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Author photo. Ian McDonald (b. 1960) <br> Credit: Gerhard Heeke, 1997, Dortmund, Germany

Ian McDonald (b. 1960)
Credit: Gerhard Heeke, 1997, Dortmund, Germany

Ian McDonald (1)

This page covers the author of River of Gods.

For other authors named Ian McDonald, see the disambiguation page.

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Works by Ian McDonald
River of Gods 1,599 copies, 46 reviews
The Dervish House 1,016 copies, 50 reviews
Brasyl 972 copies, 38 reviews
Luna: New Moon 835 copies, 37 reviews
Desolation Road 768 copies, 29 reviews
Cyberabad Days 460 copies, 25 reviews
Evolution's Shore 385 copies, 4 reviews
Necroville 365 copies, 9 reviews
King of Morning, Queen of Day 320 copies, 6 reviews
Planesrunner 285 copies, 23 reviews
Luna: Wolf Moon 275 copies, 10 reviews
Out on Blue Six 261 copies, 12 reviews
The Broken Land 256 copies, 5 reviews
Ares Express 239 copies, 11 reviews
Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone 194 copies, 3 reviews
Time Was 182 copies, 14 reviews
Moon Rising 181 copies, 7 reviews
Sacrifice of Fools 137 copies, 3 reviews
Speaking in Tongues (Author) 129 copies, 1 review
Be My Enemy (Author) 124 copies, 14 reviews
Empire Dreams 113 copies, 2 reviews
Kirinya 111 copies
Empress of the Sun 91 copies, 6 reviews
Kling Klang Klatch 52 copies, 1 review
Hopeland 51 copies, 5 reviews
The Menace from Farside 49 copies, 1 review
Tendeleo's Story 47 copies, 1 review
The Fifth Dragon 16 copies, 1 review
The Little Goddess [novella] 15 copies, 4 reviews
Vishnu at the Cat Circus 15 copies, 1 review
The Best of Ian McDonald 15 copies, 1 review
The Djinn's Wife (short story) 13 copies, 2 reviews
Sanjeev and Robotwallah 11 copies, 1 review
The Guile 9 copies
An Eligible Boy 8 copies, 1 review
Recording Angel {short story} 8 copies, 1 review
The Dust Assassin 8 copies, 2 reviews
The Days of Solomon Gursky 7 copies
The Tear 7 copies
Digging 7 copies, 1 review
Verthandi's Ring 7 copies, 1 review
Rainmaker Cometh [short fiction] 6 copies
Floating Dogs [novelette] 5 copies, 1 review
Kyle Meets The River 5 copies, 1 review
Unfinished Portrait of the King of Pain by Van Gogh [short fiction] 5 copies, 1 review
The Best and the Rest of James Joyce [short fiction] 5 copies
Fragments of an Analysis of a Case of Hysteria [short fiction] 5 copies
Some Strange Desire [novelette] 4 copies, 1 review
After Kerry [short fiction] 4 copies
Approaching Perpendicular {short story} 3 copies, 1 review
Clarkesworld: Issue 076 (January 2013) (Editor) 3 copies
Listen {short story} 3 copies, 1 review
Winning {short story} 3 copies
Blue Motel [short fiction] 3 copies
Vivaldi [short fiction] 3 copies
Toward Kilimanjaro [novelette] 3 copies
The Dervish House, book 1 of 2 2 copies
Women's Christmas {short story} 2 copies
Big Chair 2 copies, 1 review
Botanica Veneris: Thirteen Papercuts by Ida, Countess Rathangan… 2 copies
Tonight We Fly 2 copies
The Dervish House, book 2 of 2 2 copies
A Smart-mannered Uprising Of The Dead 2 copies, 1 review
The Old Cosmonaut and the Construction Worker Dream of Mars {short story} 2 copies
Speaking in Tongues {short story} 2 copies
Atomic Avenue {short story} 2 copies
Gardenias {short story} 2 copies
Fronds {short story} 2 copies
The Hidden Place 2 copies
Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone: and The Tear 1 copy
The Twenty Five Mile High Club 1 copy
The Five O'Clock Whistle [Desolation Road] 1 copy
SIGNED Ian McDonald TERMINAL CAFE 1994 Easton Press SCI-FI First Edition 1 copy
Luna : Holdkelte 1 copy
Old Cosmonaut and the Construction Worker Dream Of Mars 1 copy
Ten Landscapes of Nili Fossae {short story} 1 copy
Isaac Asimov Science Fiction Magazine (Phoenix) n. 5 1 copy
Fat Tuesday 1 copy
For Openers:An Introduction to the Best Short Stories of Ian McDonald 1 copy
Breakfast on the Moon with Georges {novelette} 1 copy
The Catharine Wheel 1 copy
Frooks 1 copy, 1 review
A Little School 1 copy
Legitimate Targets [short story] 1 copy
The Queen of Night's Aria (Novelette) 1 copy
Innocents [novelette] 1 copy
Written In The Stars 1 copy
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The New Space Opera (Contributor) 534 copies, 17 reviews
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection (Contributor) 523 copies, 4 reviews
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twentieth Annual Collection (Contributor) 478 copies, 1 review
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection (Contributor) 475 copies, 1 review
