John Brosnan

John Raymond Brosnan (7 October 1947 – 11 April 2005) was an Australian writer of fantasy and science fiction, as well as non-fiction. He was born in Perth, Western Australia, and died in South Harrow, London, from acute pancreatitis.^[1]

He sometimes published under the pseudonyms Harry Adam Knight, Simon Ian Childer

Liverpool University holds a collection of his work consisting of both published material and drafts.[5]

His works include:^[6]

• 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)
  • Mothership Awakening (2005)

• 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) (re-released in 1990 as Death Spore)
  • Bedlam (1992)
• As Simon Ian Childer with Leroy Kettle
  • Tendrils (1986)
• As Harry Adam Knight
  • Carnosaur (1984)
• As Simon Ian Childer
  • Worm (1988)

• Junk Shop (published in SF Digest, 1976)
• Conversation on a Starship in Warp-Drive (1975)
• An Eye in Paradise
• The One and Only Tale from The White Horse

• Bulman series (as John Raymond)
  • Thin Ice (1987)
• Prospects series (as John Raymond)
  • Dirty Weekend (1986)
  • Partners in Brine (1986)

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

• James Bond in the Cinema (1972)
• Movie Magic: The Story of Special Effects in the Cinema (1974)
• The Horror People (1976)
• Future Tense: The Cinema of Science Fiction (1978)
• James Bond for Your 007 Eyes Only (1981) (with Tony Crawley)
• The Primal Screen: A History of Science Fiction Film (1991)
• Hollywood Babble On (1998)
• Lights, Camera, Magic! (1998)
• Scream: The Unofficial Guide to the Scream Trilogy (2000)

• Night Zero (with Kev Hopgood):
  • "Night Zero" (in 2000 AD #607-616, December 1988 - March 1989)
  • "Beyond Zero" (in 2000 AD #630-634, 645-649 and 665-666, June 1989 - February 1990)
  • "Lost in Zero" (in 2000 AD Annual 1991, September 1990)
  • "Below Zero" (in 2000 AD #731-745, May–August 1991)

• John Brosnan at
  IMDb
• John Brosnan at Fantastic Fiction
• John Brosnan at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Torching John Brosnan by Dave Langford