Ian McDonald

Ian McDonald in 2010.

Ian McDonald is a science-fiction and fantasy writer, living in Belfast.

Many of his books are Mundane Dogmatic. Some (including Desolation Road and Hearts, Hands, and Voices) have elements of Magic Realism.

Not to be confused with the author of Bruno the Bandit.

Ian McDonald provides examples of the following tropes:

• Desolation Road (1988)
  • Bald of Evil: Arnie Tenebrae, when she becomes a psychotic warlord.
  • Desert Punk
  • Fertile Feet: The green man who is super-evolved and from the future.
  • Machine Worship: Inspiration Cadillac and his followers.
  • Terraform: The novel is set on a terraformed Mars.
• Empire Dreams (1988) (short stories)
• Out on Blue Six (1989)
  • Political Correctness Gone Mad
  • God in Human Form: Kilimanjaro West turns out to be this.
• King of Morning, Queen of Day (1991)
  • Oireland
• Hearts, Hands and Voices (1992, US: The Broken Land)
  • Fantasy Counterpart Culture: Very obviously based on the Anglo-Irish conflicts of the 20th century
• Speaking in Tongues (1992) (short stories)
• Kling Klang Klatch (1992) (graphic novel, illustrated by David Lyttleton)
• Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone (1994)
  • Cyberpunk
  • Brown Note: The tattoos on the protagonist's palms--one causes memory loss, the other causes death.
• Necroville(1994, US: Terminal Cafe)
• Chaga (1995, US: Evolution's Shore)
  • Neo Africa: It centers around the Watekni subculture in a Twenty Minutes Into the Future Kenya.
• Sacrifice of Fools (1996)
• Kirinya (1998)
• Tendeleo's Story (2000)
• Ares Express (2001): Set in the same universe as Desolation Road.
  • Desert Punk
• River of Gods (2004)
  • Cyberpunk
  • A.I. Is a Crapshoot
• The Djinn's Wife (2006)
• Brasyl (2007)
• Cyberabad Days (2009): Set in the same universe as River of Gods.
• The Dervish House (2010)
• Planesrunner (2012)
  • Alternate History
  • One of Us: The main character mentions TV Tropes by name.