Eric Barnes's Reviews
Reviews of Eric’s Work
Dec.05.2009
Published by HTMLGiant
Keith Gessen’s list of top short fiction from 2009, including Dreams Where I Can Fly, by Eric Barnes, a story that is, in part, the opening to Barnes’ novel Shimmer. “[A]...
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Nov.22.2009
Published by InDenverTimes.com
Eric Barnes is completely fearless. His debut novel, Shimmer, is an insightful and incisive rendering of the kind of high-tech confidence man that it’s impossible not to recognize...
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Oct.14.2009
Published by Chapter 16
“The real story of Shimmer is the interaction between the people of Core. An ode to good people who do bad things and who genuinely believe it's not always about the money....
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Published by http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2009/09/07/eric-barnes-novel-shimmer-science-fiction-meets-ponzi-sc
. “[The] characters are the novel’s primary concern …. Shimmer is pervaded by a sense of solitude. … The descriptions of computers, networks, and information are kept clean. They...
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Aug.17.2009
Published by http://www.internetreviewofbooks.com/aug09/brief_reviews.html
“Eric Barnes colors his characters with nuance and complexity. … [F]ast-paced and exciting, and above all, thought provoking.”
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Aug.03.2009
Published by Southern Living
"…this page turner isn't for techno geeks only. Bottom Line: Even the computer challenged reader will be wired into the intrigue..."
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Jul.19.2009
Published by The Commercial Appeal
"...a sheen of elegance and terror; one is reminded, in Barnes' language and locution, of Don DeLillo's scalpel-sharp delineation of American corporate culture and paranoia, and...
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Jul.01.2009
Published by Newsblaze
Eric Barnes has a smash debut novel hitting upon a subject that is clearly newsworthy. Shimmer is based upon one of the oldest money-making plots known as "The Ponzi Scheme."...
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Jul.01.2009
Published by Publisher's Weekly
This topical fiction debut from Memphis news publisher Barnes is a cautionary thriller about ambition and corruption in corporate America. Robbie Case, the 35-year-old CEO (and...
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About Eric
I am the writer of the novel Shimmer (Unbridled Books, Hardcover: July 2009, Paperback: July 2010). I am also the writer of the story "Something Pretty, Something Beautiful," which was included in Best American Mystery Stories 2011. Shimmer, an IndieNext Pick...
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Eric’s Favorite Books
White Noise, Blood Meridian, Ulysess, Catch-22, The Sun Also Rises, The Sound and The Fury, Lolita