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John Barnes

John Barnes

Barnes, John Allen

February 28, 1957 (age 69)

Birth place: Angola, Indiana, USA

166 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
1980 Cover Art Sorcerer's Apprentice, Fall 1980 Sorcerer's Apprentice, Fall 1980
November 1981 31 Interior Art Would You Believe? The Fan as Alien Fantasy Newsletter, #42 November 1981
September 1985 96 Short Fiction Finalities Besides the Grave Amazing Stories, September 1985
March 1986 90 Short Fiction 2E6 Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, March 1986
June 1986 61 Short Fiction How Cold She Is, and Dumb The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 1986
December 1986 108 Short Fiction Stochasm Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, December 1986
January 1987 94 Short Fiction Digressions from the Second-Person Future Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, January 1987
June 1987 52 Review The Man Who Pulled Down the Sky The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 1987
April 1988 25 Review Sin of Origin Locus, #327 April 1988
April 1988 88 Short Fiction Under the Covenant Stars Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, April 1988
July 1988 10 Short Fiction Delicate Stuff Amazing Stories, July 1988
July 1988 118 Short Fiction The Limit of Vision Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, July 1988
July 1988 27 Essay The Literary Career of John Barnes: Current Directions ... and Past Achievements Amazing Stories, July 1988
October 1988 185 Review Sin of Origin Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, October 1988
October 1988 189 Review Sin of Origin Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, October 1988
March 1989 40 Short Fiction Restricted to the Necessary Amazing Stories, March 1989
March 1989 67 Review The Man Who Pulled Down the Sky Interzone, March-April 1989
April 1989 16 Review The Man Who Pulled Down the Sky Vector 149
March 1990 150 Essay How to Build a Future Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 1990
April 1990 50 Short Fiction My Advice to the Civilized Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, April 1990
December 1990 187 Essay Letter (Analog, Mid-December 1990) (answer to Daniel Hatch) Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Mid-December 1990
December 1990 188|188.2 Essay Letter (Analog, Mid-December 1990) [2] Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Mid-December 1990
January 1991 188 Short Fiction Canso de Fis de Jovent Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January 1991
June 1991 6 Review Sin of Origin Paperback Inferno, #90
August 1991 70|70.06 Review Sin of Origin Interzone, August 1991
September 1991 31 Review Orbital Resonance Locus, #368 September 1991
December 1991 76 Review Orbital Resonance Amazing Stories, December 1991
March 1992 4 Review Orbital Resonance The New York Review of Science Fiction, March 1992
March 1992 169 Review Orbital Resonance Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, March 1992
March 1992 160 Review Orbital Resonance Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 1992
March 1992 62 Review Orbital Resonance Aboriginal Science Fiction, Summer 1992
June 1992 62|62.3 Review Orbital Resonance Interzone, June 1992
July 1992 71 Review Orbital Resonance Amazing Stories, July 1992
October 1992 27 Review A Million Open Doors Locus, #381 October 1992
1993 111 Review A Million Open Doors Foundation, #59 Autumn 1993
January 1993 67 Review A Million Open Doors Interzone, January 1993
February 1993 161 Review A Million Open Doors Analog Science Fiction and Fact, February 1993
April 1993 32 Review Battlecry Science Fiction Chronicle, #161 April 1993
May 1993 6 Review A Million Open Doors The New York Review of Science Fiction, May 1993
May 1993 7 Review A Million Open Doors The New York Review of Science Fiction, May 1993
August 1993 20 Review A Million Open Doors Vector 174
November 1993 308 Review A Million Open Doors Asimov's Science Fiction, November 1993
February 1994 51 Review A Million Open Doors Aboriginal Science Fiction, Spring 1994
June 1994 29 Review Mother of Storms Locus, #401 June 1994
August 1994 55 Review Mother of Storms Interzone, August 1994
August 1994 17 Review Mother of Storms Vector 180
September 1994 Review Mother of Storms The New York Review of Science Fiction, September 1994
September 1994 100 Review Mother of Storms Dragon Magazine, September 1994
