Julian Jay Savarin

Julian Jay Savarin is a British musician, songwriter, poet and science fiction author.

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Biography

Born in Dominica, Savarin moved to Great Britain with his family in 1962. He was the organist and main songwriter of Julian's Treatment, who recorded two albums, A Time Before This (1970, but some sources claim 1969, 1971 and 1973) and Waiters On The Dance (1971); the latter credits Savarin alone, rather than the group, on its cover.

As a writer, he is best known for his science fiction trilogy Lemmus: A Time Odyssey, which also serves as the basis for the two concept albums by Julian's Treatment. The first work in the series, Waiters on the Dance (1972), tells of the Galactic organization and Dominions, which existed long before earth's historic times. There are three primary, sometimes interwoven threads to the story, played against the backdrop of the mighty but allegedly benevolent G.O.D. One is of the incredibly brilliant and ESP adept Alda, a woman of Serius who wants to rule the galaxy through behind-the-scenes efforts; the second is about her distant, evil relatives, the Kizeesh male line, eventual rulers of Hulio from the neighboring Cetus system, who also want to rule the galaxy after breaking with G.O.D. The third thread is played out from a skein about an experiment by G.O.D. to send an amalgam of humans from around the galaxy to the planet Terra under the leadership of Jael Adaamm. The pioneers are screened off from the rest of humanity. Terra subverts the humans, causing them to inexorably sink into meanness and war. This is caused by a vermoid growth (apparently the appendix) that appears in increasing numbers in infants not born on Atlantis, the heart-land of the human pioneers on Terra. Meanness turns to ugliness and that to murder and war, until all the rest of Terra wages war on Atlantis, eventually destroying it.

Savarin wrote a series of action thrillers featuring the exploits of Gordon Gallagher and David Pross, who had been pilot and navigator of a Phantom with the British RAF. Gordon subsequently became a secret agent, and Pross an accomplished pilot of helicopter gunships. Gallagher is an excellent lead character in the James Bond mold, whilst Pross is more grounded with a family life and business interests. Pross has an unusual relationship with a young agent that is almost brother/sister, and has a dual persona in the books - as an individual he is mild mannered and fairly timid. Piloting a gunship he is an amazing and ruthless pilot.

Bibliography

Lemmus: A Time Odyssey

  1. Waiters on the Dance, London, Arlington Books, 1972. x, 221 p. ISBN 0-85140-199-6[1][2]
    • Reprint: New York, St. Martin's Press, 1978. 252p. ISBN 0-312-85416-1 $8.95
  2. Beyond the Outer Mirr, New York, St. Martin's Press, 1980. 252 p. ISBN 0-312-07781-5 $8.95
  3. The Archives of Haven, London, Corgi Books, 1977.
    • Reprint: New York, St. Martin's Press, 1980. 205 p. ISBN 0-312-04816-5 $8.95

Gordon Gallagher

Water Hole, London, Allison & Busby, 1982. 267p. ISBN 0-85031-458-5

David Pross (Helicopter Gunship Pilot)

MacAllister

  1. MacAllister's Run (1995)
  2. MacAllister's Task (1997)

Muller and Pappenheim

  1. A Cold Rain in Berlin (2002)
  2. Romeo Summer (2003)
  3. Winter and the General (2003)
  4. A Hot Day in May (2004)
  5. Hunters Rain (2004)
  6. Summer of the Eagle (2005)
  7. Seasons of Change (2005)
  8. The Other Side of Eden (2006)
  9. Sunset and the Major (2006)

Standalone novels

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References

  1. ^ Nicholls, Peter (1987), The science in science fiction, Crescent Books, p. 180, ISBN 9780517653357 
  2. ^ Pringle, David (1995), The ultimate guide to science fiction: an A-Z of science-fiction books by title (2 ed.), Scolar Press, p. 208, ISBN 9781859280713 
  3. ^ Murray, Ian (3 August 1985). "Glimpse of power politics". Glasgow Herald. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=n6NAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nqUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2324,611729&dq=julian-jay-savarin&hl=en. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 

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