John Barnes
Source: "John Barnes Bibliography." Author Wars, https://authorwars.com/authors/john-barnes.html".
Notes:
Received a B.A. and M.A. (in political science) from Washington University, then worked as a systems analyst. While living in Montana, he received a Master's degree in theater from the University of Montana. His second wife is the writer %%A,Kara Dalkey%%.
Titles:
Chapter Books
Collections
Cover Art
Essays
- Unknown. Afterward (Wartide)
- Unknown. Afterword (Directive 51)
- Unknown. Afterword to Union Fires
- Unknown. Afterword: Foolish Hobgoblins, Containing Multitudes, And True Friends (The Merchants of Souls)
- Unknown. Author's Note (The Return)
- Unknown. Deep in the Heart of Genre
- Unknown. Dramatis Personae (Encounter with Tiber)
- Unknown. Foreword (Apostrophes and Apocalypses)
- Unknown. Hope Against Hope
- Unknown. How to Build a Future
- Unknown. Information and Unfictionable Science
- Unknown. Letter (Analog, Mid-December 1990) (answer to Daniel Hatch)
- Unknown. Looking backward, one must be as forward-thinking as when looking at the future.
- Unknown. On Deconstruction: A Partial Reply to Bruce Sterling
- Unknown. That Kid Watching His Shoes
- Unknown. That Style Thingie
- Unknown. The Kids Are All Right
- Unknown. The Literary Career of John Barnes: Current Directions ... and Past Achievements
- Unknown. The Well-Bitten Hand
- Unknown. The Well-Bitten Hand (Helix, Spring 2008)
- Unknown. Two Cheers for Ned Ludd, One for Crazy Eddie
- Unknown. Vorbemerkung (Die Rückkehr)
- 1990. Letter (Analog, Mid-December 1990) [2]
Interior Art
Interviews
- Unknown. Author Spotlight: John Barnes
- Unknown. Author Spotlight: John Barnes
- Unknown. John Barnes: Patterndriven
- Unknown. John Barnes: Patterndriven
- Unknown. John Barnes: Raising the Bar
Non-fiction
Novels
- Unknown. A Million Open Doors
- Unknown. A Princess of the Aerie
- Unknown. Battlecry
- Unknown. Begegnung mit Tiber
- Unknown. Bog til Jorden
- Unknown. Caesar's Bicycle
- Unknown. Candle
- Unknown. Das kaleidoskopische Jahrhundert
- Unknown. Daybreak Zero
- Unknown. Der Himmel so weit und schwarz
- Unknown. Die Mutter aller Stürme
- Unknown. Die Rückkehr
- Unknown. Directive 51
- Unknown. Earth Made of Glass
- Unknown. Een miljoen open deuren
- Unknown. Eine Million offener Tore
- Unknown. Encounter with Tiber
- Unknown. Finity
- Unknown. Gaudeamus
- Unknown. In the Hall of the Martian King
- Unknown. Kaleidoscope Century
- Unknown. Kreuzzüge
- Unknown. La mère des tempêtes
- Unknown. Le vin des dieux
- Unknown. Moeder der stormen
- Unknown. Mother of Storms
- Unknown. One for the Morning Glory
- Unknown. Orbital Resonance
- Unknown. Orbitale Resonanz
- Unknown. Passerelles pour l'infini
- Unknown. Patton's Spaceship
- Unknown. Payback City
- Unknown. Quando o Céu Caiu
- Unknown. Raise the Gipper!
