Basil Copper

Infobox Writer


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birthdate = 1924
birthplace = London, UK
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occupation = novelist, short story writer
nationality = UK
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genre = fantasy, horror, Detective fiction

Basil Copper (1924 – ) is an English writer and former journalist and newspaper editor. He has written over fifty books and scripts. In addition to fantasy and horror, Copper is known for his series of Solar Pons stories continuting the character created by August Derleth, although tensions between Copper and the Estate of August Derleth make any further Solar Pons stories unlikelyFact|date=October 2008. He also wrote the long-running hard-boiled detective stories of "Mike Faraday" (58 novels from 1966 to 1988).

In early 2008, a bio-bibilography was published on him: "Basil Copper: A Life in Books", compiled and edited by Stephen Jones.

Works

*"Not After Nightfall" (Four Square Books, 1967)
*"From Evil's Pillow" (Arkham House, 1973)
*"The Vampire: In Legend, Fact and Art" (Robert Hale, 1973)
*"The Great White Space" (1975)
*"When Footsteps Echo" (Robert Hale, 1975)
*"The Curse of Fleers" (Harwood-Smart, 1976)
*"And Afterward, the Dark" (Arkham House, 1977)
*"The Werewolf: In Legend, Fact and Art" (Robert Hale, 1977)
*"Here Be Daemons" (Robert Hale, 1978)
*"The Dossier of Solar Pons" (Pinnacle, 1979)
*"The Further Adventures of Solar Pons" (Pinnacle, 1979)
*"The Secret Files of Solar Pons" (Pinnacle, 1979)
*"The Uncollected Cases of Solar Pons" (Pinnacle, 1980)
*"Voices of Doom" (Robert Hale, 1980)
*"Necropolis" (Arkham House, 1980)
*"Into the Silence" (Sphere Books, 1983)
*"The House of the Wolf" (Arkham House, 1983)
*"The Black Death" (Fedogan & Bremer, 1991)
*"The Exploits of Solar Pons" (Fedogan & Bremer, 1993)
*"The Adventure of the Singular Sandwich" (Fedogan & Bremer, 1995)
*"The Recollections of Solar Pons" (Fedogan & Bremer, 1995)
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*"Solar Pons Versus The Devil’s Claw" (2004, Sarob Press)
*"Solar Pons: The Final Cases" (2005, Sarob Press)

Mike Faraday
#"The Dark Mirror" (1966)
#"Night Frost" (1966)
#"No Flowers for the General" 1967
#"Scratch on the Dark" 1967
#"Die Now, Live Later" 1968
#"Don't Bleed on Me" 1968
#"The Marble Orchard" 1969
#"Dead File" 1970
#"No Letters from the Grave" 1971
#"The Big Chill" 1972
#"Strong-Arm" 1972
#"A Great Year for Dying" 1973
#"Shock-Wave" 1973
#"The Breaking Point" 1973
#"A Voice from the Dead" 1974
#"Feedback" 1974
#"Ricochet" 1974
#"The High Wall" 1975
#"Impact" 1975
#"A Good Place to Die" 1975
#"The Lonely Place" 1976
#"Crack in the Sidewalk" 1976
#"Tight Corner" 1976
#"The Year of the Dragon" 1977
#"Death Squad" 1977
#"Murder One" 1978
#"A Quiet Room in Hell" 1979
#"The Big Rip-Off" 1979
#"The Caligari Complex" 1980
#"Flip-Side" 1980
#"The Long Rest" 1981
#"The Empty Silence" 1981
#"Dark Entry" 1981
#"Hang Loose" 1982
#"Shoot-Out" 1982
#"The Far Horizon" 1982
#"Trigger-Man" 1983
#"Pressure-Point" 1983
#"Hard Contract" 1983
#"The Narrow Corner" 1983
#"The Hook" 1984
#"You Only Die Once" 1984
#"Tuxedo Park" 1985
#"The Far Side of Fear" 1985
#"Snow-Job" 1986
#"Jet-Lag" 1986
#"Blood on the Moon" 1986
#"Heavy Iron" 1987
#"Turn Down an Empty Glass" 1987
#"Bad Scene" 1988
#"House-Dick" 1988
#"Print-Out" (1988)

References

*cite book| last=Copper| first=Basil| authorlink=Basil Copper| title=And Afterward, the Dark| location=Sauk City, WI| publisher=Arkham House| date=1977| id=ISBN 0-87054-079-3
*cite book| last=Reginald| first=Robert| title=Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature 1975-1991| location=Detroit| publisher=Gale Research| pages=206| date=1992| id=ISBN 0-8103-1825-3
*cite book| last=Sullivan| first=Jack| authorlink=Jack Sullivan (literary scholar)| title=The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural| location=New York| publisher=Viking Press| pages=96| date=1986| id=ISBN 0-670-80902-0
*cite book| last=Tuck| first=Donald H.| authorlink=Donald H. Tuck| title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy| location=Chicago| publisher=Advent| pages=117| date=1974|id=ISBN 0-911682-20-1