Tony Ballantyne (born 1972) is a British
science-fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...
author known for his debut trilogy of novels, titled ''Recursion'', ''Capacity'' and ''Divergence''. He is also Assistant Headteacher and an Information Technology teacher at
The Blue Coat School, Oldham and has been nominated for the
BSFA Award
The BSFA Awards are literary awards presented annually since 1970 by the British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) to honour works in the genre of science fiction. Nominees and winners are chosen based on a vote of BSFA members. More recently, m ...
for short fiction.
Bibliography
Novels
* ''Dream London'', Solaris, 2013
* ''Dream Paris'', Solaris, 2015
;Recursion Trilogy
* ''Recursion'', Macmillan, 2004
* ''Capacity'', Macmillan, 2005
* ''Divergence'', Macmillan, 2007
;The Robot Wars / Penrose
* ''Twisted Metal'', Macmillan, 2009
* ''Blood and Iron'', Macmillan, 2010
* ''Stories from the Northern Road'', Macmillan, 2012
Short fiction
;Stories
* "Why are Rocks?" – Hub Issue 40, edited by Lee Harris
* "Matthew's Passion" (with Eric Brown) – ''Kethani'' by Eric Brown (Solaris, 2008)
* "Third Person" – ''The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction'', edited by George Mann (Solaris, 2007); Reprinted in ''The Year's Best SF 13'', edited by David Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
* "Aristotle OS" – ''Fast Forward 1'', edited by Lou Anders (PYR, 2007); Reprinted in THE YEAR's BEST SF 13, edited by David Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
* "The Exchange" – ''Postscripts'' 7
* "The Robot and the Octopus" – ''
Nemonymous
''Nemonymous'' was a short fiction publication that labeled itself a "megazanthus" (a portmanteau of magazine and anthology). It was published in the United Kingdom from 2001–2010, and edited by British writer D. F. Lewis.
This publication wa ...
'' 5
* "A Matter of Mathematics" – ''The Mammoth Book of Jules Verne Adventures'', edited by Mike Ashley and Eric Brown
* "Star!" – ''Constellations'', edited by Peter Crowther (DAW, 2005)
* "The Ugly Truth" – ''
Interzone'' 191
* "The Waters of Meribah" – ''
Interzone''189; Reprinted in THE YEAR's BEST SF 9, edited by David Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
* "Teaching the War Robot to Dance" – ''
Interzone'' 178
* "Real Man" – ''
Interzone'' 174
* "Indecisive Weapons" – ''
Interzone'' 172
* "Restoring the Balance, 2" – ''
Interzone'' 168
* "Restoring the Balance" – ''
Interzone'' 167
* "A New Beginning" – ''
Interzone'' 163
* "Single Minded" – ''
Interzone'' 162
* "The Blue Magnolia" – The Third Alternative 22; Reprinted in the Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy, edited by Mike Ashley
* "Soldier.exe" – ''
Interzone'' 144
* "Gorillagram" – ''
Interzone'' 139
* "The Sixth VNM" – ''
Interzone'' 138
References
External links
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Tony Ballantyne's online fictionat ''Free Speculative Fiction Online''
The Agony Column for 28 June 2004, Interview Conducted by Rick Kleffel
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ttps://web.archive.org/web/20131023061708/http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/story-behind-dream-london-by-tony-ballantyne Story Behind Dream London - Online Essay by Tony Ballantyne
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1972 births
Living people
Analog Science Fiction and Fact people
British science fiction writers
British male novelists