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Going to Ost by Robert Meadley (Michael Butterworth, May 29, 2015, 978-0-9570016-3-3, £13.99, 223pp, tp, no, cover by Robert Meadley)     Fantasy novel with an introduction by Michael Moorcock. An early version of part of the book appeared as “Conversations at Ma Maia Metron” (New Worlds #8, March 1975). Originally scheduled for publication in 1987, the manuscript was lost until now. · Publisher’s Introduction · Michael Butterworth · in · Introduction · Michael Moorcock · in

Going to Ost (unpublished) by Robert Meadley (Savoy, n.d., 0-86130-079-3, tp, no)     Meadley’s first novel, subsequently published by Michael Butterworth in 2015.

Melconath (unpublished) by Robert Meadley (Savoy, n.d., 0-86130-059-9, £1.50, 176pp, tp, n.)     With its odd mixture of present-day nihilism and 18th century blood sports, Melconath is one of the strangest fantasy worlds ever imagined. Bukh Tabrolf, barbarian, philosopher and sportsman, “wooden beads plaited into his hair”, makes a journey to the mysterious city, accompanied by a poacher, a boy, and a lady boxer. Not so much swords-and-sorcery as swords-and-wildfowling, against a background of a failed romantic revolution.

The Odyssey of a Dogged Optimist by Robert Meadley (Savoy, October 18, 2004, 0-86130-115-3, 188pp, ebook, nf) [Ref. Colin Wilson]     Funny, clever and erudite defence of Colin Wilson following a series of splenetic reviews of Wilson’s biography, Dreaming to Some Purpose, in The Observer and elsewhere. Available as a free PDF download from the Savoy website.

A Tea Dance at Savoy by Robert Meadley (Savoy, February 17, 2003, 0-86130-112-9, £20.00, viii+268pp, hc, oc, cover by John Coulthart)     Heavily illustrated associational collection of articles by the sometime New Worlds writer. Subjects include genre fiction, Nazism, Diana, the Moors’ murders, with anecdotes around the British literary scene. i · A True Original Englishman · Michael Moorcock · in 2 · Drawing a Line: The Novels of David Britton · Robert Meadley · ar The Edge #7, May/June 1998 [Ref. David Britton] 24 · The British People’s Excellent Adventure · Robert Meadley · ar; about the death of Princess Diana. 50 · Messing About in Meatpieland · Robert Meadley · ar; about the Moors murders. 78 · Passing the Event Horizon · Robert Meadley · ar 102 · Gone to Tesco’s · Robert Meadley · ar 160 · Jairmany Calling: A Savoyage of Discovery · Robert Meadley · ar 208 · Tora-Bora-Boom-Di-Ay! · Robert Meadley · ar 253 · Postscript: Happy Days Pt XXIII: Raw Savoy · John Coulthart, Robert Meadley & Michael Moorcock · ar exchange of emails between the three.

Mech: Age of Steel ed. Melanie R. Meadors & Tim Marquitz--- see under Tim Marquitz.

Study in Shadow by John Meaney (Birmingham Science Fiction Group, November 2011, £8.00, 41pp, ph, nv, cover by David A. Hardy) [Novacon Booklets]     Original novelette issued in a limited edition of 300 numbered copies, to coincide with Meaney’s Guest of Honour appearance at Novacon 41. Details taken from online listing.

The Avenging Chance and Other Mysteries from Roger Sheringham’s Casebook by Anthony Berkeley ed. Tony Medawar & Arthur Robinson--- see under Anthony Berkeley.

