Barlow, Steve
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(? - ) Pseudonym of Steve Lowe, UK author of two Star Wars parodies – Star Bores (1999) and Star Bores: The Prequel (2004 dos) – both with Steve Skidmore. Barlow and Skidmore have collaborated on very many books and scripts for child and Young Adult readers. The Outernet sequence involves Cyberspace derring-do in the galactic Internet of the series title: Outernet: 1: Friend or Foe (2002), Outernet: 2: Control (2002), Outernet: 3: Odyssey (2002), Outernet: 4: Time Out (2003), Outernet: 5: The Hunt (2003) and Outernet: 6: Weaver (2003). Their fantasy series Tales of the Dark Forest comprises: Tales of the Dark Forest: 1: Goodknyght! (2002), Tales of the Dark Forest: 2: Whizzard! (2002), Tales of the Dark Forest: 3: Trollogy! (2003) and Tales of the Dark Forest: 4: Knyghtmare! (2004). [JC/DRL]
Steve Lowe
born Crewe, Cheshire
works
- Star Bores (London: HarperCollins, 1999) with Steve Skidmore [pb/]
- Star Bores: The Prequel (London: HarperCollins, 2004) with Steve Skidmore [dos: hb/]
Outernet
- Outernet: 1: Friend or Foe? (Frome, Somerset: The Chicken House, 2002) [Outernet: pb/David Mattingly]
- Outernet: 2: Control (Frome, Somerset: The Chicken House, 2002) [Outernet: pb/]
- Outernet: 3: Odyssey (Frome, Somerset: The Chicken House, 2002) [Outernet: pb/]
- Outernet: 4: Time Out (Frome, Somerset: The Chicken House, 2003) [Outernet: pb/]
- Outernet: 5: The Hunt (Frome, Somerset: The Chicken House, 2003) [Outernet: pb/]
- Outernet: 6: Weaver (Frome, Somerset: The Chicken House, 2003) [Outernet: pb/]
Tales of the Dark Forest
- Tales of the Dark Forest: 1: Goodknyght! (London: Voyager, 2002) [Tales of the Dark Forest: pb/Andy Parker]
- Tales of the Dark Forest: 2: Whizzard! (London: Voyager, 2002) [Tales of the Dark Forest: pb/Andy Parker]
- Tales of the Dark Forest: 3: Trollogy! (London: Voyager, 2003) [Tales of the Dark Forest: pb/]
- Tales of the Dark Forest: 4: Knyghtmare! (London: Voyager, 2004) [Tales of the Dark Forest: pb/]
individual titles
- Mad Myths: Stone Me (Surfers) (London: Penguin Books, 2005) [pb/]
- The Doomsday Virus (United States: Stone Arch Books, 2007) with Steve Skidmore [pb/]
links
- The 2 Steves (Barlow and Skidmore)
- Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Picture Gallery
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