Empire Dreams
By Ian McDonald
1988
First Published
3.85
Average Rating
272
Number of Pages
Contains: Empire Dreams (Ground Control to Major Tom) • novelette by Ian McDonald (aka Empire Dreams 1985 ) Scenes from a Shadowplay • (1985) • shortstory by Ian McDonald Christian • (1984) • novelette by Ian McDonald King of Morning, Queen of Day • (1988) • novelette by Ian McDonald The Catharine Wheel (Our Lady of Tharsis) • (1984) • novelette by Ian McDonald Unfinished Portrait of the King of Pain by Van Gogh • novelette by Ian McDonald The Island of the Dead • shortstory by Ian McDonald Radio Marrakech • shortstory by Ian McDonald Visits to Remarkable Cities • shortstory by Ian McDonald Vivaldi • novelette by Ian McDonald
Avg Rating
3.85
Number of Ratings
101
5 STARS
31%
4 STARS
36%
3 STARS
24%
2 STARS
8%
1 STARS
2%
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Author
Ian McDonald
Author · 34 books
Ian Neil 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 used to live in a house built in the back garden of C. S. Lewis’s childhood home but has since moved to central Belfast, where he now lives, exploring interests like cats, contemplative religion, bonsai, bicycles, and comic-book collecting. He debuted in 1982 with the short story “The Island of the Dead” in the short-lived British magazine Extro. His first novel, Desolation Road, was published in 1988. Other works include King of Morning, Queen of Day (winner of the Philip K. Dick Award), River of Gods, The Dervish House (both of which won British Science Fiction Association Awards), the graphic novel Kling Klang Klatch, and many more. His most recent publications are Planesrunner and Be My Enemy, books one and two of the Everness series for younger readers (though older readers will find them a ball of fun, as well). Ian worked in television development for sixteen years, but is glad to be back to writing fulltime.
