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'''Philip Palmer''' is a |
'''Philip Palmer''' is a British [[novelist]] and [[screenwriter]].<ref name="author">[http://www.philippalmer.net/the-author/ The Author | Philip Palmer’s Debatable Spaces<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Originally from [[Port Talbot]], Wales, he studied English at [[Jesus College, Oxford]], [[matriculation|matriculating]] in 1978.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Jesus College Newsletter|pages=19|title=In Print| publisher=[[Jesus College, Oxford]]|year=2008}}</ref> |
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==Writing career== |
==Writing career== |
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His first novel was ''Debatable Space'', published in January 2008 by Orbit Books in the |
His first novel was ''Debatable Space'', published in January 2008 by Orbit Books in the United Kingdom and the United States. Philip Palmer describes himself as "...a glamorous hyphenate. Writer-writer-toolazytogetaproperjob-writer."<ref name="author"/> |
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==Works== |
==Works== |
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=== Radio Plays === |
=== Radio Plays === |
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* ''[[Toby Swift#Gin and Rum|Gin and Rum]]'', about ghosts, |
For [[BBC Radio 4]]: |
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* ''[[Toby Swift#Gin and Rum|Gin and Rum]]'', about ghosts, 30 June 2000 |
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* ''[[Toby Swift#Fallen|Fallen]]'', |
* ''[[Toby Swift#Fallen|Fallen]]'', 23 January 2001 |
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* ''[[Toby Swift#The Faerie Queene|The Faerie Queene]]'', a very free version of [[Edmund Spenser|Spenser]]’s epic poem, |
* ''[[Toby Swift#The Faerie Queene|The Faerie Queene]]'', a very free version of [[Edmund Spenser|Spenser]]’s epic poem, in the outlet's [[Classic Serial]], 30 September 2001 – 7 October 2001 |
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* ''[[Toby Swift#The King's Coiner|The King’s Coiner]]'', about the |
* ''[[Toby Swift#The King's Coiner|The King’s Coiner]]'', about the older-age anti-counterfeiter Isaac Newton, amid the cut-throat nature of serious fraud at the time, 23 April 2002 |
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* ''[[Toby Swift#The Travels of Marco Polo|The Travels of Marco Polo]]'', |
* ''[[Toby Swift#The Travels of Marco Polo|The Travels of Marco Polo]]'', 18 February 2004 |
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* ''Rubato'', about music, |
* ''Rubato'', about music, 11 February 2005 |
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* ''[[Toby Swift#Blame|Blame]]'', about industrial manslaughter, |
* ''[[Toby Swift#Blame|Blame]]'', about industrial manslaughter, 12 August 2005 |
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* ''[[Toby Swift#Breaking Point|Breaking Point]]'', |
* ''[[Toby Swift#Breaking Point|Breaking Point]]'', Day of the Dead, 10 August 2007<ref> |
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[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007vlvp BBC – Friday Play – ''Breaking Point'']</ref> |
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* ''[[Toby Swift#The Art |
* ''[[Toby Swift#The Art of Deception|The Art Of Deception]]'', 22–26 June 2009<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00l3bgx BBC – Woman's Hour Drama – ''The Art of Deception'']</ref> |
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* ''[[Toby Swift#The Art |
* ''[[Toby Swift#The Art of Deception (Series 2)|The Art of Deception, Day of the Dead]]'' (series 2), 20–24 December 2010<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wp4x6 BBC – Woman's Hour Drama – ''Day of the Dead'']</ref> |
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* ''Bearing Witness'', legal drama inside the [[International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia]] in [[The Hague]], 12 December 2012 <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01p71wv|title = BBC Radio 4 - Drama, Bearing Witness}}</ref> |
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*''Speak'', amid dystopian "Globish", a 1500-word version of English, a dangerous romance makes a case for how words – and even more, their paucity – can control, confine, leach emotion and trap minds, 18 June 2018<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://andrew-gower.co.uk/2020/10/17/speak-andrew-gower-on-bbc-radio-4/|title=Speak: Andrew Gower on BBC Radio 4|date=17 October 2020}}</ref> |
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=== Novels === |
=== Novels === |
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* ''[[Debatable Space]]'' (2008) |
* ''[[Debatable Space]]'' (2008) |
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* ''Red Claw'' (2009) |
* ''[[Red Claw (novel)|Red Claw]]'' (2009) |
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* ''Version 43'' (2010) |
* ''Version 43'' (2010) |
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* ''Hell Ship'' (2011) |
* ''Hell Ship'' (2011) |
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* ''Artemis'' (2011) |
* ''Artemis'' (2011) |
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* ''Hell on Earth'' (2017) |
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==References== |
==References== |
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[[Category:English science fiction writers]] |
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Latest revision as of 19:43, 31 October 2023
Philip Palmer | |
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Born | Port Talbot, Wales, United Kingdom | 7 June 1960
Occupation | Author |
Nationality | British |
Genre | Science fiction |
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Philip Palmer is a British novelist and screenwriter.[1] Originally from Port Talbot, Wales, he studied English at Jesus College, Oxford, matriculating in 1978.[2]
Writing career[edit]
His first novel was Debatable Space, published in January 2008 by Orbit Books in the United Kingdom and the United States. Philip Palmer describes himself as "...a glamorous hyphenate. Writer-writer-toolazytogetaproperjob-writer."[1]
Works[edit]
Radio Plays[edit]
For BBC Radio 4:
- Gin and Rum, about ghosts, 30 June 2000
- Fallen, 23 January 2001
- The Faerie Queene, a very free version of Spenser’s epic poem, in the outlet's Classic Serial, 30 September 2001 – 7 October 2001
- The King’s Coiner, about the older-age anti-counterfeiter Isaac Newton, amid the cut-throat nature of serious fraud at the time, 23 April 2002
- The Travels of Marco Polo, 18 February 2004
- Rubato, about music, 11 February 2005
- Blame, about industrial manslaughter, 12 August 2005
- Breaking Point, Day of the Dead, 10 August 2007[3]
- The Art Of Deception, 22–26 June 2009[4]
- The Art of Deception, Day of the Dead (series 2), 20–24 December 2010[5]
- Bearing Witness, legal drama inside the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, 12 December 2012 [6]
- Speak, amid dystopian "Globish", a 1500-word version of English, a dangerous romance makes a case for how words – and even more, their paucity – can control, confine, leach emotion and trap minds, 18 June 2018[7]
Novels[edit]
- Debatable Space (2008)
- Red Claw (2009)
- Version 43 (2010)
- Hell Ship (2011)
- Artemis (2011)
- Hell on Earth (2017)
References[edit]
- ^ "In Print". Jesus College Newsletter. Jesus College, Oxford: 19. 2008.
- ^ BBC – Friday Play – Breaking Point
- ^ BBC – Woman's Hour Drama – The Art of Deception
- ^ BBC – Woman's Hour Drama – Day of the Dead
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Drama, Bearing Witness".
- ^ "Speak: Andrew Gower on BBC Radio 4". 17 October 2020.
External links[edit]
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