The mutated spores escape the lab and spread across all of england. Great descriptions of dinosaurs, generates a lot of tension and moves quickly with decent characters. Carnosaur 1984 by harry adam knight john brosnan was the forerunner to michael crightons classic jurassic park but unravels like pulp because it is pulp. These are the american titles, some of these had different titles in their original releases. John raymond brosnan 194711 april 2005 was an australian writer of both fiction and nonfiction works based around the fantasy and science fiction genres. I know the harry adam knight books arent high literature, but literatures literature, and brosnan deserves recognition for getting his rich guy clones dinosaurs for a private zoo story out first. The book is much better than the movie it is more realistic, more scientific with lots of nondinosaur species. I believe the book is out of print dont you hate when that happens. Visits to the local library were never complete without a stack of books on these fantastic creatures. He sometimes published under the pseudonyms harry adam knight, simon ian childer both sometimes used together with leroy kettle, james. It was our most successful and genuinely well thought of horror novel, despite what seems to be much of the print run of the first british edition which had a terrible cover still lurking. Harry adam knight with a new introduction by roy kettle book description when a brilliant scientist seeking to solve the problem of world hunger tries to create giant mushrooms through genetic manipulation, what could possibly go wrong.
Harry adam knight is the pen name for john brosnan, who has written extensively on scifi and horror films, and leroy kettle. John raymond brosnan 7 october 1947 11 april 2005 was an australian writer of both fiction and nonfiction works in the fantasy and science fiction genres. He becomes suspicious of a wildlife collector named penward for grisly killings of a siberian. The lowestpriced item in unused and unworn condition with absolutely no signs of wear.
Carnosaur is also gorier and bloodier than jp, and the gore is actually quite good and has moments where it is used inventively to the extent that you may be put off eating for some time after. Buy carnosaur directed by adam simon online at alibris. Carnosaur by harry adam knight book cover, description, publication history. Carnosaur by harry adam knight, august 15, 1993, tor books edition, mass market paperback in english repmv tie edition. Carnosauria is a large group of predatory dinosaurs that lived during the jurassic and cretaceous periods carnosaur book. Harry adam knight, as we know, was a pseudonym used predominantly by john brosnan, sometimes in conjunction with roy kettle. Carnosaur 1984 is a horror novel written by australian author john brosnan, under the pseudonym of harry adam knight. Thats not to say its bad, i like it a lot and certainly recommend it. See all books authored by harry adam knight, including carnosaur, and slimer, and more on thriftbooks. Under the pseudonym harry adam knight the spelling of the initials seems are intentional and demonstrate the clear contempt that brosnan has either of his audience or his own output, brosnan wrote a number of horror novels and several of these were adapted into films.
The fungus was our second novel together, after slimer in 1983, though john had used the harry adam knight pseudonym to write carnosaur on his own in 1984. Carnosaur directed by adam simon available on vhs, dvd. The book is titled carnosaur by harry adam knight which is a pseudonym for author john brosnan. The novel bears several similarities to michael crichton s jurassic park, though carnosaur preceded the latter work by six years. Brosnan wrote four novels between 1983 and 1992 as knight. David pascal is a young journalist who lives in the british countryside of worchester with his mother. I must say, that this is one of the best books of cloning of extinct. Aside from the aforementioned carnosaur, they included the following. Carnosaur is a very cheaplooking movie though, the sets lack colour and the camera work and editing lack finesse and cohesion.
While the roger corman film has some so bad its good qualities to it, even it at its absolute best cant hold a candle to knight brosnans work. Carnosaur 1984 is a horror novel written by austrailian author john brosnan, under the pseudonym of harry adam knight. I will try hard not to spoil, but basically after reading this book, you will hate the corman ok it was actually. While it originally contained a wide assortment of giant theropods that were not closely related, the group has since been defined to encompass. The novel version of carnosaur, written by john brosnan under the pseudonym of harry adam knight, was released six years before jurassic.
Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Harry adam knights cult classic the fungus 1985 will grow on you. He sometimes published under the pseudonyms harry adam knight, simon ian childer both sometimes used together with leroy kettle. Harry adam knight was the pseudonym used by john brosnan 19472005 and leroy kettle b. There are two books that i considered to be the pinnacle of dinosaur fiction. Carnosaur by harry adam knight abebooks passion for books.
The worlds most vicious predator is backand hes got company. The novel bears several similarities to michael crichtons jurassic park, though carnosaur preceded the latter work by six. Most of these titles were from the 50s and 60s and out of date. I just finished his novel slimer a star book, which is magnificant, and now he comes up with another great novel that includes one of my favorite extinct species of the world. The two also teamed up to publish horror under another pseudonym, simon ian childer, releasing novels like tendrils 1986 and worm 1987. Brosnan wrote a number of scifi novels, many of them under the pseudonym harry adam knight, as well as some nonfiction books about movies.
I cant imagine itd surprise you to learn that i was a pretty mean dinosaur fanatic when i was a kid in the 1970s. Having the dinosaurs sound and act extremely birdlike is something even most modern dinosaur films or books neglect. Harry adam knight was a pseudonym used for a small handful of pulp novels by john brosnan sometimes with the. Publication date 1984 topics fiction suspense, movietv tieins, dinosaurs, horror collection opensource language english. Harry adam knight was a pseudonym used for a small handful of pulp novels by john brosnan sometimes with the assist of leroy kettle, a prolific australian author who also wrote nonfiction genre studies. This is a sorely underrated book that deserved a much better film adaptation than what it got.
Some of them were cowritten by british author leroy kettle. In addition to science fiction, he also wrote a number of books about cinema and was a regular columnist with the popular uk magazine starburst. A fleetfooted, oldfashioned thriller with plenty of gore, in the tradition of james herbert, carnosaur star books. As one of the premier rare book sites on the internet, alibris has thousands of rare books, first editions, and signed books available. Those as by harry adam knight include slimer 1983, filmed as. A fleetfooted, oldfashioned thriller with plenty of gore, in the tradition of james herbert, carnosaur star books, june 1984 ukbart books, feb 1989 us is as solid a trashy. The fungus by knight, harry adam and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. He was born in perth, western australia, and died in south harrow, london, from acute pancreatitis. Harry adam knight isbn,original carnosaur 1984 by harry adam knight john brosnan was the forerunner to micha. Carnosaur by knight, harry adam and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Harry adam knight books list of books by author harry. The fungus harry adam knight read online free books.
Carnosaur by harry adam knight classic horror film board. Harry adam knight is one of several pseudonyms used by australianborn writer john brosnan 7 october 1947 11 april 2005. Publication date 1993 topics fiction suspense, movietv tieins, dinosaurs, journalists. Carnosaur by harry adam knight and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Harry adam knight carnosaur wiki fandom powered by wikia. Carnosaur by harry adam knight john brosnan 1st edition 1984 proceeding jurassic park 1990 by six years. Harry adam knights carnosaur proves to me just how good an author he is. Harry adam knight booklist harry adam knight message board. I generally recommend the novel if you can find it.
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