Brian Stableford

Brian Michael Stableford (born July 25, 1948) is a British science fiction writer who has published more than 50 novels. His earlier books were published as by Brian M. Stableford, but more recent ones have dropped the middle initial and appeared under the name Brian Stableford. He has also used the pseudonym Brian Craig for a couple of very early works, and again for a few more recent works. The pseudonym derives from the first names of himself and of a school friend from the 1960s, Craig A. Mackintosh, with whom he jointly published some very early work.

Born at Shipley, Yorkshire, Stableford graduated with a degree in biology from the University of York in 1969 before going on to do postgraduate research in biology and later in sociology. In 1979 he received a Ph.D. with a doctoral thesis on "The Sociology of Science Fiction". Until 1988, he worked as a lecturer in sociology at the University of Reading. Since then he has been a full-time writer and a part-time lecturer at several universities for classes concerning subjects such as creative writing. He has been married twice, and has a son and a daughter by his first marriage.

Fiction

eries

* "Dies Irae"
** 1 "The Days of Glory" (1971)
** 2 "In the Kingdom of the Beasts" (1971)
** 3 "Day of Wrath" (1971)

* "Hooded Swan" (Grainger)
** 1 "The Halcyon Drift" (1972)
** 2 "Rhapsody in Black" (1973)
** 3 "Promised Land" (1974)
** 4 "The Paradise Game" (1974)
** 5 "The Fenris Device" (1974)
** 6 "Swan Song" (1975)

* "Daedalus Mission"
** 1 "The Florians" (1976)
** 2 "Critical Threshold" (1977)
** 3 "Wildeblood's Empire" (1977)
** 4 "The City of the Sun" (1978)
** 5 "Balance of Power" (1979)
** 6 'The Paradox of the Sets" (1979)

* "Asgard"
** 1a "Journey to the Center" (1982)
** 1b "Asgard's Secret" (2004), a major revision of the original novel
** 2 "Invaders from the Centre" (1990) aka "Asgard's Conquerors"
** 3 "The Centre Cannot Hold" (1990) aka "Asgard's Heart"

* "Orfeo" (written as Brian Craig)
** "Zaragoz" (1989)
** "Plague Daemon" (1990)
** "Storm Warriors" (1991)

* "David Lydyard (Werewolves)"
** 1 "The Werewolves of London" (1990)
** 2 "The Angel of Pain" (1991)
** 3 "The Carnival of Destruction" (1994)

* "Genesys"
** 1 "Serpent's Blood" (1995)
** 2 "Salamander's Fire" (1996)
** 3 "Chimera's Cradle" (1997)

* "Emortality" (written out of series order)
** 2 "Inherit the Earth" (1998)
** 4 "Architects of Emortality" (1999)
** 5 "Fountains of Youth" (2000)
** 1 "The Cassandra Complex" (2001)
** 3 "Dark Ararat" (2002)
** 6 "The Omega Expedition" (2002)

Other novels

* "Cradle of the Sun" (1969)
* "The Blind Worm" (1970)
* "To Challenge Chaos" (1972)
* "The Realms of Tartarus" - first published as three volumes:Fact|date=February 2007
** "The Face of Heaven" (1976)
** "A Vision of Hell" (1979)
** "A Glimpse of Infinity" (1979)
* "Man in a Cage" (1975)
* "The Mind-Riders" (1976)
* "The Last Days of the Edge of the World" (1978)
* "The Walking Shadow" (1979)
* "Optiman [aka War Games" (1981 UK)] (1980)
* "The Castaways of Tanagar" (1981)
* "The Gates of Eden" (1983)
* "The Empire of Fear" (1988)
* "Ghost Dancers" (1991) (written as Brian Craig)
* "Slumming in Voodooland" (1991) [chapbook]
* "Young Blood" (1992)
* "The Innsmouth Heritage" (1992) [anthology w/Stableford short story]
* "Firefly: A Novel of the Far Future" (1994)
* "The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires" (1996) - first published in somewhat different form in "Interzone" magazine:
** "The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires" (Part 1 of 2) (1995)
** "The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires" (Part 2 of 2) (1995)
* "Year Zero" (2000)
* "The Wine Of Dreams" (2000) (written as "Brian Craig")
* "Pawns of Chaos" (2001) (written as "Brian Craig")
* "The Eleventh Hour" (2001)
* "Curse of the Coral Bride" (2004) with Donna Scot
* "Kiss the Goat" (2005)
* "The Stones of Camelot" (2006) ISBN 1-932983-69-4
* "The New Faust at the Tragicomique" (2007) ISBN 978-1-932983-91-3

Collections

* "The Cosmic Perspective/Custer's Last Stand" (1985)
* "Sexual Chemistry: Sardonic Tales of the Genetic Revolution" (1991)
* "Fables and Fantasies" (1996)
* "Complications & Other Science Fiction Stories" (2003)
* "Salome and Other Decadent Fantasies" (2004)
* "Designer Genes: Tales of the Biotech Revolution" (2004)
* "The Wayward Muse" (2005) ISBN 1-932983-45-7

