Curtis, Philip
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1920-2012) UK teacher and author who is best known for the Mr Browser sequence of Young Adult sf novels, beginning with Mr Browser and the Brain Sharpeners (1979; vt Invasion of the Brain Sharpeners 1981), which comically, though sometimes pedantically, engage teachers and others with various challenges, some of them instigated by Aliens. The eponymous villains of Mr Browser and the Space Maggots (1989) are for instance responsible for the environmental deterioration of planet Earth towards the end of the twentieth century. [JC]
Philip Delacourt Curtis
born Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex: 23 June 1920
died Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex: 10 October 2012
works
series
Mr Browser
- Mr Browser and the Brain Sharpeners (London: Andersen Press, 1979) [Mr Browser: hb/]
- Invasion of the Brain Sharpeners (New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1980) [vt of the above: Mr Browser: hb/]
- Mr Browser Meets the Burrowers (London: Andersen Press, 1980) [Mr Browser: hb/]
- Invasion from Below the Earth (New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1981) [vt of the above: Mr Browser: hb/]
- Mr Browser and the Comet Crisis (London: Andersen Press, 1981) [Mr Browser: hb/]
- Invasion of the Comet People (New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1983) [vt of the above: Mr Browser: hb/]
- The Revenge of the Brain Sharpeners (London: Andersen Press, 1982) [Mr Browser: hb/]
- Beware of the Brain Sharpeners (London: Andersen Press, 1979) [Mr Browser: hb/]
- Mr Browser and the Mini-Meteorites (London: Andersen Press, 1983) [Mr Browser: hb/]
- Mr Browser in the Space Museum (London: Andersen Press, 1985) [Mr Browser: hb/]
- Bewitched by the Brain Sharpeners (London: Andersen Press, 1986) [Mr Browser: hb/]
- The Brain Sharpeners Abroad (London: Andersen Press, 1987) [Mr Browser: hb/]
- Chaos Comes to Chivvy Chase (London: Andersen Press, 1988) [Mr Browser: hb/]
- Mr Browser and the Space Maggots (London: Andersen Press, 1989) [Mr Browser: hb/Tony Ross]
- Mr Browser Meets the Mind Shrinkers (London: Andersen Press, 1989) [Mr Browser: hb/Tony Ross]
individual titles
- The Quest of the Quidnuncs (London: Andersen Press, 1985) [hb/]
- Pen Friend from Another Planet (London: Andersen Press, 1990) [hb/]
- Welcome to the Giants (London: Andersen Press, 1991) [hb/]
- A Gift from Another Galaxy (London: Andersen Press, 2000) [hb/]
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