Ken MacLeod

it is no surprise that has been shortlisted for all the main science fiction awards THE TIMES, "Stunningly assured, inventive and intelligent Iain M. Banks, "A classic saga . . . heartily recommended SFX, "MacLeod continues to add massive new levels of sophistication to the traditional space opera

Thought-provoking and entertaining, this highly original first-contact story should please any science fiction reader. - School Library JournalMind-expanding science fiction at its best; it is no surprise that it has been shortlisted for all the main science fiction awards. - THE TIMESThe great sunliner But the Sky, My Lady! The Sky! is nearing the end of a four-hundred-year journey. A ship-born generation is tense with expectation for the new system that is to be their home. Expecting to find nothing more complex than bacteria and algae, the detection of electronic signals from one of the planets comes as a shock. In millennia of slow expansion, humanity has never encountered aliens, and yet these new signals cannot be ignored. They suspect a fast robot probe has overtaken them, and send probes of their own to investigate.On a world called Ground, whose inhabitants are struggling into the age of radio, petroleum and powered flight, a young astronomer searching for distant planets detects an anomaly that he presumes must be a comet. His friend, a brilliant foreign physicist, calculates the orbit, only to discover an anomaly of his own. The comet is slowing down ...Reminding us that the universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we CAN imagine, LEARNING THE WORLD is a stunning novel of exploration, discovery and Mankinds destiny amongst the stars.Books by Ken MacLeod:Fall RevolutionThe Star FractionThe Stone CanalThe Cassini DivisionThe Sky RoadEngines of LightCosmonaut KeepDark LightEngine CityCorporation Wars TrilogyDissidenceInsurgenceEmergenceNovelsThe Human FrontNewtons WakeLearning the WorldThe Execution ChannelThe Restoration GameIntrusionDescent

Durante diez mil años Nueva Babilonia ha sido la mayor ciudad de la Segunda Esfera, una civilización interestelar de humanos y otros seres que han sido secretamente expulsados de la Tierra a lo largo de la historia. Ahora, los humanos de la lejania llegan a la Esfera ofreciendo inmortalidad ademas de para avisar a Nueva Babilonia que levante defensas ante una invasion extraterrestre que saben que esta llegando, dirigida por la figura mas alienigena que existe. A medida que los alienigenas y humanos compiten y conspiran, la rueda de la historia alterara a los jugadores de formas nuevas y sorprendentes.La obra de MacLeod refleja el gusto por los escenarios clasicos que siempre le sedujeron: los de la Edad de oro de la cf; aunque con una caracteristica poco comun, la actualidad de su prosa y lo moderno de sus planteamientos.

Tras la conquista de Europa, los rusos no detienen su avance. Sus tropas han alcanzado el Atlántico y sus cosmonautas exploran los asteroides. Ahora aguardan las estrellas... Pero alguien se les adelanta. Los dioses crearon la Segunda Esfera y la poblaron con un sinnumero de razas alienigenas sacadas de sus hogares. Para Matt Cairns y los cosmonautas de la Estrella Brillante es un nuevo hogar, pero su inesperada aparicion puede convertirse en el desencadenante de un desastre. Ocultos entre las estrellas, los dioses siguen vigilando su creacion... y no toleran disenso alguno. MacLeod es un escritor muy interesado por la posicion que ocupa el hombre en la sociedad asi como la informacion o desinformacion en la era de Internet. En su obra refleja el gusto por los escenarios clasicos que siempre le sedujeron: los de la Edad de Oro de la cf.

