“A wise man once told me that mystery is the most essential ingredient of life, for the following reason: mystery creates wonder, which leads to curiosity, which in
A prolific and highly regarded author of science fiction novels whose output over four decades has earned him sufficient awards to fill several mantelpieces if not a cabinet,
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It’s been quite a few years since Ken MacLeod last went into out space, the arena to which the divided protagonists aspired in his first novel, The Star
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