Dan Morgan (24 December 1925 – 4 November 2011) was an English
science fiction
Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...
writer and a professional
guitarist
A guitarist (or a guitar player) is a person who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of guitar family instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselve ...
, mainly active as a writer from the early 1950s through the mid-1970s. In addition to his fiction, he wrote two manuals relating to his musical profession.
Morgan is best known for his ''Sixth Perception'' novels, featuring a group of characters possessed of psychic powers; the three ''Venturer Twelve'' space operas, co-authored with his colleague
John Kippax
John Kippax (1915-1974) was the pen name of English science fiction writer John Charles Hynam, author of many short stories and the ''Venturer Twelve'' series of space opera novels (most in collaboration with Dan Morgan).
Hynam was killed on th ...
(a fourth was written by Kippax alone); and the somewhat tongue-in-cheek novel ''The Richest Corpse in Show Business''.
John Clute
John Frederick Clute (born 12 September 1940) is a Canadian-born author and critic specializing in science fiction and fantasy literature who has lived in both England and the United States since 1969. He has been described as "an integral part ...
in Clute and Nicholls 1995, p. 830.
Bibliography
Science fiction
The Sixth Perception
*''The New Minds'' (1967)
*''The Several Minds'' (1969)
*''The Mind Trap'' (1970)
*''The Country of the Mind'' (1975)
Venturer Twelve
*''A Thunder of Stars'' (with
John Kippax
John Kippax (1915-1974) was the pen name of English science fiction writer John Charles Hynam, author of many short stories and the ''Venturer Twelve'' series of space opera novels (most in collaboration with Dan Morgan).
Hynam was killed on th ...
) (1968)
*''Seed of Stars'' (with
John Kippax
John Kippax (1915-1974) was the pen name of English science fiction writer John Charles Hynam, author of many short stories and the ''Venturer Twelve'' series of space opera novels (most in collaboration with Dan Morgan).
Hynam was killed on th ...
) (1972)
*''The Neutral Stars'' (with
John Kippax
John Kippax (1915-1974) was the pen name of English science fiction writer John Charles Hynam, author of many short stories and the ''Venturer Twelve'' series of space opera novels (most in collaboration with Dan Morgan).
Hynam was killed on th ...
) (1973)
Other novels
*''Cee Tee Man'' (1955)
*''The Uninhibited'' (1961)
*''The Richest Corpse in Show Business'' (1967)
*''Inside'' (1971)
*''The High Destiny'' (1973)
*''The Concrete Horizon'' (1976)
Short stories
*"Alien Analysis" (1952)
*"Amateur Talent" (1953)
*"Home Is Tomorrow" (1953)
*"Cleansing Fires" (1954)
*"Forgive Them" (1954)
*"Psychic Twin" (1954)
*"Jerry Built" (1954)
*"Alcoholic Ambassador" (1954)
*"Trojan Hearse" (with
John Kippax
John Kippax (1915-1974) was the pen name of English science fiction writer John Charles Hynam, author of many short stories and the ''Venturer Twelve'' series of space opera novels (most in collaboration with Dan Morgan).
Hynam was killed on th ...
) (1954)
*"Kwakiutl" (1955)
*"The Lesser Breed" (1955)
*"Life Agency" (1955)
*"The Earth Never Sets" (1956)
*"The Way I Am" (1956)
*"The Whole Armour" (1956)
*"The Little Fleet" (1956)
*"Controlled Flight" (1956)
*"Wunkle" (1956)
*"Beast of the Field" (1956)
*"More than Hormone" (1956)
*"The Humanitarian" (1957)
*"The Unwanted" (1958)
*"The Star Game" (1958)
*"The Hard Way" (1958)
*"Insecurity Risk" (1959)
*"Protected Planet" (1959)
*"Drive Out of Mind" (1960)
*"Stopover Earth" (1961)
*"Father" (1961)
*"Emreth" (1965)
*"Parking Problem" (1965)
*"Third Party" (1965)
*"Scramble" (1971)
*"Canary" (1972)
*"The First Day of the Rest of Your Life" (1974)
*"Young Tom" (1976)
*"Love in Limbo" (2003)
Nonfiction
Manuals
*''Guitar'' (1965)
*''Spanish Guitar'' (1982)
Letters
*"Letter" (''Vector'' 60) (1972)
*"Letter" (''Vector'' 61) (1972)
*"Letter" (''Vector'' 62) (1972)
Obituaries
*"Edward John Carnell 1912 – 1972" (with
Harry Harrison,
Ted Tubb and
Brian W. Aldiss
Brian Wilson Aldiss (; 18 August 1925 – 19 August 2017) was an English writer, artist and anthology editor, best known for science fiction novels and short stories. His byline reads either Brian W. Aldiss or simply Brian Aldiss, except for oc ...
) (1972)
*"John Kippax Dies" (1974)
References
;Notes
;Bibliography
*
Clute, John and
Peter Nicholls. ''
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
''The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction'' (''SFE'') is an English language reference work on science fiction, first published in 1979. It has won the Hugo Award, Hugo, Locus Award, Locus and BSFA Award, British SF Awards. Two print editions appea ...
''. New York:
St Martin's Griffin, 1993 (2nd edition 1995). .
External links
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1925 births
2011 deaths
English science fiction writers
20th-century English novelists
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