John Barnes (born 1957 in

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) is an American

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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

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readership, comparing favorably to

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's "juvenile" novels. He has contributed to the Internet Evolution website.

Technical career

He has done work in systems analysis, business statistics, software reliability theory, sentiment analysis, statistical semiotics, and formal specification.

Personal life

Barnes's hometown is

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. Barnes earned a

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degree from

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, an

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degree from the

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, and a Ph.D. degree in theater from the

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. He has taught at

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. He lives in

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. Barnes has been married three times and divorced twice.

Bibliography

Century Next Door series

*''

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'' (1991) *'' Kaleidoscope Century'' (1995) *''

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'' (2000) *''

The Sky So Big and Black John Barnes (born 1957 in Angola, Indiana) is an American science fiction author. 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, c ...

'' (2002)

Thousand Cultures series

The four novels in the ''Thousand Cultures'' series include the theme of the effects of

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, at an interstellar scale, on isolated societies. *'' A Million Open Doors'' (1992) *'' Earth Made of Glass'' (1998) *''

The Merchants of Souls ''The Merchants of Souls'' is a 2001 science fiction novel by John Barnes and the third book in the ''Thousand Cultures'' series. Summary The book follows Giraut Leones, a special agent who has been betrayed by those he thought he could trust. ...

'' (2001) *'' The Armies of Memory'' (2006)

Time Raider series

*'' Wartide'' (1992) *''

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'' (1992) *''

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'' (1992)

Timeline Wars series

*'' Patton's Spaceship'' (1997) *'' Washington's Dirigible'' (1997) *''

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'' (1997) *''

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'' (1997) (omnibus volume) *" Upon Their Backs, to Bite 'Em" (2000) (a

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story included in Drakas!)

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'' (2014) ''The Last President'' was originally scheduled for 2012, but was delayed due to disagreements between Barnes and the publisher over the direction the series was taking. The final book in the series was published by Ace in 2014. Barnes is considering re-writing the first two books to make them more consistent with his original conception of the series.

Other books

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'' (1987) *'' Sin of Origin'' (1988) *'' Mother of Storms'' (1994) *'' Encounter With Tiber'' (with

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(1996) *'' One For the Morning Glory'' (1996) *'' Apocalypses and Apostrophes'' (1998) (a short story collection also published as ''Apostrophes and Apocalypses'') *'' Finity'' (1999) *'' The Return'', with

(2001) *''Gaudeamus'' (2004) (meta-referential work blending fiction and reality) *'' Payback City'' (2007) (thriller, written in 1997, self-published e-book) *'' Tales of the Madman Underground: An Historical Romance, 1973'' (2009) (YA/non-SF, a Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book) *'' Losers in Space'' (2012) (YA/SF) *'' Raise the Gipper!'' (2012) (SF/fantasy/political satire)

Short fiction

*"The Birds and the Bees and the Gasoline Trees" (2010) (short story, in ''

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'', edited by

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)

Awards

Nebula Award The Nebula Awards annually recognize the best works of science fiction or fantasy published in the United States. The awards are organized and awarded by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), a nonprofit association of prof ...

Best Novel nominee (1992) : ''

'' *

Best Novel nominee (1993) : '' A Million Open Doors'' *

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Best Novel nominee (1995) : '' Mother of Storms'' *

Best Novel nominee (1996) : '' Mother of Storms'' * Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book (2010): ''Tales of the Madman Underground: An Historical Romance 1973''

References

External links

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Barnes personal weblogBarnes weblog (old, inactive)2008 interview at HardSF website
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