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Barry B. Longyear


Circus World

Circus World: Book 1

Barry B. Longyear

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.

Table of Contents:

  • The Tryouts - (1978) - shortstory
  • The Magician's Apprentice - (1979) - novelette
  • The Second Law - (1979) - novelette
  • Proud Rider - (1979) - novelette
  • Dueling Clowns - (1979) - shortstory
  • The Quest - (1979) - novelette
  • Priest of the Baraboo - (1979) - novelette

City of Baraboo

Circus World: Book 2

Barry B. Longyear

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

Elephant Song

Circus World: Book 3

Barry B. Longyear

The original Starshow, smashed, the survivors stranded on a world without an audience. "An immensely bittersweet book, every triumph bought with blood, every gain the result of sacrifice."Futura "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

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