As Translator

* "Vampire City" (1999) ("La Ville Vampire" by Paul Féval, père (1874)) ISBN 0-9740711-6-1
* "Knightshade" (2001) ("Le Chevalier Ténèbre" by Paul Féval (1860)) ISBN 0-9740711-4-5
* "Lumen" (2002) ("Lumen" by Camille Flammarion (1867)) ISBN 0-8195-6567-9
* "Nightmares of an Ether-Drinker" (2002) ("Sensations et Souvenirs" by Jean Lorrain (1895)) ISBN 1-872621-65-1
* "The Vampire Countess" (2003) ("La Vampire" by Paul Féval (1865)) ISBN 0-9740711-5-3
* "The Scaffold" (2004) ("Contes Cruels" by Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (1883)) ISBN 1-932983-01-5
* "The Vampire Soul" (2004) ("Tribulat Bonhomet" by Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (1887)) ISBN 1-932983-02-3
* "The Wandering Jew's Daughter" (2005) ("La Fille du Juif Errant" by Paul Féval (1863)) ISBN 1-932983-30-9
* "John Devil" (2005) ("Jean Diable" by Paul Féval (1861)) ISBN 1-932983-15-5
* "The Black Coats: 'Salem Street" (2005) ("Les Habits Noirs: La Rue de Jérusalem" by Paul Féval (1868)) ISBN 1-932983-46-5
* "Revenants" (2006) ("Le Livre des Mystères" by Paul Féval (1852)) ISBN 1-932983-70-8
* "The Black Coats: The Invisible Weapon" (2006) ("Les Habits Noirs: L'Arme Invisible" by Paul Féval (1869)) ISBN 1-932983-80-5
* "News from the Moon: Nine French proto-science fiction stories from 1768 to 1902" (2007) ISBN 978-1-932983-89-0
* "Felifax the Tiger-Man" (2007) ("Félifax" by Paul Féval, fils (1929)) ISBN 978-1-932983-88-3
* "The Nyctalope vs. Lucifer" (2007) ("Le Nyctalope: Lucifer" by Jean de La Hire (1921)) ISBN 978-1-932983-98-2
* "Anne of the Isles" (2007) ("Contes de Bretagne" by Paul Féval (1844)) ISBN 978-1-932983-92-0
* "The Vampire and the Devil's Son" (2007) ("La Baronne Trépassée" by Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail (1852)) ISBN 978-1-932983-55-5
* "Captain Vampire" (2007) ("Le Capitaine Vampire" by Marie Nizet (1879)) ISBN 978-1-934543-01-6
* "The Vampires of Mars" (2008) ("Le Prisonnier de la Planète Mars" and "La Guerre des Vampires" by Gustave Le Rouge (1908)) ISBN 978-1-934543-30-6
* "The Black Coats: The Parisian Jungle" (2008) ("Les Habits Noirs" by Paul Féval (1863)) ISBN 978-1-934543-03-0
* "The People of the Pole" (2008) ("Le Peuple du Pôle" by Charles Derennes (1907)) ISBN 978-1-934543-39-9
* "The Nyctalope on Mars" (2008) ("Le Nyctalope: Le Mystère des XV" by Jean de La Hire (1910)) ISBN 978-1-934543-46-7
* "An Inhabitant of the Planet Mars" (2008) ("Un Habitant de la Planète Mars" by Henri de Parville (1864)) ISBN 978-1-934543-45-0

As Editor

Anthology Series

* Decadence
** 1 "The Daedalus Book of Decadence" ("Moral Ruins") (1990)
** 2 "The Second Daedalus Book of Decadence: The Black Feast" (1992)

Anthologies

* "Tales of the Wandering Jew" (1991)
* "The Dedalus Book of British Fantasy: The 19th Century" (1991)
* "The Dedalus Book of Femmes Fatales" (1992)

Nonfiction

* "The Mysteries of Science Fiction" (1977)
* "A Clash of Symbols: The Triumph of James Blish" (1979)
* 'Masters of Science-Fiction: Essays on Science-Fiction Authors" (1981)
* "The Science in Science Fiction" (1982) with David Langford and Peter Nicholls
* "" (1984)
* "The Scientific Romance in Britain" 1890-1950 (1985)
* "The Sociology of Science Fiction" (1985)
* "The Way to Write Science Fiction" (1985)
* "" (1985) with David Langford
* "Opening Minds: Essays on Fantastic Literature" (1995)
* "Outside the Human Aquarium: Masters of Science Fiction, Second Edition" (1995)
* "Algebraic Fantasies and Realistic Romances: More Masters of Science Fiction" (1995)
* "Teach Yourself Writing Fantasy and Science Fiction" (1998)
* "The Dictionary of Science Fiction Places" (1999)
* "Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Literature" ("Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts", No. 1) (2004) [http://freespace.virgin.net/diri.gini/#Brian_News see author's note]
* "Historical Dictionary of Fantasy Literature" ("Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts", No. 5) (2005) [http://freespace.virgin.net/diri.gini/#Brian_News see author's note]

Theoretical works

*"Scientific Romance in Britain 1890-1950" (1985) ( ISBN 0-947795-85-5 )
*"Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Literature" (Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts, No. 1) (2004) ( ISBN 0-8108-4938-0 )
*"Science fiction fact and science fiction : an encyclopedia" (2006)

External links

* [http://freespace.virgin.net/diri.gini/brian.htm Brian Stableford] - includes bibliography
* [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/authors/Brian_M_Stableford.htm Bibliography]
* [http://www.blackcoatpress.com Black Coat Press] , publisher of Brian Stableford's translations
* [http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/nonfiction/intbs06.htm Infinity Plus interview] by Barbara Godwin