Date:  2 Aug 90 03:46:14 PDT (Thursday)
Subject: Author Lists: D. G. Compton
From: jwenn@world.std.com (John Wenn)
To: SF-LOVERS%rutgers:EDU
Edited: 22-Feb-95

I tend to look upon D. G. Compton as a late arrival in the "British let's
destroy the world in interesting ways" school of the late 50's and early
60's.  Original members include John Wyndham, John Christopher and J. G.
Ballard.  The stories I've read have all taken place in the near future
with people coping with a decaying social environment.  The emphasis is
very much on the characters of the story.  Ones I liked were "The Steel
Crocodile" [on the dangers of technical progress] and "Chronocules" [a
time-travel story]. 

[C] == Story Collection.
[CB] == Chapbook (a very short book, or pamphlet).
[= ...] == Also known by this other title.

Compton, D(avid) G(uy)	(U.K., 8/19/1930- )
	(pseudonyms: Guy Compton, Frances Lynch)

Series
	Media Ghouls
		The Unsleeping Eye (1974) [= The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe = Death Watch] (filmed as Deathwatch)
		Windows (1979)

Ascendancies (1980)
Chronocules (1970) [= Hot Wireless Sets, Aspirin Tablets, the Sandpiper Sides of Used Matchboxes, and Something That Might Have Been Castor Oil]
Farewell, Earth's Bliss (1966) [Borgo, 1979]
Justice City (1994)
The Missionaries (1972)
Nomansland (1993)
The Quality of Mercy (1965) [rev. 1970]
Radio Plays (Kerosina, 1988) [C] [CB]
Scudder's Game (Kerosina, 1988)
The Silent Multitude (1966)
The Steel Crocodile (1970) [= The Electric Crocodile]
Synthajoy (1968)
A Usual Lunacy (Borgo, 1978)

with John Gribbin
	The Ragnarok Alternative (1991)

Non-Genre Fiction
The Palace (1969)

as Guy Compton
	And Murder Came Too (1966)
	Dead on Cue (1964)
	Disguise for a Gentleman (1964)
	High Tide for Hanging (1965)
	Medium for Murder (1963)
	Too Many Murders (1962)

as Frances Lynch
	A Dangerous Magic (1978)
	The Fine and Handsome Captain (1975)
	In the House of Dark Music (1979)
	Stranger at the Wedding (1976)
	Twice Ten Thousand Miles (1974) [= Candle at Midnight]

Nonfiction
Stammering: Its Nature, History, Causes and Cures (1993)

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