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Barrington J Bayley


(Barrington John Bayley)
UK flag (1937 - 2008)

aka Alan Aumbry, P F Woods

Barrington John Bayley is best known for being an inventive science fiction writer, whose works in both novel and short story form weave profound metaphysical topics with more traditional science fictional fare.

Barrington Bayley was born in Birmingham. Most commonly described as "underrated" or "visionary", he has been cited as an influence by writers as well known as Brian Stableford and Bruce Sterling. A long-time friend of Michael Moorcock, who gave him a great deal of early exposure in his role as editor of New Worlds in the 1960s and 1970s, Barrington Bayley was a member of threesome including Moorcock and J G Ballard which plotted to overthrow traditional science fiction. Of the three, Bayley was perhaps the most inventive and the least successful. He is most commonly accused of poor character development and sloppy writing, but as a trade-off for stimulating, pyrotechnic, men's own adventure space opera, these short-comings are easy to absorb.

Barrington Bayley died October 13 2008.
 

Awards: BSFA (1997)  see all

Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy
 
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Novels
   Annihilation Factor (1964)
   The Star Virus (1964)
   Collision Course (1972)
     aka Collision with Chronos
   Empire of Two Worlds (1973)
   The Fall of Chronopolis (1974)
   The Garments of Caean (1976)
   The Grand Wheel (1977)
   Star Winds (1978)
   The Pillars of Eternity (1982)
   The Zen Gun (1983)
   The Forest of Peldain (1985)
   The Great Hydration (2003)
   Sinners Of Erspia (2003)
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Books containing stories by Barrington J Bayley
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The Time Traveller's Almanac (2013)
The Time Traveler's Almanac

(The Time Traveler's Almanac)
edited by
Ann Vandermeer and Jeff VanderMeer
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Let the Galaxy Burn (2006)
(Warhammer)
edited by
Christian Dunn and Marc Gascoigne

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Awards
1997 BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction : A Crab Must Try

Award nominations
1990 BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction (nominee) : Tommy Atkins
1983 Philip K Dick Award (nominee) : The Zen Gun


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