Barry Tomkins
Bio: Barry Tomkins grew up in England and later moved to the United States. Since 1980 he has been teaching writing and lterature, including Science Fiction, at Hudson County Community College in Jersey City, New Jersey. He has recently begun writing science fiction set in the 24th century, in an imaginary region struggling to remake itself after the overthrow of a repressive religious regime.
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Deem [MultiFormat]
by Barry Tomkins
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All is well in Deem--or is it? Religious groups, driven underground in the past, are surfacing, as if citizens are craving something the city cannot offer. Street protests against the alien Gift are more common. But the most dramatic sign of all is a series of bloody terrorist bombings. Someone hates Deem, and will stop at nothing to destroy it. And Orlando Mott, poet, ex-teacher and unlikely hero, will place his comfortable life in jeopardy as he investigates the least likely suspect--Spright M... more info>> (Published: 2006)
Words: 121089 - Reading Time: 345-484 min.
Category: Science Fiction/Fantasy
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Watermen [MultiFormat]
by Barry Tomkins
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Jennifer Prothero lives happily in the valley of New Garth, where she has been adopted by a group living off the land in self-imposed exile from civilization. Then, their rural peace is destroyed when ships carrying two species of alien, one friendly, the other hostile, crash nearby--the horrid Watermen, whose perverse, child-stealing ways are well-known on Earth. Jennifer and her companions must choose: defend themselves, or leave their hard work behind to begin new lives far from the odious Wa... more info>> (Published: 2009)
Words: 130767 - Reading Time: 373-523 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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