3] - winner of the “BSFA” award (Best novel) in 2005, winner of the “Results-2006” of the magazine “ World of Fantasy ” (“Best Foreign NF Roman”);
• 2009 Cyberabad Days . As part of stories and stories:
  • Sanjeev and Robotwallah , 2007;
  • Kyle Meets the River , 2006;
  • The Dust Assassin , 2008;
  • An Eligible Boy , 2008;
  • The Little Goddess ("Little Goddess"), 2005;
  • The Djinn's Wife (2006) - 2006 BSFA (Small Form nomination) and Hugo (Best Short Story nomination) laureate in 2007;
  • Vishnu at the Cat Circus , 2009.

Everness

A series of Everness works about the adventures of Everett Singh in parallel universes:

• Planesrunner (The Wanderer Between the Worlds), 2011 (Book 1)
• Be My Enemy , 2012 (Book 2)
• Empress of the Sun (Empress of the Sun), 2014 (Book 3)

Luna

• Luna: New Moon , 2015
• Luna: Wolf Moon , 2017

Novels

Separate novels not included in any of the cycles:

• Out on Blue Six , 1989;
• King of Morning, Queen of Day , 1991 - winner of the Philip K. Dick Prize (in the nomination "The Best NF Book in the USA") 1992;
• Hearts, Hands and Voices ("Broken Lands"), 1992;
• Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone ("Stone, Scissors, Paper"), 1994;
• Brasyl (Brazil), 2007 - winner of the BSFA (Best Romance) Award in 2008.
• The Dervish House , 2010 - winner of the BSFA and John W. Campbell awards, nominee for the Hugo ^[4] , Locus and Arthur Clark ^[5] nominations in the Best Romance nomination in 2011 year.

Tales and Stories

• The Island of the Dead (1982);
• The Catharine Wheel , 1984 - served as the basis for the novel " Ares Express ";
• King of Morning, Queen of Day , 1988 - served as the basis for the story Craigdarragh , the first part of the novel King of Morning, Queen of Day ;
• Unfinished Portrait of the King of Pain by Van Gogh , 1988;
• Listen , 1989;
• Rainmaker Cometh , 1989;
• Toward Kilimanjaro , 1990 - served as the basis for the novel " Chaga ";
• Innocents (“Sinless”), 1992 - winner of the BSFA (Small Form) awards in 1993;
• The Hidden Place ("Refuge"), 2002 ^[6] .
• Botanica Veneris: Thirteen Papercuts by Ida Countess Rathangan (“Botanica Veneris: Thirteen Paper Patterns of Ida, Countess Ratangan”), 2015, published in the anthology of “ Old Venus ”

• 1989 - “ Locus ” award, in the nomination “Debut Novel” ( First Novel ) for Desolation Road (“Road of Despair”) (1988);
• 1992 - Philip K. Dick Award , in the nomination "The Best NF-book in the USA" for King of Morning, Queen of Day (1991);
• 1993 - British Science Fiction Award (BSFA), in the Short Fiction nomination for Innocents (Sinless) (1992);
• 2001 - Theodore Sturgeon Award , in the nomination “Best NF Story” for Tendeléo's Story (“The History of Tendeleo”) (2000);
• 2003 - Sigma-F Award, in the nomination “Translation (best foreign work)” for Tendeléo's Story (“History of Tendeleo”) (2000);
• 2005 - BSFA Award, in the Novel nomination for River of Gods (River of Gods) (2004);
• 2006 - the results of the year from the magazine World of Fantasy , in the nomination "Best Foreign Science Fiction Novel" for the River of Gods ("River of the Gods") (2004);
• 2007 - BSFA Award in the Short Fiction nomination for The Djinn's Wife (2006);
• 2007 - Hugo Award, in the nomination “Short Story” ( Novellette ) for The Djinn's Wife (“Spouse of the genie”) (2006);
• 2008 - BSFA Award in the Novel nomination for Brasyl (Brazil) (2007);
• 2011 - John W. Campbell Memorial Award for The Dervish House (2010).

• Ian MacDonald on fantlab.ru .