Barrett, David V
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author, Editor.
(1952- ) UK author of some short fiction of genre interest, beginning with "Les Temps étrange sur L'île Fisseau" for The Gate in 1990. He is editor of Digital Dreams (anth 1990), which contains original British stories about AI, Computers and Virtual Reality; and of Tales from the Vatican Vaults (anth 2015), whose contributions have a common Alternate History theme. Of his nonfiction books, The Encyclopedia of Prediction: Fate, Fortune & Foretelling the Future (1992), deals in material sometimes relating to the fields of the fantastic. He was an editor of Vector 1985-1989 and assisted in the administration of the Arthur C Clarke Award in the early 1990s, chairing its panel of judges 1993-1995. [JC/DRL]
David Vickers Barrett
born 1952
works (selected)
- The Encyclopedia of Prediction: Fate, Fortune & Foretelling the Future (London: Acropolis Books, 1992) [encyclopedia: hb/]
- Sects, "Cults" and Alternative Religions: A World Survey and Sourcebook (London: Blandford Press, 1996) [nonfiction: hb/]
- The New Believers: Sects, "Cults" and Alternative Religions (London: Cassell, 2001) [nonfiction: rev vt of the above: hb/]
works as editor
- Digital Dreams (London: New English Library, 1990) [anth: pb/]
- Tales from the Vatican Vaults (London: Robinson, 2015) [anth: pb/]
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