December 1994 165 Review Mother of Storms Analog Science Fiction and Fact, December 1994
January 1995 14 Review Mother of Storms Starlog, January 1995
February 1995 19 Review Mother of Storms The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1995
June 1995 17 Review Kaleidoscope Century Locus, #413 June 1995
June 1995 23 Review Kaleidoscope Century Locus, #413 June 1995
August 1995 94 Review Kaleidoscope Century SFX, #3
September 1995 13 Review Kaleidoscope Century Vector 185
November 1995 161 Review Kaleidoscope Century Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November 1995
November 1995 60 Review Kaleidoscope Century Interzone, November 1995
February 1996 35 Review One for the Morning Glory Locus, #421 February 1996
February 1996 44|44.05 Review One For the Morning Glory Science Fiction Chronicle, #188 February 1996
March 1996 62 Review One for the Morning Glory Interzone, March 1996
April 1996 33 Review One for the Morning Glory The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1996
May 1996 23 Review One for the Morning Glory The New York Review of Science Fiction, May 1996
May 1996 61 Review One for the Morning Glory Dragon Magazine, May 1996
July 1996 84 Review Encounter with Tiber SFX, July 1996
July 1996 277 Review One for the Morning Glory Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July 1996
August 1996 4 Interview John Barnes: Raising the Bar Locus, #427 August 1996
September 1996 13 Review Encounter with Tiber Vector 189
October 1996 57 Review Encounter with Tiber Interzone, October 1996
October 1996 68 Review One for the Morning Glory Aboriginal Science Fiction, Fall 1996
1997 100 Review Encounter with Tiber Foundation, #69 Spring 1997
January 1997 22 Review Encounter with Tiber The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 1997
April 1997 153 Review Encounter with Tiber Analog Science Fiction and Fact, April 1997
April 1997 Review Encounter with Tiber Science Fiction Chronicle, April/May 1997
April 1997 47 Review Patton's Spaceship Locus, #435 April 1997
May 1997 70 Review Patton's Spaceship The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 1997
August 1997 56 Review Caesar's Bicycle Locus, #439 August 1997
August 1997 25 Review Washington's Dirigible Locus, #439 August 1997
October 1997 47 Review Patton's Spaceship Science Fiction Chronicle, #193 October 1997
October 1997 44 Review Washington's Dirigible Science Fiction Chronicle, #193 October 1997
1998 40 Review Orbital Resonance The Zone and Premonitions, Winter 1998/99
May 1998 Review Earth Made of Glass Science Fiction Weekly, 4 May 1998
May 1998 25 Review Earth Made of Glass Locus, #448 May 1998
May 1998 39 Review Earth Made of Glass Science Fiction Chronicle, #197 May-June 1998
July 1998 54 Review Earth Made of Glass Interzone, July 1998
July 1998 33 Review Earth Made of Glass Locus, #450 July 1998
July 1998 39 Review Earth Made of Glass Aboriginal Science Fiction, Summer 1998
September 1998 134 Review Earth Made of Glass Analog Science Fiction and Fact, September 1998
September 1998 21 Review Earth Made of Glass Vector 201
September 1998 22 Review Kaleidoscope Century Vector 201
September 1998 22 Review Orbital Resonance Vector 201
January 1999 20 Review Apostrophes and Apocalypses Vector 203
February 1999 Review Apostrophes and Apocalypses Science Fiction Weekly, 1 Feb 1999
February 1999 62 Review Apostrophes and Apocalypses Locus, #457 February 1999
February 1999 135 Review Earth Made of Glass Asimov's Science Fiction, February 1999
February 1999 19 Review Finity Locus, #457 February 1999
March 1999 57 Review Apostrophes and Apocalypses Interzone, March 1999
March 1999 Review Finity Science Fiction Weekly, 1 Mar 1999
March 1999 62 Review Finity Locus, #458 March 1999
April 1999 42 Review Encounter with Tiber Aboriginal Science Fiction, Spring 1999
June 1999 |7 Review One for the Morning Glory First Impressions, Installment Forty-Nine
July 1999 34 Review Earth Made of Glass Vector 206
July 1999 230 Review Finity Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July-August 1999
September 1999 26 Essay Looking backward, one must be as forward-thinking as when looking at the future. Science Fiction Age, September 1999
October 1999 36 Review Finity Aboriginal Science Fiction, Fall 1999
2000 17 Review Candle Amazing Stories, Spring, 2000
January 2000 35 Review Apostrophes and Apocalypses Vector 209
January 2000 17 Review Finity The New York Review of Science Fiction, January 2000
