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Ryan, Alan
(1943-2011) US author, principally of Horror, and anthology editor who began to publish work of genre interest with "Dragon Story" in Chrysalis 2 (anth 1978) edited by Roy Torgeson. His anthologies include the Religion-themed Perpetual Light (anth 1982), Night Visions 1 (anth 1984) – inaugurating the Night Visions sequence continued by other editors including Charles L Grant and George R R Martin – and the Vampire-themed Vampires (anth 1987; vt The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories 1988). [DRL]
Alan Peter Ryan
born New York, 17 May 1943
died Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 3 June 2011
works
- Panther (New York: New American Library/Signet Books, 1981) [pb/Tom Hallman]
- The Kill (New York: Tor/Pinnacle, 1982) [pb/Jill Bauman]
- Dead White (New York: Tor, 1983) [pb/]
- Cast a Cold Eye (Arlington Heights, Illinois: Dark Harvest, 1984) [hb/Jill Bauman]
- Amazonas (Baltimore, Maryland: Cemetery Dance Publications, 2012) as Alan Peter Ryan [coll: hb/Tomislav Tikulin]
- A Pilgrimage of Swords (Burton, Michigan: Subterranean Press, 2019) [hb/Didier Graff]
collections
- Quadriphobia (Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday, 1986) [coll: hb/]
- The Bones Wizard (Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday, 1988) [coll: hb/]
- The Back of Beyond: New Stories (Baltimore, Maryland: Cemetery Dance Publications, 2012) as Alan Peter Ryan [coll: hb/Tomislav Tikulin]
works as editor
- Perpetual Light (New York: Warner Books, 1982) [anth: pb/Jill Bauman]
- Night Visions 1 (Niles, Illinois: Dark Harvest, 1984) [anth: Night Visions: hb/]
- Night Visions: In the Blood (New York: Berkley Books, 1988) [anth: vt of the above: pb/]
- Halloween Horrors (Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday, 1986) [anth: hb/Cathy Hill]
- Vampires (Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday/Science Fiction Book Club, 1987) [hb/Edward Gorey]
- The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories (Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1988) [anth: vt of the above: pb/Edward Gorey]
- Haunting Women (New York: Avon Books, 1988) [anth: pb/J K Potter]
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Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
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