John Brosnan
John Raymond Brosnan was an Australian writer of both fiction and non-fiction works in 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, James Blackstone, and John Raymond. Three movies were based on his novels-Beyond Bedlam, Proteus, 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 and comic 2000 AD. Liverpool University holds a collection of his work consisting of both published material and drafts.Science fiction
Series
- Sky Lords series
- * The Sky Lords
- * The War of the Sky Lords
- * The Fall of the Sky Lords
- Damned and Fancy series
- * Damned and Fancy
- * Have Demon, Will Travel
- Mothership series
- * Mothership
- * Mothership Awakening - unpublished
Novels
- As John Brosnan
- * Skyship
- * The Midas Deep
- * The Opoponax Invasion
- As James Blackstone with John Baxter
- * Torched
- As Harry Adam Knight with Leroy Kettle
- * Slimer
- * The Fungus
- * Bedlam
- As Simon Ian Childer with Leroy Kettle
- * Tendrils
- As Harry Adam Knight
- * Carnosaur
- As Simon Ian Childer
- * Worm
Short stories
- Junk Shop Published in SF Digest 1976
- Conversation on a Starship in Warp-Drive
- An Eye in Paradise
- The One and Only Tale from The White Horse
TV novelisations
- Bulman series
- *Thin Ice
- Prospects series
- * Dirty Weekend
- * Partners in Brine
Humour
- The Dirty Movie Book with Leroy Kettle
Non-fiction
- James Bond in the Cinema
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- The Horror People
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- James Bond for Your 007 Eyes Only
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- Hollywood Babble On
- Lights, Camera, Magic!
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Comics
2000 AD
- Night Zero :
- * "Night Zero"
- * "Beyond Zero"
- * "Lost in Zero"
- * "Below Zero"
