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Ian Watson

Born

in The United Kingdom

January 01, 1943

Died

April 13, 2026

Website

http://www.ianwatson.info/

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.

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Ian Watson’s books

Average rating: 3.6 · 12,843 ratings · 1,521 reviews · 300 distinct works • Similar authors

	Space Marine (Warhammer 40,000) 3.88 avg rating — 841 ratings — published 1993 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Embedding 3.40 avg rating — 863 ratings — published 1973 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Draco (The Inquisition War #1) 3.50 avg rating — 650 ratings — published 1990 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mammoth Book of Alternate Histories by Ian Watson (Editor), Ian Whates (Editor), James K. Morrow (Contributor) 3.47 avg rating — 597 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Inquisition War (The Inquisition War #1-3) by Ian Watson, Marc Gascoigne (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.60 avg rating — 430 ratings — published 2004 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Harlequin (The Inquisition War #2) 3.32 avg rating — 352 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chaos Child (The Inquisition War #3) 3.16 avg rating — 305 ratings — published 1994 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mammoth Book of SF Wars by Ian Watson (Editor), Ian Whates (Editor) 3.68 avg rating — 196 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Jonah Kit 3.07 avg rating — 203 ratings — published 1975 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Very Slow Time Machine 3.38 avg rating — 182 ratings — published 1979 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Ian Watson

Draco

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