Bodies from the Library ed. Tony Medawar (Collins Crime Club, July 26, 2018, 978-0-00-828922-5, 336pp, hc, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. vii · Introduction · Tony Medawar · in 1 · Before Insulin [Clinton Driffield] · J. J. Connington · ss The Evening Standard September 1 1936, as “Beyond Insulin” 12 · J.J. Connington · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. J. J. Connington] 15 · The Inverness Cape · Leo Bruce · ss The Sketch July 16 1952 21 · Leo Bruce · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Leo Bruce] 25 · Dark Waters · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss The Evening Standard September 21 1953 30 · Freeman Wills Croft · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Freeman Wills Crofts] 33 · Linckes’ Great Case · Georgette Heyer · ss The Detective Magazine #8, March 2 1923 56 · Georgette Heyer · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Georgette Heyer] 59 · “Calling James Braithwaite” · Nicholas Blake · pl first broadcast on the BBC Home Service. 90 · Nicholas Blake · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Nicholas Blake] 93 · The Elusive Bullet [Dr. Lancelot Priestley] · John Rhode · ss Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery, and Horror Vol. 2 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1931 111 · John Rhode · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. John Rhode] 113 · The Euthanasia of Hilary’s Aunt · Cyril Hare · ss The Evening Standard December 9 1950 118 · Cyril Hare · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Cyril Hare] 121 · The Girdle of Dreams · Vincent Cornier · ss Sheffield Daily Independent’s Christmas Budget Christmas 1933 141 · Vincent Cornier · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Vincent Cornier] 143 · The Fool and the Perfect Murder [Detective-Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte] · Arthur Upfield · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1979, as “Wisp of Wool and Disk of Silver” 160 · Arthur Upfield · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Arthur Upfield] 163 · Bread Upon the Waters · A. A. Milne · ss The Evening Standard April 10 1950 171 · A.A. Milne · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. A. A. Milne] 173 · The Man with the Twisted Thumb · Anthony Berkeley · nv Home and Country January 1933 (+11) 214 · Anthony Berkeley · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Anthony Berkeley] 217 · The Rum Punch · Christianna Brand · ss 241 · Christianna Brand · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Christianna Brand] 243 · Blind Man’s Buff [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · pl; first performed at the Chelsea Palace of Varieties, 8 April 1918. 267 · Ernest Bramah · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Ernest Bramah] 269 · Victoria Pumphrey · H. C. Bailey · ss Holly Leaves December 1939 288 · H.C. Bailey · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. H. C. Bailey] 291 · The Starting-Handle Murder [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Pearson’s Magazine October 1934 311 · Roy Vickers · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Roy Vickers] 313 · The Wife of the Kenite · Agatha Christie · ss The Home (Australia) September 1922 321 · Agatha Christie · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Agatha Christie]

Bodies from the Library 2 ed. Tony Medawar (Collins Crime Club, July 11, 2019, 978-0-00-831875-8, 400pp, hc, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. vii · Introduction · Tony Medawar · in 1 · No Face · Christianna Brand · ss 19 · Christianna Brand · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Christianna Brand] 21 · Before and After [Mr. Verity (aka Mr. Fathom)] · Peter Antony (by Peter Shaffer & Anthony Shaffer) · ss The London Mystery Magazine #16, 1953 36 · Peter Antony · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Peter Antony] 41 · Hotel Evidence · Helen Simpson · ss Woman’s Journal May 1934 54 · Helen Simpson · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Helen Simpson] 57 · Exit Before Midnight [Carole Thorne; Miles Shenton] · Q. Patrick · na The American Magazine October 1937 135 · Q. Patrick · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Q. Patrick] 137 · Room to Let · Margery Allingham · pl Crippen & Landru, 1999 first broadcast on the BBC Light Programme, 11 November 1947. 168 · Margery Allingham · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Margery Allingham] 171 · A Joke’s a Joke · Jonathan Latimer · ss This Week May 1 1938 177 · Jonathan Latimer · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Jonathan Latimer] 181 · The Man Who Knew · Agatha Christie · ss Agatha Christie’s Murder in the Making ed. John Curran, HarperCollins, 2011 187 · Agatha Christie · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Agatha Christie] 189 · The Almost Perfect Murder Case · S. S. Van Dine · ss Cosmopolitan July 1929, as “The Almost Perfect Crime” 204 · S.S. Van Dine · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. S. S. Van Dine] 209 · The Hours of Darkness [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · na 277 · Edmund Crispin · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Edmund Crispin] 283 · Chance Is a Great Thing · E. C. R. Lorac · ss The Evening Standard August 8 1950 291 · E.C.R. Lorac · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. E. C. R. Lorac] 295 · The Mental Broadcast [The Great Merlini] · Clayton Rawson · ss My Best ed. J. G. Thompson, Jr., Charles Hopkins, 1945 300 · Clayton Rawson · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Clayton Rawson] 303 · White Cap · Ethel Lina White · ss Akron Beacon Journal January 31 1942 320 · Ethel Lina White · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Ethel Lina White] 323 · Sixpennyworth · John Rhode · pl 345 · John Rhode · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. John Rhode] 347 · The Adventure of the Dorset Squire · C. A. Alington · ss Pearson’s Magazine March 1937 356 · C.A. Alington · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. C. A. Alington] 359 · The Locked Room [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv 384 · Dorothy L. Sayers · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Dorothy L. Sayers]