- Unknown. Sin of Origin
- Unknown. Sistema virtuale XV
- Unknown. The Armies of Memory
- Unknown. The Duke of Uranium
- Unknown. The Man Who Pulled Down the Sky
- Unknown. The Merchants of Souls
- Unknown. The Return
- Unknown. The Sky So Big and Black
- Unknown. Un secolo di ordinaria follia
- Unknown. Union Fires
- Unknown. Uraganele
- Unknown. Wartide
- Unknown. Washington's Dirigible
- 2009. Tales of the Madman Underground
- 2012. Losers in Space
- 2013. The Last President
Omnibuses
Reviews
- Unknown. A Million Open Doors
- Unknown. A Million Open Doors
- Unknown. A Million Open Doors
- Unknown. A Million Open Doors
- Unknown. A Million Open Doors
- Unknown. A Million Open Doors
- Unknown. A Million Open Doors
- Unknown. A Million Open Doors
- Unknown. A Million Open Doors
- Unknown. A Million Open Doors
- Unknown. A Million Open Doors
- Unknown. A Princess of the Aerie
- Unknown. A Princess of the Aerie
- Unknown. A Princess of the Aerie
- Unknown. Apocalypses & Apostrophes
- Unknown. Apostrophes and Apocalypses
- Unknown. Apostrophes and Apocalypses
- Unknown. Apostrophes and Apocalypses
- Unknown. Apostrophes and Apocalypses
- Unknown. Apostrophes and Apocalypses
- Unknown. Battlecry
- Unknown. Caesar's Bicycle
- Unknown. Candle
- Unknown. Candle
- Unknown. Candle
- Unknown. Candle
- Unknown. Candle
- Unknown. Candle
- Unknown. Candle
- Unknown. Candle
- Unknown. Candle
- Unknown. Daybreak Zero
- Unknown. Die Mutter aller Stürme
- Unknown. Directive 51
- Unknown. Directive 51
- Unknown. Directive 51
- Unknown. Earth Made of Glass
- Unknown. Earth Made of Glass
- Unknown. Earth Made of Glass
- Unknown. Earth Made of Glass
- Unknown. Earth Made of Glass
- Unknown. Earth Made of Glass
- Unknown. Earth Made of Glass
- Unknown. Earth Made of Glass
- Unknown. Earth Made of Glass
- Unknown. Earth Made of Glass
- Unknown. Earth Made of Glass
- Unknown. Encounter with Tiber
- Unknown. Encounter with Tiber
- Unknown. Encounter with Tiber
- Unknown. Encounter with Tiber
- Unknown. Encounter with Tiber
- Unknown. Encounter with Tiber
- Unknown. Encounter with Tiber
- Unknown. Encounter with Tiber
- Unknown. Finity
- Unknown. Finity
- Unknown. Finity
- Unknown. Finity
- Unknown. Finity
- Unknown. Finity
- Unknown. Finity
- Unknown. Finity
- Unknown. Gaudeamus
- Unknown. Gaudeamus
- Unknown. Gaudeamus
- Unknown. Gaudeamus
- Unknown. Gaudeamus
- Unknown. Gaudeamus
- Unknown. In the Hall of the Martian King
- Unknown. Kaleidoscope Century
- Unknown. Kaleidoscope Century
- Unknown. Kaleidoscope Century
- Unknown. Kaleidoscope Century
- Unknown. Kaleidoscope Century
- Unknown. Kaleidoscope Century
- Unknown. Kaleidoscope Century
- Unknown. Kaleidoscope Century
- Unknown. La mère des tempêtes
- Unknown. La mère des tempêtes
- Unknown. Mother of Storms
- Unknown. Mother of Storms
- Unknown. Mother of Storms
- Unknown. Mother of Storms
- Unknown. Mother of Storms
- Unknown. Mother of Storms
- Unknown. Mother of Storms
- Unknown. Mother of Storms
- Unknown. Mother of Storms
- Unknown. Mother of Storms
- Unknown. One for the Morning Glory
- Unknown. One for the Morning Glory
- Unknown. One for the Morning Glory
- Unknown. One for the Morning Glory
- Unknown. One for the Morning Glory
- Unknown. One for the Morning Glory
- Unknown. One for the Morning Glory
- Unknown. One for the Morning Glory
- Unknown. One For the Morning Glory
- Unknown. One for the Morning Glory
- Unknown. Orbital Resonance
- Unknown. Orbital Resonance