February 2000 18 Review Candle Locus, #469 February 2000
February 2000 21 Review Candle Locus, #469 February 2000
February 2000 52 Review Candle Interzone, February 2000
April 2000 21 Review Candle The New York Review of Science Fiction, April 2000
May 2000 132 Review Candle Analog Science Fiction and Fact, May 2000
May 2000 20 Review Finity Vector 211
July 2000 34 Review Apocalypses & Apostrophes Vector 212
July 2000 136 Review Candle Asimov's Science Fiction, July 2000
August 2000 53 Review Finity The Zone, Summer 2000
November 2000 18 Review Candle Vector 214
December 2001 44|44.3 Review The Merchants of Souls Science Fiction Chronicle, #219 December 2001
2002 37 Review The Merchant of Souls Nova Express, Summer 2002
January 2002 25 Review The Merchants of Souls Locus, #492 January 2002
June 2002 135 Review The Merchants of Souls Analog Science Fiction and Fact, June 2002
August 2002 35 Review The Duke of Uranium Locus, #499 August 2002
August 2002 25 Review The Sky So Big and Black Locus, #499 August 2002
September 2002 18 Review The Merchants of Souls Vector 225
October 2002 9 Review The Sky So Big and Black The New York Review of Science Fiction, October 2002
December 2002 15 Review The Sky So Big and Black The New York Review of Science Fiction, December 2002
January 2003 31 Review A Princess of the Aerie Locus, #504 January 2003
January 2003 129 Review The Duke of Uranium Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January 2003
January 2003 128 Review The Sky So Big and Black Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January 2003
February 2003 Review The Duke of Uranium Strange Horizons, 24 February 2003
August 2003 33 Review In the Hall of the Martian King Locus, #511 August 2003
September 2003 9 Review A Princess of the Aerie The New York Review of Science Fiction, September 2003
September 2003 9 Review The Duke of Uranium The New York Review of Science Fiction, September 2003
October 2004 31 Review Gaudeamus Locus, #525 October 2004
December 2004 74 Review Gaudeamus Amazing Stories, December 2004
February 2005 23 Review Gaudeamus Locus, #529 February 2005
March 2005 26 Review Gaudeamus Vector 240
April 2005 133 Review Gaudeamus Analog Science Fiction and Fact, April 2005
November 2005 96 Short Fiction The Diversification of Its Fancy Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November 2005
January 2006 144 Short Fiction "The Night Is Fine" the Walrus Said Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January-February 2006
March 2006 29 Review The Armies of Memory Locus, #542 March 2006
March 2006 8 Short Fiction The Little White Nerves Went Last Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 2006
April 2006 25 Review The Armies of Memory Locus, #543 April 2006
June 2006 11 Short Fiction Poga Jim Baen's Universe, June 2006
June 2006 132 Review The Armies of Memory Analog Science Fiction and Fact, June 2006
July 2006 20 Review The Armies of Memory Vector 248
October 2006 3 Short Fiction Every Hole Is Outlined Jim Baen's Universe, October 2006
January 2007 Short Fiction Rod Rapid and His Electric Chair Helix, Winter 2007
February 2007 6 Interview John Barnes: Patterndriven Locus, #553 February 2007
August 2007 1 Short Fiction An Ocean Is a Snowflake, Four Billion Miles Away Jim Baen's Universe, August 2007
October 2007 Essay The Well-Bitten Hand Helix, Fall 2007
November 2007 137 Review Payback City Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November 2007
April 2008 Essay The Well-Bitten Hand (Helix, Spring 2008) Helix, Spring 2008
December 2009 1 Short Fiction Things Undone Jim Baen's Universe, December 2009
2010 10 Review Directive 51 SFRA Review #294
May 2010 Review Directive 51 Strange Horizons, 17 May 2010
June 2010 19 Review Directive 51 Locus, #593 June 2010
April 2011 19 Review Daybreak Zero Locus, #603 April 2011
August 2012 25 Review Raise the Gipper Locus, #619 August 2012
March 2013 |16 Interview Author Spotlight: John Barnes Lightspeed, March 2013
December 2013 20 Review The Last President Locus, #635 December 2013
February 2014 Short Fiction Martian Heart Clarkesworld Magazine, February 2014
April 2015 |230 Interview Author Spotlight: John Barnes Lightspeed, April 2015
April 2015 42 Short Fiction The Birds and the Bees and the Gasoline Trees Lightspeed, April 2015
August 2017 Short Fiction My Last Bringback Forever, August 2017
July 2018 92 Short Fiction Swift As a Dream and Fleeting As a Sigh Clarkesworld, July 2018

