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Ian McDonald

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Ian McDonald

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1960-01-01 （Manchester, England）
国籍
British
言語
English
居住地歴
Manchester, England → Belfast, Northern Ireland

経歴

職業
Novelist, Science fiction novelist
活動期間
1982年〜2024年
ノミネート
Nebula Award for Best Novelette (1989): Unfinished Portrait of the King of Pain by Van Gogh, Arthur C. Clarke Award (1990): Desolation Road, Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (1992): King of Morning, Queen of Day, Arthur C. Clarke Award (1993): Hearts, Hands, and Voices, BSFA Award for Best Novel (1992): Hearts, Hands, and Voices, World Fantasy Award—Short Fiction (1994): Some Strange Desire, Philip K. Dick Award (1994): Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone, BSFA Award for Best Novel (1994): Necroville, BSFA Award for Best Novel (1995): Chaga, John W. Campbell Memorial Award (1996): Chaga, Arthur C. Clarke Award (2005): River of Gods, Hugo Award for Best Novel (2005): River of Gods, Hugo Award for Best Novel (2008): Brasyl, Warwick Prize for Writing (2008/9): Brasyl, John W. Campbell Memorial Award (2008): Brasyl, Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (2008): Brasyl, Nebula Award for Best Novel (2008): Brasyl, Hugo Award for Best Novel (2011): The Dervish House, Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (2011): The Dervish House, Arthur C. Clarke Award (2011): The Dervish House, BSFA Award for Best Novel (2015): Luna: New Moon, Philip K. Dick Award (2018): Time Was, Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (2018): Luna: Wolf Moon, Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (2020): Luna: Moon Rising

受賞歴

Locus Award
1989
対象作品: Desolation Road
部門: First Novel
主催: Locus Magazine
結果: won
Philip K. Dick Award
1991
対象作品: King of Morning, Queen of Day
部門: Best Collection
結果: won
BSFA Award
1992
対象作品: Innocents
部門: Best Short Fiction
主催: British Science Fiction Association
結果: won
Kurd Laßwitz Award
1999
対象作品: Sacrifice of Fools
結果: won
Theodore Sturgeon Award
2001
対象作品: Tendeléo's Story
結果: won
BSFA Award
2004
対象作品: River of Gods
部門: Best Novel
主催: British Science Fiction Association
結果: won
Hugo Award
2007
対象作品: The Djinn's Wife
部門: Best Novelette
主催: World Science Fiction Society
結果: won
BSFA Award
2007
対象作品: Brasyl
部門: Best Novel
主催: British Science Fiction Association
結果: won
John W. Campbell Memorial Award
2011
対象作品: The Dervish House
部門: Best Science Fiction Novel
結果: won
BSFA Award
2011
対象作品: The Dervish House
部門: Best Novel
主催: British Science Fiction Association
結果: won
Gaylactic Spectrum Award
2016
対象作品: Luna: New Moon
部門: Best Novel
結果: won

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Desolation Road

1988年 Science Fiction

Debut novel set on a far future terraformed Mars, in a town that develops around an oasis in the Martian desert.

Mars colonizationTechnological evolutionSocial change

River of Gods

2004年 Science Fiction

Set in mid-21st-century India.

Future IndiaAINanotechnology

Brasyl

2007年 Science Fiction

Set in the 18th and 21st centuries in Lusophone South America.

BrazilQuantum computingCultural clash

The Dervish House

2010年 Science Fiction

Set in near-future Istanbul involving nanotechnology and terrorism.

Future TurkeyNanotechPolitics

Luna: New Moon

2015年 Science Fiction

Explores intrigue among five powerful families controlling lunar industry.

Lunar societyFamily intrigueCapitalism
映像化・舞台化
  • [Television] Luna

全著作

  • Desolation Road
  • Ares Express
  • Chaga
  • Kirinya
  • River of Gods
  • Cyberabad Days
  • Planesrunner
  • Be My Enemy
  • Empress of the Sun
  • Luna: New Moon
  • Luna: Wolf Moon
  • Luna: Moon Rising
  • Out on Blue Six
  • King of Morning, Queen of Day
  • Hearts, Hands and Voices
  • Necroville
  • Sacrifice of Fools
  • Brasyl
  • The Dervish House
  • Time Was
  • Hopeland
  • The Wilding

作風・主題

文体
Rich cultural depictionsFutures of non-Western societiesComplex narrative structures
頻出モチーフ
Rapid technological changeImpacts on non-Western societiesNanotechnology

評価・遺産

Renowned science fiction author for exploring nanotechnology, postcyberpunk settings, and impacts of rapid change on non-Western societies, with numerous major awards.

大衆文化への影響

  • Luna series dubbed 'Game of Thrones in space'.

引用

  • The image of the unstoppable wave of transformation was nicked from [1982 Star Trek movie] The Wrath of Khan: it's the Genesis device, slowed down...
    出典: Interview (2001年)

豆知識

  • Moved to Belfast at age five and lived through the entire Troubles (1968–1999).
  • Sold his first story to a local Belfast magazine at age 22.
  • Contributed scripts to the Northern Irish Sesame Workshop production Sesame Tree.