Rory Barnes

{{short description|Australian writer of popular fiction|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use British English|date=May 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox writer  | image = | imagesize = | name = Rory Barnes | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1946}} | birth_place = London | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = | nationality = Australian | period = 1983–present | genre = Speculative fiction | subject = | movement = | notableworks = | spouse = | partner = | children = | relatives = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | signature = | website = {{URL|http://members.optusnet.com.au/~rory.barnes}} }}

'''Rory Barnes''' (born 1946) is an Australian writer of popular fiction. Although born in London, he has lived most of his life in Australia.<ref name=Austlit>{{cite web|title= Austlit — Rory Barnes |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A12132|access-date= 5 September 2025}}</ref>

==Bibliography== * ''Valencies'' (1983 with Damien Broderick)<ref>{{cite web|title= ''Valencies'' by Rory Barnes and Damien Broderick|publisher= ISFDB|url= https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?6603|access-date= 5 September 2025}}</ref> * ''The Bomb-Monger's Daughter'' (1984)<ref>{{cite web|title= ''The Bomb-Monger's Daughter'' by Rory Barnes|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1067261 |access-date= 5 September 2025}}</ref> * ''Water From The Moon'' (1989 with James Birrell)<ref>{{cite web|title= ''Water From The Moon'' by Rory Barnes and James Birrell|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2097370 |access-date= 5 September 2025}}</ref> * ''Zones'' (1997 with Damien Broderick)<ref>{{cite web|title= ''Zones'' by Rory Barnes and Damien Broderick|publisher= ISFDB|url= https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?6641|access-date= 5 September 2025}}</ref> * ''The Book of Revelation'' (1998 with Damien Broderick) Reprinted in the US as ''Dark Gray'' (2010)<ref>{{cite web|title= ''The Book of Revelation'' by Rory Barnes and Damien Broderick|publisher= ISFDB|url= https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?21452|access-date= 5 September 2025}}</ref> * ''Horsehead Boy'' (1998)<ref>{{cite web|title= ''Horsehead Boy'' by Rory Barnes|publisher= ISFDB|url= https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?21477|access-date= 5 September 2025}}</ref> * ''Horsehead Man'' (1999)<ref>{{cite web|title= ''Horsehead Man'' by Rory Barnes|publisher= ISFDB|url= https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?21479|access-date= 5 September 2025}}</ref> * ''Stuck in Fast Forward'' (1999 with Damien Broderick, revised and extended as ''The Hunger of Time'')<ref>{{cite web|title= ''Stuck in Fast Forward'' by Rory Barnes and Damien Broderick|publisher= ISFDB|url= https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?21066|access-date= 5 September 2025}}</ref> * ''Horsehead Soup'' (2000)<ref>{{cite web|title= ''Horsehead Soup'' by Rory Barnes|publisher= ISFDB|url= https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?21481|access-date= 5 September 2025}}</ref> * ''Night Vision'' (2006)<ref>{{cite web|title= ''Night Vision'' by Rory Barnes|publisher= ISFDB|url= https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?834739|access-date= 5 September 2025}}</ref> * ''I'm Dying Here'' (2009 with Damien Broderick, also known as ''I Suppose a Root's Out of the Question'')<ref>{{cite web|title= ''I'm Dying Here'' by Rory Barnes and Damien Broderick|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4802900 |access-date= 5 September 2025}}</ref> * ''The Dragon Raft'' (2010)<ref>{{cite web|title=''The Dragon Raft'' by Rory Barnes |publisher=Amazon |url=https://www.amazon.com.au/Dragon-Raft-Young-Adult-Novel-ebook/dp/B0091XBDHG|access-date= 5 September 2025}}</ref> * ''Human's Burden'' (2010 with Damien Broderick)<ref>{{cite web|title= ''Human's Burden'' by Rory Barnes and Damien Broderick|publisher= ISFDB|url= https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1212170|access-date= 5 September 2025}}</ref> * ''Space Junk'' (2011)<ref>{{cite web|title= ''Space Junk'' by Rory Barnes|publisher= ISFDB|url= https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1247634|access-date= 5 September 2025}}</ref> * ''The Valley of the God of Our Choice, Inc.'' (2014 with Damien Broderick)<ref>{{cite web|title= ''The Valley of the God of Our Choice, Inc.'' by Rory Barnes and Damien Broderick|publisher= ISFDB|url= https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?2259801|access-date= 5 September 2025}}</ref>

==Nominations== '''Aurealis Awards'''<ref name="LO INDEX">{{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 }}</ref> *'''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''

'''Ditmar Awards'''<ref name="LO INDEX"/> *'''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''

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==External links== * [http://members.optusnet.com.au/~rory.barnes Official site] *{{isfdb name|id=Rory_Barnes|name=Rory Barnes}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Barnes, Rory}} Category:1946 births Category:Living people Category:Australian children's writers Category:Australian science fiction writers