Ian McDonald bibliography explained

List of works by or about the British author Ian McDonald.

Novels

Desolation Road series

• Desolation Road (1988)^[1]
• The Luncheonette of Lost Dreams (1992) (short story)
• Ares Express (2001)^[2]

Chaga saga

• "Toward Kilimanjaro" (1990) (short story)
• Chaga (1995, US: Evolution's Shore)
• Kirinya (1997)
• "Tendeléo's Story" (2000) (short story)

India in 2047

• River of Gods (2004)^[3]
• The Djinn's Wife (2006) in Asimov's Science Fiction – Hugo Award for Best Novelette winner^[4]

Everness series

• Planesrunner (2011)^{[5] [6]}
• Be My Enemy (2012)^{[7] [8]}
• Empress of the Sun (2014)^[9]

Luna series

• New Moon (2015)^{[10] [11] [12]} - BSFA award nominee,^[13] winner of the Gaylactic Spectrum Award^[14]
• Wolf Moon (2017)^[15]
• Moon Rising (2019)^{[16] [17]}

Standalone novels

• Out on Blue Six (1989)
• King of Morning, Queen of Day (1991)
• Hearts, Hands and Voices (1992, US: The Broken Land)
• Necroville (1994, US: Terminal Café)
• Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone (1994) - 2013 e-book includes The Tear
• Sacrifice of Fools (1996)
• Brasyl (2007) – Hugo Award nominee, winner of the BSFA award,^[18] Nominated for the £50,000 Warwick Prize for Writing
• The Dervish House (2010) – Hugo Award nominee, Clarke Award nominee, winner of the BSFA award
• Time Was (2018)^[19]
• Hopeland (2023)

Graphic novels

• Kling Klang Klatch (1992) (graphic novel, illustrated by David Lyttleton)

Short fiction

Collections

• Empire Dreams (1988)
• Speaking in Tongues (1992)
• Cyberabad Days (2009)^[20]
• The Best of Ian McDonald (2015)

Short stories

• "The Islands of the Dead" (1982)
• "The Catharine Wheel" (Our Lady of Tharsis) (1984) (also published as "The Catharine Wheel")
• "Christian" (1984)
• "Scenes from a Shadowplay" (1985)
• "Empire Dreams" (1985)" (also appeared as: Empire Dreams; Ground Control to Major Tom)
• "Approaching Perpendicular" (1988)
• "Radio Marrakech" (1988)
• "The Island of the Dead" (1988)
• "Unfinished Portrait of the King of Pain by Van Gogh" (1988)
• "Visits to Remarkable Cities" (1988)
• "Vivaldi" (1988)
• "King of Morning, Queen of Day" (1988)
• "Gardenias" (1989)
• "Rainmaker Cometh" (1989)
• "Listen" (1989)
• "Atomic Avenue" (1990)
• "Speaking in Tongues" (1990)
• "Winning" (1990)
• "Fronds" (1990)
• "Toward Kilimanjaro" [''Chaga''] (1990)
• "Floating Dogs" (1991)
• "King of Morning, Queen of Day" (excerpt)" (1991)
• "Fragments of an Analysis of a Case of Hysteria" (1991)
• "Brody Loved the Masai Woman" (1992)
• "Innocents" (1992)
• "The Best and the Rest of James Joyce" (1992)
• "Fat Tuesday" (1992)
• "Big Chair" (1992)
• "Legitimate Targets" (1993)
• "Some Strange Desire" (1993)
• "The Undifferentiated Object of Desire" (1993)
• "Blue Motel" (1994)
• "Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone" (1994)
• "Steam" (1995)
• "The Time Garden: A Faery Story" (1995)
• "Frooks" (1995)
• "Faithful" (1996)
• "Islington" (1996)
• "Recording Angel" (1996)
• "The Further Adventures of Baron Munchausen: The Gulf War" (1996)
• "Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet" (1997)
• "The Five O'Clock Whistle" (1997)
• "After Kerry" (1997)
• "The Days of Solomon Gursky" (1998)
• "Breakfast on the Moon, with Georges" (1999)
• "Tendeléo's Story" [''Chaga''] (2000)
• "The Twenty Five Mile High Club" (2002)
• "The Old Cosmonaut and the Construction Worker Dream of Mars" (2002)
• "The Hidden Place" (2002)
• "Written in the Stars" (2005) in Constellations
• "The Little Goddess" (2005)
• "Kyle Meets the River" (2006)
• "Sanjeev and Robotwallah" (2007)
• "Verthandi's Ring" (2007)
• "The Tear" (2008)
• "[A Ghost Samba]" (2008)
• "The Dust Assassin" (2008)
• "An Eligible Boy" (2008)
• "Vishnu at the Cat Circus" (2009)
• "A Little School" (2009)
• "Tonight We Fly" (2010)
• "Digging" (2011)
• "A Smart Well-Mannered Uprising of the Dead" (2011)
• "Driftings" (2013)
• "The Queen of the Night's Aria" (2013) in Old Mars (anthology)^{[21] [22]}
• "The Revolution Will Not Be Refrigerated" (2013) in Twelve Tomorrows 2014 (anthology)
• "Nanonauts! In Battle with Tiny Death-subs!" (2014) in Robot Uprisings (anthology)
• "The Fifth Dragon" (2014, novelette) in Reach for Infinity (anthology)^{[23] [24] [25]}
• "Botanica Veneris: Thirteen Papercuts by Ida Countess Rathangan" (2015) in Old Venus (anthology)^[26]

