John Barnes (author)
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John Barnes (born 1957) is an American science fiction author.
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[edit] Writing
Two of his novels, The Sky So Big and Black and The Duke of Uranium have been reviewed as having content appropriate for a young adult readership, comparing favorably to Robert A. Heinlein's "juvenile" novels.[1] He has contributed to the Internet Evolution website.
[edit] Personal life
Barnes earned a Bachelors Degree from Washington University, a Masters Degree from the University of Montana, and a Ph.D. in theater from the University of Pittsburgh. He has taught at Western State College. He lives in Colorado.[2][3]
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Century Next Door series
- Orbital Resonance (1991)
- Kaleidoscope Century (1995)
- Candle (2000)
- The Sky So Big and Black (2002)
[edit] Thousand Cultures series
The four novels in the Thousand Cultures series include the theme of the effects of globalization, at an interstellar scale, on isolated societies.
- A Million Open Doors (1992)
- Earth Made of Glass (1998)
- The Merchants of Souls (2001)
- The Armies of Memory (2006)
[edit] Time Raider series
- Wartide (1992)
- Battle Cry (1992)
- Union Fires (1992)
[edit] Timeline Wars series
- Patton's Spaceship (1997)
- Washington's Dirigible (1997)
- Caesar's Bicycle (1997)
- Timeline Wars (1997) (omnibus volume)
[edit] Jak Jinnaka series
- Duke of Uranium (2002)
- A Princess of the Aerie (2003)
- In the Hall of the Martian King (2003)
[edit] Daybreak series
- Directive 51 (2010)
- Daybreak Zero (2011)
- The Last President (2013)[4]
[edit] Other books
- The Man Who Pulled Down the Sky (1987)
- Sin of Origin (1988)
- Mother of Storms (1994)
- Encounter With Tiber, with Buzz Aldrin (1996)
- One For the Morning Glory (1996)
- Apocalypses & Apostrophes (1998) (short story collection)
- Finity (1999)[5]
- The Return, with Buzz Aldrin (2001)
- Gaudeamus (2004)
- Payback City (2007) (thriller, written in 1997, self-published e-book)
- Tales of the Madman Underground: An Historical Romance, 1973 (2009) (non-sf novel, a Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book)
- Losers in Space (2012) (announced)
[edit] Awards
- Nebula Award Best Novel nominee (1992) : Orbital Resonance
- Nebula Award Best Novel nominee (1993) : A Million Open Doors
- Hugo Award Best Novel nominee (1995) : Mother of Storms
- Nebula Award Best Novel nominee (1996) : Mother of Storms
- Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book (2010): Tales of the Madman Underground: An Historical Romance 1973
[edit] See also
- One True, fictional artificial intelligence central to the Century Next Door series.
[edit] References
- ^ Review, The Sky So Big and Black and The Duke of Uranium reviews at Locus
- ^ Barnes autobiographical sketch at Amazon.com
- ^ biographical information at Barnes weblog
- ^ On February 12, 2012, Amazon.com emailed customers with preorders, informing them of an expected February 11-15 2013 delivery date, this novel has slipped schedule by about 2 years.
- ^ *[1] Finity review, x, y, z, t: dimensions of science fiction, Damien Broderick, 2004, p. 152
[edit] External links
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Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: John Barnes |
- John Barnes at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Barnes weblog (inactive)
- 2008 interview at HardSF website
