Barry N. Malzberg has published over 30 novels and over 300 stories. He's been nominated for major awards several times, and in the 1990's his stories appeared in over a dozen anthologies. He's also co-edited six anthologies. In The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Brian Stableford writes that "[Barry N. Malzberg's] writing is unparalleled in its intensity and in its apocalyptic sensibility."