Vincent King

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Vincent King (actually Rex Thomas Vinson ; born October 22, 1935 in Falmouth , Cornwall ; died May 2000 in Kerrier , Cornwall) was a British science fiction writer and artist.

Life

King attended the Redruth School of Art , then studied at Falmouth College of Art from 1952 to 1957 , then from 1959 to 1060 at the West of England College of Art in Bristol and from 1960 to 1962 at the University of London . From 1963 to 1968 he worked as an art teacher at schools in London , Bristol and Newcastle upon Tyne and since then in Redruth .

In 1961 he married Jean Blackler, with whom he had a son and a daughter. In 1978 the marriage was divorced.

In 1966 he published a first story in the anthology New Writings in SF 9, edited by John Carnell . His debut novel Light a Last Candle followed in 1969 . His novel Another End was also translated into German in 1973.

bibliography

Novels
  • Light a Last Candle (1969)
  • Another End (1971)
    • German: pilots of hope. Translated by Hannelore Eilsen. Bastei Paperback # 29, 1973, OCLC 74140682 .
  • Candy Man (1971)
  • Time Snake and Superclown (1976)
Short stories
  • Defense Mechanism (1966)
  • The Wall to End the World (1967)
  • Testament (1968)
  • The Eternity Game (1969)
  • Report from Linelos (1969)
  • The Discontent Contingency (1971)

literature

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personal data
SURNAME King, Vincent
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vinson, Rex Thomas (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British science fiction writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Falmouth , Cornwall
DATE OF DEATH May 2000
Place of death Kerrier , Cornwall