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Collins, Larry

Working name of US author John Lawrence Collins Jr (1929-2005), author of The Fifth Horseman (1980) with Dominique Lapierre, a Near Future thriller involving a nuclear threat to New York from terrorists working for Colonel Quaddafi of Libya; and Maze (1989), another thriller, in this case involving psychics (see Psi Powers). [JC]

John Lawrence Collins Jr

born Hartford, Connecticut: 14 September 1929

died Frejus, France: 20 June 2005

works (selected)

• The Fifth Horseman (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1980) with Dominique Lapierre [hb/]
• Maze (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1989) [hb/]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
Accessed 15:18 pm on 18 January 2026.
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