Kenneth Macrae MacLeod (born 2 August 1954 in Steòrnabhagh) is a Scottish science fiction writer. His novels The Sky Road and The Night Sessions won the BSFA Award. MacLeod's novels have been nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke, Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and Campbell Memorial awards for best novel on multiple occasions. A techno-utopianist, MacLeod's work makes frequent use of libertarian socialist themes; he is a three-time winner of the libertarian Prometheus Award. Prior to becoming a novelist, MacLeod studied biology and worked as a computer programmer. He sits on the advisory board of the Edinburgh Science Festival. MacLeod is known for his hard science fiction and space opera works. He studied zoology at Glasgow University and later worked as a computer programmer. MacLeod was a Trotskyist activist during the 1970s and 1980s and is opposed to Scottish independence. His novels often explore political ideas, such as socialism, communism, and anarchism, and technical themes, like singularities and post-human cyborg-resurrection. MacLeod's outlook is best described as techno-utopian socialist, though he is skeptical about strong AI. He is known for his humor, making puns and in-jokes on the intersection of socialist ideologies and computer programming. The Science Fiction Foundation has published an analysis …
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Kenneth Macrae MacLeod (born 2 August 1954 in Steòrnabhagh) is a Scottish science fiction writer. His novels The Sky Road and The Night Sessions won the BSFA Award. MacLeod's novels have been nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke, Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and Campbell Memorial awards for best novel on multiple occasions. A techno-utopianist, MacLeod's work makes frequent use of libertarian socialist themes; he is a three-time winner of the libertarian Prometheus Award. Prior to becoming a novelist, MacLeod studied biology and worked as a computer programmer. He sits on the advisory board of the Edinburgh Science Festival. MacLeod is known for his hard science fiction and space opera works. He studied zoology at Glasgow University and later worked as a computer programmer. MacLeod was a Trotskyist activist during the 1970s and 1980s and is opposed to Scottish independence. His novels often explore political ideas, such as socialism, communism, and anarchism, and technical themes, like singularities and post-human cyborg-resurrection. MacLeod's outlook is best described as techno-utopian socialist, though he is skeptical about strong AI. He is known for his humor, making puns and in-jokes on the intersection of socialist ideologies and computer programming. The Science Fiction Foundation has published an analysis of MacLeod's work, titled "The True Knowledge Of Ken MacLeod," edited by Andrew M. Butler and Farah Mendlesohn.
