@booklet {12012, title = {{\textquotedblleft}Sigh No More{\textquotedblright}}, howpublished = {Communications Breakdown: SF Stories About the Future of Connection}, year = {2023}, month = {2023}, pages = {41-58}, publisher = {The MIT Press}, address = {Cambridge, MA}, abstract = {

The story takes places in London after a Carrington Event (a massive solar storm) knocks out all electric power. Satellites falling from the sky at night are popular viewing. The main focus of the story is the struggle to mount a previously planned performance of Much Ado about Nothing. The point is made that \“If the pandemic pushed people apart and tech together, the Event blew tech apart and brought people tech together in mutual aid and community\” (48). For an analysis of this response to disaster, see Rhiannon Firth, Disaster Anarchy: Mutual Aid and Radical Action. London: Pluto Press, 2022.

}, keywords = {Male author, Northern Ireland author}, isbn = {9780262546461}, author = {Ian [Neil] McDonald (b. 1960)}, editor = {Jonathan Strahan (b. 1964)} } @booklet {8960, title = {Luna: A New Moon}, year = {2015}, note = {

U.S. Ed. New York: Tor, 2017. The U.K. ed. was published a week before the U.S. one.

}, month = {2015}, publisher = {Tor}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

Dystopia of a future settled moon where a feudal system has been established with various dynasties fighting for control of the moon\’s resources. First volume in a series. The second volume is Luna: Wolf Moon. London: Gollancz, 2017. U.S. ed. New York: Tor, 2017, which follows the complexities of the fighting among the dynasties. The third volume is Luna: Moon Rising. London: Gollancz, 2019. U.S. ed. New York: Tor, 2019, in which continues the struggles with an apparent resolution at the end.

}, keywords = {Male author, Northern Ireland author}, author = {Ian [Neil] McDonald (b. 1960)} } @booklet {5961, title = {Brasyl}, year = {2007}, publisher = {Pyr}, address = {Amherst, NY}, abstract = {

Brazil in three times, past (mid-18th century), present, and near future (2032-33). All three are dystopian. The past dystopia is concerned with a rogue Jesuit establishing an empire in the interior. The present dystopia is simply contemporary Brazil. The future dystopia is one where everything is completely controlled and documented.\ 

}, keywords = {Male author, Northern Ireland author}, author = {Ian [Neil] McDonald (b. 1960)} } @booklet {5527, title = {River of Gods}, year = {2004}, month = {2004}, pages = {583 pp.}, publisher = {Simon \& Schuster}, address = {London}, abstract = {

Massive future history of India seen through the eyes of a number of different protagonists. Both eutopian and dystopian elements. India is both high tech and very traditional. Related stories include \“The Little Goddess.\” Asimov\’s Science Fiction 29.6 (353) (June 2005): 102-34; \“The Djinn\’s Wife.\” Asimov\’s Science Fiction 30.7 (366) (July 2006): 102-32; rpt. in The Best Science Fiction \& Fantasy of the Year: Volume 1. Ed. Jonathan Strahan (San Francisco, CA: Night Shade Books, 2006), 445-78; and in The Year\’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection. Ed. Gardner [Raymond] Dozois (New York: St. Martin\’s Griffin, 2007), 81-111; \“Sanjeev and Robotwallah.\” Fast Forward: Future Fiction from the Cutting Edge. Ed. Lou Anders (Amherst, NY: Pyr, 2007), 226-43; Rpt. in The Year\’s Best Science Fiction: Twentieth-Fifth Annual Collection. Ed. Gardner Dozois (New York: St. Martin\’s Griffin, 2008), 297-308 with an editor\’s introduction on 297; and in Mithila, no. 2 (April 2016) http://mithilareview.com/mcdonald_04_16/; \“The Dust Assassin.\” The Starry Rift: Tales of New Tomorrows. An Original Science Fiction Anthology. Ed. Jonathan Strahan (New York: Viking, 2008), 236-71 with a note on the author and the author\’s note on the story (272-73); rpt. in The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume 3. Ed. Jonathan Strahan (San Francisco, CA: Night Shade Books, 2009), 97-117; and \“An Eligible Boy.\” Fast Forward 2. Ed. Lou Anders (Amherst, NY: Pyr, 2008), 241-72; rpt. in The Year\’s Best Science Fiction: Twentieth-Sixth Annual Collection. Ed. Gardner Dozois (New York: St. Martin\’s Griffin, 2009), 120-39 with an editor\’s introduction on 120; and in Rpt. in Stories of Hope and Wonder in Support of the UK\’S Healthcare Workers. Ed. Ed. Ian [George] Whates (Weston, Eng.: NewCon Press, 2020). EBook. These stories plus \“Vishnu at the Cat Circus\” are rpt. in his Cyberabad Days. Amherst, NY: Pyr, 2009. U.K. ed. London: Gollancz, 2009. A film was said to be in process but has not appeared.

}, keywords = {Male author, Northern Ireland author}, author = {Ian [Neil] McDonald (b. 1960)} } @booklet {4917, title = {"The Days of Solomon Gursky"}, howpublished = {Asimov{\textquoteright}s Science Fiction }, volume = {22.6 (270) }, year = {1998}, month = {June 1998}, pages = {88-128}, abstract = {

Sequel to his Necroville (1994) but with eutopian possibilities.

}, keywords = {Male author, Northern Ireland author}, issn = {1065-6298}, author = {Ian [Neil] McDonald (b. 1960)} } @booklet {4739, title = {Sacrifice of Fools}, year = {1996}, note = {

Rpt. London: Vista, 1997

}, month = {1996}, publisher = {Victor Gollancz}, address = {London}, abstract = {

The novel is primarily concerned with alien contact, but as a background it has a future Northern Ireland with new political and judicial institutions.

}, keywords = {Male author, Northern Ireland author}, author = {Ian [Neil] McDonald (b. 1960)} } @booklet {4552, title = {Necroville}, year = {1994}, note = {

U.S. ed. as\ Terminal Cafe. New York: Bantam Books, 1994.

}, month = {1994}, publisher = {Gollancz}, address = {London}, abstract = {

Dystopia with the dead revived.\ 

}, keywords = {Male author, Northern Ireland author}, author = {Ian [Neil] McDonald (b. 1960)} } @booklet {4553, title = {Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone}, year = {1994}, month = {1994}, publisher = {Bantam Books}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

Future dystopia set mostly in a Japan with corporate protective services.

}, keywords = {Male author, Northern Ireland author}, author = {Ian [Neil] McDonald (b. 1960)} } @booklet {4353, title = {Hearts, Hands and Voices}, year = {1992}, note = {

U.S. ed. as\ The Broken Land. New York: Bantam Books, 1992.

}, month = {1992}, publisher = {Victor Gollancz}, address = {London}, abstract = {

Eutopia and dystopia. The eutopia is a village in which people get along with each other and with nature and even religious differences do not cause conflict. The dystopia comes about when the divided nation within which the village exists brings its conflicts to the village.

}, keywords = {Male author, Northern Ireland author}, author = {Ian [Neil] McDonald (b. 1960)} } @booklet {4068, title = {Out On Blue Six}, year = {1989}, month = {1989}, publisher = {Bantam Books}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

The attempt to achieve a perfect society creates a dystopia.

}, keywords = {Male author, Northern Ireland author}, author = {Ian [Neil] McDonald (b. 1960)} }