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Ian Sales

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Ian Sales

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
United Kingdom
Nationality
British
Languages
English
Residence History
Qatar → Oman → Dubai → Abu Dhabi → United Kingdom

Career

Occupations
science fiction writer, editor
Active Years
1990-
Affiliations
SF Mistressworks, Whippleshield Books
Nominations
2012 Sidewise Award for Alternate History Best Short-Form Finalist (Adrift on the Sea of Rains)

Awards

BSFA Award
2012
Work: Adrift on the Sea of Rains
Category: short fiction
Organization: British Science Fiction Association
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Adrift on the Sea of Rains

2012 Science Fiction

First book of the Apollo Quartet, a self-published novella.

SpaceAlternate History

The Eye With Which The Universe Beholds Itself

2013 Science Fiction

Second book of the Apollo Quartet.

UniverseScience

Then Will The Great Ocean Wash Deep Above

2013 Science Fiction

Third book of the Apollo Quartet.

OceanSpace

All That Outer Space Allows

2015 Science Fiction

Final book of the Apollo Quartet.

SpaceGender

A Prospect of War

2015 Space Opera

First book of An Age of Discord trilogy.

WarSpace

Bibliography

  • Rocket Science
  • Aphrodite Terra: Stories About Venus
  • Dreams of the Space Age
  • Adrift on the Sea of Rains
  • The Eye With Which The Universe Beholds Itself
  • Then Will The Great Ocean Wash Deep Above
  • All That Outer Space Allows
  • A Prospect of War
  • A Conflict of Orders

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Hard SFAlternate History
Recurring Motifs
Space ExplorationSpacesuits

Legacy

British SF writer who won the BSFA Award. Founder of SF Mistressworks website.

Trivia

  • Founder of the SF Mistressworks website
  • Grew up in the Middle East