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Ian R. MacLeod


Born
1956, Solihull, England, The United Kingdom
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Science Fiction & Fantasy


Ian R. MacLeod is the acclaimed writer of challenging and innovative speculative and fantastic fiction. His most recent novel, Wake Up and Dream, won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History, while his previous works have won the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, and the World Fantasy Award, and have been translated into many languages. His short story, “Snodgrass,” was developed for television in the United Kingdom as part of the Sky Arts series Playhouse Presents. MacLeod grew up in the West Midlands region of England, studied law, and spent time working and dreaming in the civil service before moving on to teaching and house-husbandry. He lives with his wife in the riverside town of Bewdley.

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Average rating: 3.72 · 11,742 ratings · 1,609 reviews · 176 distinct works • Similar authors
The Light Ages (The Aether ...
3.49 avg rating — 1,293 ratings — published 2003 — 20 editions
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Song of Time
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The Summer Isles
3.82 avg rating — 309 ratings — published 1998 — 10 editions
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The House of Storms (The Ae...
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Red Snow
3.54 avg rating — 239 ratings — published 2017 — 6 editions
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Wake Up And Dream [jhc]
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The Chronologist
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The Great Wheel
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“Little men, stuck in little positions of little authority, are always the worst.”
― Ian R. MacLeod, The Light Ages
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“The robot had discovered many times through its dealings with clients that humans were capable of believing things which went against the evidence of their own senses and intellect.”
― Ian R. MacLeod, Sin Eater
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“Every novel has at least three stories. Of course, there’s story in its pages. But then there’s the story of its writing. And there’s also the story of its reaching, or not reaching, the bigger world of its readers.”
― Ian R. MacLeod, The Summer Isles
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