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IAN MCDONALD was born in 1960 in Manchester, England, to an Irish mother and a Scottish father. He moved with his family to Northern Ireland in 1965. He has won the Locus Award, the British Science Fiction Association Award, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. He now lives in Belfast.
Each of McDonald's viewpoint characters is made human in fascinating and occasionally disturbing detail, and the solar system of the 22nd century is wonderfully delineated. --Publishers Weekly, starred review, on Luna: Wolf MoonPraise for Luna: New Moon McDonald's never written a bad novel, but [Luna: New Moon] is a great one. --Cory Doctorow With an action narrative driving this political commentary, Luna is actually a fantastically fun read as well as an important one. --Los Angeles Review of Books McDonald creates a complex and fascinating civilization featuring believable technology, and the characters are fully developed, with individually gripping stories. --Publishers Weekly, starred review An engaging thriller... McDonald's portrait of a cutthroat society trying to survive in the deadliest of environments also make it one of the strongest science fiction novels of the year. --The Chicago Tribune It's a great scenario, lovingly detailed, and curiously attractive despite its current of unforgiving violence. --The Wall Street Journal The best moon novel I've seen in many years. . . McDon-ald's novel has some formidable SF stingers not far beneath its densely textured surface. --Locus The story is innovative and fresh...has a feel of The Godfather meets A Song of Ice and Fire meets Ender's Game. --Portland Book Review -Each of McDonald's viewpoint characters is made human in fascinating and occasionally disturbing detail, and the solar system of the 22nd century is wonderfully delineated.- --Publishers Weekly, starred review, on Luna: Wolf MoonPraise for Luna: New Moon-McDonald's never written a bad novel, but [Luna: New Moon] is a great one.- --Cory Doctorow-McDonald creates a complex and fascinating civilization featuring believable technology, and the characters are fully developed, with individually gripping stories.- --Publishers Weekly, starred review-An engaging thriller... McDonald's portrait of a cutthroat society trying to survive in the deadliest of environments also make it one of the strongest science fiction novels of the year.- --The Chicago Tribune-It's a great scenario, lovingly detailed, and curiously attractive despite its current of unforgiving violence.- --The Wall Street Journal -The best moon novel I've seen in many years. . . McDon-ald's novel has some formidable SF stingers not far beneath its densely textured surface.- --Locus-The story is innovative and fresh...has a feel of The Godfather meets A Song of Ice and Fire meets Ender's Game.- --Portland Book Review
