William Barton (writer)

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William Barton Renald III (* 28. September 1950 in Boston ) is an American science fiction - writers .

Life

William Barton studied Liberal Arts at the Community College of Northern Virginia. He has been working as an author since 1973, and most of his work can be assigned to the space opera genre . Three of his novels ( The Transmigration of Souls , Acts of Conscience and When We Were Real ) were nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award ; of which Acts of Conscience received a "Special Mention" in 1998.

Barton has also written short stories that have been published in Asimov's Science Fiction and Sci Fiction magazines and have been nominated for the Hugo Award , Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award , the Sidewise Award and the HOMer Award.

bibliography

Novels
  • Hunting on Kunderer (1973)
  • A Plague of All Cowards (1976)
  • Iris (1990; with Michael Capobianco)
  • Fellow Traveler (1991; with Michael Capobianco)
  • Dark Sky Legion (1992)
  • Yellow Matter (1993, short novel)
  • When Heaven Fell (1995)
  • The Transmigration of Souls (1996)
  • Acts of Conscience (1997)
  • Alpha Centauri (1997; with Michael Capobianco)
  • White Light (1998; with Michael Capobianco)
  • When We Were Real (1999)
Short stories

1993:

  • Slowly Comes a Hungry People (in: Interzone, # 71 May 1993 )
  • Almost Forever (in: Tomorrow Speculative Fiction, October 1993 )
  • Forever (in: Tomorrow Speculative Fiction, December 1993 )

1995:

  • The Adventure of the Russian Grave (1995, in: Mike Resnick and Martin H. Greenberg (Eds.): Sherlock Holmes in Orbit ; with Michael Capobianco)
  • In Saturn Time (1995, in: Kim Mohan (Ed.): Amazing Stories: The Anthology )
  • When a Man's an Empty Kettle (1995, in: Jennifer Hershey, Tom Dupree and Janna Silverstein (Eds.): Full Spectrum 5 )

1996:

  • Age of Aquarius (in: Asimov's Science Fiction, May 1996 )
    • English: The Age of Aquarius. In: Friedel Wahren (Ed.): Asimovs Science Fiction 50th episode. Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 5921, 1997, ISBN 3-453-13305-6 .
  • Changes (in: Aboriginal Science Fiction, Summer 1996 )

1998:

  • Down in the Dark (in: Asimov's Science Fiction, December 1998 )
  • Thematic Torus in Search of a Cusp (in: Amazing Stories, Fall 1998 ; with Michael Capobianco)

1999:

  • Soldiers Home (in: Asimov's Science Fiction, May 1999 )

2000:

  • Heart of Glass (in: Asimov's Science Fiction, January 2000 )
  • Home Is Where the Heart Is (2000, in: SM Stirling (Ed.): Drakas! )

2002:

  • Right to Life (in: Talebones # 24, Spring 2002 )
  • The Engine of Desire (in: Asimov's Science Fiction, August 2002 )

2003:

  • The Man Who Counts (in: Sci Fiction, May 28, 2003 )
  • Off on a Starship (in: Asimov's Science Fiction, September 2003 )

2004:

  • Moments of Inertia (in: Asimov's Science Fiction, April-May 2004 )
  • The Gods of a Lesser Creation (in: Asimov's Science Fiction, August 2004 )
  • Though I Sang in My Chains Like the Sea (in: Asimov's Science Fiction, October-November 2004 )

2005:

  • Dark of the Sun (in: Asimov's Science Fiction, April-May 2005 )
  • Harvest Moon (in: Asimov's Science Fiction, September 2005 )

2006:

  • Down to the Earth Below (in: Asimov's Science Fiction, October-November 2006 )

2007:

  • The Rocket into Planetary Space (in: Asimov's Science Fiction, April-May 2007 )

2008:

  • In the Age of the Quiet Sun (in: Asimov's Science Fiction, September 2008 )

2009:

  • The Sea of ​​Dreams (in: Asimov's Science Fiction, October-November 2009 )

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 1996 Philip K. Dick Award. Philip K. Dick Awards website, March 8, 2003, accessed February 17, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b 1997 Philip K. Dick Award. Philip K. Dick Awards website, March 8, 2003, accessed February 17, 2017 .
  3. ↑ 1999 Philip K. Dick Award. Philip K. Dick Awards website, March 8, 2003, accessed February 17, 2017 .
  4. ↑ 1997 Hugo Awards. The Hugo Awards, accessed February 18, 2017 .
  5. ^ Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award Finalists. University of Kansas, Gunn Center for the study of Science Fiction, accessed February 18, 2017 .
  6. ^ Past Winners and Finalists. Sidewise Awards for Alternate History, accessed February 18, 2017 .
  7. ↑ 2000 HOMer Award. Internet Speculative Fiction Database, accessed February 18, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Barton, William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Barton, William Renald III (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 28, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Boston