John Shirley

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born

February 10, 1953 in Houston, Texas, The United States

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male

website

http://www.darkecho.com/JohnShirley/

genre

Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror

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John Patrick Shirley is an American science fiction and horror writer of novels, short stories, and television & film scripts.

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Books by John Shirley

Average rating: 3.75 · 4,309 ratings · 468 reviews · 52 distinct works

	BioShock: Rapture by John Shirley, Ken Levine 3.97 avg rating — 396 ratings — 8 editions	My rating:
	Constantine 3.67 avg rating — 153 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	City Come A Walkin' by John Shirley, William Gibson (Introduction) 3.91 avg rating — 150 ratings — published 1980 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Demons (Cemetery Dance Novella Series, #9) 3.18 avg rating — 176 ratings — published 2000 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Eclipse (A Song Called Youth, Book 1) 4.02 avg rating — 139 ratings — published 1985 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Black Butterflies 3.71 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Batman: Dead White 3.50 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Wetbones 3.57 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 1992 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Bleak History 3.27 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Eclipse Penumbra (A Song Called Youth, Book 2) by John Shirley, Lydia C. Marano (Illustrator) 3.99 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 1988 — 4 editions	My rating:

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Series by John Shirley

A Song Called Youth (3 books)
by John Shirley, Arthur Byron Cover (Editor), Lydia C. Marano (Illustrator)

4.02 avg rating — 314 ratings

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Quotes by John Shirley

“If the modern world were a patient in my care... I would diagnose it suicidal." - Dr. Sofia Lamb”
― John Shirley, BioShock: Rapture

tags: bioshock , game , rapture , shirley

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“from the end of John Shirley's Black Glass, something like: "the Singularity guys don't understand, they aren't copying us, our brains, just the noise we make”
― John Shirley

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The Sword and Laser: Has anyone read that BioShock: Rapture novel?	1	25	Feb 17, 2012 01:03pm
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