Rory Barnes
{{short description|Australian writer of popular fiction|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
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| period = 1983–present
| genre = Speculative fiction
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Rory Barnes (born 1946) is an Australian writer of popular fiction. Although born in London, he has lived most of his life in Australia.{{cite web | url = http://www.rorybarnes.fatcow.com/Autobiography.html | title = Autobiography | first = Rory | last = Barnes | accessdate = 24 April 2010 }}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Bibliography
- Valencies (1983 with Damien Broderick)
- The Bomb-Monger's Daughter (1984)
- Water From The Moon (1989 with James Birrell)
- Zones (1997 with Damien Broderick)
- The Book of Revelation (1998 with Damien Broderick) Reprinted in the US as Dark Gray (2010)
- Horsehead Boy (1998)
- Horsehead Man (1999)
- Stuck in Fast Forward (1999 with Damien Broderick, revised and extended as The Hunger of Time)
- Horsehead Soup (2000)
- Night Vision (2006)
- I'm Dying Here (2009 with Damien Broderick, also known as I Suppose a Root's Out of the Question)
- The Dragon Raft (2010)
- Human's Burden (2010 with Damien Broderick)
- Space Junk (2011)
- The Valley of the God of Our Choice, Inc. (2014 with Damien Broderick)
Source: [http://rorybarnes.net/Fiction.html rorybarnes.net]{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Nominations
Aurealis Awards{{cite web | url = http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/NomLit7.html | title = The Locus Index to SF Awards: Index of Literary Nominees | publisher = Locus Online | accessdate = 24 April 2010 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20091120020814/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/NomLit7.html | archivedate = 20 November 2009 }}
- Best science fiction novel
- 1997: Nomination: Zones (with Damien Broderick)
- 1999: Nomination: The Book of Revelation (with Damien Broderick)
- Best young-adult novel
- 1997: Nomination: Zones (with Damien Broderick)
- 1998: Nomination: Horsehead Boy
- 1999: Nomination: Horsehead Man
- 1999: Nomination: Stuck in Fast Forward (with Damien Broderick)
- 2000: Nomination: Horsehead Soup
- Best Australian long science fiction or fantasy
- 1984: Nomination: Valencies (with Damien Broderick)
- Best novel
- 2000: Nomination: The Book of Revelation (with Damien Broderick)
Children's Book Council of Australia
- 1998: Listed as Notable Australian Children's Book: Zones
- 1999: Listed as Notable Australian Children's Book: Horsehead Boy
References
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External links
- [http://members.optusnet.com.au/~rory.barnes Official site]
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