Bodies from the Library 3 ed. Tony Medawar (Collins Crime Club, July 9, 2020, 978-0-00-838093-9, 384pp, hc, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. vii · Introduction · Tony Medawar · in 1 · Some Little Things · Lynn Brock · ss The Radio Times December 21 1928 15 · Lynn Brock · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Lynn Brock] 19 · Hot Steel · Anthony Berkeley · ss The Citizen (Gloucester) April 27 1943 24 · Anthony Berkeley · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Anthony Berkeley] 27 · The Murder at Warbeck Hall · Cyril Hare · pl 47 · Cyril Hare · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Cyril Hare] 49 · The House of the Poplars · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss 68 · Dorothy L. Sayers · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Dorothy L. Sayers] 71 · The Hampstead Murder · Christopher Bush · ss The Evening Standard November 9 1935 85 · Christopher Bush · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Christopher Bush] 89 · The Scarecrow Murders · Joseph Commings · nv 10-Story Detective Magazine April 1948 112 · Joseph Commings · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Joseph Commings] 115 · The Incident of the Dog’s Ball [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss Agatha Christie’s Secret Notebooks ed. John Curran, HarperCollins, 2009 137 · Agatha Christie · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Agatha Christie] 139 · The Case of the Unlucky Airman · Christopher St. John Sprigg · ss Everywoman’s Magazine September 1935 152 · Christopher St. John Sprigg · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Christopher St. John Sprigg] 155 · The Riddle of the Black Spade [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss Mystery October 1934 177 · Stuart Palmer · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Stuart Palmer] 181 · A Torch at the Window · Josephine Bell · ss She January 1960 197 · Josephine Bell · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Josephine Bell] 201 · Grand Guignol · John Dickson Carr · na The Haverfordian March 1929 (+1) 265 · John Dickson Carr · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. John Dickson Carr] 269 · A Knotty Problem [Roderick Alleyn] · Ngaio Marsh · pl 310 · Ngaio Marsh · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Ngaio Marsh] 313 · The Orange Plot Mysteries 315 · The Orange Kid · Peter Cheyney · ss The Sunday Dispatch March 6 1938 323 · Peter Cheyney · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Peter Cheyney] 325 · And the Answer Was… · Ethel Lina White · ss The Sunday Dispatch March 13 1938 333 · Ethel Lina White · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Ethel Lina White] 335 · He Stooped to Live · David Hume · ss The Sunday Dispatch March 20 1938 342 · David Hume · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. David Hume] 345 · Mr. Prendergast and the Orange [Nigel Strangeways] · Nicholas Blake · ss The Sunday Dispatch March 27 1938 352 · Nicholas Blake · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Nicholas Blake] 353 · The Yellow Sphere · John Rhode · ss The Sunday Dispatch April 3 1938 360 · John Rhode · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. John Rhode] 363 · The “Eat More Fruit” Murder · William A. R. Collins · ss The Sunday Dispatch April 10 1938 370 · William A.R. Collins · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. William A. R. Collins]

