Author

Tony Ballantyne

6 series · 34 standalones · 52 works in the catalog

b. 1972 · County Durham, England, UK

Tony Ballantyne is a British science fiction author known for his debut trilogy of novels, titled Recursion, Capacity and Divergence. Until July 2025, he was also Assistant Headteacher and an Information Technology teacher at The Blue Coat School, Oldham and has been nominated for the BSFA Award for short fiction.

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science fiction
fantasy
cyberpunk
mystery & detective
urban fantasy
dystopia

Series

Dream London(2 works)
Kéthani Stories(1 work)
Penrose Universe(6 works)
Recursion(8 works)
Warhammer 40,000(1 work)

Works

Type

Genre

25 of 52 works

The Sixth VNMRecursion1998short story
The Blue Magnolia2000short story
Restoring the BalanceRecursion2001short story
Restoring the Balance, 2Recursion2001short story
RecursionRecursion2004novelscience fiction
A Matter of Mathematics2005novelette
CapacityRecursion2005novelscience fiction
Star!2005short story
The Robot & the Octopus2005short story
Aristotle OS2007short story
DivergenceRecursion2007novelscience fiction
Third Person2007short story
Matthew's PassionKéthani Stories2008short story
Underbrain2008novelette
Why Are Rocks?2008short story
SeedsRecursion2009novelette
Takeaway2009short story
Twisted MetalPenrose2009novelscience fiction
Vampire Electric2009short story
Blood and IronPenrose2010novelscience fiction
The Cleverest Man in the World2010short story
Pretty Teeth2011short story
The War Artist2011short story
Tower of BloodWarhammer 40,0002011short story
Four Blind HorsesPenrose Universe2012short story