Brasyl

Brasyl is a 2007 novel by British author Ian McDonald. It was nominated for the 2008 Hugo Awards in the best novel category. In 2008 it was nominated for, and made the longlist of, the £50,000 Warwick Prize for Writing. It was also nominated for the Locus Award and John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Novel, and in 2009, it was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel. It won the British Science Fiction Award for best novel in 2008. Bras... more

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  • 2007

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  • May 3, 2007

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Ian McDonald

Ian McDonald (1960-) is a British science fiction novelist, living in Belfast. His themes include nanotechnology, postcyberpunk settings, and the impact of rapid social and technological change on non-Western societies. McDonald was born in 1960, in Manchester, to a Scottish father and Irish mother...

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  • May 1, 2007

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