Ian McDonald

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ian McDonald
Occupation	Writer
Date Of Birth	Mar 31, 1960(1960-03-31)
Age	64
Birthplace	Manchester
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Manchester
Horoscope	Aries

Ian McDonald Biography

Ian McDonald is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on March 31, 1960 in Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom. Ian McDonald was born in 1960, in Manchester, to a Scottish father and Irish mother. He moved to Belfast when he was five and has lived there ever since. He lived through the whole of the ‘Troubles’ (1968–1999), and his sensibility has been permanently shaped by coming to understand Northern Ireland as a post-colonial society imposed on an older culture. He became a fan of science fiction from childhood TV, and began writing when he was 9.

McDonald’s debut novel was Desolation Road (1988), which takes place on a far future Mars in a town that develops around an oasis in the terraformed Martian desert. He published a sequel, Ares Express, in 2001.

McDonald’s River of Gods (2004) is set in mid-21st-century India; it won the BSFA award, and was nominated for a Hugo Award and a Clarke Award. Brasyl (2007) is set in the 18th and 21st centuries in Lusophone South America; it won the BSFA award, and was nominated for a Hugo Award and the Warwick Prize for Writing. McDonald began his Everness series of young adult fiction novels in 2011 with Planesrunner. He said in a 2014 interview, “I didn’t want to get stuck doing the same SF books over and over, successful though they may be. I didn’t want to keep writing books about the developing economy of the year—India, Brazil. I could feel myself getting trapped in that.” He has written two Everness sequels, Be My Enemy (2012), and Empress of the Sun (2014).

McDonald published Luna: New Moon, the first volume of a proposed science fiction duology, in 2015. It explores the dangerous intrigue that surrounds the five powerful families who control industry on the Moon. McDonald said of the novel in August 2014, “I’m still writing about developing economies, it’s just that this one happens to be on the Moon.” Before critics called the novel “Game of Thrones in space”, McDonald himself dubbed it “Game of Domes” and “Dallas in space”. Luna was optioned for development as a television series before its release. The sequel, Luna: Wolf Moon, was released in March 2017. A third novel, Luna: Moon Rising, was released in March 2019. McDonald previously published the novelette “The Fifth Dragon”, a prequel to Luna in the same setting, in the 2014 anthology Reach for Infinity.

McDonald sold his first story to a local Belfast magazine when he was 22, and in 1987 became a full-time writer. He has also worked in TV consultancy within Northern Ireland, contributing scripts to the Northern Irish Sesame Workshop production of Sesame Tree.

Ian McDonald Net Worth

Ian McDonald is one of the richest Writer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ian McDonald 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Ian McDonald (born 1960) is a British science fiction novelist, living in Belfast. His themes include nanotechnology, postcyberpunk settings, and the impact of rapid social and technological change on non-Western societies.

The image of the unstoppable wave of transformation was nicked from [1982 Star Trek movie] The Wrath of Khan: it’s the Genesis device, slowed down, and once I had that, it became a rich source of metaphors: for colonialism, new technology, globalisation, change, death. If the Chaga is colonialism, it’s a unique kind that allows the people of the poor South to use and transform it to meet their needs and empower themselves: it’s a symbiosis.

Published between 1995 and 2000, the novels Chaga (US title Evolution’s Shore) and Kirinya, with the novella Tendeléo’s Story, form the ‘Chaga Saga’, which chronicles the effects of an alien flora introduced to Earth, and also analyses the AIDS crisis in Africa. The protagonist is Ulster journalist Gaby McAslin, whose outsider’s eye both observes the African landscape and sees what the “UN quarantine zone” is doing to Kenya and Kenyans. Gaby’s story, with that of her daughter, continues in Kirinya. Tendeléo’s Story is seen through the eyes of a young Kenyan girl who escapes to the UK, only to be deported back to Kenya as an unwanted alien.

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Ian Ranked on the list of most popular Writer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Ian McDonald celebrates birthday on March 31 of every year.

Why did Ian Macdonald leave Foreigner?

He recorded three multi-platinum albums that made Foreigner a huge success. However, he left the group following their third album, Head Games, after disagreements with group leader Mick Jones.

Who was Ian McDonald?

Ian McDonald, a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter whose work with the British band King Crimson helped propel the progressive rock movement of the 1960s and ’70s, and who went on to help found the immensely popular group Foreigner, died on Feb. 9 at his home in New York City. He was 75.

Did Foreigner lead singer died?

LONDON — Ian McDonald, a co-founder of pioneering progressive rock band King Crimson and stadium rock hitmaker Foreigner, has died. He was 75. A representative said McDonald died Wednesday at his home in New York City. Son Max McDonald said his father had been suffering from cancer.

What did Ian McDonald play in King Crimson?

McDonald was known as one of the key architects of progressive rock, playing both saxophone and keyboards in King Crimson and co-writing its iconic 1969 debut, In the Court of the Crimson King.

Did King Crimson do drugs?

But part of the particular success of King Crimson and the debut album can be attributed to the kind of drugs which were being used: acid and marijuana.