Richard Morgan and Ian Mcdonald in conversation (part 1)

Recorded in informal conversation at Eastercon 2007 just prior to their panel discussions: Richard Morgan, author of Black Man, and Ian Mcdonald, author of Brasyl.

Find out more about Richard Morgan here... http://www.orionbooks.co.uk/9537-0/Author-Richard-Morgan.htm
And here... http://www.richardkmorgan.co.uk/

Find out more about Ian Mcdonald here... http://www.orionbooks.co.uk/5542-0/Author-Ian-Mcdonald.htm

Book details...

'Black Man' by Richard Morgan

The sensational new thriller from the international bestselling star of SF combines a savage man-hunt with speculation on the dangers of genetic engineering.

One hundred years from now, and against all the odds, Earth has found a new stability; the political order has reached some sort of balance, and the new colony on Mars is growing. But the fraught years of the 21st century have left an uneasy legacy . . .

Genetically engineered alpha males, designed to fight the century's wars have no wars to fight and are surplus to requirements. And a man bred and designed to fight is a dangerous man to have around in peacetime. Many of them have left for Mars but now one has come back and killed everyone else on the shuttle he returned in.

Only one man, a genengineered ex-soldier himself, can hunt him down and so begins a frenetic man-hunt and a battle survival. And a search for the truth about what was really done with the world's last soldiers.

BLACK MAN is an unstoppable SF thriller but it is also a novel about predjudice, about the ramifications of playing with our genetic blue-print. It is about our capacity for violence but more worrying, our capacity for deceit and corruption.

This is another landmark of modern SF from one of its most exciting and commercial authors.

Richard Morgan is 40 and was, until his writing career took off, a tutor at Strathclyde University in the English Language Teaching division. He has travelled widely and lived in Spain and Istanbul. He is a fluent Spanish speaker. He lives, with his wife, in Glasgow.

'Brasyl' by Ian Mcdonald

The sensational new novel from one of the most acclaimed UK SF writers; a major addition to the Gollancz list.

Ian Macdonald's RIVER OF GODS, painted a vivid picture of a near future India, 100 years after independence. It revolutionised British SF for a new generation by taking a perspective that was not European or American. BRASYL will do the same for South America's largest and most vibrant country.

A story that begins in the favelas, the slums of Rio, and quickly expands to take in drugs, corruption, and a frightening new technology that allows access to all the multiple worlds that have slipped into existence in other planes everytime we make a decision.

This is rich, epic SF that opens our eyes to the world around us and posits mind-blowing alternative sciences. It is a landmark work in modern SF from one of its most respected practitioners.

Ian McDonald was born in Manchester in 1960. His family moved to Northern Island in 1965. He now lives in Belfast and works in TV production. The author of many previous novels including the groundbreaking Chaga books set in Africa Ian McDonald has long been at the cutting edge of SF. RIVER OF GODS won the BSFA award in 2005.

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[karadan100]

Yes. I LOVE sci-fi and have been reading avidly for the last 15 years. Altered Carbon is by far the best sci-fi book i have read in the last 5 years at least.

[einhorn303]

"Consider Phlebas" is by Ian M. Banks, not Ian MacDonald.

[fuxu123]

market forces by richard morgan was pretty badass

[kulpims]

My favourite author lately, i whizzed through Takeshi Kovacs trilogy in no time - and now I want more!

[tinyclangerusa]

Both writers are supremely talented and worth your time, so read the books - you won't be sorry...