(The trilogy was re-released as an omnibus in 2012.) Pre-dating Bladerunner.' He also wrote the A Song Called YouthĬyberpunk trilogy of Eclipse (1985), Eclipse Penumbra (1988), and Eclipse Corona (1990). To mention mirrorshades and a 'post-punk milieu.cp to the max, neatly 'both of sentient cyberspace and of the AIs in Neuromancer' not His third novel, the proto-cyberpunkĬity Come A-Walkin' (1980), provided William Gibson with the precursors Shirley's earliest novels were Transmaniacon (sf, 1979) andĭracula In Love (horror, 1979). His lyric credits for other bands include eighteen songs recorded by Blue Öyster Cult.

He continues to perform whenever he gets a chance-currently with his Offers seventeen songs from the same period.

Three decades of musical work by Shirley.Īnother 2013 album, John Shirley and His Criminal Accomplices, The double album Broken Mirror Glass: The Anthology 1978-2012 was issued in 2013 by Infrarot and includes thirty songs-in chronological order-from more than Mike Deery on bass, and other guest musicians. He was in the band The Panther Moderns during the mid-nineties to early oughts with John Karr on the guitar and keyboards, Shirley fronted the post-punkįunk-rock band Obsession Terror Wrist and the Monitors) and joined the punk band Sado-Nation in 1978.ĭuring the 1980s, he continued as a musician while living in New York City and Paris, France. He was a singer/songwriter for various Portland bands in the mid-seventies (including John Shirley was born in Houston, Texas, but grew up largely in the Portland, Trap, chiptune, and various other electronic music genres as well as a Julian is a Bay Area-based underground rapper and producer of hip-hop, Byron is a yachtĬaptain and yacht broker Perry is a journalist, teacher, and artist. Twins Byron and Perry and their younger brother Julian. John Shirley currently lives in Vancouver, Washington, with his wife, Micky Shirley. As a musician, Shirley has fronted his ownīands and written lyrics for Blue Öyster Cult and others. Western about Wyatt Earp, Wyatt in Wichita, and one non-fictionīook, Gurdjieff: An Introduction to His Life and Ideas. He has also written one historical novel-a Many of his 200 or so short stories have been compiled in eight Than forty of his novels have been published. Has written novels, short stories, TV scripts, screenplays, lyrics, poetry, songs, and various forms of nonfiction.

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