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Barrington J. Bayley (9 April 1937 – 14 October 2008) was an English science fiction writer.

Barrington J. Bayley
Born	(1937-04-09)9 April 1937 Birmingham, England
Died	14 October 2008(2008-10-14) (aged 71) Shrewsbury, England
Pen name	Alan Aumbry Michael Barrington (with Michael Moorcock) John Diamond P. F. Woods
Occupation	Fiction writer
Nationality	British
Genre	Science fiction
Literary movement	New Wave
Spouse	Joan
Children	2

Biography

Bayley was born in Birmingham[1] and educated in Newport, Shropshire. He worked a number of jobs before joining the Royal Air Force during 1955; his first published story, "Combat's End", had been printed the year before in Vargo Statten Magazine.[2]

During the late 1950s, Bayley became friends and a frequent collaborator with Michael Moorcock on features, comics and short stories, chiefly for Fleetway Publications where he was also a regular writer of text stories, some of which have recently been reprinted by Rebellion Books. He later wrote sf stories for New Worlds and Moorcock, who described himself as "the dumb one in the partnership".[1][3] He.Moorcock and J.G.Ballard met regularly and their discussions and theories led to the development of science fiction's New Wave. His short stories featured regularly in New Worlds magazine and then later in various New Worlds paperback anthologies.[4] His first book, The Star Virus, was followed by more than a dozen other novels; his downbeat, gloomy themes have been cited as influential on the likes of M. John Harrison,[5] William S. Burroughs, Brian Stableford, Bruce Sterling, Iain Banks and Alastair Reynolds.[1][6]

Bayley, who came to live at Donnington, Telford,[7] died of complications from bowel cancer on 14 October 2008.[4] During 2001, he had written an outline for a sequel to Eye of Terror, provisionally titled An Age of Adventure.[8] The novel was unreleased at the time of his death but rumours and listings of copies have circulated, including claims of a 2002 release date and a page count of 288. The book still makes appearances in lists of his works, including the bibliography in the ebooks of Bayley's works released by the Gollancz SF Gateway. His literary estate is managed by Michael Moorcock.

Works

Bayley used the pseudonyms S. Barrington Bayley,[7] P.F Woods, J. Barrington Bayley, Alan Aumbry, Michael Barrington, Simon Barclay, and John Diamond.^{[citation needed]}

Novels

Name	Year	Comments
The Star Virus	1970	expansion of a 1964 short story of the same name
Annihilation Factor	1972	expansion of "The Patch" from 1964
Empire of Two Worlds	1972
Collision Course	1973	aka Collision with Chronos
The Fall of Chronopolis	1974
The Soul of the Robot	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 Rod of Light	1985
Eye of Terror	1999	A Warhammer 40,000 novel
The Sinners of Erspia	2002
The Great Hydration	2002

Collections

Name	Year	As	Comments
The Knights of the Limits	1978	Barrington Bayley	Collection of nine short stories
The Seed of Evil	1979		Collection of thirteen short stories

Short stories

References

External links

• Barrington J. Bayley at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Astounding World of Barrington J. Bayley Fan Site
• Annihilation Factotum Overview by Rhys Hughes
• Three Stories by Barrington Bayley^{[dead link]} - The Infinite Searchlight, The God Gun and Mutation Planet hosted online with the author's permission
• Barrington J. Bayley at Library of Congress Authorities, with 5 catalogue records

На других языках

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[ru] Бейли, Баррингтон Джон

Баррингтон Джон Бейли (англ. Barrington John Bayley, 9 апреля 1937, Бирмингем, графство Уэст-Мидлендс, Великобритания — 14 октября 2008, Шрусбери) — британский писатель-фантаст. Считается представителем «новой волны» в британской фантастике. В творчестве Бейли, несмотря на его относительную малоизвестность, содержится много интересных идей. Недооцененный в своё время, Бейли оказал влияние на Брайана Стэйблфорда и Брюса Стерлинга.

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