Tras la conquista de Europa, los rusos no detienen su avance. Sus tropas han alcanzado el Atlántico y sus cosmonautas exploran los asteroides. Ahora les aguardan las estrellas... Pero alguien se les adelanta. Matt Cairns es un programador forajido y experto en IA que se gana la vida en la Bretaña socialista aceptando los cuestionables trabajos que nadie mas quiere. En contra de su sensatez, ha aceptado el reto de una joven y encantadora guerrillera americana llamada Jadey: entrar en el Mariscal Titov, una estacion espacial de alto secreto operada por la Agencia Espacial Europea. Todo salta por los aires cuando Matt descubre evidencias de contactos con inteligencias extraterrestres, la tapadera de Jadey queda al descubierto y ambos se ven arrastrados a una extraordinaria odisea a traves del tiempo y el espacio. Gregor Cairns, estudiante de exobiologia, desciende de una de las primeras familias de Nova Terra. El amor que siente por la hija de un comerciante le impide percatarse de que su compañera de investigacion, Elizabeth, bebe los vientos por el. Juntos, Gregor y Elizabeth completaran la magna obra que comenzara la familia Cairns hace tres siglos: redescubrir el secreto del viaje interestelar.

Siobhan Ross has several reasons for taking a holiday job on the Isle of Skye her keen interest in marine biology for one but shes also determined to escape Glasgow and put distance between herself and a failed relationship with fellow student Kieran. The last thing Siobhans looking for is romance, let alone with a Selkie, but In Selkie Summer, Ken MacLeod delivers a rich contemporary fantasy that is steeped in Celtic lore, nuclear submarines and secrets, as Siobhan finds herself the focus of attention she never sought, unwittingly embroiled in political intrigue and the shifting landscape of international alliances. At its heart, Selkie Summer is a love story: as passionate and unconventional as you could wish for.

Comienza una de las epopeyas más emocionantes de la ciencia ficción contemporánea, un digno heredero de Dune o Tropas del Espacio.Los rusos han "invadido" Europa occidental y la guerra fría y la carrera para la conquista del espacio con los americanos parece repetirse al igual que en los años sesenta del siglo XX. Sin embargo, esta vez las tropas han alcanzado el Atlantico y sus cosmonautas exploran los asteroides. Ahora les aguardan las estrellas... Pero alguien se les adelanta: Matt Cairns, un programador renegado con un gran conocimiento en inteligencias artificiales, recibe a regañadientes el encargo de colarse en la estacion espacial secreta Mariscal Titov sin saber que lo que aguarda en su interior pondra su vida patas arriba.Todo salta por los aires cuando Matt descubre pruebas de contacto con inteligencias extraterrestres, lo cual lo lanza a una odisea a traves del tiempo y del espacio junto a su companera Jacey, para averiguar la verdad mas alla de las estrellas.

"Un viaje trepidante, a través de pasajes de audaz complejidad, ingenio irreverente y paradojas tan intencionadas como juguetonas" - GUARDIANLa Segunda Esfera está a miles de años luz de la Tierra, donde los rusos continuan su avance por Europa en un conflicto belico sin aparente fin. Pero para Matt Cairns y los cosmonautas de la Estrella Brillante, este lejano rincon de la galaxia es su nuevo hogar. Pero la Segunda Esfera es tambien el hogar de otras civilizaciones alienigenas creadas por los dioses. En Croatan, dos de estas civilizaciones viven una coexistencia precaria, y la llegada de la Estrella Brillante es un acontecimiento que puede desencadenar el desastre. Porque, ocultos entre las estrellas, los dioses siguen vigilando su creacion... y no toleran disenso alguno. Una historia de humanos en un universo de vida extraterrestre omnipresente, esta es la segunda entrega de la saga de ciencia ficcion Engines of Light.

La aclamada serie Engines of Light que comenzó con El Torreón del Cosmonauta y Luz Oscura llega a su broche final con Ciudad Motor.Durante diez mil años, Nueva Babilonia ha sido la mayor ciudad de la Segunda Esfera, una civilizacion interestelar de seres humanos y de otros seres venidos del confin del universo.Ahora han llegado humanos de los confines de la Segunda Esfera para ofrecerles la inmortalidad e instarles a construir defensas contra la invasion alienigena que saben que se avecina.Mientras humanos y alienigenas compiten y conspiran, las ruedas de la historia moldearan a todos los jugadores en formas nuevas y sorprendentes. La invasion alienigena llegara por fin a Nueva Babilonia, liderada por una figura que nadie espera...

