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Author John BarnesJohn Barnes was born in 1957 and raised in Bowling Green, Ohio. He earned a B.A. degree from Washington University, an M.A. degree from the University of Montana, and a Ph.D. degree in theater from the University of Pittsburgh. He has taught at Western State College.

Barnes is an American science fiction author, whose stories often explore questions of individual moral responsibility within a larger social context. Social criticism is woven throughout his plots.

He lives in Colorado.

John Barnes Book List and Awards
His blog: thatjohnbarnes.blogspot.com
Similar authors: Stephen Baxter, Greg Bear, Gregory Benford, Kim Stanley Robinson
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Directive 51
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Directive 51 by John Barnes

John Barnes Bibliography


Century Next Door Series

  1. Orbital Resonance - 1991
  2. Kaleidoscope Century - 1995
  3. Candle - 2000
  4. The Sky So Big and Black - 2002

Thousand Cultures Series

  1. A Million Open Doors - 1992
  2. Earth Made of Glass - 1998
  3. The Merchants of Souls - 2001
  4. The Armies of Memory - 2006

Time Raider Series

  1. Wartide - 1992
  2. Battle Cry - 1992
  3. Union Fires - 1992

Timeline Wars Series

  1. Patton's Spaceship - 1997
  2. Washington's Dirigible - 1997
  3. Caesar's Bicycle - 1997
  4. Timeline Wars - 1997
  5. Upon Their Backs, to Bite 'Em - A crossover story included in Drakas! - 2000

Jak Jinnaka Series

  1. Duke of Uranium - 2002
  2. A Princess of the Aerie - 2003
  3. In the Hall of the Martian King - 2003

Daybreak Series

  1. Directive 51 - 2010
  2. Daybreak Zero - 2011
  3. The Last President - 2013

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 and Apostrophes - 1998
  • Finity - 1999
  • The Return, with Buzz Aldrin - 2001
  • Gaudeamus - 2004
  • Payback City - 2007
  • Tales of the Madman Underground: An Historical Romance 1973 - 2009 (non-sf novel)
  • 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

John Barnes Awards

  • Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book for Tales of the Madman Underground: An Historical Romance 1973 - 2010

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