John Shirley

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.

Contents

1 Novels

Novels

Transmaniacon (1979)
Dracula in Love (1979)
City Come A-Walkin' (1980)
Three-Ring Psychus (1980)
The Brigade (1981)
Cellars (1982)
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
Constantine (2004) (ISBN: 0743497554) - novelisation of the film featuring the DC/Vertigo comicbook character.

"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