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual Collection (Contributor) 469 copies, 2 reviews
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection (Contributor) 459 copies, 3 reviews
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection (Contributor) 429 copies, 7 reviews
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection (Contributor) 426 copies, 2 reviews
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection (Contributor) 424 copies, 4 reviews
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection (Contributor) 409 copies, 2 reviews
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection (Contributor) 402 copies, 4 reviews
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection (Contributor) 378 copies, 2 reviews
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection (Contributor) 367 copies, 6 reviews
The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction (Contributor) 357 copies, 19 reviews
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighth Annual Collection (Contributor) 305 copies, 6 reviews
The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction (Contributor) 304 copies, 7 reviews
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection (Contributor) 278 copies, 6 reviews
The Starry Rift (Contributor) 274 copies, 10 reviews
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventh Annual Collection (Contributor) 253 copies, 2 reviews
Other Worlds Than These (Contributor) 238 copies, 5 reviews
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection (Contributor) 233 copies, 5 reviews
Masked (Contributor) 222 copies, 9 reviews
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Second Annual Collection (Contributor) 198 copies, 1 review
The Best of the Best, Volume 2: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction… (Contributor) 197 copies, 9 reviews
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume One (Contributor) 195 copies, 5 reviews
Year's Best SF 13 (Contributor) 189 copies, 4 reviews
Old Mars (Contributor) 187 copies, 7 reviews
Futures: Four Novellas (Contributor) 184 copies
Robot Uprisings (Contributor) 181 copies, 5 reviews
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Second Annual Collection (Contributor) 164 copies, 7 reviews
Old Venus (Contributor) 164 copies, 7 reviews
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection (Contributor) 158 copies, 2 reviews
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third Annual Collection (Contributor) 146 copies, 1 review
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Three (Contributor) 138 copies, 2 reviews
Reach for Infinity (Contributor) 134 copies, 5 reviews
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Six (Contributor, some editions) 133 copies, 4 reviews
Fast Forward 1: Future Fiction from the Cutting Edge (Contributor) 128 copies, 5 reviews
Solaris Rising: The New Solaris Book of Science Fiction (Contributor) 123 copies, 4 reviews
The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year's Best Science Fiction (Contributor) 120 copies, 1 review
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection (Contributor) 115 copies, 2 reviews
Tombs (Contributor) 114 copies, 2 reviews
Galactic Empires (Contributor) 112 copies, 2 reviews
Nanotech! (Contributor) 105 copies
The Mammoth Book of the Best of Best New SF (Contributor) 102 copies
The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 1 (Contributor) 96 copies, 3 reviews
Life on Mars: Tales from the New Frontier (Contributor) 95 copies, 2 reviews
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Eight (Contributor) 95 copies, 5 reviews
Elsewhere, Vol. III (Contributor) 91 copies
Belfast Noir (Contributor) 86 copies, 14 reviews
Galactic Empires (Contributor) 82 copies, 3 reviews
Watching Trees Grow / Tendeleo's Story (Contributor) 81 copies
Meeting Infinity (Contributor) 77 copies, 3 reviews
Dante's Disciples (Contributor) 73 copies, 1 review
Fast Forward 2 (Contributor) 67 copies, 2 reviews
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009 Edition (Contributor) 67 copies
The Furthest Horizon: SF Adventures to the Far Future (Contributor) 66 copies
Worldmakers: SF Adventures in Terraforming (Contributor) 63 copies, 1 review
Digital Dreams (Contributor) 60 copies
Forbidden Planets (Contributor) 58 copies, 3 reviews
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Nine (Contributor) 57 copies, 3 reviews
The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook: No. 2 (Contributor) 56 copies
