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Steven Barnes

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in Los Angeles, California, The United States

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Historical Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Steven Barnes (born March 1, 1952, Los Angeles, California) is an African American science fiction writer, lecturer, creative consultant, and human performance technician. He has written several episodes of The Outer Limits and Baywatch, as well as the Stargate SG-1 episode "Brief Candle" and the Andromeda episode "The Sum of its Parts". Barnes' first published piece of fiction, the novelette The Locusts (1979), written with Larry Niven, and was a Hugo Award nominee. ...more

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Blind Leading The Blind

“We are Lemmings

We are crazies

We will feed our flower habit

Pushing Daisies”

— “Lemmings” the National Lampoon off-broadway show

I remember driving up to Vancouver B.C. many years back to watch an episode of STARGATE SG-1 I wrote being filmed. And on the set was Jason Mamoa. He was hanging out with the other actors, an imposing hulk of a man, perfectly muscled. I asked him how much time he spe

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Average rating: 3.81 · 55,848 ratings · 5,248 reviews · 128 distinct works • Similar authors

	Star Wars: The Cestus Deception (A Clone Wars Novel, #3) 3.58 avg rating — 4,615 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mace Windu: The Glass Abyss 3.38 avg rating — 1,747 ratings — published 2024 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Invisible Imam (Assassin's Creed, #0) 4.42 avg rating — 871 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lion's Blood (Lion's Blood, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 918 ratings — published 2002 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Star Wars: The Hive (A Clone Wars Novel, #2.5) 3.69 avg rating — 853 ratings — published 2004 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Devil's Wake (Devil's Wake, #1) by Steven Barnes (Goodreads Author), Tananarive Due (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 729 ratings — published 2012 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Domino Falls (Devil's Wake, #2) by Steven Barnes (Goodreads Author), Tananarive Due (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 404 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zulu Heart (Lion's Blood, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 345 ratings — published 2003 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Streetlethal (Aubrey Knight, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 352 ratings — published 1983 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Kundalini Equation 3.84 avg rating — 282 ratings — published 1986 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Someone asked me about the difference between love and lust. Hmmm. That will take a little thought. How to tell the difference? Well, for guys, if she looks better AFTER you've made love to her than before, that might be love. If you find yourself itching to get out the door afterward, probably just lust, y'know?”
― Steven Barnes

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“Saying spirituality cannot exist without religion is like saying hamburgers cannot exist without McDonald's.”
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tags: hamburgers, religion, spirituality

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“Perfectionism is procrastination masquerading as quality control.”
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