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The Engines of Light
Omnibus edition of "Cosmonaut Keep", "Dark Light" and "Engine City".
- GenresScience FictionFiction
791 pages, Hardcover
Published April 1, 2003
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About the author
Ken MacLeod
113 books767 followersKen MacLeod is an award-winning Scottish science fiction writer.
His novels have won the Prometheus Award and the BSFA award, and been nominated for the Hugo and Nebula Awards. He lives near Edinburgh, Scotland.
MacLeod graduated from Glasgow University with a degree in zoology and has worked as a computer programmer and written a masters thesis on biomechanics.
His novels often explore socialist, communist and anarchist political ideas, most particularly the variants of Trotskyism and anarcho-capitalism or extreme economic libertarianism.
Technical themes encompass singularities, divergent human cultural evolution and post-human cyborg-resurrection.
His novels have won the Prometheus Award and the BSFA award, and been nominated for the Hugo and Nebula Awards. He lives near Edinburgh, Scotland.
MacLeod graduated from Glasgow University with a degree in zoology and has worked as a computer programmer and written a masters thesis on biomechanics.
His novels often explore socialist, communist and anarchist political ideas, most particularly the variants of Trotskyism and anarcho-capitalism or extreme economic libertarianism.
Technical themes encompass singularities, divergent human cultural evolution and post-human cyborg-resurrection.
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October 27, 2014
Polemic isn't really the right word. Exploration is better, but one has a sense that MacCleod has ideologies in mind, has strong opinions, but is a good enough author to explore all sides. He's also a good enough author to allow the reader to decide which of the many ways is better or best or irrelevant—to the extent of an almost complete absence of denouement in this trilogy. I looked for a 4th book, but there is none.
It's about humans, culture, society, religion, economics etc played off those of various alien races who (as usual) are less complex than you humans. Still it works. It did make me think about my well-in-the-groove opinions about such things.
Many will find this trilogy unsatisfying, especially for those looking for escapist genre fiction. The lack of resolution or tying of any of the many loose ends will be annoying at best. But, true to life, there is no denouement.
It's about humans, culture, society, religion, economics etc played off those of various alien races who (as usual) are less complex than you humans. Still it works. It did make me think about my well-in-the-groove opinions about such things.
Many will find this trilogy unsatisfying, especially for those looking for escapist genre fiction. The lack of resolution or tying of any of the many loose ends will be annoying at best. But, true to life, there is no denouement.
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