John Brosnan

Infobox Writer
name = John Raymond Brosnan

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pseudonym = Harry Adam Knight, Simon Ian Childer, James Blackstone, John Raymond
birthdate = 1947
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deathdate = April 11, death year and age|2005|1947
deathplace = South Harrow, London
occupation = Writer (fiction & non-fiction)
nationality = Australian
period = 1968-2004
genre = Science Fiction, Fantasy
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website = http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/john-brosnan/

John Raymond Brosnan (1947–April 11, 2005) was an Australian writer of both fiction and non-fiction works based around the fantasy and science fiction genres. He was born in Perth, Western Australia, and died in South Harrow, London, from acute pancreatitis. He sometimes published under the pseudonyms "Harry Adam Knight", "Simon Ian Childer" (both sometimes used together with Leroy Kettle), "James Blackstone" (used together with John Baxter), and "John Raymond". Three not very successful movies were based on his novels–"Beyond Bedlam" (aka "Nightscare"), "Proteus" (based on "Slimer"), and "Carnosaur". In addition to science fiction, he also wrote a number of books about cinema and was a regular columnist with the popular UK magazine "Starburst".

Bibliography

Science fiction

Series

*"Bulman" series (as John Raymond)
**"Thin Ice" (1987)
* "Prospects" series (as John Raymond)
** "Dirty Weekend" (1986)
** "Partners in Brine" (1986)
* "Sky Lords" series
** "The Sky Lords" (1988)
** "The War of the Sky Lords" (1989)
** "The Fall of the Sky Lords" (1991)
* "Damned and Fancy" series
** "Damned and Fancy" (1995)
** "Have Demon, Will Travel" (1996)
* "Mothership" series
** "Mothership" (2004)

Novels

* As "John Brosnan"
** "Skyship" (1981)
** "The Midas Deep" (1983)
** "The Opoponax Invasion" (1993)
* As "James Blackstone" with John Baxter
** "Torched" (1986)
* As "Harry Adam Knight" with Leroy Kettle
** "Slimer" (1983)
** "The Fungus" (1985)
** "Death Spore (retitle of The Fungus)" (1990)
** "Bedlam" (1992)
* As "Simon Ian Childer" with Leroy Kettle
** "Tendrils" (1986)
* As "Harry Adam Knight"
** "Carnosaur" (1984)
* As "Simon Ian Childer"
** "Worm" (1988)

Short Stories

* "Junk Shop" (1968)
* "Conversation on a Starship in Warpdrive" (1975)
* "An Eye in Paradise"
* "The One and Only Tale from The White Horse"

Humour

* "The Dirty Movie Book" (1988) with Leroy Kettle (as "Leroy Mitchell")

Non-fiction

* "James Bond in the Cinema" (1972)
* "" (1974)
* "The Horror People" (1976)
* "" (1978)
* "James Bond for Your 007 Eyes Only" (1981) (with Tony Crawley)
* "Hollywood Bable On" (1989)
* "" (1991)
* "Lights, Camera, Magic!" (1998)
* "" (2000)

Comics

2000 AD

* "Night Zero" (issues 607-616, 1988-89)
* "Beyond Zero" (issues 630-634, 645-649 and 665-666, 1989-90)
* "Lost in Zero" (2000 AD annual, 1990)
* "Below Zero" (issues 731-745, 1991)

External links

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* [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/john-brosnan/ John Brosnan] at [http://www.fantastifiction.co.uk/ Fantastic Fiction]