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Gibbons, Gavin

(1922-1978) UK publisher and author of both nonfiction and fiction; of the latter, By Space Ship to the Moon: A Tale of Adventure in Outer Space for Boys (1958), a Young Adult tale whose modestly familiar contents are hinted at in the full title. Other titles with a sound of sf – like The Coming of the Space Ships (1956) or They Rode in Space Ships (1957) – are in fact UFO books, and are technically nonfiction. [JC]

James Gavin Gibbons

born Shropshire: 1922

died Shrewsbury, Shropshire: 1978

works

• The Coming of the Space Ships (London: Neville Spearman, 1956) [nonfiction: hb/]
• They Rode in Space Ships (London: Neville Spearman, 1957) [nonfiction: hb/]
• By Space Ship to the Moon: A Tale of Adventure in Outer Space for Boys (Oxford, Oxfordshire: Basil Blackwell, 1958) [hb/Denis L Mills]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Picture Gallery

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
Accessed 01:06 am on 13 January 2025.
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