A modern British (well, Scottish) SF author, famed for his leftist politics (and so inevitably known as RedKen) but a damn good writer nonetheless. - isfdb:author/Ken_MacLeod - dmoz:Arts/Literature/Genres/Science_Fiction/Authors/M/Macleod,_Ken - http://kenmacleod.blogspot.com/ (WebLog) He started out by writing a loosely-coupled series of novels which go by the name of the TheFallRevolutionQuartet, and has recently finished the EnginesOfLightTrilogy. He has written 'ScienceFictionAfterTheFutureWentAway', an essay on TheFutureOfSF. There is probably a hillarious comparison to be made to StephenBaxter based on the phrase "trots in space". The Fall Revolution books: - TheStarFraction [4 -- NH][5 -- MF] - TheStoneCanal [5 -- NH][4 -- MF] - TheCassiniDivision [4 -- NH][4 -- MF] - TheSkyRoad [4 -- NH][3 -- MF] Engines of Light: - CosmonautKeep [4 -- NH][3 -- MF] - DarkLight [3 -- NH] - EngineCity [5 -- NH] Other novels: - NewtonsWake [3 -- NH] - LearningTheWorld [5 -- NH] Novellas: - TheHumanFront (for PSPublishing) [5 -- NH] Juvenalia: - Cytheria [4 -- MF] _Okay, firstly, i think someone means 'juvenilia', and secondly, that word, i do not think it means what you think it means. -- TA_ CategoryAuthor