Orbital Resonance (novel)

1991 novel by John Barnes

Orbital Resonance

Cover of first edition (hardcover)

Author| John Barnes
Cover artist| Bob Eggleton
Country| United States
Language| English
Series| Century Next Door
Genre| Science fiction novel
Publisher| Tor Books

Publication date

| 1991
Media type| Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages| 214
ISBN| 0-312-85206-1
OCLC| 23975965
LC Class| PS3552.A677 O73 1991
Followed by| Kaleidoscope Century

Orbital Resonance is a science fiction novel by John Barnes. It is the first of four books comprising the Century Next Door series, followed by Kaleidoscope Century, Candle, and The Sky So Big and Black.

Orbital Resonance was nominated for the James Tiptree Jr. Award (now Otherwise Award) in 1991 and the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1992.

## Critical reaction[edit]

Writer Jo Walton declared: "This may be Barnes’s best book. (Or that may be A Million Open Doors.) It’s a book almost everyone who likes SF will enjoy, and if it gives you a lot to think about as well, then that’s all to the good."[1]

## See also[edit]

* One True

## References[edit]

1. ^ Review by Jo Walton, 2010

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John Barnes

Century Next Door|

* Orbital Resonance (1991)
* Kaleidoscope Century (1995)
* Candle (2000)
* The Sky So Big and Black (2002)

Thousand Cultures|

* A Million Open Doors (1993)
* Earth Made of Glass (1999)
* The Merchants of Souls (2002)
* The Armies of Memory (2006)

Daybreak|

* Directive 51 (2010)
* Daybreak Zero (2011)
* The Last President (2013)

Other|

* Mother of Storms (1995)
* Encounter with Tiber (1996)
* One for the Morning Glory (1996)
* The Return (2000)

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