Ian McDonald (born 1960) is a science fiction and fantasy writer, living in Belfast.
Many of his books are Mundane Dogmatic (though he has spoken against the Mundane Manifesto
, himself). Some (including Desolation Road and Hearts, Hands, and Voices) have elements of Magic Realism.
Not to be confused with the author of Bruno the Bandit, nor with the musician.
Works by Ian McDonald:
- Desolation Road (1988)
- Empire Dreams (1988) (short stories)
- Out On Blue Six (1989)
- King Of Morning Queen Of Day (1991)
- Hearts Hands And Voices (1992, US: The Broken Land)
- Speaking In Tongues (1992) (short stories)
- Kling Klang Klatch (1992) (graphic novel, illustrated by David Lyttleton)
- Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone (1994)
- Necroville(1994, US: Terminal Cafe)
- Chaga (1995, US: Evolutions Shore)
- Sacrifice Of Fools (1996)
- Kirinya (1998)
- Tendeleos Story (2000)
- Ares Express (2001): Set in the same universe as Desolation Road.
- River Of Gods (2004)
- The Djinns Wife (2006)
- Brasyl (2007)
- Cyberabad Days (2009): Set in the same universe as River of Gods.
- The Dervish House (2010)
- Planesrunner (2012)
- Luna New Moon (2015)
- Luna Wolf Moon (2017): Sequel of New Moon.
- Luna Moon Rising (2019): Sequel of Wolf Moon.
- The Menace From Farside" (2019) Set in the same universe as New Moon''.
Tropes found in his work:
- Afrofuturism: Chaga (known as Evolutions Shore in the US) centers around the Watekni subculture in a 20 Minutes into the Future version of Kenya.
- Fantasy Counterpart Culture: Hearts Hands And Voices (known as The Broken Land in the US) is very obviously based on the Anglo-Irish conflicts of the 20th century.
- One-Word Title:
- Brasyl (2007)
- Chaga (1995, US: Evolutions Shore)
- Kirinya (1998)
- Necroville(1994, US: Terminal Cafe)
- Planesrunner (2012)
- Terraform: Desolation Road takes place on Mars, after it has been terraformed.