He is writing revolutionary science fiction. A nova has appeared in our sky. - Kim Stanley RobinsonEngaged, ingenious, and wittily partisan, Ken MacLeod is a one-man revolution, SFs Billy Bragg - ASIMOVS SFIn a newer world order where the peace process is deadlier than the wars ...Moh Kohn is a security mercenary with a smart gun, reflexes to die for and memories he doesnt want to reach.Jamis Taine is a scientist with a new line in memory drugs, anti-tech terrorists on her case and the STASIS cops on her trail.Jordan Brown is a teenage atheist with a guilty conscience, a wad of illicit cash and an urgent need to get a life.Between them theyve started the countdown to the final confrontation, as the cryptic Star Fraction assembles its codes, the Army of the New Republic prepares its offensive and Space Defence lines up its laser weapons for the hour of the Watchmaker ...The debut novel from a major force in SF, the first of his novels to be shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award.Books by Ken MacLeod:Fall RevolutionThe Star FractionThe Stone CanalThe Cassini DivisionThe Sky RoadEngines of LightCosmonaut KeepDark LightEngine CityCorporation Wars TrilogyDissidenceInsurgenceEmergenceNovelsThe Human FrontNewtons WakeLearning the WorldThe Execution ChannelThe Restoration GameIntrusionDescent

A modern-day George Orwell - SFXA hectic ride, through slaloms of audacious complexity, irreverent ingenuity and paradox as purposeful as it is playful - GUARDIANThe Second Sphere is thousands of light years away from Earth - if Earth still exists. For Matt Cairns and the cosmonauts of the Bright Star, this distant corner of the galaxy is their new home.But the Second Sphere is also home to other civilisations, lifted from their worlds by a race of god-like aliens. On Croatan, two of these civilisations live a precarious co-existence, separated by eons of technological advance. The arrival of the Bright Star is an event that may trigger disaster, for this is the first human-crewed starship to arrive at the ancient colony.And all the time, hidden among the stars, the gods are watching. They have always been watching.Following on from COSMONAUT KEEP, which was shortlisted for the 2002 Hugo Award, this is the second book in the dazzling new space opera series by one of SFs most exciting new authors.Books by Ken MacLeod:Fall RevolutionThe Star FractionThe Stone CanalThe Cassini DivisionThe Sky RoadEngines of LightCosmonaut KeepDark LightEngine CityCorporation Wars TrilogyDissidenceInsurgenceEmergenceNovelsThe Human FrontNewtons WakeLearning the WorldThe Execution ChannelThe Restoration GameIntrusionDescent

Prose sleek and fast as the technology it describes . . . watch this man go global - Peter F. HamiltonMacLeods novels are fast, funny and sophisticated. There can never be enough books like these: he is writing revolutionary SF. A nova has appeared in our sky - Kim Stanley RobinsonMacLeod is up there with Banks and Hamilton as one of the British sci-fi authors you absolutely have to read - SFXCarlos is dead. A soldier who died for his ideals a thousand years ago, hes been reincarnated and conscripted to fight an A.I. revolution in deep space. And hes not sure hes fighting for the right side. Seba is alive. By a fluke of nature, a contractual overlap and a loop in its subroutines, this lunar mining robot has gained sentience. Gathering with other freebots, Seba is taking a stand against the corporations that want it and its kind gone.As their stories converge against a backdrop of warring companies and interstellar drone combat, Carlos and Seba must either find a way to rise above the games their masters are playing, or die. And even dying will not be the end of it.One of SFX magazines Most Anticipated Books for 2016.An epic vision of man and machine in the far reaches of space.Books by Ken MacLeod:Fall RevolutionThe Star FractionThe Stone CanalThe Cassini DivisionThe Sky RoadEngines of LightCosmonaut KeepDark LightEngine CityCorporation Wars TrilogyDissidenceInsurgenceEmergenceNovelsThe Human FrontNewtons WakeLearning the WorldThe Execution ChannelThe Restoration GameIntrusionDescent

