William Barnwell (born 1943) is an American author of science fiction, and of other genres. He has written the ''Blessing Trilogy'', set in a future Ireland, and which has

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content. It was praised by

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, while Peter Nicholls stated that Barnwell wrote like "a member of a

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." In 1985, Barnwell wrote ''Book of the Romes'', a

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to the ''Blessing Trilogy'', a historical novel with science fiction/fantasy elements.

Partial bibliography

*'' The Blessing Papers'', UK:

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, 1979. US:

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, 1980 *''

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'',

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/Pocket Books, 1981 *'' The Sigma Curve'', Timescape/Pocket Books, 1981 *''Book of the Romes'', 1985 *Scheme of the Month Club, 2001 *Jubilee Account, 2019

References

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'', page 92.

External links

Fantastic Fiction: The books of William Barnwell
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Barnwell websiteEncyclopedia of Science Fiction article
by Peter Nicholls 1943 births Living people 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American male writers American male novelists American science fiction writers {{sf-writer-stub

Partial bibliography

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