Science Fiction & Fantasy Authors - B

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• Jim Baen
• Margaret Ball
• Jeffery Barlough
• Steve Barnes
• Alfred Bester
• Ben Bova
• Elizabeth H. Boyer
• David Brin
• Mary Brown
• John Brunner
• Chris Bunch

Jim Baen

• New Destinies, Vol. VI, Winter 1988 - Noted for it's focus, that being a commeration of Robert A. Heinlein who died then. .

Margaret Ball

Co-author with Ann McCaffery of Partnership. See that entry.

Jeffery Barlough

• Strange Cargo - I picked this one up based upon the cover but have not read it yet.

Steve Barnes

Co-author with Larry Niven

• Dream Park
• The Descent of Anansi
• The Barsoom Project

Alfred Bester

• The Stars My Destination - an excellent book about teleportation as a psionic power and how it could change society. Important to any psi campaign I'd run.

Ben Bova

I know I have read other books by Ben Bova, but this is the only one I've read recently and can remember.

• Moonwar - A more modern version of "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" where the enemy is the UN instead of a prison authority. An interesting and fast read.

Elizabeth H. Boyer

• The Sword and the Satchel

David Brin

• Earth - Fairly interesting. Takes place in the a future where crime doesn't exist only because everybody records everything. Not a utopian novel, but interesting look at the what could happen with society, although that is not the plot of the book.
• Glory Season - Moderately interesting. Picked it up used and read it. Science fiction novel of a planet where men and women have been modified to breed differently. Plot involves what I guess could be described as civil war in that society.
• Kiln People - The start of the book was exciting, as is the concept. The end dragged with lots of philosophy and such. The concept of being able to create clay duplicates (hence Kiln People) that last 24 hours before dissolving, and then downloading their memories is interesting.
• The Postman - The book of course was very different from the movie with Kevin Costner. The book was better and made more sense. It seems that Hollyweird can only do the Mad Max routine if the story takes place in a post-Apocolypse Earth. I need to re-read it to comment more.

Mary Brown

Pigs Don't Fly Series

I didnt' know the first book was part of a series until well after I read it.

• Pigs Don't Fly - An interesting fantasy journey & growth novel. This is the only book of the series I've read or own.

John Brunner

• The Sheep Look Up -
• Stand on Zanibar - Read this years ago.

Chris Bunch

Sten Series (with Allan Cole)

I borrowed all of this series, except for the first one, Sten, which I picked up used. I then lost it when I moved.

• Sten (#1)
• The Wolf Worlds (#2)
• The Court of a Thousand Suns (#3)
• Fleet of the Damned (#4)
• Revenge of the Damned (#5)
• The Return of the Emperor (#6)
• Vortex (#7)

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