Pinchin, Frank J
Entry updated 14 August 2023. Tagged: Author.
(1925-1990) UK research chemist and author. His first four sf novels, all as by Peter Dagmar, were not exceptional: Alien Skies (1962), Spykos 4: Strange Life-Forms on Unexplored Planets (1962; vt Spaceways 1973), Sands of Time (1963) – a fairly complex Time-Travel tale in which visitors from the future attempt to destroy a post-World War Three super-Computer, perhaps to avert a Future War – and Once in Time (1963; vt Mind Probe 1973). Mars 314 (1970), under his own name, renders Near-Future space flight, in the first manned Spaceship to Mars, with some verisimilitude. Two Equals One (1982), his last Peter Dagmar title, features an electronic spying device which can read Computer memories. Stargrail (1989) and Nexweb (1990), both as Pinchin, attempt to marry sf and occultism. [JC]
Frank James Pinchin
born London: 30 July 1925
died Surrey: October 1990
works
- Alien Skies (London: Brown, Watson/Digit Books, 1962) as by Peter Dagmar [pb/Enric Torres-Prot as Henry]
- Spykos 4: Strange Life-Forms on Unexplored Planets (London: Brown, Watson/Digit Books, 1962) as by Peter Dagmar [pb/Cha' Bril]
- Spaceways (Sydney, New South Wales: Bill Ewington Books, 1973) as by Peter Dagmar [vt of the above: pb/]
- Sands of Time (London: Brown, Watson/Digit Books, 1963) as by Peter Dagmar [pb/]
- Once in Time (London: Brown, Watson/Digit Books, 1963) as by Peter Dagmar [pb/]
- Mind Probe (Sydney, New South Wales: Bill Ewington Books, 1973) as by Peter Dagmar [vt of the above: pb/]
- Mars 314 (London: Allan Wingate/Barker, 1970) [hb/]
- Two Equals One (no place given: Book Guild, 1982) as by Peter Dagmar [hb/]
- Stargrail (London: Little London Publishers, 1989) [pb/]
- Nexweb (London: Newmark Editions, 1990) [hb/]
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