List of works by or about the British author Ian McDonald.
Novels Desolation Road series Desolation Road (1988) The Luncheonette of Lost Dreams (1992) (short story) Ares Express (2001)
Chaga saga "Toward Kilimanjaro" (1990) (short story) Chaga (1995, US: Evolution's Shore) Kirinya (1997) "Tendeléo's Story" (2000) (short story)
India in 2047 River of Gods (2004)Although only one novel has been published in the series, there are also several related works of short fiction. The Djinn's Wife (2006) in Asimov's Science Fiction – Hugo Award for Best Novelette winner
Everness series Planesrunner (2011) Be My Enemy (2012) Empress of the Sun (2014)
Luna series New Moon (2015) - BSFA award nominee, winner of the Gaylactic Spectrum Award Wolf Moon (2017) Moon Rising (2019)
Standalone novels Out on Blue Six (1989) King of Morning, Queen of Day (1991) Hearts, Hands and Voices (1992, US: The Broken Land) Necroville (1994, US: Terminal Café) Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone (1994) - 2013 e-book includes The Tear Sacrifice of Fools (1996) Brasyl (2007) – Hugo Award nominee, winner of the BSFA award, Nominated for the £50,000 Warwick Prize for Writing The Dervish House (2010) – Hugo Award nominee, Clarke Award nominee, winner of the BSFA award Time Was (2018) Hopeland (2023) The Wilding (2024) Boy, with Accidental Dinosaur (2026)
Graphic novels Kling Klang Klatch (1992) (graphic novel, illustrated by David Lyttleton)
Short fiction Collections Empire Dreams (1988) Speaking in Tongues (1992) Cyberabad Days (2009)Part of the India in 2047 series. The Best of Ian McDonald (2015)
Short stories
"The Islands of the Dead" (1982) "The Catharine Wheel" (Our Lady of Tharsis) (1984) (also published as "The Catharine Wheel") "Christian" (1984) "Scenes from a Shadowplay" (1985) "Empire Dreams" (1985)" (also appeared as: Empire Dreams; Ground Control to Major Tom) "Approaching Perpendicular" (1988) "Radio Marrakech" (1988) "The Island of the Dead" (1988) "Unfinished Portrait of the King of Pain by Van Gogh" (1988) "Visits to Remarkable Cities" (1988) "Vivaldi" (1988) "King of Morning, Queen of Day" (1988) "Gardenias" (1989) "Rainmaker Cometh" (1989) "Listen" (1989) "Atomic Avenue" (1990) "Speaking in Tongues" (1990) "Winning" (1990) "Fronds" (1990) "Toward Kilimanjaro" [Chaga] (1990) "Floating Dogs" (1991) "King of Morning, Queen of Day" (excerpt)" (1991) "Fragments of an Analysis of a Case of Hysteria" (1991) "Brody Loved the Masai Woman" (1992) "Innocents" (1992) "The Best and the Rest of James Joyce" (1992) "Fat Tuesday" (1992) "Big Chair" (1992) "Legitimate Targets" (1993) "Some Strange Desire" (1993) "The Undifferentiated Object of Desire" (1993) "Blue Motel" (1994) "Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone" (1994) "Steam" (1995) "The Time Garden: A Faery Story" (1995) "Frooks" (1995) "Faithful" (1996) "Islington" (1996) "Recording Angel" (1996) "The Further Adventures of Baron Munchausen: The Gulf War" (1996) "Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet" (1997) "The Five O'Clock Whistle" (1997) "After Kerry" (1997) "The Days of Solomon Gursky" (1998) "Breakfast on the Moon, with Georges" (1999) "Tendeléo's Story" [Chaga] (2000) "The Twenty Five Mile High Club" (2002) "The Old Cosmonaut and the Construction Worker Dream of Mars" (2002) "The Hidden Place" (2002) "Written in the Stars" (2005) in Constellations "The Little Goddess" (2005) "Kyle Meets the River" (2006) "Sanjeev and Robotwallah" (2007) "Verthandi's Ring" (2007) "The Tear" (2008) "[A Ghost Samba]" (2008) "The Dust Assassin" (2008) "An Eligible Boy" (2008) "Vishnu at the Cat Circus" (2009) "A Little School" (2009) "Tonight We Fly" (2010) "Digging" (2011) "A Smart Well-Mannered Uprising of the Dead" (2011) "Driftings" (2013) "The Queen of the Night's Aria" (2013) in Old Mars (anthology) "The Revolution Will Not Be Refrigerated" (2013) in Twelve Tomorrows 2014 (anthology) "Nanonauts! In Battle with Tiny Death-subs!" (2014) in Robot Uprisings (anthology) "The Fifth Dragon" (2014, novelette) in Reach for Infinity (anthology)Related to the Luna series of novels. "Botanica Veneris: Thirteen Papercuts by Ida Countess Rathangan" (2015) in Old Venus (anthology)
Critical studies and reviews of McDonald's work Clute, John, & Nicholls, Peter (eds). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. New York: St Martin's Press, 1993. . Lennard, John, Ian McDonald: Chaga / Evolution's Shore. Tirril: Humanities-Ebooks, 2007. Reviews Planesrunner.
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