Bodies from the Library 4 ed. Tony Medawar (Collins Crime Club, September 30, 2021, 978-0-00-838097-7, £14.99, 416pp, hc, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. vii · Introduction · Tony Medawar · in 1 · Child’s Play · Edmund Crispin · nv 24 · Edmund Crispin · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Edmund Crispin] 27 · Thieves Fall In · Anthony Gilbert · ss The (London) Evening News May 22 1962 33 · Anthony Gilbert · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Anthony Gilbert] 37 · Rigor Mortis · Leo Bruce · ss 43 · Leo Bruce · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Leo Bruce] 45 · The Only Husband [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · pl first broadcast on the BBC Home Service, in two parts, 14 and 21 June 1941. 90 · H.C. Bailey · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. H. C. Bailey] 93 · The Police Are Baffled · Alec Waugh · ss The Bystander February 25 1931 99 · Alec Waugh · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Alec Waugh] 103 · Shadowed Sunlight · Christianna Brand · n. Woman July 7 1945 (+5) 245 · Christianna Brand · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Christianna Brand] 247 · The Case of Bella Garsington · Gladys Mitchell · pl first broadcast on the BBC’s General Forces Programme, 10 February 1944. 252 · Gladys Mitchell · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Gladys Mitchell] 257 · The Post Chaise Murder [Christopher Hazzard] · Richard Keverne · nv Britannia and Eve December 1940 286 · Richard Keverne · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Richard Keverne] 289 · Boots · Ngaio Marsh · ss 293 · Ngaio Marsh · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Ngaio Marsh] 297 · Figures Don’t Die [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · nv Famous Detective Stories February 1953 319 · T.S. Stribling · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. T. S. Stribling] 323 · Passengers · Ethel Lina White · ss Raleigh News and Observer October 15 1933 341 · Ethel Lina White · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Ethel Lina White] 343 · Six Mysteries in Search of Six Authors 345 · After You, Lady · Peter Cheyney · ss The Sunday Dispatch April 17 1938 353 · Peter Cheyney · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Peter Cheyney] 355 · Too Easy · Herbert Adams · ss The Sunday Dispatch April 24 1938 362 · Herbert Adams · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Herbert Adams] 365 · Riddle of an Umbrella · J. Jefferson Farjeon · ss The Sunday Dispatch May 1 1938 372 · J. Jefferson Farjeon · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. J. Jefferson Farjeon] 375 · Two White Mice Under a Riding Whip · E. C. R. Lorac · ss The Sunday Dispatch May 8 1938 382 · E.C.R. Lorac · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. E. C. R. Lorac] 385 · Signals · Alice Campbell · ss The Sunday Dispatch May 15 1938 393 · Alice Campbell · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Alice Campbell] 395 · A Present from the Empire · G. D. H. & Margaret Cole · ss The Sunday Dispatch May 22 1938 403 · G.D.H. & Margaret Cole · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. G. D. H. & Margaret Cole]

Bodies from the Library 5 ed. Tony Medawar (Collins Crime Club, June 9, 2022, 978-0-00-851476-1, £14.99, 416pp, hc, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. vii · Introduction · Tony Medawar · in 1 · The Predestined · Q. Patrick · ss Britannia and Eve August 1953 12 · Q. Patrick · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Q. Patrick] 15 · Villa for Sale · Ellis Peters · ss The Australian Women’s Weekly December 7 1966 21 · Ellis Peters · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Ellis Peters] 26 · The Ginger King [Insp. Gabriel Hanaud] · A. E. W. Mason · ss The Strand Magazine August 1940 47 · A.E.W. Mason · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. A. E. W. Mason] 52 · Sugar-Plum Killer · Michael Gilbert · ss The Daily Herald December 18 1950 (+4) 65 · Michael Gilbert · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Michael Gilbert] 68 · Vacancy with Corpse [Sister Mary Ursula, OMB] · Anthony Boucher · nv Mystery Book Magazine February 1946, as by H. H. Holmes 135 · Anthony Boucher · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Anthony Boucher] 139 · Where Do We Go from Here? · Dorothy L. Sayers · pl first broadcast on the BBC’s General Forces Programme, 24 February 1948. 162 · Dorothy L. Sayers · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Dorothy L. Sayers] 165 · Benefit of the Doubt · Anthony Berkeley · ss John Bull January 23 1932 173 · Anthony Berkeley · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Anthony Berkeley] 176 · The Scandal of the Louvre · S. S. Van Dine · ss Pearson’s Magazine (US) June 1916, as by Albert Otis 191 · S.S. Van Dine · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. S. S. Van Dine] 195 · The Pressure of Circumstance · J. J. Connington · nv The London Daily News February 10 1936 (+4) 227 · J.J. Connington · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. J. J. Connington] 230 · The Riddle of the Cabin Cruiser · John Dickson Carr · pl first broadcast on the BBC’s General Forces Programme, 18 November 1943. 236 · John Dickson Carr · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. John Dickson Carr] 239 · Skeleton in the Cupboard · Ianthe Jerrold · ss The Telegraph (Brisbane) August 2 1952 246 · Ianthe Jerrold · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Ianthe Jerrold] 249 · The Year and the Day · Edmund Crispin · ss 257 · Edmund Crispin · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Edmund Crispin] 262 · Murder in Montparnasse · John Bude · na Brown, Watson, October 1949 334 · John Bude · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. John Bude] 337 · The Thistle Down [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · ss The Queen’s Book of the Red Cross, Hodder & Stroughton, 1939 351 · H.C. Bailey · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. H. C. Bailey] 354 · The Magnifying Glass · Cyril Hare · ss The Evening Standard March 10 1956 359 · Cyril Hare · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Cyril Hare] 362 · The What’s My Line Murder · Julian Symons · nv The Evening Standard February 27 1956 (+9) 403 · Julian Symons · Tony Medawar · bg [Ref. Julian Symons]