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Ken MacLeod

ケン・マクラウド

Ken MacLeod

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1954-08-02 （Stornoway）
Nationality
Scottish
Languages
English
Residence History
South Queensferry → Gourock

Career

Occupations
Writer, Computer programmer
Active Years
1995-2024
Affiliations
Edinburgh Science Festival advisory board
Influenced By
Iain M. Banks
Influenced
Cory Doctorow, Charles Stross
Nominations
Nominations for Arthur C. Clarke, Hugo, Nebula, Locus, Campbell Memorial Awards

Education

University of Glasgow
Faculty of Science / Zoology
Degree: BS
Year of Graduation: 1976
Country: United Kingdom
Wrote a master's thesis on biomechanics

Awards

BSFA Award
1999
Work: The Sky Road
Category: 最優秀小説賞
Organization: British Science Fiction Association
Result: 受賞
BSFA Award
2008
Work: The Night Sessions
Category: 最優秀小説賞
Organization: British Science Fiction Association
Result: 受賞
Prometheus Award
1996
Work: The Star Fraction
Organization: Libertarian Futurist Society
Result: 受賞
Prometheus Award
1998
Work: The Stone Canal
Organization: Libertarian Futurist Society
Result: 受賞
Prometheus Award
2006
Work: Learning the World
Organization: Libertarian Futurist Society
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Prometheus Award 12 appearances
  1. Edition 80 (1996) Winner
  2. Edition 90 (1998) Winner
  3. Edition 101 (2000, held 2 times in year) Nominee
  4. Edition 108 (2001, held 4 times in year) Nominee
  5. Edition 116 (2003, held 2 times in year) Nominee
  6. Edition 128 (2005, held 4 times in year) Nominee
  7. Edition 130 (2006) Winner
  8. Edition 143 (2008, held 3 times in year) Nominee
  9. Edition 166 (2012, held 5 times in year) Nominee
  10. Edition 188 (2017, held 2 times in year) Nominee
  11. Edition 189 (2017, held 3 times in year) Nominee
  12. Edition 196 (2018, held 5 times in year) Nominee

Works

Major Works

The Sky Road

1999 Science Fiction

Final book in the Fall Revolution series.

Libertarian socialismTechno-utopianism

The Night Sessions

2008 Science Fiction

BSFA Award winner exploring AI and religion.

AIReligionFuture society

The Star Fraction

1995 Science Fiction

First book in the Fall Revolution series.

TrotskyismAnarcho-capitalism

Bibliography

  • The Star Fraction
  • The Stone Canal
  • The Cassini Division
  • The Sky Road
  • Cosmonaut Keep
  • Dark Light
  • Engine City
  • Newton's Wake: A Space Opera
  • Learning the World
  • The Execution Channel
  • The Night Sessions
  • The Restoration Game
  • Intrusion
  • Dissidence

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Hard science fictionSpace operaPolitical satirePuns and in-jokes
Recurring Motifs
SocialismTrotskyismAnarchismTechnological singularityPost-humanism

Legacy

Scottish science fiction writer known for libertarian socialist themes. Three-time Prometheus Award winner, two-time BSFA Award winner.

In Popular Culture

  • Influenced Cory Doctorow's works, coined 'Webblies'.

Trivia

  • Opposed Scottish independence
  • Wife died in 2024
  • Former Trotskyist activist