Critical studies and reviews of McDonald's work

• Clute, John, & Nicholls, Peter (eds). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. New York: St Martin’s Press, 1993. .
• Lennard, John, Ian McDonald: Chaga / Evolution's Shore. Tirril: Humanities-Ebooks, 2007.
• Spinrad, Norman . Norman Spinrad . Apr–May 2013 . Doors to anywhere . On Books . Asimov's Science Fiction . 37 . 4&5 . 183–191. Reviews Planesrunner.

External links

• Web site: The SF Site: Ian McDonald Reading List. Rodger. Turner. SF Site. sfsite.com. 9 January 2018.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ian McDonald's brilliant Mars book, DESOLATION ROAD, finally back in print. Doctorow. Cory. Cory Doctorow. 2 July 2009. Boing Boing. 7 September 2015.
2. Web site: Far-Future Martian Charm and Railway Adventure In Ares Express. Braak. Chris. 10 May 2010. io9. 7 September 2015.
3. Although only one novel has been published in the series, there are also several related works of short fiction.
4. Web site: 2007 Hugo Awards . 9 August 2007 . World Science Fiction Society . 19 April 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20110507164811/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2007-hugo-awards/ . 7 May 2011. live .
5. Web site: Children's Book Review: Planesrunner by Ian McDonald. Publishers Weekly. 2011. 25 September 2018.
6. Web site: Planesrunner by Ian McDonald. Kirkus Reviews. 12 October 2011. 28 September 2018.
7. Web site: Be My Enemy by Ian McDonald. 18 July 2012. Kirkus Reviews. 4 October 2018.
8. Web site: Ian McDonald – Be My Enemy (Everness Book Two) cover art and synopsis reveal. Upcoming4.me. 25 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20140104212753/http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/ian-mcdonald-be-my-enemy-everness-book-two-cover-art-and-synopsis-reveal. 4 January 2014. 3 October 2018. dead.
9. Web site: Ian McDonald – Empress of the Sun announced! Cover art and synopsis revealed. Upcoming4.me. 23 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130714080534/http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/ian-mcdonald-empress-of-the-sun-announced-cover-art-and-synopsis-revealed. 14 July 2013. 3 October 2018. dead.
10. Web site: Ian McDonald: On Xenoforming . . 24 August 2014 . 7 January 2016.
11. Web site: The Long Run: Luna: New Moon by Ian McDonald . . Niall . Alexander . 21 September 2015 . 12 December 2015.
12. Web site: Ian McDonald's Luna: New Moon - the moon is a much, much harsher mistress. Doctorow. Cory. Cory Doctorow. 22 September 2015. Boing Boing. 26 September 2015.
13. Web site: BSFA Awards 2015 Shortlist announced. bsfa.co.uk. 8 February 2016. 7 December 2017.
14. Web site: Locus Online News: McDonald Wins Gaylactic Spectrum. October 10, 2016. October 10, 2016. Locus. https://archive.today/20161010181024/http://www.locusmag.com/News/2016/10/mcdonald-wins-gaylactic-spectrum/. October 10, 2016. live.
15. Web site: Cover Reveal for Ian McDonald's Luna: Wolf Moon . Tor.com . 19 January 2016 . 7 February 2016.
16. Web site: The best science fiction, fantasy, and horror novels of 2017. The Verge. Andrew. Liptak. 29 December 2017. 2 January 2018.
17. Web site: Luna: Moon Rising – Ian McDonald. Macmillan. 2 April 2018.
18. Web site: Science Fiction & Fantasy Books by Award: 2007 Award Winners & Nominees. Worlds Without End. 3 May 2009.
19. Web site: Read an excerpt from Luna author Ian McDonald's heartbreaking new time-travel romance. The Verge. Andrew. Liptak. 31 March 2018. 2 April 2018.
20. Part of the India in 2047 series.
21. Web site: TOC: Old Mars Edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois . John . DeNardo . . 14 February 2013 . 26 September 2014 . 24 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141224133311/http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2013/02/toc-old-mars-edited-by-george-r-r-martin-and-gardner-dozois-2/ . dead .
22. Web site: Mars as We Thought it Could Be: Old Mars, edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois . Robert H. . Bedford . Tor.com . 8 October 2013 . 26 September 2014.
23. Related to the Luna series of novels.
24. Web site: The Fifth Dragon . Tor.com . Ian McDonald (British author) . Ian . McDonald . 1 September 2015 . 13 December 2015.
25. Web site: Step into the Stars: Reach for Infinity, ed. Jonathan Strahan . Tor.com . Niall . Alexander . 12 June 2014 . 13 December 2015.
26. Web site: Not A Blog: Venus In March . 19 June 2014 . GRRM.livejournal.com . 27 September 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140821044623/http://grrm.livejournal.com/374059.html?thread=19204907 . 21 August 2014 . dmy-all .