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2016 Edition (Contributor) 55 copies, 4 reviews
Moon Shots (Contributor) 55 copies
Space Opera (Contributor) 53 copies, 2 reviews
Future War (Contributor) 53 copies, 1 review
Flying Cups and Saucers: Gender Explorations in Science Fiction and… (Author) 53 copies, 3 reviews
In Dreams (Contributor) 52 copies
New Worlds 1 (Contributor) 52 copies, 2 reviews
2001: An Odyssey in Words: Celebrating the Centenary of Arthur C.… (Contributor) 51 copies, 13 reviews
Not One of Us: Stories of Aliens on Earth (Contributor) 51 copies, 2 reviews
Mars Probes (Contributor) 50 copies
Under African Skies (Future Earths) (Contributor) 50 copies
New Worlds 2 (Contributor) 47 copies, 1 review
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Ten (Contributor) 46 copies, 3 reviews
More Human Than Human: Stories of Androids, Robots, and Manufactured… (Contributor) 46 copies
Narrow Houses: Tales of Superstition, Suspense, and Fear (Contributor) 45 copies, 1 review
New Worlds 4 (Contributor) 45 copies
The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 4 (Contributor) 45 copies, 1 review
Blue Motel (Contributor) 42 copies
Best Short Novels 2006 (Contributor) 42 copies, 1 review
Other Edens 2 (Contributor) 39 copies, 2 reviews
Edited By (Contributor) 37 copies, 3 reviews
Twelve Tomorrows - Visionary stories of the near future inspired by… (Contributor) 35 copies, 1 review
Dying for It: More Erotic Tales of Unearthly Love (Contributor) 35 copies
Robots: The Recent A.I. (Contributor) 33 copies, 1 review
Destination Unknown (Contributor) 32 copies
Best of British Fantasy 2018 (Contributor) 31 copies, 16 reviews
Heaven Sent: 18 Glorious Tales of the Angels (Contributor) 31 copies, 1 review
Future Sports (Contributor) 31 copies, 1 review
Other Edens: No. 3 (Contributor) 29 copies, 1 review
Constellations (Contributor) 29 copies
Isaac Asimov's Mars (Contributor) 29 copies
The Eagle Has Landed: 50 Years of Lunar Science Fiction (Contributor) 27 copies, 2 reviews
Omni Best Science Fiction Three (Contributor) 26 copies
Tales of the Wandering Jew: A Collection of Contemporary and Classic… (Contributor) 25 copies
Discoveries:First Focus Sci-Fi Anthology (Contributor) 25 copies
The Dedalus Book of Femmes Fatales (Contributor) 23 copies
Interzone: The 5th Anthology (Contributor) 22 copies, 1 review
Exploring the Horizons (Contributor) 19 copies
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 21, No. 3 [March 1997] (Contributor) 18 copies
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 8, No. 1 [January 1984] (Contributor) 18 copies
We, Robots (Author; Contributor) 17 copies
Clarkesworld: Issue 145 (October 2018) (Contributor) 14 copies, 3 reviews
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 9, No. 12 [December 1985] (Contributor) 13 copies
Clarkesworld: Year Seven (Contributor) 13 copies
Postscripts Magazine, Issue 15: Worldcon 2008 Special (Contributor, some editions) 13 copies
Tales in Space (Contributor) 11 copies
Now We Are Ten: Celebrating the First Ten Years of Newcon Press (Contributor) 9 copies
The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 4 (Contributor) 7 copies, 1 review
Clarkesworld: Issue 082 (July 2013) (Contributor) 7 copies, 3 reviews
Heyne Jahresband Science Fiction 1989. (Contributor) 7 copies
Wassermans Roboter (Contributor) 6 copies
Die Pilotin. Internationale Science-Fiction-Erzählungen (Contributor) 6 copies
Clarkesworld: Issue 135 (December 2017) (Contributor) 5 copies, 1 review
Die wahre Lehre — nach Mickymaus (Contributor) 4 copies
Bifrost n°68 (Contributor) 4 copies
Infinity plus two (Contributor) 2 copies
Supernovæ (Contributor) 2 copies
Millemondi Inverno 1996 (Contributor) 2 copies
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Canonical name
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McDonald, Ian Neil
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Date of birth
1960-03-31
Date of death
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Gender
male
Nationality
UK
Country (for map)
UK
Birthplace
Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
Place of death
Cause of death
Places of residence
Manchester, England, UK
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Education
Occupations
science fiction writer
Relationships
Agents
John Berlyne (Zeno Agency)
Organizations
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Awards and honors
Guest of Honour, Eastercon, UK (1998)
Grand Master of Science Fiction, European Science Fiction Society (2019)
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