Basil Copper: A Life in BooksStephen Jones PS Pub., 2008 - 278 pages Concluding three years' extensive research, multiple award-winning editor and writer Stephen Jones was given unprecedented and unrestricted access to the books and papers of renowned British macabre and crime writer Basil Copper.The result is Basil Copper: A Life in Books, a unique and in-depth study of the author and his works. Not only does this volume contain the most comprehensive Working Bibliography ever compiled of Basil Copper's productive output - including Macabre and Supernatural Novels and Collections, the 'Solar Pons' series, the 'Mike Faraday' series, Short Fiction and Novellas, Media Adaptations, Unpublished Works and much more, enhanced with commentary by the author himself - but it also features several rare and obscure articles covering everything from Arkham House creator August Derleth to a brief history of Count Dracula. |
Contents
RECOLLECTIONS OF BASIL COPPER by Stephen Jones | 11 |
CRIMEWRITER MASTER OF THE MACABRE by Richard Dalby | 17 |
A WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY by Stephen Jones | 30 |
REMEMBERING AUGUST DERLETH ARKHAM HOUSE by Basil Copper | 36 |
THE GAMES AFOOT AUGUST DERLETH SOLAR PONS by Basil Copper | 43 |
A GIANT REMEMBERED by Basil Copper | 56 |
RAPSHEET by Basil Copper | 82 |
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