R. Lionel Fanthorpe

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R. Lionel Fanthorpe

Richard Lionel Fanthorpe (born February 9, 1935 in Dereham , Norfolk ) is a British writer, television presenter, teacher and priest. He is best known as the most productive author in the field of science fiction , fantasy and horror literature at times .

Life

Fanthorpe's parents were the shopkeeper and the teacher Greta Christine, née Garbutt. From 1958 to 1962 he was a teacher at Dereham Secondary Modern School , then studied from 1961 to 1963 Education and Theology at Keswick College in Norwich , and was then again a teacher until 1967, after which he served in the British Army and was a tutor at Gamlingay Village College in Gamlingay , Cambridgeshire and instructor at the Phoenix Timber Company in Rainham from 1969 to 1972 . From 1972 to 1979 he was principal at Hellesdon High School in Norfolk . In 1974 he received his bachelor's degree from the Open University .

In the early 1950s, Fanthorpe began writing short stories that appeared in various John Spencer & Co. magazines such as Futuristic Science Stories and Worlds of Fantasy . From 1954 onwards, Fanthorpe's novels appeared mainly in the Badger Books series of the same publisher. In the good decade between 1954 and 1967 Fanthorpe developed an astonishing productivity. Under various pseudonyms, partly personal, partly publishing pseudonyms such as Victor La Salle, John E. Muller and Karl Zeigfreid, Fanthorpe wrote a large part of the Supernatural tales and science fiction published in Badger Books , a total of well over 100 novels and countless short stories. At times, a 45,000-word novel was published every 12 days, at a flat rate of £ 22.50, with Fanthorpe dictating his texts on tape and then having them transcribed by friends and family. After a quick correction, the text was then sent to the publisher. The production method caused frequent careless mistakes, inconsistencies and gaps in the plot, and the story often ended abruptly because he did not have a precise overview of the volume of the produced text while dictating. Despite such shortcomings, it is acknowledged that his products often need not fear comparison with the works of other prolific writers. In particular, some stories from the series about Val Stearman, an adventurer in the style of Bulldog Drummond , and the mysterious Immortal La Noire are considered highlights of Fanthorpe's work.

The large number of pseudonyms used also contributed to the fact that so-called magazine volumes were often published in the Badger Books series, i.e. collections of stories allegedly by different authors. In fact, all or most of the stories in such a volume came from Fanthorpe under various pseudonyms.

In 1957 he married Patricia Alice Tooke, with whom he has two daughters (born in 1964 and 1966). Together with his wife he published from the early 1980s, a series of non-fiction books on history mystery as to Templar legend and Rennes-le-Château , as well as on issues of anomalistics and cryptozoology . As an expert on such topics, he appeared on television several times, in particular as a presenter and author in the British television series Fortean TV (1997) and Forbidden History (2013-2016).

bibliography

Unless otherwise noted, the German translations appeared in the booklet series of Utopia Zukunftsromane

