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Ian McDonald

(1960 - )

About Ian McDonald

Ian McDonald is the author of several highly acclaimed SF novels, including Desolation Road, King of the Morning, Queen of the Night, Kirinya and Chaga. He has also had many stories published in magazines and anthologies on both sides of the Atlantic. Ian McDonald lives in Belfast.

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The Dervish House

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The Dervish House

Novels

Desolation Road (1988)
Out on Blue Six (1989)
The Broken Land (1992)
aka Hearts, Hands and Voices
Kling Klang Klatch (1992) (with David Lyttleton)
Terminal Cafe (1994)
Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone (1994)
Necroville (1994)
Evolution's Shore (1995)
aka Chaga
Sacrifice of Fools (1996)
Kirinya (1998)
Tendeleo's Story (2000)
Ares Express (2001)
River of Gods (2004)
Brasyl (2007)
The Dervish House (2010)

Collections

Empire Dreams (1988)
King of Morning, Queen of Day (1991)
Speaking in Tongues (1992)
Cyberabad Days (2008)

Anthologies containing stories by Ian McDonald

The Year's Best Fantasy Second Annual Collection (1989)
aka Demons and Dreams
Digital Dreams (1990)
Future Earths : Under African Skies (1993)
Omni Best Science Fiction Three (1993)
Tales of the Wandering Jew (1993)
Blue Motel: Narrow Houses Vol 3 (1994)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Seventh Annual Collection (1994)
Heaven Sent: 18 Glorious Tales of the Angels (1995)
Tales in Space (1995)
Tombs (1995)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Eighth Annual Collection (1995)
Dante's Disciples (1996)
Destination Unknown (1996)
Dying for It (1997)
The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction 11th Annual Collection (1997)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Fourteenth Annual Collection (1997)
Nanotech (1998)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Fifteenth Annual Collection (1998)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Sixteenth Annual Collection (1999)
The Furthest Horizon (2000)

Short stories

	The Island of the Dead (1982)
	Unfinished Portrait of the King of Pain by Van Gogh (1988)		Nebula (nominee)
	Visits to Remarkable Cities (1988)
	Speaking in Tongues (1990)
	Toward Kilimanjaro (1990)
	Fragments of an Analysis of a Case of Hysteria (1991)
	Brody Loved the Masai Woman (1992)
	Some Strange Desire (1993)		World Fantasy (nominee)
	Blue Motel (1994)
	Steam (1995)
	The Time Garden (1995)
	Islington (1996)
	Recording Angel (1996)
	After Kerry (1997)
	The Five O'Clock Whistle (1997)
	The Days of Solomon Gursky (1998)

Awards

	Nebula Best Novellette nominee (1989) : Unfinished Portrait of the King of Pain by Van Gogh
	Arthur C. Clarke Award Best Novel nominee (1990) : Desolation Road
	Philip K Dick Award Best Collection winner (1991) : King of Morning, Queen of Day
	Arthur C. Clarke Award Best Novel nominee (1993) : The Broken Land
	World Fantasy Best Short story nominee (1994) : Some Strange Desire
	Philip K Dick Award Best Novel nominee (1994) : Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone
	John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel nominee (1996) : Evolution's Shore
	British Science Fiction Association Best Novel winner (2004) : River of Gods
	Arthur C. Clarke Award Best Novel nominee (2005) : River of Gods
	British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee (2005) : River of Gods
	British Science Fiction Association Best Novel nominee (2007) : Brasyl
	Hugo Best Novel nominee (2008) : Brasyl

Ian McDonald recommends

Escardy Gap (1996)
Peter Crowther and James Lovegrove
"A deliciously nasty treat."

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