# Rory Barnes
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{{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](/source/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|title= Austlit — Rory Barnes |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A12132|access-date= 5 September 2025}}]
==Bibliography==
* ''Valencies'' (1983 with [Damien Broderick](/source/Damien_Broderick))[{{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}}]
* ''The Bomb-Monger's Daughter'' (1984)[{{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}}]
* ''Water From The Moon'' (1989 with [James Birrell](/source/James_Birrell))[{{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}}]
* ''[Zones](/source/Zones_(novel))'' (1997 with [Damien Broderick](/source/Damien_Broderick))[{{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}}]
* ''The Book of Revelation'' (1998 with [Damien Broderick](/source/Damien_Broderick)) Reprinted in the US as ''Dark Gray'' (2010)[{{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}}]
* ''Horsehead Boy'' (1998)[{{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}}]
* ''Horsehead Man'' (1999)[{{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}}]
* ''[Stuck in Fast Forward](/source/Stuck_in_Fast_Forward)'' (1999 with [Damien Broderick](/source/Damien_Broderick), revised and extended as ''The Hunger of Time'')[{{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}}]
* ''Horsehead Soup'' (2000)[{{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}}]
* ''Night Vision'' (2006)[{{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}}]
* ''I'm Dying Here'' (2009 with [Damien Broderick](/source/Damien_Broderick), also known as ''I Suppose a Root's Out of the Question'')[{{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}}]
* ''The Dragon Raft'' (2010)[{{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}}]
* ''Human's Burden'' (2010 with [Damien Broderick](/source/Damien_Broderick))[{{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}}]
* ''Space Junk'' (2011)[{{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}}]
* ''The Valley of the God of Our Choice, Inc.'' (2014 with [Damien Broderick](/source/Damien_Broderick))[{{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}}]
==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](/source/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](/source/Aurealis_Award_for_best_science_fiction_novel)'''
**1997: Nomination: ''Zones'' (with Damien Broderick)
**1999: Nomination: ''The Book of Revelation'' (with Damien Broderick)
*'''[Best young-adult novel](/source/Aurealis_Award_for_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'''