num_pages: 365
description: It all began thirty years ago on Mars, with a greenperson. But by the time it all finished, the town of Desolation Road had experienced every conceivable abnormality from Adam Black's Wonderful Travelling Chautauqua and Educational 'Stravaganza (complete with its very own captive angel) to the Astounding Tatterdemalion Air Bazaar. Its inhabitants ranged from Dr. Alimantando, the town's founder and resident genius, to the Babooshka, a barren grandmother who just wants her own child-grown in a fruit jar; from Rajendra Das, mechanical hobo who has a mystical way with machines to the Gallacelli brothers, identical triplets who fell in love with-and married-the same woman.Ian McDonald is the author of many science fiction novels, including King of the Morning, Queen of the Day, Out on Deep Six, Changa, Kirinya, River of Gods, Brasyl, and Cyberabad Days. He has won the Philip K. Dick Award and the BSFA Award, been nominated for a Hugo Award, and has several nominations for the Arthur C. Clarke Award. He lives in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Visit Ian McDonald online at ianmcdonald.livejournal.com.
language: English
title: Desolation Road
titlecomplete: Desolation Road (Desolation Road Universe, #1)
genres: Magical Realism, Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Time Travel, Dystopia, Steampunk, Novels, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 1474
series: Desolation Road Universe
awards: awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Locus Award
category: Best First Novel, awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Arthur C. Clarke Award, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Seiun Award 星雲賞
category: Best Foreign Novel
publisher: Spectra Books