Shea, Kieran
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1965- ) US author most of whose short fiction is nonfantastic; he is of sf interest primarily for the Koko sequence of gonzo adventures beginning with Koko Takes a Holiday (2014). The eponymous female protagonist, retired from mercenary work (see Military SF), has invested in a brothel in The Sixty Islands, an artificial Archipelago where simulated contests (see Androids; Games and Sports; Virtual Reality) replicate exaggeratedly real-world conditions 500 years in to the very distant (but recognizably Cyberpunk) Near Future. Complications pile up. Off Rock (2017) is a Space Opera set in a traditional mining Asteroid where a spectacular find arouses interstellar greed. Shea's ample energy and linguistic verve may lead him into innovative territory. [JC]
Kieran James Shea
born Manasquan, New Jersey: 1965
works
series
Koko
- Koko Takes a Holiday (New York: Titan Books, 2014) [Koko: pb/Joey Hi-Fi]
- Koko the Mighty (New York: Titan Books, 2015) [Koko: pb/Joey Hi-Fi]
- Koko Uncaged (New York: Titan Books, 2018) [Koko: pb/Natasha Mackenzie]
individual titles
- Off Rock (New York: Titan Books, 2017) [pb/]
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