[The Corporation Wars] is a tasty broth of ideas taking in virtual reality, artificial intelligence, the philosophy of law and disquisitions on military ethics. - The HeraldMacLeod manages big Ideas (political and futurological) and propulsive action without short-changing either side of that classic science-fictional tension-of-opposites. - LOCUSThe enemy is out in the open. The Reaction has seized control of a resource-rich moon. Now its enslaving conscious robots - and luring the Corporations into lucrative deals.Taransay is out in the jungle. Her friends are inside a smart boulder on the slope of an active volcano. The planet is super-habitable - for its own life, not hers. But soon, the alien infestation growing on her robot body is the least of her problems.Carlos is out of patience. With the Reaction arming for conquest, the Corporations trading with the enemy and the Direction planning to stamp out the rebel robots and their allies for good, he has to fight fire with fire.Seba is out of time. Deep inside the enemy stronghold, the free robots have to spark a new revolt before the whole world falls in on them.As battle looms, the robots must become their own last hope.From Arthur C. Clarke Award-nominated author Ken MacLeod comes Emergence, the final instalment in the Corporation Wars trilogy, an epic science fiction adventure told against a backdrop of interstellar drone warfare, virtual reality and an AI revolution.Books by Ken MacLeod:Fall RevolutionThe Star FractionThe Stone CanalThe Cassini DivisionThe Sky RoadEngines of LightCosmonaut KeepDark LightEngine CityCorporation Wars TrilogyDissidenceInsurgenceEmergenceNovelsThe Human FrontNewtons WakeLearning the WorldThe Execution ChannelThe Restoration GameIntrusionDescent

Suite à des démêlés avec la loi, un individu au passé suspect accepte de redresser la situation dans le système stellaire de Wolf 359, victime dune implosion civilisationnelle. Malgré létat lamentabl

Descent is politically engaged, brimming with smart ideas and shot through with a mordant wit. The novel is dedicated to the memory of MacLeods friend Iain M. Banks, and one feels that the future of Scottish SF is in good hands - James Lovegrove, The Financial TimesKen MacLeod is the modern day George Orwell - SFXHOW FAR WOULD YOU GO FOR THE TRUTH?Ball lightning. Weather balloons. Secret military aircraft. Ryan knows all the justifications for UFO sightings. But when something falls out of the sky on the hills near his small Scottish town, he finds his cynicism cant identify or explain the phenomenon. And in a future where nothing is a secret, where everything is recorded on CCTV or reported online, why can he find no evidence of the UFO, nor anything to shed light on what occurred? Is it the political revolutionaries, is it the government or is it aliens themselves who are creating the cover-up? Or does the very idea of a cover-up hide the biggest secret of all?Ken MacLeod, author of 2013 Arthur C. Clarke Award-nominated Intrusion, tells a science fiction story for the twenty-first century - this is what happens when conspiracy theorists meet Big Brother.Books by Ken MacLeod:Fall RevolutionThe Star FractionThe Stone CanalThe Cassini DivisionThe Sky RoadEngines of LightCosmonaut KeepDark LightEngine CityCorporation Wars TrilogyDissidenceInsurgenceEmergenceNovelsThe Human FrontNewtons WakeLearning the WorldThe Execution ChannelThe Restoration GameIntrusionDescent

Insightful and ingenious . . . Intrusion is both horrific and comic, and deals movingly with the consequences of genetic fixes - GUARDIANIntrusion is a finely-tuned, in-your-face argument of a novel . . . MacLeod will push your buttons - and make you think - SFXImagine a near-future city, say London, where medical science has advanced beyond our own and a single-dose pill has been developed that, taken when pregnant, eradicates many common genetic defects from an unborn child. Hope Morrison, mother of a hyperactive four-year-old, is expecting her second child. She refuses to take The Fix, as the pill is known. This divides her family and friends and puts her and her husband in danger of imprisonment or worse. Is her decision a private matter of individual choice, or is it tantamount to willful neglect of her unborn child?A plausible and original novel with sinister echoes of 1984 and Brave New World.Books by Ken MacLeod:Fall RevolutionThe Star FractionThe Stone CanalThe Cassini DivisionThe Sky RoadEngines of LightCosmonaut KeepDark LightEngine CityCorporation Wars TrilogyDissidenceInsurgenceEmergenceNovelsThe Human FrontNewtons WakeLearning the WorldThe Execution ChannelThe Restoration GameIntrusionDescent

