Ken MacLeod - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Ken MacLeod (born August 2, 1954), a Scottish science fiction writer, lives near Edinburgh. He graduated from Glasgow University with a degree in zoology and has worked as a computer programmer and written a masters thesis on biomechanics. His novels often explore socialist, communist and anarchist political ideas, most particularly the variants of Trotskyism and "anarcho-capitalism" or extreme economic libertarianism. Technical themes encompass singularities, divergent human cultural evolution and post-human cyborg-resurrection. MacLeod's general outlook can be best described as techno-progressive. ..."
Awards Received
1996 Prometheus Best Novel Award, granted by Libertarian Futurist Society, Prometheus Best Novel Award
For The Star Fraction
For The Star Fraction
1998 Prometheus Best Novel Award, granted by Libertarian Futurist Society, Prometheus Best Novel Award
For The Stone Canal
For The Stone Canal
Interviews
Ken MacLeod: Morality, Mortality, Mentality, Locus Magazine, Oct 2000
Books Authored
The Star Fraction, 1995
1996 Prometheus Award winner
1996 Prometheus Award winner
- ISBN 0765300842
: Paperback, Tor Books, 1st US edition, 2001
- ISBN 0765301563
: Paperback, Tor Books, Reprint edition, 2002
- ISBN 1857238338
: Paperback, Orbit, New edition, 1996
The Stone Canal, 1996
1998 Prometheus Award winner
1998 Prometheus Award winner
- ISBN 0312870531
: Hardcover, Tor Books, 1st US edition, 2000
- ISBN 0812568648
: Paperback, Tor Science Fiction, 2001
- ISBN 1841490601
: Paperback, Orbit, New edition, 1997