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| name = John Raymond Brosnan
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| pseudonym = Harry Adam Knight, Simon Ian Childer, James Blackstone, John Raymond
| birthdate = [[1947]]
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| deathdate = [[April 11]], {{death year and age|2005|1947}}
| deathplace = South Harrow, London
| occupation = Writer (fiction & non-fiction)
| nationality = Australian
| period = 1968-2004
| genre = Science Fiction, Fantasy
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| website = http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/john-brosnan/
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'''John Raymond Brosnan''' ([[1947]]–[[April 11]], [[2005]]) was an [[Australia]]n writer of both fiction and non-fiction works based around 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'' (both sometimes used together with [[Leroy Kettle]]), ''James Blackstone'' (used together with [[John Baxter (author)|John Baxter]]), and ''John Raymond''. Three not very successful movies were based on his novels–''Beyond Bedlam'' (aka ''Nightscare''), ''Proteus'' (based on ''Slimer''), and ''[[Carnosaur (film)|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 (magazine)|Starburst]]''.
== Bibliography ==
=== Science fiction ===
==== Series ====
*''[[Bulman]]'' series (as John Raymond)
**''Thin Ice'' (1987)
* ''Prospects'' series (as John Raymond)
** ''Dirty Weekend'' (1986)
** ''[[Partners in Brine]]'' (1986)
* ''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 (novel)|Mothership]]'' (2004)
==== Novels ====
* As ''John Brosnan''
** ''[[Skyship]]'' (1981)
** ''[[The Midas Deep]]'' (1983)
** ''[[The Opoponax Invasion]]'' (1993)
* As ''James Blackstone'' with [[John Baxter (author)|John Baxter]]
** ''[[Torched]]'' (1986)
* As ''Harry Adam Knight'' with [[Leroy Kettle]]
** ''[[Slimer (novel)|Slimer]]'' (1983)
** ''[[The Fungus]]'' (1985)
** ''[[Death Spore (retitle of The Fungus)]]'' (1990)
** ''[[Bedlam (novel)|Bedlam]]'' (1992)
* As ''Simon Ian Childer'' with [[Leroy Kettle]]
** ''[[Tendrils (novel)|Tendrils]]'' (1986)
* As ''Harry Adam Knight''
** ''[[Carnosaur (novel)|Carnosaur]]'' (1984)
* As ''Simon Ian Childer''
** ''[[Worm (novel)|Worm]]'' (1988)
==== Short Stories ====
* ''[[Junk Shop]]'' (1968)
* ''[[Conversation on a Starship in Warpdrive]]'' (1975)
* ''[[An Eye in Paradise]]''
* ''[[The One and Only Tale from The White Horse]]''
=== Humour ===
* ''[[The Dirty Movie Book]]'' (1988) with Leroy Kettle (as ''Leroy Mitchell'')
=== Non-fiction ===
* ''[[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]])
* ''[[Hollywood Bable On]]'' (1989)
* ''[[The Primal Screen: A History of Science Fiction Film]]'' (1991)
* ''[[Lights, Camera, Magic!]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Scream: The Unofficial Guide to the Scream Trilogy]]'' (2000)
=== Comics ===
==== [[2000 AD (comic)|2000 AD]] ====
* ''Night Zero'' (issues 607-616, 1988-89)
* ''Beyond Zero'' (issues 630-634, 645-649 and 665-666, 1989-90)
* ''Lost in Zero'' ([[2000 AD (comic)|2000 AD]] annual, 1990)
* ''Below Zero'' (issues 731-745, 1991)
== External links ==
* {{imdb name|0112488|John Brosnan}}
* [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/john-brosnan/ John Brosnan] at [http://www.fantastifiction.co.uk/ Fantastic Fiction]
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[[Category:Australian science fiction writers]]
[[Category:Australian non-fiction writers]]
[[Category:1947 births]]
[[Category:2005 deaths]]
[[Category:Deaths from pancreatitis]]
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