40 English-language books

Year Type Title Author(s)
1986 Novel The Man Who Pulled Down the Sky John Barnes
1988 Novel Sin of Origin John Barnes
1991 Nonfiction How to Build a Future John Barnes
1991 Novel Orbital Resonance John Barnes
1992 Novel A Million Open Doors John Barnes
1992 Novel Battlecry John Barnes
1992 Novel Union Fires John Barnes
1992 Novel Wartide John Barnes
1994 Novel Mother of Storms John Barnes
1995 Novel Kaleidoscope Century John Barnes
1996 Novel Encounter with Tiber Buzz Aldrin & John Barnes
1996 Novel One for the Morning Glory John Barnes
1997 Novel Caesar's Bicycle John Barnes
1997 Novel Patton's Spaceship John Barnes
1997 Omnibus The Timeline Wars John Barnes
1997 Novel Washington's Dirigible John Barnes
1998 Collection Apostrophes and Apocalypses John Barnes
1998 Novel Earth Made of Glass John Barnes
1999 Collection Apocalypses and Apostrophes John Barnes
1999 Novel Finity John Barnes
2000 Novel Candle John Barnes
2000 Omnibus The Century Next Door John Barnes
2000 Novel The Return Buzz Aldrin & John Barnes
2001 Novel The Merchants of Souls John Barnes
2002 Novel The Duke of Uranium John Barnes
2002 Novel The Sky So Big and Black John Barnes
2003 Novel A Princess of the Aerie John Barnes
2003 Novel In the Hall of the Martian King John Barnes
2004 Novel Gaudeamus John Barnes
2006 Novel The Armies of Memory John Barnes
2009 Novel Tales of the Madman Underground John Barnes
2010 Novel Directive 51 John Barnes
2011 Chapbook An Ocean Is a Snowflake, Four Billion Miles Away John Barnes
2011 Novel Daybreak Zero John Barnes
2011 Chapbook Poga John Barnes
2012 Chapbook Every Hole Is Outlined John Barnes
2012 Novel Losers in Space John Barnes
2012 Novel Raise the Gipper! John Barnes
2013 Novel The Last President John Barnes
8888 Novel Payback City John Barnes

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
1989 Asimov's Readers' Poll Best Novelette Under the Covenant Stars Finalist
1989 Asimov's Readers' Poll Best Novella The Limit of Vision Finalist
1989 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Under the Covenant Stars Nominee
1991 Asimov's Readers' Poll Best Short Story My Advice to the Civilized Nominee
1991 James Tiptree, Jr. Award / Otherwise Award Gender-bending SF Orbital Resonance Nominee
1991 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award Best Short Science Fiction My Advice to the Civilized Nominee
1992 Hugo Award Best Novel Orbital Resonance Nominee
1992 Locus Poll Award Best Novella Canso de Fis de Jovent Nominee
1992 Nebula Award Novel Orbital Resonance Nominee
1993 Hugo Award Best Novel A Million Open Doors Nominee
1993 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel A Million Open Doors Nominee
1993 Nebula Award Novel A Million Open Doors Nominee
1994 Arthur C. Clarke Award Best Science Fiction Novel A Million Open Doors Nominee
1994 HOMer Award Novel Mother of Storms Nominee
1995 Arthur C. Clarke Award Best Science Fiction Novel Mother of Storms Nominee
1995 Hugo Award Best Novel Mother of Storms Runner-up
1995 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Mother of Storms Finalist
1995 SF Chronicle Award Novel Mother of Storms Runner-up
1996 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Kaleidoscope Century Nominee
1996 Nebula Award Novel Mother of Storms Nominee
1997 Hugo Award Best Novel Encounter with Tiber Nominee
1997 Hugo Award Best Novel One for the Morning Glory Nominee
1997 Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis Bester ausländischer SF-Roman Eine Million offener Tore Nominee
1997 Locus Poll Award Best Fantasy Novel One for the Morning Glory Nominee
1997 Mythopoeic Award Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature One for the Morning Glory Nominee
1998 British Science Fiction Award Best Novel Earth Made of Glass Nominee
1998 Nebula Award Novel One for the Morning Glory Nominee
1999 Arthur C. Clarke Award Best Science Fiction Novel Earth Made of Glass Nominee
1999 Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis Bestes ausländisches Werk Begegnung mit Tiber Nominee
1999 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Earth Made of Glass Nominee
2000 Locus Poll Award Best Collection Apostrophes and Apocalypses Nominee
2000 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Finity Nominee
2001 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Candle Nominee
2001 Prometheus Award Prometheus Award for Best Libertarian SF Novel Candle Nominee
2002 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel The Merchants of Souls Nominee
2003 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel The Sky So Big and Black Nominee
2005 Analog Award Best Novella The Diversification of Its Fancy Runner-up
2005 John W. Campbell Memorial Award Best Science Fiction Novel Gaudeamus Nominee
2006 Analog Award Best Novella The Little White Nerves Went Last Finalist
2006 Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis Bestes ausländisches Werk Der Himmel so weit und schwarz Nominee
2006 Locus Poll Award Best Novella The Diversification of Its Fancy Nominee
2007 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Every Hole Is Outlined Nominee
2007 Locus Poll Award Best Novella "The Night Is Fine" the Walrus Said Nominee
2007 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel The Armies of Memory Nominee
2008 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette An Ocean Is a Snowflake, Four Billion Miles Away Nominee
2010 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award Best Short Science Fiction Things Undone Runner-up
2011 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Directive 51 Nominee
2011 Prometheus Award Prometheus Award for Best Libertarian SF Novel Directive 51 Nominee
2012 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Daybreak Zero Nominee
2014 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel The Last President Nominee
2016 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette My Last Bringback Nominee

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. Second marriage to Kara Dalkey until 2001.
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