- L. P. Davies
Leslie Purnell Davies (
20 October 1914 -6 January 1988 ) was a Britishnovelist whose works typically combine elements of horror,science fiction and mystery. He also wrote many short stories under severalpseudonym s.Davies' books deal with the defects,
evolution or manipulation of humanconsciousness , and in some ways are comparable to the works ofPhilip K. Dick . (The premise of "The Artificial Man" certainly bears some resemblance to that of Dick's "Time Out of Joint".) His protagonists frequently suffer fromamnesia or other loss of identity, and their quest to find out who they really are drives the plot.Davies' novel "The Alien" (1968) was very freely adapted into the 1972
film "The Groundstar Conspiracy ", starringGeorge Peppard andMichael Sarrazin .Davies worked as a
pharmacist ,postmaster ,optometrist andgift shop owner, and served in theBritish Army Medical Corps inFrance ,Italy andNorth Africa .A critical essay on Davies' novels can be found in
S. T. Joshi 's "The Evolution of the Weird Tale" (2004).Novels
*"The Paper Dolls" (1964)
*"Who Is Lewis Pinder?" (1965)
*"The Artificial Man" (1965)
*"Psychogeist" (1966)
*"Tell it to the Dead" (1966)
*"Twilight Journey" (1967)
*"The Lampton Dreamers" (1967)
*"The Nameless Ones" (1967; reprinted as "A Grave Matter", 1968)
*"The Alien" (1968)
*"Man out of Nowhere" (1968)
*"Dimension A" (1969)
*"Genesis Two" (1969)
*"Stranger to Town" (1969)
*"The White Room" (1969)
*"Advenure Holidays Ltd." (1970)
*"The Shadow Before" (1970)
*"Give Me Back Myself" (1971)
*"What Did I Do Tomorrow?" (1972)
*"Assignment Abacus" (1975)
*"Possession" (1976)
*"The Land of Leys" (1979)
*"Morning Walk" (1982)ee also
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List of horror fiction authors
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