Desolation Road
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Desolation Road is a science fiction novel by Ian McDonald that follows the intertwined lives of settlers in a strange, isolated town on a terraformed Mars.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Desolation Road canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Ian McDonald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtist | Chris Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception | generally positive ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1988 ⓘ |
| followsLivesOf | settlers in an isolated Martian town ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
Martian settlers
ⓘ
family members across generations ⓘ mechanics and engineers ⓘ political figures ⓘ |
| hasElement |
alternate history motifs
ⓘ
magical realism ⓘ terraforming ⓘ time travel ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeStructure | interlinked stories about town inhabitants ⓘ |
| hasSequel | Ares Express NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWorkInSameUniverse | Ares Express NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn | Ian McDonald bibliography ⓘ |
| influenced | later works blending magical realism and SF on Mars ⓘ |
| isbn | 9780575042722 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | novel ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | New Space Opera-adjacent British SF ⓘ |
| mainLocation | the town of Desolation Road on Mars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativeScope | multi-generational ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | ensemble cast ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of terraforming on Mars
ⓘ
magical realist elements in science fiction setting ⓘ |
| pageCountApprox | 300–400 pages ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Desolation Road series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorCareer | early novel by Ian McDonald ⓘ |
| publisher | Gollancz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Mars
NERFINISHED
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terraformed Mars ⓘ the town of Desolation Road NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
colonialism and frontier life
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community building ⓘ family and relationships ⓘ fate and coincidence ⓘ technology and progress ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFiction | far future ⓘ |
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