- Unknown. Orbital Resonance
- Unknown. Orbital Resonance
- Unknown. Orbital Resonance
- Unknown. Orbital Resonance
- Unknown. Orbital Resonance
- Unknown. Orbital Resonance
- Unknown. Orbital Resonance
- Unknown. Orbital Resonance
- Unknown. Orbital Resonance
- Unknown. Passerelles pour l'infini
- Unknown. Patton's Spaceship
- Unknown. Patton's Spaceship
- Unknown. Patton's Spaceship
- Unknown. Payback City
- Unknown. Payback City
- Unknown. Raise the Gipper
- Unknown. Sin of Origin
- Unknown. Sin of Origin
- Unknown. Sin of Origin
- Unknown. Sin of Origin
- Unknown. Sin of Origin
- Unknown. Sin of Origin
- Unknown. Sin of Origin
- Unknown. Sistema virtuale XV
- Unknown. The Armies of Memory
- Unknown. The Armies of Memory
- Unknown. The Armies of Memory
- Unknown. The Armies of Memory
- Unknown. The Armies of Memory
- Unknown. The Duke of Uranium
- Unknown. The Duke of Uranium
- Unknown. The Duke of Uranium
- Unknown. The Duke of Uranium
- Unknown. The Last President
- Unknown. The Man Who Pulled Down the Sky
- Unknown. The Man Who Pulled Down the Sky
- Unknown. The Man Who Pulled Down the Sky
- Unknown. The Man Who Pulled Down the Sky
- Unknown. The Merchant of Souls
- Unknown. The Merchants of Souls
- Unknown. The Merchants of Souls
- Unknown. The Merchants of Souls
- Unknown. The Merchants of Souls
- Unknown. The Merchants of Souls
- Unknown. The Sky So Big and Black
- Unknown. The Sky So Big and Black
- Unknown. The Sky So Big and Black
- Unknown. The Sky So Big and Black
- Unknown. The Sky So Big and Black
- Unknown. The Sky So Big and Black
- Unknown. Washington's Dirigible
- Unknown. Washington's Dirigible
- 1998. Earth Made of Glass
- 1999. Apostrophes and Apocalypses
- 1999. Finity
- 2003. The Duke of Uranium
- 2005. Mother of Storms.
- 2010. Orbital Resonance
- 2010. Kaleidoscope Century
- 2010. Directive 51
- 2012. Mother of Storms
- 2017. Kaleidoscope Century
Serials
- 1987. L'eta' Della Guerra (Complete Novel)
- 1989. Peccato originale (Complete Novel)
- 1999. Un milione di porte (Complete Novel)
Short Fiction
- Unknown. "The Night Is Fine" the Walrus Said
- Unknown. 2E6
- Unknown. A Million Open Doors (excerpt)
- Unknown. An Ocean Is a Snowflake, Four Billion Miles Away
- Unknown. Bang On!
- Unknown. Bête et glacée
- Unknown. Between Shepherds and Kings
- Unknown. Canso de Fis de Jovent
- Unknown. Canso de Fis de Jovent
- Unknown. Delicate Stuff
- Unknown. Digressions from the Second-Person Future
- Unknown. Empty Sky
- Unknown. Enrico Fermi and the Dead Cat
- Unknown. Every Hole Is Outlined
- Unknown. Finalities Besides the Grave
- Unknown. Gentleman Pervert, Off on a Spree
- Unknown. How Cold She Is, and Dumb
- Unknown. Kwetsbaar Spul
- Unknown. Le strict nécessaire
- Unknown. Martian Heart
- Unknown. My Advice to the Civilized
- Unknown. My Last Bringback
- Unknown. O Limite da Visão
- Unknown. Poga
- Unknown. Restricted to the Necessary
- Unknown. Rod Rapid and His Electric Chair
- Unknown. Silence Like Diamonds
- Unknown. Stochasm
- Unknown. The Birds and the Bees and the Gasoline Trees
- Unknown. The Diversification of Its Fancy
- Unknown. The Limit of Vision
- Unknown. The Little White Nerves Went Last
- Unknown. Things Undone
- Unknown. Timor and the Furnace Troll
- Unknown. Timor en de vuurhaardtrol
- Unknown. Under the Covenant Stars
- Unknown. Upon Their Backs, to Bite 'em
- Unknown. Why the Stars Are Always So Bright from Cousin Sid's Farm
- Unknown. Wie stumm und kalt sie ist
