I've become a fan of Ken MacLeod

There are plenty of Sci-Fi authors out there and I admire many of them.
I discovered something beautiful about Ken's art. It's his ability to create independent stories that are clustered around a key event. This event creates the basic setting or state of civilisation for the stories. As a result I am more than just an admirer. I've become a fan of Ken MacLeod.

I love this clustering idea and will be using it for my forthcoming "post-apocalyptic" type novels. It solves a few problems. It helps clarify the nature of a new state of civilisation (which is complex at the best of times) without having to bite it all off in one book and run the risk of turning it into technical lecture. It also allows characters to drift across books without the books being sequels. Ultimately I think it is a more efficient way of writing. I suspect it may also cut down the risk of boredom with the "same old, same old" which I experienced with Kim Stanley Robinson's second Mars book (which is also the reason I haven't plucked up the courage to try the last one yet).

Thanks Ken. We all learn from the masters.