Read Acts of Conscience Online
Authors: William Barton
Tags: #Fiction, #General, #Science Fiction, #Love, #starships, #Starover, #aliens, #sex, #animal rights, #vitue
Other Novels
Iris,
with Michael Capobianco, 1990 reprint novel.
Fellow Traveler,
with Michael Capobianco, 1991 reprint novel.
Dark Sky Legion,
1992 reprint novel.
Radio Silence,
unpublished 1992 novel.
When Heaven Fell,
1995 reprint novel.
The Transmigration of Souls,
1996 reprint novel.
Alpha Centauri,
with Michael Capobianco, 1997 reprint novel.
White Light,
with Michael Capobianco, 1998 reprint novel.
Moments of Inertia,
unpublished 2000 novel, parts serialized in
Asimov’s Science Fiction
,
The Urban Hiker,
and
The North Carolina Literary Review,
with a related article, “Gold from Your Novel” in
Writer’s Digest
.
Other Novellas
Almost Forever,
1993 reprint.
Yellow Matter,
1993 reprint.
Age of Aquarius,
1996 reprint.
The Engine of Desire,
2002 reprint.
The Man Who Counts,
2003 reprint.
Off on a Starship,
2003 reprint.
Down to the Earth Below,
2006 reprint.
The Sea of Dreams,
2009 reprint.
General Collections
Ambient Light,
complete short fiction from the 1980s and 1990s.
Coronal Light,
complete short fiction from the 2000s.
Zodiacal Light,
short fiction from the 2010s and beyond, should I live so long. We’ll see!
Zed Variations,
tales of Mr. Zed and his going doubles, including his lost-boy selves.
Tales to Dishearten,
short fiction from the 1960s and 1970s, including some Starover stories.
Melting in the Sun,
a collection of memoir stories, true in spirit, if not in fact.
Shambles,
a nonfiction assortment, articles on writing, software design, space exploration, and more.
Roaming in the Gloaming,
with Michael Capobianco. Collaborative fiction and nonfiction.
Table of Contents
Four: I awoke the next morning, still sitting
Five: I opened my eyes and looked at the ceiling
Eight: Somehow, I got through the rest
Nine: Another bright and sunshiny morning
Eleven: We set out under the rising sun
Twelve: Sunlight in my face, butter-yellow
Thirteen: I awoke with a start
Fourteen: Standing on my bald stone hilltop
Seventeen: Late the next day, I sat alone