- 2009. The Lost Princess Man
- 2011. Contur
- 2012. Swift As a Dream and Fleeting As a Sigh
- 2015. The Soul Remembers Uncouth Noises
- 2019. The One Who Was There
Awards
- 0000. Apostrophes & Apocalypses - Locus Poll Award, Best Collection (Nomination)
- 0000. My Advice to the Civilized - Asimov's Readers' Poll, Best Short Story (Nomination)
- 0000. The Diversification of Its Fancy - Locus Poll Award, Best Novella (Nomination)
- 0000. One for the Morning Glory - Locus Poll Award, Best Fantasy Novel (Nomination)
- 0000. Kaleidoscope Century - Locus Poll Award, Best SF Novel (Nomination)
- 0000. Canso de Fis de Jovent - Locus Poll Award, Best Novella (Nomination)
- 0000. Directive 51 - Locus Poll Award, Best SF Novel (Nomination)
- 0000. The Armies of Memory - Locus Poll Award, Best SF Novel (Nomination)
- 0000. The Merchants of Souls - Locus Poll Award, Best SF Novel (Nomination)
- 0000. "The Night is Fine" the Walrus Said - Locus Poll Award, Best Novella (Nomination)
- 0000. Daybreak Zero - Locus Poll Award, Best SF Novel (Nomination)
- 0000. Finity - Locus Poll Award, Best SF Novel (Nomination)
- 0000. Candle - Locus Poll Award, Best SF Novel (Nomination)
- 0000. Mother of Storms - SF Chronicle Award, Novel (Nomination)
- 0000. Mother of Storms - Hugo Award, Best Novel (Nomination)
- 0000. The Diversification of Its Fancy - Analog Award, Best Novella (Nomination)
- 0000. Things Undone - Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, Best Short Science Fiction (Nomination)
- 0000. The Sky So Big and Black - Locus Poll Award, Best SF Novel (Nomination)
- 0000. The Last President - Locus Poll Award, Best SF Novel (Nomination)
- 0000. A Million Open Doors - Locus Poll Award, Best SF Novel (Nomination)
- 0000. Earth Made of Glass - Locus Poll Award, Best SF Novel (Nomination)
- 0000. Under the Covenant Stars - Locus Poll Award, Best Novelette (Nomination)
- 0000. An Ocean Is a Snowflake, Four Billion Miles Away - Locus Poll Award, Best Novelette (Nomination)
- 0000. My Last Bringback - Locus Poll Award, Best Novelette (Nomination)
- 0000. Under the Covenant Stars - Asimov's Readers' Poll, Best Novelette (Nomination)
- 0000. Every Hole Is Outlined - Locus Poll Award, Best Novelette (Nomination)
- 0000. Mother of Storms - Locus Poll Award, Best SF Novel (Nomination)
- 0000. The Limit of Vision - Asimov's Readers' Poll, Best Novella (Nomination)
- 0000. The Little White Nerves Went Last - Analog Award, Best Novella (Nomination)
- 0000. One for the Morning Glory - Mythopoeic Award, Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature (Nomination)
- 0000. Orbital Resonance - Nebula Award, Novel (Nomination)
- 0000. Orbital Resonance - James Tiptree, Jr. Award / Otherwise Award, Gender-bending SF (Nomination)
- 0000. Mother of Storms - HOMer Award, Novel (Nomination)
- 0000. Mother of Storms - Nebula Award, Novel (Nomination)
- 0000. A Million Open Doors - Nebula Award, Novel (Nomination)
- 0000. The Sky So Big and Black - Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis, Bestes ausländisches Werk (Nomination)
- 0000. A Million Open Doors - Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis, Bester ausländischer SF-Roman (Nomination)
- 0000. Encounter with Tiber - Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis, Bestes ausländisches Werk (Nomination)
- 0000. Mother of Storms - Arthur C. Clarke Award, Best Science Fiction Novel (Nomination below cutoff)
