John Shirley
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John Shirley (born February 10, 1953) is an author of novels, short stories, and television & film scripts. He is best known for his science fiction writing.
John Shirley was born in Houston, Texas. For many years he has lived in the San Francisco Bay area.
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Novels
- Transmaniacon (1979)
- Dracula in Love (1979)
- City Come A-Walkin' (1980)
- Three-Ring Psychus (1980)
- The Brigade (1981)
- Cellars (1982)
- Traveler Series (as D. B. Drumm):
- Traveler #1 (1984)
- Traveler #7' (1985)
- Traveler #8' (1986)
- A Song Called Youth Series (aka. Eclipse Trilogy):
- Eclipse (1985)
- Eclipse Penumbra (1988)
- Eclipse Corona (1990)
- In Darkness Waiting (1988)
- Kamus of Kadizar: The Black Hole of Carcosa (1988)
- A Splendid Chaos (1988)
- Wetbones (1991)
- Silicon Embrace (1996)
- Demons (2000), short novel
- ...And the Angel with Television Eyes (2001)
- The View From Hell (2001), short novel
- Her Hunger (2001), short novel
- Spider Moon (2002)
- Demons, a new version with second novella Undercurrents (2002), two short novels
- Crawlers (2003)
- Constantine (2004) (ISBN: 0743497554) - novelisation of the film featuring the DC/Vertigo comicbook character.
Short Story Collections
- Heatseeker (1989)
- New Noir (1993)
- The Exploded Heart (1996)
- Black Butterflies (1998)
- Really, Really, Really, Really Weird Stories (1999)
- Darkness Divided (2001)
Quotes
- "John Shirley was cyberpunk's Patient Zero, first locus of the virus, certifiably virulent." — William Gibson
- "Barely street-legal, Shirley's Bosch-like visions mark him out as perhaps the closest thing contemporary American fantasy has to a genuine 'outsider artist.'" — William Gibson
External link
- Official website (http://www.darkecho.com/JohnShirley/)
- Amazon Listing of works. (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/002-8921541-4239255/)de:John Shirley