Val Stearman series (as Bron Fane)
  • The Seance (1958)
  • The Secret Room (1958)
  • Night of the Ghoul (1958)
  • Valley of the Vampire (1958)
  • The Silent Stranger (1959)
  • The Other Line (1959)
  • The Green Cloud (1959)
  • Pursuit (1959)
  • Jungle of Death (1959)
  • The Loch Ness Terror (1960)
  • The Crawling Fiend (1960)
  • Curtain Up (1960)
  • The Secret of the Lake (1960)
  • The Deathless Wings (1961)
  • The Green Sarcophagus (1961)
  • Black Abyss (1961)
  • Forbidden City (1961)
  • The Secret of the Pyramid (1961)
  • Something at the Door (1961)
  • The Intruders (1962)
  • Forbidden Island (1962)
  • The Mountain Thing (1962)
  • Vengeance of the Poltergeist (1962)
  • The Persian Cavern (1962)
  • Chasm of Time (1962)
  • Return Ticket (1963)
  • Somewhere Out There (1963)
  • The Thing From Sheol (1963)
  • The Room That Never Was (1963)
  • Softly by Moonlight (1963)
  • Nemesis (1964)
  • Suspension (1964)
  • Unknown Destiny (1964)
  • The Macabre Ones (1964)
    • German: Dark Powers. 1973.
  • UFO 517 (1965)
  • Repeat Program (1966)
  • The Resurrected Enemy (1966)
Novels
  • Menace from Mercury (1954, as Victor La Salle)
    • English: The last on Mercury. 1960.
  • The Waiting World (1958)
    • English: Dorora, the Mars monster. 1965.
  • Alien from the Stars (1959)
  • Dawn of the Mutants (1959, as Lionel Roberts)
  • Destination Moon (1959, as LP Kenton)
    • English: Spider 4 kills the green. 1961.
  • Fiends (1959)
  • Hyperspace (1959)
    • German: The black monster. 1964.
  • Space-Borne (1959)
  • Time-Echo (1959, as Lionel Roberts, also as Robert Lionel, 1964)
  • Asteroid Man (1960)
    • English: The Lord of the Asteroid. Moewig (Terra # 223), 1962.
  • Cyclops in the Sky (1960, as Lionel Roberts)
  • Doomed World (1960)
    • German: World of Perdition. Zimmermann (Balowa bestseller of the cosmos # 332), 1962.
  • Exit Humanity (1960, as Leo Brett)
    • German: The way to destruction. 1962.
  • Faceless Planet (1960, as Leo Brett)
  • Frozen Planet (1960, as Pel Torro)
    • German: The seeker. 1962.
  • Hand of Doom (1960)
  • Juggernaut (1960, as Bron Fane, also as Blue Juggernaut , 1965)
    • English: The blue monster. Pabel (Utopia Grossband # 182), 1962.
  • Last Man on Earth (1960, as Bron Fane)
  • Lightning World (1960, as Trebor Thorpe)
  • Satellite (1960)
  • The Face of X (1960, as Lionel Roberts, also as Robert Lionel, 1965)
    • English: Qualta wakes the dead. 1963.
  • The In-World (1960, as Lionel Roberts)
  • The Microscopic Ones (1960, as Leo Brett)
  • World of the Gods (1960, as Pel Torro)
  • Five Faces of Fear (1960, as Trebor Thorpe)
  • Out of the Darkness (1960)
  • A 1000 Years On (1961, as John E. Muller)
  • Crimson Planet (1961, with Patricia Fanthorpe as by John E. Muller)
  • Flame Mass (1961)
  • Forbidden Planet (1961, as John E. Muller)
  • March of the Robots (1961, as Leo Brett)
  • Mind Force (1961, as Leo Brett)
  • Rodent Mutation (1961, as Bron Fane)
  • The Mind Makers (1961, as John E. Muller)
  • The Synthetic Ones (1961, as Lionel Roberts)
  • The Ultimate Man (1961, as John E. Muller)
  • The Uninvited (1961, as John E. Muller)
  • The Venus Venture (1961, as John E. Muller, also as Marston Johns, 1965)
  • The Last Valkyrie (1961, as Lionel Roberts)
  • Black Infinity (1961, as Leo Brett)
  • Flame Goddess (1961, as Lionel Roberts)
  • The Phantom Ones (1961, as Pel Torro)
  • The Golden Chalice (1961)
  • Android (1962, as Karl Zeigfreid)
    • German: Poison sowed hatred. 1963.
  • Atomic Nemesis (1962, as Karl Zeigfreid)
    • German: The atomic ghost. 1964.
  • Beyond Time (1962, as John E. Muller, also as Marston Johns, 1966)
  • Infinity Machine (1962, as John E. Muller)
    • German: Geborgen in Stahl. 1963.
  • Micro Infinity (1962, as John E. Muller)
    • German: The micro weapon. 1963.
  • Orbit One (1962, as John E. Muller, also as Mel Jay)
  • Perilous Galaxy (1962, as John E. Muller)
    • German: danger from the galaxy. Magic Circle Science Fiction # 175, 1976.
  • Space Fury (1962)
  • The Day the World Died (1962, as John E. Muller)
  • The Man Who Conquered Time (1962, as John E. Muller)
  • The X-Machine (1962, as John E. Muller)
  • Uranium 235 (1962, as John E. Muller)
  • Walk Through Tomorrow (1962, as Karl Zeigfreid)
    • German: way into tomorrow. 1964.
  • Zero Minus X (1962, as Karl Zeigfreid)
  • Return of Zeus (1962, as John E. Muller)
  • Nightmare (1962, as Leo Brett)
  • The Eye of Karnak (1962, as John E. Muller)
  • Face in the Night (1962, as Leo Brett)
  • Vengeance of Siva (1962, as John E. Muller)
  • The Immortals (1962, as Leo Brett)
  • Gods of Darkness (1962, as Karl Zeigfreid)
  • Legion of the Lost (1962, as Pel Torro)
  • Escape to Infinity (1963, as Karl Zeigfreid)
  • Formula 29X (1963, as Pel Torro, also as Beyond the Barrier of Space , 1968)
  • Galaxy 666 (1963, as Pel Torro)
  • Negative Minus (1963)
  • Power Sphere (1963, as Leo Brett)
  • Radar Alert (1963, as Karl Zeigfreid)
  • Reactor XK9 (1963, as John E. Muller)
  • Special Mission (1963, as John E. Muller)
  • The Alien Ones (1963, as Leo Brett)
  • The Last Astronaut (1963, as Pel Torro)
    • English: the last astronaut. 1964.
  • The Unseen (1963, as Lee Barton)
    • English: The bloodsuckers. 1974.
  • The World That Never Was (1963, as Karl Zeigfreid)
  • Through the Barrier (1963, as Pel Torro)
  • World of Tomorrow (1963, as Karl Zeigfreid, also as World of the Future , 1964)
  • They Never Come Back (1963, as Leo Brett)
  • The Strange Ones (1963, as Pel Torro)
  • The Forbidden (1963, as Leo Brett)
  • From Realms Beyond (1963, as Leo Brett)
  • The Timeless Ones (1963, as Pel Torro)
  • The Face of Fear (1963, as Pel Torro)
  • Chaos (1964, as Thornton Bell)
  • Dark Continuum (1964, as John E. Muller)
  • Mark of the Beast (1964, as John E. Muller)
  • No Way Back (1964, as Karl Zeigfreid)
  • Projection Infinity (1964, as Karl Zeigfreid)
  • Space No Barrier (1964, as Pel Torro, also as Man of Metal , 1970)
  • Space Trap (1964, as Thornton Bell)
  • The Planet Seekers (1964, as Alder Barton)
    • German: Different from us humans. 1965.
  • The Return (1964, as Pel Torro, also as Exiled in Space , 1968)
  • Beyond the Veil (1964, as Neil Thanet)
  • The Man Who Came Back (1964, as Neil Thanet)
  • Barrier 346 (1965, as Karl Zeigfreid)
  • Beyond the Void (1965, as John E. Muller)
  • Force 97X (1965, as Pel Torro)
  • Neuron World (1965)
  • Out of the Night (1965, as John E. Muller)
  • The Exorcists (1965, as John E. Muller)
  • The Girl from Tomorrow (1965, as Karl Zeigfreid)
  • The Man from Beyond (1965, as John E. Muller)
  • The Negative Ones (1965, as John E. Muller)
  • The Triple Man (1965, with Patricia Fanthorpe)
  • Specter of Darkness (1965, as John E. Muller)
  • Phenomena X (1966, as John E. Muller)
  • Survival Project (1966, as John E. Muller)
  • The Shadow Man (1966, as Lee Barton)
    • German: Der Schattenmann. 1974.
  • The Unconfined (1966)
  • The Watching World (1966)
  • The Black Lion (1979, with Patricia Fanthorpe)
  • The Eli Still Show (1985, with Patricia Fanthorpe)
Non-fiction
  • The Holy Grail Revealed: The Real Secret of Rennes-le-Château (1982, with Patricia Fanthorpe)
  • The Story of St. Francis of Assisi (1989)
  • The Oak Island Mystery: The Secret of the World's Greatest Treasure Hunt (1995, with Patricia Fanthorpe)
  • Mysteries of the Bible (1999, with Patricia Fanthorpe)
  • Death - The Final Mystery (2000, with Patricia Fanthorpe)
  • Mysteries of Templar Treasure and the Holy Grail: The Secrets of Rennes Le Chateau (2004, with Patricia Fanthorpe)
  • Unsolved Mysteries of the Sea: An Eye-Opening Exploration of Lost Lands, Phantom Ships, and Dangerous Denizens of the Deep (2004, with Patricia Fanthorpe)
  • Mysteries and Secrets of the Templars: The Story Behind the Da Vinci Code (2005, with Patricia Fanthorpe)

