12. The next Ken MacLeod book (and reading order)
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This article is from the rec.arts.sf.written FAQ, by Evelyn C. Leeper evelynleeper@geocities.com with numerous contributions by others.
12. The next Ken MacLeod book (and reading order)
THE CASSINI DIVISION, THE STONE CANAL, and THE SKY ROAD are currently
available in the US from Tor. THE STAR FRACTION will be published in
hardcover in August 2001.
COSMONAUT KEEP is out in the UK and is due out in the US in May 2001.
A sequel, tentatively titled DARK LIGHT, is scheduled to be published
in the UK in November 2001.
The first series of books were first published in the UK in the following
order: THE STAR FRACTION, THE STONE CANAL, THE CASSINI DIVISION, THE
SKY ROAD.
By internal chronology, the ordering is loosely:
THE STONE CANAL, set starting in the 1970s, and also in the far future.
THE STAR FRACTION, set in the 2040s in the UK
THE CASSINI DIVISION, set some time after the future part of THE STONE CANAL
THE SKY ROAD is an alternate future, which Rich Horton describes thusly:
"The earlier parts ... of THE STONE CANAL and all of THE STAR FRACTION
are set in a common past to both THE SKY ROAD and to THE CASSINI
DIVISION, but one of the events in THE STONE CANAL goes a different way
in THE SKY ROAD." Therefore, it is not consistent with THE CASSINI
DIVISION. It is also set in two time periods, 2059 and several
centuries in the future.
According to some, THE STONE CANAL is the best introduction to the series,
as it stands on its own the best and gives some of the background for
relationships that are important in THE CASSINI DIVISION and THE SKY ROAD.
Others say to start with THE CASSINI DIVISION, which gets going faster, and
also stands on it own.
COSMONAUT KEEP is completely independent of that series (referred to as
"The Fall Revolution," at least by one person.)
[Thanks to Patrick Nielsen Hayden [pnh@panix.com], Rich Horton
[rrhorton@prodigy.net] and Tom Woamck [thomas.womack@ox.compsoc.net] for
most of this information.]
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