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Pick, J B

(1921-2015) UK scholar, poet and author, for many years a specialist in the work of David Lindsay, editing several of his works; The Strange Genius of David Lindsay (anth 1970; vt The Haunted Man 1979) with Colin Wilson and E H Visiak conveys a strongly sympathetic view of the author. Pick's own fiction includes A Land Fit for 'Eros (1957) with John Atkins, a fantasy. [JC]

John Barclay Pick

born Leicester, Leicestershire: 26 December 1921

died Balmaclennan, Galloway, Scotland: 25 January 2015

works

• A Land Fit for 'Eros (London: Arcos, 1957) with John Atkins [hb/]

nonfiction

• The Strange Genius of David Lindsay (London: John Baker, 1970) with Colin Wilson and E H Visiak [nonfiction: anth: David Lindsay: hb/nonpictorial]
  • The Haunted Man (San Bernardino, California: The Borgo Press, 1979) with Colin Wilson and E H Visiak [nonfiction: anth: vt of the above: David Lindsay: hb/]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Picture Gallery

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
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