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personal data
SURNAME Fanthorpe, R. Lionel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fanthorpe, Richard Lionel (full name); Fanthorpe, RL (alternative spelling); Fanthorpe, Lionel (alternative spelling); Balfort, Neil (pseudonym); Baron, Othello (pseudonym); Barton, Alder (pseudonym); Barton, Lee (pseudonym); Bell, Thornton (pseudonym); Brett, Leo (pseudonym); Fane, Bron (pseudonym); Jay, Mel (pseudonym); Johns, Marston (pseudonym); Kenton, LP (pseudonym); Lerteth, Above (pseudonym); Lerteth, Oban (pseudonym); Lionel, Robert (pseudonym); Muller, John E. (pen name); Neef, Elton T. (pseudonym); Neefe, Elton T. (pseudonym); Nobel, Phil (pseudonym); O'Flinn, Peter (pen name); O'Flynn, Peter (pen name); Raymond, John (pen name); Roberts, Lionel (pseudonym); Rolant, Réné (pseudonym); Salle, Victor La (pseudonym); Spartacus, Deutero (pseudonym); Tate, Robin (pseudonym); Thanet, Neil (pen name); Thorpe, Trebor (pseudonym); Thorpe, Trevor (pseudonym); Torro, Pel (pseudonym); Trent, Olaf (pseudonym); Zeigfreid, Karl (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British writer, television presenter, teacher and priest
DATE OF BIRTH February 9, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Dereham , Norfolk