William Barton
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William Renald Barton III (b. September 28 1950) is an American science fiction writer. He is known for writing novels in collaboration with Michael Capobianco. Many of their novels deal with themes such as the Cold War, space travel, and space opera.
Barton also has written short stories that put an emphasis on sexuality and human morality in otherwise traditional science fiction. His short fiction has appeared in Asimov's and Sci Fiction.
Bibliography
- Hunting on Kunderer; August 1973, ISBN 0441482457 On a jungle world populated by dinosaur-like predators, a group of hunters must deal with deadly beasts, sabotage, and an alien studying human sexuality.
- A Plague of All Cowards; August 1976, ISBN 0441667805 Zoltan Tharkie, a professional space pirate, is hired by the government of human civilization to track down an assassin.
- Iris; with Michael Capobianco, February 1990, ISBN 0385267274 A wandering gas giant and its moons hold awesome alien secrets for a group of dissatisfied colonists.
- Fellow Traveler; with Michael Capobianco, July 1991, ISBN 0553291157 The United States and the USSR squabble over the dangers and rewards of asteroid mining during the Cold War.
- Dark Sky Legion; August 1992, ISBN 0553296167 An eternally young, millennia-old man in a far-future star empire is faced with difficult decisions about whether or not to destroy a planet in order to preserve the status quo.
- Yellow Matter; December 1993, no ISBN Signed and numbered chapbook published by TAL Publications, Leesburg, VA.
- When Heaven Fell; March 1995, ISBN 0446601667 A human mercenary for powerful alien conquerors returns to an enslaved Earth while on leave, finding a people both apathetic and desperate.
- The Transmigration of Souls; January 1996, ISBN 0446601675 A portal on the moon leads a team of international scientists—and the American soldiers sent to stop them—to alternate realities.
- Acts of Conscience; January 1997, ISBN 0446672513 A specialist mechanic acquires an FTL spaceship, discovers ominous signs on a colony world, and plays a part in the decision of whether or not to wipe out humanity for the sake of other species.
- Alpha Centauri; with Michael Capobianco, July 1997, ISBN 0380792826 A terrorist plague endangers an exploration ship; the leavings of ancient aliens suggest it might not matter whether they save themselves or not.
- White Light; with Michael Capobianco; October 1998, ISBN 0380795167 Two families travel to the heart of the universe and find a Tipleresque heaven.
- When We Were Real; June 1999, ISBN 0446607061 Darius Murphy escapes an oppressive religious matriarchy to find love and war in the darkness between the stars.
External links
- [William Barton's newsgroup]
- [] at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- [William Barton's online fiction] at Free Speculative Fiction Online
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