Barton Paul Levenson

Infobox Writer
name = Barton Paul Levenson


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pseudonym = BPL
birthdate = birth date|1960|5|9
birthplace = Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
occupation = Writer
nationality = United States
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genre = Fantasy, Science fiction
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influences = C.S. Lewis, Dean Koontz, Isaac Asimov
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website = http://members.aol.com/bpl1960/ BPL Home Page

Barton Paul Levenson (May 9, 1960–present) is an American writer of science fiction, fantasy and the macabre [Art & Prose Magazine, October 2007, p. 40. #61 Showcase Writer, Interview with B.P. Levenson] . He is the leader of one of Pittsburgh's Science-Fiction and Fantasy Writer's Workshops [http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mslee/pw.html] . He was born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina [North Carolina Department of Public Records, Raleigh] . He is a 1983 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh [Office of the Registrar, University of Pittsburgh] . [Art & Prose Magazine, October 2007, p. 40. #61 Showcase Writer, Interview with B.P. Levenson] His first work of fiction was a short story "Twenty Peasants" published in "Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine" in 1991 [Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine, Fiction Index, Na-Zz http://www.hycyber.com/HF/bradleys_aa.html#L] .

Biography

Barton was born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 1960 [Cited herein] . He started writing in 1974 [Art & Prose Magazine, October 2007, p. 40. #61 Showcase Writer, Interview with B.P. Levenson] . He became a Christian in 1984. [Art & Prose Magazine, October 2007, p. 40. #61 Showcase Writer, Interview with B.P. Levenson] He is a two-time winner of the "Confluence Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Story Contest" for "Virtual Bridges" and "Reality Forbidden", cited herein. [http://www.parsec-sff.org/con00/review.html] He is a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. [http://www.sfwa.org/]

Style

Reviewers consider Levenson's writing complex [See commentary http://www.redjackbooks.com/Anathema/Wisdom.html] It is often in the first-person and it sometimes takes on other genders ["Ella The Vampire" cited herein] or species ["Temple Cat" cited herein] . Barton's works often contain Christian parables ["Sometimes We Lie" cited herein] , cat-like aliens ["Rain and Revenge" cited herein] and complex scientific concepts ["The Physics of Space Beer..." cited herein] . Barton's work is inspired by authors ranging from C.S. Lewis to Edgar Allan Poe [Art & Prose Magazine, October 2007, p. 40. #61 Showcase Writer, Interview with B.P. Levenson] . In "The Closet" "Chiaroscuro", 2003, [cited herein] humankind's unwillingness to accept the consequences of their own choices is examined.

Reviews

*SFReader [ [http://www.sfreader.com/firebrand-20070820.asp] ] [ [http://www.sfreader.com/read_review.asp?book=889] ]
*Tangent Online [ [http://www.tangentonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=645&Itemid=265] ] [ [http://www.tangentonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=885&Itemid=263] ]
*Toasted Scimitar [ [http://toasted-scimitar.blogspot.com/2008/08/procrastination-central.html] ]

Current Works

Barton has three novels, a novella and a poem under contract.
*Novel "Year of the Human" Scrybe Press [http://www.scrybepress.com] expected 2009
*Novel "I Will" Virtual Tales [http://www.virtualtales.com] expected 2009
*Novel "Ella the Vampire" Lyrical Press expected December 1, 2008, electronic format; June 1, 2009, paperback. [http://www.lyricalpress.com/barton_paul_levenson.html] [http://www.lyricalpress.com/ella_the_vampire.html] .
*Novella "Parole" Lyrical Press: expected March 9, 2009, electronic format [http://www.lyricalpress.com/barton_paul_levenson.html] .
*Poem "Do Red Dwarfs Have Habitable Planets?" Astropoetica: expected 2008. [www.astropoetica.com]

