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Ken MacLeod


Born
in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland
August 02, 1954

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Science Fiction & Fantasy


Ken MacLeod is an award-winning Scottish science fiction writer.

His novels have won the Prometheus Award and the BSFA award, and been nominated for the Hugo and Nebula Awards. He lives near Edinburgh, Scotland.

MacLeod 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.

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Visiting Barlinnie

Earlier this year I gave a talk and Q&A at Partick Library. Out of this came an unexpected invitation: to talk about my work in Scotland’s largest prison. So…

On Tuesday 7 July I visited HMP Barlinnie for an interview and Q&A in the library portion of the Resource Hub. My interviewer was David Sweeten of Glasgow Life Libraries, and the questions came from prisoners – all men, of course. That as Read more of this blog post »
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Average rating: 3.75 · 42,907 ratings · 3,430 reviews · 117 distinct works • Similar authors
Cosmonaut Keep (Engines of ...
3.61 avg rating — 3,432 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions
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The Star Fraction (The Fall...
3.69 avg rating — 2,978 ratings — published 1995 — 23 editions
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Newton's Wake
3.57 avg rating — 2,726 ratings — published 2004 — 14 editions
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The Cassini Division (The F...
3.91 avg rating — 2,284 ratings — published 1998 — 19 editions
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Beyond the Hallowed Sky (Li...
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Learning the World
3.71 avg rating — 2,021 ratings — published 2005 — 11 editions
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The Stone Canal (The Fall R...
3.90 avg rating — 1,603 ratings — published 1996 — 19 editions
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Dark Light (Engines of Ligh...
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The Sky Road (The Fall Revo...
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Dissidence (The Corporation...
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“Change the problem by changing your mind.”
― Ken MacLeod, Intrusion
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“I knew from the beginning it was hopeless, but it's possible to love without hope.”
― Ken MacLeod, Cosmonaut Keep
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“If you're interested, you'll be there.”
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