Caswell, Brian
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1954- ) Welsh-born song-writer, teacher and author, in Australia from the age of 12. His sf and fantasy work of interest is all written for a Young Adult audience, beginning with Merryll of the Stones (1989), a Timeslip tale whose protagonist ends up in ancient Wales; Dreamslip (1994) is similar. A Cage of Butterflies (1992) is a Near Future tale involving adolescents under stress and Telepathy. Caswell has contributed several Ties to the Alien Zones game universe, beginning with Tee Dee and the Collectors; or, How It All Began (1998). His work is quick, sometimes facile, but multifaceted. [JC]
Brian Paul Caswell
born Gwernaffield, Flintshire, Wales: 13 January 1954
works
series
Deucalion
- Deucalion (St Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press, 1995) [Deucalion: pb/Hans de Haas]
- The View from Ararat (St Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press, 1998) [Deucalion: pb/Peter Evans]
Alien Zones
- Tee Dee and the Collectors; or, How It All Began (St Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press, 1998) [game tie: Alien Zones: pb/Peter Evans]
- Messengers of the Great Orff (St Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press, 1998) [game tie: Alien Zones: pb/Peter Evans]
- Gladiators in the Holo-Colosseum (St Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press, 1998) [game tie: Alien Zones: pb/Peter Evans]
- Gargantua (St Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press, 1998) [game tie: Alien Zones: pb/Peter Evans]
- What Were the Gremholzs' Dimensions Again? (St Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press, 1998) [game tie: Alien Zones: pb/Peter Evans]
- Whispers from the Shibbo-Leth (St Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press, 1999) [game tie: Alien Zones: pb/Peter Evans]
individual titles
- Merryll of the Stones (St Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press, 1989) [pb/Gregory Rogers]
- A Dream of Stars (St Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press, 1991) [pb/Gregory Rogers]
- A Cage of Butterflies (St Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press, 1992) [pb/Gregory Rogers]
- Dreamslip (St Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press, 1994) [pb/Jane Tanner]
- Relax, Max! (St Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press, 1997) [chap: pb/Peter Evans]
- Double Exposure (St Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press, 2006) [pb/Ellie Exarchos and Getty Images]
- Loop (St Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press, 2006) [coll: pb/Sandy Cull]
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