John Barnes (author)

For other people with the same name, see John Barnes (disambiguation).
Cover of the fourth novel (2008) in Barnes' Thousand Cultures series. Cover art by John Harris.

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, comparing favorably to Robert A. Heinlein's "juvenile" novels.[1] He has contributed to the Internet Evolution website.

Personal life

Barnes's hometown is Bowling Green, Ohio. Barnes 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. He lives in Colorado.[2][3]

Bibliography

Century Next Door series

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.

Time Raider series

Timeline Wars series

Jak Jinnaka series

Daybreak series

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.[4]

Other books

Short fiction

Awards

See also

References

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