Bibliography

Fiction

*"Twenty Peasants." [http://mzbworks.home.att.net/ "Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine", August 1991.]
*"Virtual Bridges." [http://www.parsec-sff.org/confluence/ Confluence Program Book 1997 (First Prize Winner).]
*"Reality Forbidden." [http://www.parsec-sff.org/confluence/ Confluence Program Book 1998 (First Prize Winner).]
*"The Physics of Space Beer Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Clones." [http://maelstromsf.tripod.com/ Maelstrom, April 1999.]
*"Sometimes We Lie." "Eternity On-Line", March 2000. [http://www.leapsoffaithsf.com/ ...Reprinted in the anthology Leaps of Faith 2003, (Writer's Cafe Press.)]
*"Scrunched Up." "Future Orbits", Vander Neut Publications LLC February 2002.
*"Along with Captain Gooding." "Future Orbits", Vander Neut Publications LLC June 2002.
*"Writer's Block." "Dark Seasons", January 2003.
*"The Closet." "Chiaroscuro", March 2003.
*"Temple Cat." "Cricket", Vol. 32 Issue 10, p20-26, June 2005. [Cited in Britannica Online [http://www.britannica.com/eb/topic-435398/snow-leopard/ Snow Leopard] ]
*"The Horror in the Monkey-Squeezing Room." [http://www.scienceFictionFantasyHorror.com/ ScienceFictionFantasyHorror.com] , June 2005.
*"The Problem of Pain." [http://www.theswordreview.com/ "The Sword Review"] , July 2005. [http://www.theswordreview.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?p=2775/ Forum]
*"Undead." [http://www.insidiousreflections.com/ "Insidious Reflections"] , July 2005.
*"Van Helsing in London." "Hungur" magazine Issue 1, Halloween 2005. [http://www.sfreader.com/read_review.asp?book=889/ See Review]
*"All the Horrible Dragons." [http://www.theswordreview.com/ "The Sword Review"] , December 2005.
*"Pet Cat." In the anthology "Animal Magnetism" [Publisher: SFH Charity AnthologiesCopyright: © 2005 by S.A. Parham and W. Olivia Race] (2005)
*"The Intruder." In the anthology, "Travel Guide to the Haunted Mid-Atlantic Region" [Publisher: NSP BOOKS Copyright: © 2006] (2006)
*"Rain and Revenge." "RAGE Machine" Issue #2, [eBook Publisher: TIME m a c h i n e Books, March, 2006, Thomas, Hughes and Mackenzie, editors] March 2006
*"The Curse." In the anthology "Shadow Regions" [Publisher: Surreal Books (Cavern Press) 2006 edited by César Puch] (2006)
*"The Extraordinary Circumstances On Board H.M.S. Steadfast." "Cicada", January-February 2007.
*"Problem in Logic." "Staffs & Starships", Issue 1, 2007 [http://www.sheerspeculation.com/update]
*"The Rescue." "Beyond Centauri", Issue 18, 2007 [http://www.genremall.com/bestsellers.htm]
*"Dedication Day." "Art & Prose", October 2007
*"Katie Belle." "Whispering Spirits", October 2007
*"Side Trip." "Science Fiction Trails", #2, 2007
*"The Fate of the Crystal Eye." In the anthology "Forbidden Speculation" (2007) [http://www.theopinionguy.com/shortstorycontest.html]
*"Wifey." "Written Word", Holiday Edition 2007 [http://www.rebeldawncf.com/writtenword/holiday/holiday2007.htm]
*"Wisdom." "Anathema" On-Line Anthology, January, 2008 [http://www.redjackbooks.com/Anathema/Wisdom.html]
*"Raid" "Atomjack" Issue Number 11 - August 2008 [http://atomjackmagazine.com/11/current.html]

Poems
*"Off-Topic." "Astropoetica" Volume 4.2, Spring 2006

Nonfiction
*"The Ideology of Robert A. Heinlein." "The New York Review of Science Fiction", June 1998. ...Reprinted in "Gigamesh" (Spain) 1999. ...Reprinted in "Ikarie" (Czech Republic) 2003.
*"James White's The Dream Millennium." "The New York Review of Science Fiction", April 1999.
*"Jeffrey Sackett's Candlemas Eve." "The New York Review of Science Fiction", March 2001.
*"S. L. Viehl's Stardoc." "The New York Review of Science Fiction", November 2002.

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