Ken MacLeod, M.Phil.
Ken MacLeod, M.Phil. is author of
The Corporation Wars: Dissidence.
Ken is part of a group of British science fiction writers who specialize
in hard science fiction and space opera. His contemporaries include
Stephen Baxter, Iain M. Banks, Paul J. McAuley, Alastair Reynolds, Adam
Roberts, Charles Stross, Richard Morgan, and Liz Williams.
His science fiction novels often explore socialist, communist, and
anarchist political ideas, most particularly the variants of Trotskyism
and anarcho-capitalism or extreme economic libertarianism. Technical
themes encompass singularities, divergent human cultural evolution, and
post-human cyborg-resurrection. His general outlook can be best
described as techno-utopian socialist, though unlike a majority of
techno-utopians, he has expressed great scepticism over the possibility
and especially over the desirability of strong AI.
Ken’s books include
The Corporation Wars: Insurgence,
The Corporation Wars: Emergence,
Fractions: The First Half of The Fall Revolution,
The Star Fraction: The Fall Revolution,
The Stone Canal,
Engine City,
Dark Light,
Cosmonaut Keep,
Newton’s Wake: A Space Opera,
The Cassini Division,
The Execution Channel,
Learning the World: A Scientific Romance,
The Night Sessions,
The Sky Road,
The Restoration Game,
and
Reach for Infinity.
Ken earned his M.Phil. in Mechanical Engineering at Brunel University in 1988
and his BSc in Zoology from Glasgow University in 1976.
Read
Turbulent Years Ahead: An Interview with Ken MacLeod and
The True Knowledge of Ken MacLeod.
Read his
Science Fiction Encyclopedia profile and his
Wikipedia profile.
Follow his Twitter feed.