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For the Buddhist teacher, see Ken McLeod. Ken McLeod (1948 -) is a senior Western translator author and teacher of Tibetan Buddhism.
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Ken MacLeod

Ken MacLeod at the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow, August 2005
Born 2 August 1954 (1954-08-02) (age 53)
Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland
Occupation Writer
Genres Science Fiction
Literary Fiction
Influences

Ken MacLeod (born August 2, 1954), an award-winning Scottish science fiction writer, lives in South Queensferry near Edinburgh. The 63rd World Science Fiction Convention ( Worldcon) was called Interaction, and was held in Glasgow, Scotland 4&ndash8 August 2005 Glasgow (ˈglæzgoʊ is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom Events 338 BC - A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Stornoway ( Steòrnabhagh in Scottish Gaelic) is a Burgh on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland Lewis ( Leòdhas ʎɔːɣəs̪ ( Norse: Ljoðhús "home Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. A literary genre is a category of literary composition Genres may be determined by Literary technique, tone, Content, or even (as in the case of fiction Literary fiction is a term that has come into common usage since around 1970 principally to distinguish serious fiction (that is work with claims to Literary merit James Graham Ballard (born 15 November in the International Settlement in Shanghai, China) is a British Novelist and Short Iain Menzies Banks (born on 16 February 1954 in Dunfermline, Fife) is a Scottish Writer. John Kilian Houston Brunner ( September 24, 1934 &ndash August 26, 1995) was a prolific British author of Science fiction William Ford Gibson (born March 17 1948 is an American - Canadian writer who has been called the "noir prophet" of the Cyberpunk subgenre Michael Bruce Sterling (born April 14, 1954) is an American Science fiction author, best known for his novels and his seminal work on the Mirrorshades Events 338 BC - A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Queensferry (often referred to as South Queensferry to distinguish it from North Queensferry) originally a Royal Burgh in West Lothian is now part Edinburgh ( ˈɛdɪnb(ərə Dùn Èideann) is the Capital of Scotland and is its second largest city after Glasgow. He graduated from Glasgow University with a degree in zoology and has worked as a computer programmer and written a masters thesis on biomechanics. The University of Glasgow (Oilthigh Ghlaschu was founded in 1451 in Glasgow, Scotland and along with its contemporary institutions the University of St Andrews Zoology (from Greek ζῷον, zoon, "animal" + λόγος, " Logos " "knowledge" is the branch of A programmer is someone who writes Computer software. The term computer programmer can refer to a specialist in one area of computer programming or to a generalist Biomechanics is the application of mechanical principles on living organisms [1] His novels often explore socialist, communist and anarchist political ideas, most particularly the variants of Trotskyism and anarcho-capitalism or extreme economic libertarianism. A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating state or collective ownership and administration of the Means of production and distribution Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based Anarchism is a Political philosophy encompassing theories and attitudes which support the elimination of all compulsory Government, i Trotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky. Anarcho-capitalism (also known as Free-market anarchism) is an individualist anarchist Political philosophy that advocates the elimination Libertarianism is a term used by a broad spectrum of political philosophies which prioritize individual Liberty and seek to minimize or even abolish the Technical themes encompass singularities, divergent human cultural evolution and post-human cyborg-resurrection. The technological singularity is a theoretical future point of unprecedented technological progress caused in part by the ability of machines to improve themselves using Artificial Sociocultural evolution(ism is an umbrella term for theories of cultural evolution and Social evolution, describing how Cultures and societies Transhumanism (sometimes symbolized by >H or H+) a term often used as a synonym for " Human enhancement " is an international intellectual A cyborg is a Cybernetic Organism ( ie, an organism that has both artificial and natural systems This article concerns itself with Jesus Christ Christian, Islamic and other religious interpretations of resurrection in general MacLeod's general outlook can be best described as techno-utopian socialist, [2][3] though unlike a majority of techno-utopians, he has expressed great scepticism over the possibility and especially over the desirability of Strong AI. Techno-utopianism or technoutopianism refers to any Ideology based on the belief that advanced Science and technology will eventually bring about an Strong AI is Artificial intelligence that matches or exceeds human intelligence —the intelligence of a machine that can successfully perform any intellectual task

