Books in series
#1
Circus World
1980
Two hundred years earlier, a circus starship is stranded on the Planet Momus. Recently discovered by the rest of the galaxy, the population of Momus the remaining descendants of the original circus must deal with interstellar power politics and war, and they do so in their own special way.
#2
City of Baraboo
1982
The Last Show on Earth finds its survival by taking to the stars and playing the worlds of the near galaxy, becoming the greatest show off Earth. "What Barry has done . . . is to take a magnificent way of life, which today seems on the verge of extinction, and fling it bodily into the future, toward immortality." —Spider Robinson
#3
Elephant Song
1982
When their spaceship Starshow crashes on a desolate planet, the members of O'Hara's Greater Shows, a futuristic circus, struggle to keep themselves and their animals alive, stranded on a world without an audience.
Author
Barry B. Longyear
Author · 18 books
Barry is the first writer to win the Hugo, Nebula, and John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer all in the same year, for Enemy Mine. In addition to his acclaimed Enemy Mine Series, his works include the Circus World and Infinity Hold series, SF & fantasy novels, recovery and writing instruction works, and numerous short stories. He has just completed the first novel in his Redcliff Series, Turning The Grain, which is being serialized in Analog Science Fiction magazine, and is currently researching his new Civil War mystery-thriller. Series: * Circus World * Enemy Mine Series contributed to: * Alien Nation
