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Ian Patterson is an award winning author of science fiction, horror, and poetry. His debut, Transference, won the Colorado Book Award for science fiction in 2025, and is part of a complete series called The Narrator Cycle. His work aims to critique capitalism, inequality, and environmental destruction by centering philosophical discussions in the trappings of fast-paced, genre-bending narratives. He believes all people should have bodily autonomy, equality, freedom, and that a more just future can be built on compassion and empathy. He can usually be found on his bike somewhere in the mountains of Colorado, or spending time with his family and his two cats.

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Average rating: 3.91 · 325 ratings · 112 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Transference (The Narrator Cycle #1) 3.76 avg rating — 243 ratings — 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
	Transcendence (Narrator Cycle #2) 4.26 avg rating — 46 ratings — 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
	Transition (The Narrator Cycle #3) 4.50 avg rating — 22 ratings — 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
	Fruits of Our Labor 4.50 avg rating — 14 ratings — 3 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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Reading to 500 People

I hit a subscriber milestone and decided to read some of my work live! Thanks to those would could tune in. There were some audio issues at the very start of this and I had to switch cameras and mics, but I think it still turned out pretty good! The second reading gets LOUD. You’ve been warned.

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Ian Patterson wrote a new blog post Reading to 500 People I hit a subscriber milestone and decided to read some of my work live! Thanks to those would could tune in. There were some audio issues at the very s Read more of this blog post »
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Ian Patterson rated a book it was amazing Buzzard by Inez Ray (Goodreads Author)	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
Buzzard is a full-throated scream against the dismantling of women's reproductive rights, a dystopian vision of the future that feels depressingly possible, and a fantastic debut. Inez Ray interweaves the looming climate crisis with politics lifted f ...more
Jul 28, 2026 01:20PM · 1 like · like · see review
Ian Patterson liked Walt Shuler's review of Fruits of Our Labor: "Thanks to NetGalley, Shiraki Press, and Ian Patterson for the ARC. I've read several of Ian Patterson's books, as well as his other works published mostly through Substack, so I knew going in that this book would make me question things. However, I wa" Read more of this review »
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Ian Patterson rated a book really liked it Model Home by Rivers Solomon (Goodreads Author)	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
Absolutely gorgeously written, and read in audio. The sentences here ooze with depth and wit and style. Model Home was haunting, and for me, more full of the raw pain from the darkness of humanity than something purely scary in the moment. An excelle ...more
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Ian Patterson liked Nikki G's review of Fruits of Our Labor: " "Like The Handmaid’s Tale, but—dare I say—better?" I don’t usually reach for utopian sci-fi. I get enough of that at home. Give me a claustrophobic psychological thriller. Give me a blood-soaked nightmare. Give me something that’s going to make me q" Read more of this review »
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Ian Patterson and 13 other people liked The Reading Frog's review of Fruits of Our Labor: "Thank you to Ian Patterson, Shiraki Press & NetGalley for this free ARC in exchange for my honest review Rating: 3.75/5 ⭐ CW: Explicit \| (view spoiler) Moderate \| (view spoiler)" Read more of this review »
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Ian Patterson wants to read Fishboy: A Ghost's Story by Mark Richard	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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Ian Patterson rated a book it was amazing A Murder Most Fungal: A Fungalverse Novel (The Hofmann Report) by Adrian M. Gibson (Goodreads Author)	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
I received an ARC from the author in exchange for an honest review. A Murder Most Fungal presents a classic question - is safety worth the sacrifice of freedom? Years after the spore war, our head Chef Pocho cooks for the occupying Caprinian Governor. ...more
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Ian Patterson rated a book it was amazing Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang (Goodreads Author)	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
Just excellent. This book has so much to say and inks it all in blood and love. Absolutely loved it.
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