He is known for his constant in-joking and punning on the intersection between socialist ideologies and computer programming, as well as other fields. For example, his chapter titles such as "Trusted Third Parties" or "Revolutionary Platform" usually have double (or multiple) meanings. A future programmers union is called "International Workers of the World Wide Web", or the Webblies, a reference to the Industrial Workers of the World, who are nicknamed the Wobblies. The Industrial Workers of the World ( IWW or the Wobblies) is an international union currently headquartered in Cincinnati Ohio, USA

He is part of a new generation of British science fiction writers, who specialise in hard science fiction and space opera. Hard science fiction is a category of Science fiction characterized by an emphasis on scientific or technical detail or on scientific accuracy or on both Space opera is a subgenre of Speculative fiction or Science fiction that emphasizes romantic, often Melodramatic adventure set mainly or entirely His contemporaries include Iain M. Banks, Alastair Reynolds, Adam Roberts, Charles Stross, Richard Morgan and Liz Williams. Iain Menzies Banks (born on 16 February 1954 in Dunfermline, Fife) is a Scottish Writer. Alastair Preston Reynolds (born in 1966 in Barry, Wales) is a Welsh Science fiction author. Adam Roberts (born 1965) is an academic critic and novelist He also writes parodies under the Pseudonyms of A Charles David George "Charlie" Stross (born Leeds, 18 October 1964 is a writer based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Richard Morgan may refer to the following people Richard Morgan (actor (1958&ndash2006 Australian actor Richard K Liz Williams (born 1965 is a British Science fiction writer Her first novel The Ghost Sister was published in 2001

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Fall Revolution series

Engines of Light trilogy

A series which begins with a first contact story in a speculative mid-21st century where a resurgently socialist USSR (incorporating the European Union) is once again in opposition with the capitalist United States, then diverges into a story told on the other side of the galaxy of Earth-descended colonists trying to establish trade and relations within an interstellar empire of several species who travel from world to world at the speed of light. The Engines of Light Trilogy consists of three Science fiction novels by Ken MacLeod: Cosmonaut Keep (2000 US paperback ISBN First contact is a common science-fictional theme about the first meeting between Humans and aliens or more broadly of any sentient Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating state or collective ownership and administration of the Means of production and distribution The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in Capitalism is the Economic system in which the Means of production are owned by private Persons and operated for Profit and where The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

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Analysis

The SF Foundation have published an analysis of MacLeod's work called The True Knowledge Of Ken MacLeod (2003; ISBN 0-903007-02-9) edited by Andrew M. Butler and Farah Mendlesohn. The Science Fiction Foundation was founded in the United Kingdom 1970 by the writer/social activist George Hay and others as a semi-autonomous association of writers Andrew M Butler is a British academic who teaches film media and cultural studies at Canterbury Christ Church University. Farah Mendlesohn is a British academic and writer on Science fiction. As well as critical essays it contains material by MacLeod himself, including his introduction to the German edition of Banks' Consider Phlebas. Consider Phlebas is a Military science fiction Novel by Scottish writer Iain M

Quotes

"Husband, McCool, Anderson, Brown, Chawla, Clark, Ramon. The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster occurred on February 1, 2003, when the Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' disintegrated over Texas
Komarov, Grissom, White, Chaffee, Dobrovolsky, Volkov, Patsayev,
Resnick, Scobee, Smith, McNair, McAuliffe, Jarvis, Onizuka.
These names will be written under other skies. "
Usenet posting to rec.arts.sf.fandom, 1 February 2003

References

  1. ^ Ken's official page at Orbit Books
  2. ^ SF Zone interview with MacLeod
  3. ^ Butler, Andrew M. ; Mendlesohn, Farah (2003). in (eds. ): The True Knowledge Of Ken MacLeod. SF Foundation.  

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