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Most Popular Books by Ian McdonaldIan Mcdonald is the author of King of Morning, Queen of Day (2019), Time Was (2018), River of Gods (2018), The Dervish House (2018), Brasyl (2018).
King of Morning, Queen of Day
release date: Apr 05, 2019
release date: Apr 24, 2018
release date: Mar 05, 2018
release date: Mar 05, 2018
release date: Mar 05, 2018
Be seduced, amazed, and shocked by one of the world’s greatest and strangest nations. Past, present, and future Brazil, with all its color, passion, and shifting realities, come together in a novel that is part SF, part history, part mystery, and entirely enthralling. Three characters, three time periods, three stories that bind together. Sao Paulo 2031: Edson is a self-made talent impresario one step up from the slums. A chance encounter draws him into the dangerous world of illegal quantum computing, but where can you run in a total surveillance society where every move, face, and centavo is constantly tracked? Rio 2006: Marcelina is an ambitious Rio TV producer looking for that big reality TV hit to make her name. When her hot idea sets her on the track of a disgraced World Cup soccer goalkeeper, she becomes enmeshed in an ancient conspiracy that threatens not just her life, but her very soul. The Amazon 1732: Father Luis is a Jesuit missionary sent into the maelstrom of 18th-century Brazil to locate and punish a rogue priest who has strayed beyond the articles of his faith and set up a vast empire in the hinterland. In the company of a French geographer and spy, what he finds in the backwaters of the Amazon tries both his faith and the nature of reality itself to the breaking point. Three characters, three stories, three Brazils, linked across time, space, and reality in a hugely ambitious story that will challenge the way you think about everything. Praise for Brasyl “McDonald’s outstanding SF novel channels the vitality of South America’s largest country into an edgy, post-cyberpunk free-for-all... Chaotic, heartbreaking and joyous [a] must-read...” —Publishers Weekly “BRASYL is classic McDonald: a deep thinking, high-paced adventure story, exploring the quantum universe, combining sassy, believable characters with a captivating delight in language and storytelling. McDonald inhabits the Brazil – or rather, the Brazils – of this world and sweeps you along as no other writer in the field could manage.” —The Guardian “A beautiful story, one that cries out to be read again and again. McDonald’s light is still shining brightly, and considering the consistent quality of his titles, we say long may it burn.” —SciFi Now “Ian McDonald’s BRASYL, with its three storylines, is as close to perfect as any novel in recent memory. It works because of great characterization, but also because McDonald envisions Brazil as a dynamic, living place that is part postmodern trash pile, part trashy reality-TV-driven ethical abyss... and yet also somehow spiritual... McDonald’s novel is always in motion. This movement extends through time and alternate realities in ways both wonderful and wise, as the three storylines interlock for a satisfying and often stunning conclusion. McDonald has found new myths for old places; in doing so, he has cemented his reputation as an amazing storyteller.” —Washington Post
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release date: Feb 21, 2018
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release date: Apr 05, 2019
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release date: Mar 19, 2019
release date: Jul 30, 2015
release date: Apr 05, 2019
release date: Jan 31, 2014
release date: Mar 05, 2018
release date: Apr 05, 2019
release date: Nov 12, 2019
Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone
release date: Apr 05, 2019
release date: Feb 21, 2018
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release date: Jan 30, 2014
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release date: May 23, 2018
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The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 8
release date: Aug 25, 2016
release date: Mar 28, 2001
release date: Jul 30, 2015
release date: May 09, 2017
release date: Apr 14, 2020
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