Tony Ballantyne





Tony Ballantyne

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Anthony Ballantyne, is a British science-fiction author who is most famous for writing his debut trilogy of novels, Recursion, Capacity and Divergence. He is also Head of Information Technology and an Information Technology teacher at The Blue Coat School, Oldham and has been nominated for the BSFA Award for short fiction.

He grew up in County Durham in the North East of England, and studied Math at Manchester University before moving to London for ten years where taught first Math and then later IT.

He now lives in Oldham with his wife and two children. His hobbies include playing boogie piano, walking and cycling.


Average rating: 3.44 · 670 ratings · 107 reviews · 22 distinct works
Recursion
3.24 of 5 stars 3.24 avg rating — 176 ratings — published 2004 — 5 editions
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Capacity
3.3 of 5 stars 3.30 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions
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Divergence
3.42 of 5 stars 3.42 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions
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Twisted Metal (Penrose, #1)
3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions
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Blood and Iron
3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions
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Orientalism and Race
3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions
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Moving Subjects: Gender, Mo...
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0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2008
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Disputed Histories: Imagini...
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Landscape/Community: Perspe...
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2005
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3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions
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More books by Tony Ballantyne…
Recursion Capacity Divergence
AI Trilogy (3 books)
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3.2944444444444443 of 5 stars 3.29 avg rating — 360 ratings
Twisted Metal Blood and Iron
Penrose (2 books)
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3.6741573033707864 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 89 ratings

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