Barrington J. Bayley


Barrington J. Bayley was an English science fiction writer.
Bayley was born in Birmingham 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.
During the 1960s, Bayley became friends and a frequent collaborator with New Worlds editor Michael Moorcock, who described himself as "the dumb one in the partnership" and adopted science fiction's New Wave style. His short stories featured regularly in New Worlds magazine and then later in various New Worlds paperback anthologies, 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, Brian Stableford, Bruce Sterling, Iain Banks and Alastair Reynolds.
Bayley died of complications from bowel cancer on 14 October 2008. During 2001, he had written an outline for a sequel to Eye of Terror, provisionally titled An Age of Adventure. 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.

Works

Bayley used the pseudonyms P.F Woods, J. Barrington Bayley, Alan Aumbry, Michael Barrington, Simon Barclay, and John Diamond.

Novels

NameYearAsComments
The Star Virus1970Barrington J. Bayleyexpansion of a 1964 short story of the same name
Annihilation Factor1972Barrington J. Bayleyexpansion of "The Patch" from 1964
Empire of Two Worlds1972Barrington J. Bayley
Collision Course1973Barrington J. Bayleyaka Collision with Chronos
The Fall of Chronopolis1974Barrington J. Bayley
The Soul of the Robot1974Barrington J. Bayley
The Garments of Caean1976Barrington J. Bayley
The Grand Wheel1977Barrington Bayley
Star Winds1978Barrington J. Bayley
The Pillars of Eternity1982Barrington J. Bayley
The Zen Gun1983Barrington J. Bayley
The Forest of Peldain1985Barrington J. Bayley
The Rod of Light1985Barrington J. Bayley
Eye of Terror1999Barrington J. BayleyA Warhammer 40,000 novel
The Sinners of Erspia2005Barrington J. Bayley
The Great Hydration2005Barrington Bayley

Collections

Short stories