- 0000. A Million Open Doors - Arthur C. Clarke Award, Best Science Fiction Novel (Nomination below cutoff)
- 0000. Earth Made of Glass - Arthur C. Clarke Award, Best Science Fiction Novel (Nomination below cutoff)
- 0000. My Advice to the Civilized - Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, Best Short Science Fiction (Nomination below cutoff)
- 0000. Gaudeamus - John W. Campbell Memorial Award, Best Science Fiction Novel (Nomination below cutoff)
- 0000. One for the Morning Glory - Nebula Award, Novel (Nomination below cutoff)
- 0000. Orbital Resonance - Hugo Award, Best Novel (Nomination below cutoff)
- 0000. A Million Open Doors - Hugo Award, Best Novel (Nomination below cutoff)
- 0000. Earth Made of Glass - British Science Fiction Award, Best Novel (Nomination below cutoff)
- 0000. Candle - Prometheus Award, Prometheus Award for Best Libertarian SF Novel (Nomination below cutoff)
- 0000. Directive 51 - Prometheus Award, Prometheus Award for Best Libertarian SF Novel (Nomination below cutoff)
- 0000. One for the Morning Glory - Hugo Award, Best Novel (Nomination below cutoff)
- 0000. Encounter with Tiber - Hugo Award, Best Novel (Nomination below cutoff)
Genres/Themes:
- science fiction (22 books)
- nanotechnology (6 books)
- United States (4 books)
- recursive sf (NESFA index) (4 books)
- near future (4 books)
- murder (3 books)
- terraforming (3 books)
- virtual reality (3 books)
- mars (3 books)
- Earth (3 books)
- artificial intelligence (3 books)
- coming of age (2 books)
- mind control (2 books)
- diplomacy (2 books)
- antimatter (2 books)
- rape (2 books)
- interstellar travel (2 books)
- alien invasion (2 books)
- memes (2 books)
- fantasy (1 book)
- NESFA Core Reading List (1 book)
- humor (1 book)
- wordplay (1 book)
- automatic cars (1 book)
- ireland (1 book)
- Thailand (1 book)
- journalists (1 book)
- interplanetary travel (1 book)
- privacy (1 book)
- uploaded personalities (1 book)
- New York City (1 book)
- Bangladesh (1 book)
- Pacific Ocean (1 book)
- Marshall Islands (1 book)
- mexico (1 book)
- enhanced intelligence (1 book)
- television (1 book)
- masers (1 book)
- gallium (1 book)
- computer viruses (1 book)
- Von Neumann machines (1 book)
- robots (1 book)
- moon (1 book)
- set in 2020s (1 book)
- methane clathrate (1 book)
- global government (1 book)
- electromagnetic pulse (1 book)
- sex (1 book)
- cosmetic surgery (1 book)
- nuclear warfare (1 book)
- Siberia (1 book)
- Alaska (1 book)
- storms (1 book)
- geoengineering (1 book)
- climate control (1 book)
- climate change (1 book)
- methane (1 book)
- hawaii (1 book)
- comet (1 book)
- Oceania (1 book)
- amnesia (1 book)
- computer (1 book)
- amorality (1 book)
- HIV (1 book)
- rejuvenation (1 book)
- longevity (1 book)
- time travel (1 book)
- Arcturus (1 book)
- set in 2800s (1 book)
- first contact (1 book)
- alien artifacts (1 book)
- Alpha Centauri (1 book)
- set in 2000s (1 book)
- historians (1 book)
- religion (1 book)
- adultery (1 book)
- telepathy (1 book)
- set in 2080s (1 book)
- false memories (1 book)
- set in 2090s (1 book)
- psychiatrist (1 book)
- solar flare (1 book)
- music (1 book)
- assassination (1 book)
- teleportation (1 book)
- far future (1 book)
- freight hauling (1 book)
- relativistic time dilation (1 book)
- slavery (1 book)
- Slave trade (1 book)
- ghosts (1 book)
- ship's captain (1 book)
- nuclear weapons (1 book)
- Washington state (1 book)
- young-adult sf (1 book)
- Seattle (1 book)
- Georgia (1 book)
- civil war (1 book)