Max Barry (born 18 March 1973) is an

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author. He also maintains a blog on various topics, including politics. When he published his first novel, ''

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'', he spelled his name "Maxx", but subsequently has used "Max". Barry is also the creator of ''

NationStates ''NationStates'' (formerly ''Jennifer Government: NationStates'') is a multiplayer government simulation browser game created and developed by Max Barry. Based loosely on the novel '' Jennifer Government'', the game was publicly released on ...

'', an online game created to help advertise ''

Jennifer Government ''Jennifer Government'' is a 2003 dystopian novel by Max Barry, set in an alternate reality where most nations in the Americas and Oceania are dominated by powerful corporations and corporate coalitions, and where government power is extremely ...

'' that eventually evolved into its own online community. He is the owner of the website "Tales of Corporate Oppression". He lives in

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with his wife and daughters and worked as a marketer for

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before he became a novelist. In early 2004 Barry converted his web site to a

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and began regularly posting to it. In the November 2004 issue of the magazine ''

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'' the novel ''

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'' was ranked at number 8 on a list of the top 100 "people, ideas, and trends that will change how we work and live in 2005". Barry wrote the screenplay for ''

,'' which was released in theatres on 7 June 2013. Universal Pictures has acquired screen rights to ''Company'', which will be adapted by

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. ''Jennifer Government'' was optioned by

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and

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's now defunct

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. His book, '' Machine Man'', initially was an online serial, but has since been updated and published in 2011 by Vintage Books. The film rights have been picked up by

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Bibliography

Novels

* ''

'' (1999), * ''

'' (2003), * ''

'' (2006), * '' Machine Man'' (2011), * ''

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'' (2013), * ''

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'' (2020), * ''The 22 Murders of Madison May'' (2021), * ''Discordia'' (2021) (audio only)

Short stories

*
Attack of the Supermodels
(2001) *

(2005) *

(2007) *

(2007) *

(2008) *

(2020)

Essays

* " ttp://www.maxbarry.com/writing/bits/marketing.html Succeeding In Business Through Marketing Fads (2000) *
Things Critics Do That Piss Me Off
(2002) *

(2002)

(2014)

References

External links

Max Barry , Why I Hate Windows (this time)
Max Barry's official site''NationStates'' gameTales of Corporate OppressionExtensive interview of Max Barry, "To Finish Writing A Novel, You Need To Be Delusional"
* ttp://www.maxbarry.com/writing/writings.html Max's Short Stories and Essays.* {{DEFAULTSORT:Barry, Max 1973 births Living people 20th-century Australian novelists 21st-century Australian novelists Australian bloggers Australian male novelists Australian satirists Australian science fiction writers Australian male short story writers Writers from Melbourne 20th-century Australian short story writers 21st-century Australian short story writers 20th-century Australian male writers 21st-century Australian male writers Male bloggers