John Grant (author)

John Grant (born 1949) is a Scottish writer and editor of science fiction, fantasy, and non-fiction. Born as Paul le Page Barnett, Grant has sometimes written under his own name "Paul Barnett" or as "Eve Devereux". The author of some 70 books in all, he has published numerous original novels, as well as one novel in the Judge Dredd series and 11 novels and a novella collection in the Legends of Lone Wolf series; edited several anthologies, beginning with Aries 1 (1979) and most recently the major anthology New Writings in the Fantastic (2007); and has written or collaborated on dozens of non-fiction works, including several relating to fantasy and science fiction. His collaborators have included David Langford and, as illustrator, Bob Eggleton. With John Clute, he co-edited The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997) for which he also wrote all the cinema entries. At present, Barnett lives in New Jersey with his wife, Pamela Scoville, a noted animation art expert and co-founder with her late husband Michael of the Animation Art Guild.

Books

• "Aries I", 1979 as John Grant
• "Electric Children: Roots & Branches of Modern Folk-Rock," 1976, (translation & expansion) as Paul Barnett
• "Planet Earth: An Encyclopedia of Geology", 1977, as Paul Barnett (co-editor with A. Hallam & Peter Hutchinson)
• "Phaidon Concise Encyclopedia of Science & Technology", 1997, as Paul Barnett, edited by John-David Yule (contributing editor)
• "The Book of Time", 1980, as John Grant (co-editor with Colin Wilson)
• A Directroy of Discarded Ideas, Ashgrove Press 1981
• "The Directory of Possibilities", 1981, as John Grant (co-editor with Colin Wilson)
• "A Book of Numbers", 1982, as John Grant
• Dreamers, Ashgrove Press 1983
• "The Truth About the Flaming Ghoulies", 1983, as John Grant
• "Sex Secrets of Ancient Atlantis", 1986, as John Grant
• Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters, Harper & Row 1987. ISBN 978-0060157777 (first edition)
• "Earthdoom!" 1987, as John Grant with David Langford
• "The Advanced Trivia Quiz Book", 1987 as John Grant
• "Great Mysteries", 1988, as John Grant
• "An Introduction to Viking Mythology", 1989, as John Grant
• "The Great Unsolved Mysteries of Science", 1989, as John Grant
• "Eclipse of the Kai", 1989, as John Grant
• "The Dark Door Opens", 1989, as John Grant
• "The Sword of the Sun", 1989, as John Grant
• "Hunting Wolf", 1990, as John Grant
• Albion, 1991, as John Grant
• Unexplained Mysteries of the World (1991)
• "The Claws of Helgedad", 1991, as John Grant
• "The Scarifice of Ruanon", 1991, as John Grant
• "Eclipse of the Kai", 1991, as John Grant
• "The World", 1992, as John Grant
• "Monsters", 1992, as John Grant, US title: Monster Mysteries
• "The Birthplace", 1992, as John Grant
• "The Book of the Magnakai", 1992, as John Grant
• "Legends of Lone Wolf Omnibus", 1992 as John Grant
• "The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction", 1993 (second edition), edited by John Clute and Peter Nicholls, John Grant technical editor
• "Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters" 1993 (second edition), as John Grant
• "The Tellings" 1993, as John Grant
• "The Lorestone of Varetta", 1993, as John Grant
• "History Book, A Thog the Mighty Text" (chapbook), 1994, as John Grant
• "The Secret of Kazan-Oud", 1994, as John Grant
• "The Rotting Land", 1994, as John Grant
• "The Hundredfold Problem", 1994, as John Grant
• "Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde" 1995, as John Grant (children's retelling)
• "The Encyclopedia of Fantasy & Science Fiction Art Techniques" 1996, as John Grant with Ron Tiner
• Clute, John and Grant, John. The Encyclopedia of Fantasy. New York: St Martin's Press, 1997. ISBN 0-312-15897-1.
• "Strider's Galaxy", [Legend] 1997, as Paul Barnett
• "Frankenstein", 1997, as John Grant (children's retelling)
• "Strider's Universe", [Orbit] 1998, as Paul Barnett
• "Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters" 1998 (third edition), as John Grant
• "Enchanted World: The Art of Anne Sudworth", 2000, as John Grant
• "Guts", 2001, as John Grant with David Langford
• "Masters of Animation", 2001, as John Grant
• "The World", 2001, as John Grant (re-issue)
• "Albion", 2001, as John Grant (re-issue)
• "The Paper Tiger Fantasy Art Gallery", 2002, as Paul Barnett
• "Perceptualistics: Art of Jael", 2002, as John Grant
• "Dargonhenge", 2002, as John Grant
• The Far Enough Window, 2002, as John Grant
• Qinmeartha and the Girl-Child LoChi", 2002, as John Grant
• The Chesley Awards For Science Fiction & Fantasy Art : A Retrospective, AAPPL 2003. ISBN 978-1904332107
• "The Hundredfold Problem, 2003, as John Grant (re-issue)
• "Earthdoom!" 2003, as John Grant with David Langford (re-issue)
• "Strange Pleasures 2", 2003, editors John Grant and Dave Hutchinson
• "L'Ultimo Dei Ramas" 2003, as John Grant, (Italian reprint of Legends of Lone Wolf Series Vol. One)
• Take No Prisoners', 2004, as John Grant'
• Digital Art For the 21st Century, 2004, as John Grant with Audre Vysniauskas
• "la Vendetta del Lupo", 2004, as John Grant, (Italian reprint Legends of Lone Wolf Series Vol. Two)
• "The StarDragons", 2005 as John Grant
• "Faeries & Other Fantastical Folk: The Faery Paintings of Maxine Gadd", 2005, as John Grant
• "il Libro Sacro dei Ramos" 2005, as John Grant, (Italian reprint of the Lone Wolf Series Vol. Three)
• "il Libro Sacro dei Ramos" 2005, as John Grant, (Italian reprint of the Lone Wolf Series Vol. Four)
• "Sci-Fi Movies", AAPPL 2006, as John Grant
• "Noir Movies", AAPPL 2006, as John Grant
• "Life-Size Dragons", 2006, as John Grant
• "Animated Movies", AAPPL 2006, as John Grant
• Discarded Science: Ideas That Seemed Good at the Time... , Facts, Figures & Fun, 2006 ISBN 978-1904332497
• "Beer", AAPPL 2006, as Paul Barnett
• New Writings in the Fantastic, 2006, edited by John Grant
• Corrupted Science: Fraud, Ideology and Politics in Science, Facts, Figures & Fun, 2007 ISBN 978-1904332732
• "The Dragons of Manhattan", 2008, as John Grant
• "Leaving Fortusa", 2008, as John Grant
• "The City In These Pages", 2008, as John Grant
• Bogus Science: Or Some People Believe In These Things, Facts, Figures & Fun, 2009 ISBN 978-1904332879

References

External links

• addenda to the Encyclopedia of Fantasy
• JohnGrantPaulBarnett.com, official website
• Profile at Infinity Plus including updated entry from EoF
• John Grant at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Gulliver Unravels: Generic Fantasy and the Loss of Subversion - a feature by John Grant