Reed, Jeremy
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1951- ) UK poet and author, much of whose fiction comprises a set of loosely-linked tales about nineteenth-century decadents; those with fantasy elements include Isidore: A Novel About the Comte de Lautreamont (1991), When the Whip Comes Down: A Novel about de Sade (1992), in which de Sade Timeslips through the centuries, and Dorian (1997), about Oscar Wilde [see also The Encyclopedia of Fantasy under links below]. Of more direct sf interest are Diamond Nebula (1994), which is set in the twenty-third century, and describes its protagonist's obsessions with the artful Decadence of the twentieth century, as represented by figures including J G Ballard; and The Grid (2008), where historical literary figures are trapped by a process of Identity Transfer inside the bodies of AIDS victims. [JC]
Jeremy Reed
born Jersey, Channel Islands: 6 March 1951
works (selected)
- Blue Rock (London: Jonathan Cape, 1987) [hb/from Morris Graves]
- Red Eclipse (London: Jonathan Cape, 1989) [hb/from Mark Rothko]
- Isidore: A Novel About the Comte de Lautreamont (London: Peter Owen, 1991) [hb/Thomi Wroblewski]
- When the Whip Comes Down: A Novel about de Sade (London: Peter Owen, 1992) [hb/Thomi Wroblewski]
- Diamond Nebula (London: Peter Owen, 1994) [hb/Thomi Wroblewski]
- Dorian (London: Peter Owen, 1997) [hb/Anita Yeomans]
- The Grid (London: Peter Owen, 2008) [pb/Nick Pearson]
nonfiction
- A Stranger on Earth: The Life and Work of Anna Kavan (London: Peter Owen, 2006) [nonfiction: Anna Kavan: pb/Alexander Parsonage]
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