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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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It seems I’ve become a local celebrity, because I was asked to officially open the new Sue Ryder charity shop in Port Glasgow on Friday. The staff, management and volunteers were most welcoming, and cutting a ribbon is much easier than it looks. (George Munro's pic, in the Greenock Telegraph article linked above, caught the exact moment.) The charity’s photographer Andy Catlin was there to record Read more of this blog post »
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Average rating: 3.75 · 41,964 ratings · 3,305 reviews · 113 distinct works • Similar authors
Cosmonaut Keep (Engines of ...
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The Star Fraction (The Fall...
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Newton's Wake
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The Cassini Division (The F...
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Learning the World
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Beyond the Hallowed Sky (Li...
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The Stone Canal (The Fall R...
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Dark Light (Engines of Ligh...
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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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