Hitchcock, Raymond
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1922-1992) Indian-born UK author and cartoonist whose Percy books – Percy (1969) – filmed as Percy (1971) – and Percy's Progress (1972) – filmed as Percy's Progress (1974) – explored the comedy potential of penis transplantation as the organ's new owner is "led" to hunt down his new penis's previous insertion events. Venus 13: A Cautionary Space Tale (1972) also deals lightly with Sex, depicting the complications that surround a Eugenic mating in a space satellite. [JC]
Raymond John Hitchcock
born Calcutta, India: 9 February 1922
died Winchester, Hampshire: February 1992
works
series
Percy
- Percy (London: W H Allen, 1969) [Percy: hb/]
- Percy's Progress (London: Sphere Books, 1972) [tie to the film: Percy: pb/]
individual titles
- Venus 13: A Cautionary Space Tale (London: W H Allen, 1972) [hb/]
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