John Harris (English, b.1948). For John Barnes' science fiction novel, A MILLION OPEN DOORS (1992, Tor hc). This is the first book in Barnes' Thousand Cultures series. The story is told from the perspective of a maturing adult from a parochial culture who encounters many obstacles in a different (and even more parochial) culture, which causes him to become a fully engaged citizen of human interstellar civilisation. The novel is a commentary on globalisation via a fictional account of the effects of Earth's expanding political, economic and social influence over human inhabited planets. #ScienceFictionArt #ScienceFictionStructure