John Raymond Brosnan (7 October 1947 – 11 April 2005) was an Australian writer offantasy andscience fiction, as well asnon-fiction. He was born inPerth, Western Australia, and died inSouth Harrow,London, fromacute pancreatitis.^[1]

He sometimes published under the pseudonymsHarry Adam Knight,Simon Ian Childer^[2] (both sometimes used together withLeroy Kettle),James Blackstone (used together withJohn Baxter), andJohn Raymond. Three movies were based on his novels–Beyond Bedlam (akaNightscare),Proteus (based onSlimer), andCarnosaur. In addition to science fiction, he also wrote a number of books about cinema and was a regular columnist with the popular UK magazineStarburst^[3] and comic2000 AD.^[4]

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)

• AsJohn Brosnan
  • Skyship (1981)
  • The Midas Deep (1983)
  • The Opoponax Invasion (1993)
• AsJames Blackstone withJohn Baxter
  • Torched (1986)
• AsHarry Adam Knight withLeroy Kettle
  • Slimer (1983)
  • The Fungus (1985) (re-released in 1990 asDeath Spore)
  • Bedlam (1992)
• AsSimon Ian Childer with Leroy Kettle
  • Tendrils (1986)
• AsHarry Adam Knight
  • Carnosaur (1984)
• AsSimon Ian Childer
  • Worm (1988)

• Junk Shop (published inSF 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 (asLeroy 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 (withKev Hopgood):
  • "Night Zero" (in2000 AD #607-616, December 1988 - March 1989)
  • "Beyond Zero" (in2000 AD #630-634, 645-649 and 665-666, June 1989 - February 1990)
  • "Lost in Zero" (in2000 AD Annual 1991, September 1990)
  • "Below Zero" (in2000 AD #731-745, May–August 1991)

• John Brosnan atIMDb
• John Brosnan atFantastic Fiction
• John Brosnan at theInternet Speculative Fiction Database
• Torching John Brosnan by Dave Langford

• 1947 births
• 2005 deaths
• 20th-century Australian novelists
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• Australian science fiction writers
• Australian male short story writers
• Deaths from pancreatitis
• People from South Harrow
• Writers from Perth, Western Australia
• 20th-century Australian short story writers
• 21st-century Australian short story writers
• 21st-century Australian male writers

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