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John Barnes (born 1957) is an American science fiction author.
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. Barnes has married twice, with his second being to author Kara Dalkey.
Bibliography
Century Next Door series
- Orbital Resonance (1991)
- Kaleidoscope Century (1995)
- Candle (2000)
- The Sky So Big and Black (2002)
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 (1993)
- Earth Made of Glass (1999)
- The Merchants of Souls (2002)
- The Armies of Memory (2006)
Time Raider series
- Wartide (1992)
- Battle Cry (1992)
- Union Fires (1992)
Timeline Wars series
- Patton's Spaceship (1997)
- Washington's Dirigible (1997)
- Caesar's Bicycle (1997)
- Timeline Wars (1997) (omnibus volume)
Jak Jinnaka series
- Duke of Uranium (2002)
- A Princess of the Aerie (2003)
- In the Hall of the Martian King (2003)
Daybreak series
- Directive 51 (2010)
- Daybreak Zero (2011)
- The Last President (2012)
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)
- 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)
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
See also
- One True, fictional artificial intelligence central to the Century Next Door series.
References
- Barnes autobiographical sketch at Amazon.com
- biographical information at Barnes weblog
- * Finity review, x, y, z, t: dimensions of science fiction, Damien Broderick, 2004, p. 152
External links
- John Barnes at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Barnes weblog (inactive)
- 2008 interview at HardSF website
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