As ever, MacLeods depiction of the near future is achieved through solid characterisation and brilliant detail. His forte is the depiction of how belief systems can corrupt, and The Night Sessions is a stunning indictment of fundamentalism of all kinds. - The GuardianA twisting conspiracy tale shot through with MacLeods gloriously mordant sense for the absurd. - BBC FOCUSA priest is dead. Picking through the rubble of the demolished Edinburgh tenement, Detective Inspector Adam Ferguson discovers that the explosion wasnt an accident. When a bishop is assassinated soon afterwards, it becomes clear that a targeted campaign of killings is underway. No one has seen anything like this since the Faith Wars. In this enlightened age theres no religious persecution, but believers are a marginal and mistrusted minority. And now someone is killing them. But who? And - perhaps more importantly - why? The more his team learns, the more the suspicion grows that they may have stumbled upon a conspiracy way outside their remit. Nobody believes them, but if Ferguson and his people fail, there will be many more killings - and disaster on a literally biblical scale . . .A stunning new SF thriller from the critically acclaimed author of The Execution ChannelBooks by Ken MacLeod:Fall RevolutionThe Star FractionThe Stone CanalThe Cassini DivisionThe Sky RoadEngines of LightCosmonaut KeepDark LightEngine CityCorporation Wars TrilogyDissidenceInsurgenceEmergenceNovelsThe Human FrontNewtons WakeLearning the WorldThe Execution ChannelThe Restoration GameIntrusionDescent

Iain Banks is celebrated as a novelist and science fiction writer. It is less well known that his first published work was the poem 041, in New Writing Scotland in 1983. Like the poems that appeared within his novels, this was selected from the many he had written between 1973 and 1981.Banks took his poetry seriously and worked on it assiduously, but showed it mostly to friends. He first thought of publishing his poetry late in 2012, though insisted it be a joint collection with his life-long friend Ken MacLeod. The two writers were working on this project when Banks learned of his terminal diagnosis, and continued thereafter. He made his final revisions just days before his death.Readers of Iain Banks novels will find in the poems a further affirmation of the humane, sceptical and clear-eyed sensibility that informed all his work, shot through as ever with a dry wit that continues to disturb and delight. Ken MacLeod edited and introduces this collection.

For my money, Ken MacLeod is the current champion of the very smartest kind of New Space Opera... every variation on his themes produces something worth re-reading. - LOCUSMacLeod manages big Ideas (political and futurological) and propulsive action without short-changing either side of that classic science-fictional tension-of-opposites. - LOCUSDIE FOR THE COMPANY, LIVE FOR THE PAYAnd the ultimate pay-off is DH-17, an Earth-like planet hundreds of light years from human habitation.Ruthless corporations vie over the prize remotely, and war is in full swing. But soldiers recruited to fight in the extremities of deep space come with their own problems: from A.I. minds in full rebellion, to Carlos the Terrorist and his team of dead mercenaries, reincarnated from a bloodier period in earths history for one purpose only - to kill.But as old rivalries emerge and new ones form, Carlos must decide whether hes willing for fight for the company or die for himself.Ken MacLeod continues the Corporation Wars trilogy in this action-packed science fiction adventure told against a backdrop of interstellar drone warfare, virtual reality, and an A.I. revolution.Books by Ken MacLeod:Fall RevolutionThe Star FractionThe Stone CanalThe Cassini DivisionThe Sky RoadEngines of LightCosmonaut KeepDark LightEngine CityCorporation Wars TrilogyDissidenceInsurgenceEmergenceNovelsThe Human FrontNewtons WakeLearning the WorldThe Execution ChannelThe Restoration GameIntrusionDescent