Barrington J. Bayley

Barrington J. Bayley
Born	April 9, 1937(1937-04-09) Birmingham, England
Died	October 14, 2008(2008-10-14) (aged 71)
Pen name	Alan Aumbry, Michael Barrington (with Michael Moorcock), John Diamond, P. F. Woods
Occupation	Novelist, short story writer
Nationality	British
Genres	Science fiction
Literary movement	New Wave

Barrington J. Bayley (April 9, 1937 – October 14, 2008) was an English science fiction writer.

Bayley was born in Birmingham and educated in Newport, Shropshire. He worked a number of jobs before joining the Royal Air Force in 1955; his first published story, "Combat's End", had seen print the year before in Vargo Statten Magazine.

In the 1960s, Bayley's short stories featured regularly in New Worlds magazine and then later in various New Worlds paperback anthologies, becoming friends with New Worlds editor Michael Moorcock and joining science fiction's New Wave movement. His first book, Star Virus, was followed by more than a dozen other novels; his downbeat, gloomy approach to novel writing has been cited as influential on the likes of M. John Harrison, Brian Stableford and Bruce Sterling.

Bayley died of complications from bowel cancer on October 14, 2008.

Bibliography

Bayley used the pen names P.F Woods, J. Barrington Bayley, Alan Aumbry, Michael Barrington, Simon Barclay, and John Diamond.

Novels

• The Star Virus (1964)
• Annihilation Factor (1964)
• Empire of Two Worlds (1972)
• Collision Course (aka Collision with Chronos) (1973)
• The Fall of Chronopolis (1974)
• The Soul of the Robot (1974)
• The Garments of Caean (1976)
• The Grand Wheel (1977)
• Star Winds (1978)
• The Pillars of Eternity (1982)
• The Zen Gun (1983)
• The Forest of Peldain (1985)
• The Rod of Light (1985)
• Warhammer 40K: Eye of Terror (1999)
• Sinners Of Erspia (2002)
• The Great Hydration (2002)
• Age of Adventure (2002)

Short stories

• "Combat's End" (1954)
• "The Bargain" (1955)
• "Cold Death" (1955)
• "Kindly Travellers" (1955)
• "Last Post" (1955)
• "Martyrs Appointed" (1955)
• "Fugitive" (1956)
• "The Reluctant Death" (1956)
• "Consolidation" (1959)
• "The Tank" (1961)
• "The Big Sound" (1962)
• "Double Time" (1962)
• "The Radius Riders" (1962)
• "The Ship That Sailed the Ocean of Space" (1962)
• "Natural Defence" (1963)
• "Return Visit" (1963)
• "Solo Flight" (1963)
• "Farewell, Dear Brother" (1964)
• "Integrity" (1964)
• "The Patch" (1964)
• "The Ship of Disaster" (1965)
• "Catspaw" (1965)
• "The Countenance" (1965)
• "All the King's Men" (1965)
• "Reactionary" (1965)
• "Aid to Nothing" (1967)
• "Exit From City 5" (1971)
• "The Four-Color Problem" (1971)
• "The Exploration of Space" (1972)
• "Man In Transit" (1972)
• "An Overload" (1973)
• "Me and My Antronoscope" (1973)
• "Mutation Planet" (1973)
• "The Seed of Evil" (1973)
• "Maladjustment" (1974)
• "The Bees of Knowledge" (1975)
• "The Cabinet of Oliver Naylor" (1976)
• "The Problem of Morley's Emission" (1978)
• "Rome Vindicated" (1978)
• "The God Gun" (1979)
• "The Infinite Searchlight" (1979)
• "Life Trap" (1979)
• "Perfect Love" (1979)
• "Sporting with the Chid" (1979)
• "Wizard Wazo's Revenge" (1979)
• "The Forever Racket" (1980)
• "The Ur-Plant" (1983)
• "Escapist Literature" (1985)
• "When They Asked Him What Happens" (1988)
• "Cling to the Curvature!" (1989)
• "The Death of Arlett" (1989)
• "Death Ship" (1989)
• "Tommy Atkins" (1989)
• "Culture Shock" (1990)
• "Galimatias" (1990)
• "The Phobeya" (1990)
• "Light" (1991)
• "The Remembrance" (1991)
• "Doctor Pintar in the Mythology Isles" (1992)
• "Don't Leave Me" (1992)
• "Quiddity Wars" (1992)
• "Teatray in the Sky" (1992)
• "Why Live? Dream!" (1992)
• "The Way into the Wendy House" (1993)
• "Gnostic Endings: Flight to the Hypercosmos" (1994)
• "Love in Backspace" (1994)
• "On the Ledge" (1994)
• "Get Out of Here" (1995)
• "The Island of Dr. Romeau" (1995)
• "A Crab Must Try" (1996)
• "The Crear" (1996)
• "Children of the Emperor" (1998)
• "The Lives of Ferag Lion-Wolf" (1999)
• "Battle of the Archeosaurs" (2000)
• "Hive Fleet Horror" (2000)
• "Planet of the Stercorasaurs" (2000)
• "The Revolt of the Mobiles" (2000)
• "Sky Tower" (2000)
• "The Worms of Hess" (2000)
• "It Was a Lover and His Lass" (2001)

External links

• Barrington J. Bayley at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Astounding World of Barrington J. Bayley Fan Site
• Annihilation Factotum Overview by Rhys Hughes