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Eduardo Paolozzi at New Worlds: Science Fiction and Art in the Sixties by David Brittain (Savoy, November 11, 2013, 978-0-86130-128-7, £17.00, 181pp, tp, nf, cover by John Coulthart)     Book-length tribute to New Worlds in the 1960s, including new interviews about the magazine and its times with editor Moorcock, art editor Christopher Finch, designer Charles Platt, contributor Michael Butterworth, and critic John Clute, as well as excerpts from what is thought to be an unpublished science-fiction novel by Paolozzi. 5 · Foreword · David Brittain · fw 9 · Introduction · Rick Poynor · in 19 · Denizens of the Media Landscape · David Brittain · ar _96 · Does the Angle Between Two Walls Have a Happy Ending? · J. G. Ballard · ms Ambit #33, 1967 _96 · A Neural Interval · J. G. Ballard · ms Ambit #36, 1968 _96 · Placental Insufficiency · J. G. Ballard · ms Ambit #45, 1970 _96 · Venus Smiles · J. G. Ballard · ms Ambit #46, 1970/71 _101 · Project for a New Novel · J. G. Ballard · ss New Worlds Summer 1978 (+3), uncredited. _104 · The Summer Cannibals · J. G. Ballard · ex New Worlds #186, January 1969 _110 · New Forms · John T. Sladek · ex New Worlds #181, April 1968 123 · Appendix I: Interviews 123 · Michael Moorcock, Editor New Worlds from 1964 · David Brittain · iv [Ref. Michael Moorcock] 129 · Charles Platt, Designer · David Brittain · iv [Ref. Charles Platt] 134 · Michael Butterworth, Contributor · David Brittain · iv [Ref. Michael Butterworth] 136 · John Clute, Contributor · David Brittain · iv [Ref. John Clute] 137 · Christopher Finch, Art Editor · David Brittain · iv [Ref. Christopher Finch] 143 · JG Ballard · David Brittain · iv [Ref. J. G. Ballard] 147 · Appendix II: The Generations of America · J. G. Ballard · ms New Worlds #183, October 1968 151 · Appendix III: A Cure for Cancer [Jerry Cornelius] · Michael Moorcock · ex Allison & Busby, February 1971 163 · Appendix IV: Katzville · Eduardo Paolozzi · uw 171 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi 174 · Index · [uncredited] · ix

The Man Who Read Mysteries: The Short Fiction of William Brittain by William Brittain (Crippen & Landru, November 23, 2018, 978-1-936363-34-6, $19.00, 221pp, tp, co) [edited by Josh Pachter]     A hardcover edition (-33-9) was announced but not seen. 7 · The Best of Brittain · Josh Pachter · in · Part I: The “Man Who Read” Stories 13 · The Man Who Read John Dickson Carr · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1965 19 · The Man Who Read Ellery Queen · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1965 25 · The Man Who Didn’t Read · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1966 31 · The Woman Who Read Rex Stout · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1966 37 · The Boy Who Read Agatha Christie · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1966 47 · The Man Who Read Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1968 57 · The Man Who Read G.K. Chesterton · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1973 69 · The Man Who Read Dashiell Hammett · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1974 79 · The Man Who Read Georges Simenon · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1975 89 · The Girl Who Read John Creasey · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1975 97 · The Men Who Read Isaac Asimov [Black Widowers] · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1978 · Part II: The Mr. Strang Stories 111 · Mr. Strang Gives a Lecture [Leonard Strang] · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1967 125 · Mr. Strang Performs an Experiment [Leonard Strang] · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1967 141 · Mr. Strang Takes a Field Trip [Leonard Strang] · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1968 153 · Mr. Strang Versus the Snowman [Leonard Strang] · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1972 165 · Mr. Strang, Armchair Detective [Leonard Strang] · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1975 181 · Mr. Strang Interprets a Picture [Leonard Strang] · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 12 1981 193 · Mr. Strang Takes a Tour [Leonard Strang] · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine mid July 1983 207 · Afterword · [uncredited] · aw 209 · Checklist · Josh Pachter · bi

The Man Who Solved Mysteries: More Short Fiction by William Brittain by William Brittain (Crippen & Landru, February 24, 2022, 978-1-936363-61-2, $22.00, 340pp, tp, co) [Leonard Strang] [edited by Josh Pachter]     A hardcover edition (-60-5) was announced but not seen. 1 · Strang Brew · Josh Pachter · in 5 · Mr. Strang Finds the Answers [Leonard Strang] · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1967 18 · Mr. Strang Sees a Play [Leonard Strang] · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1968 29 · Mr. Strang Pulls a Switch [Leonard Strang] · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1969 40 · Mr. Strang Takes a Hand [Leonard Strang] · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1970 53 · Mr. Strang Lifts a Glass [Leonard Strang] · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1971 66 · Mr. Strang Finds an Angle [Leonard Strang] · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1971 81 · Mr. Strang Hunts a Bear [Leonard Strang] · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1971 95 · Mr. Strang Checks a Record [Leonard Strang] · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1972 109 · Mr. Strang Finds a Car [Leonard Strang] · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1972 121 · Mr. Strang Examines a Legend [Leonard Strang] · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1973 134 · Mr. Strang Invents a Strange Device [Leonard Strang] · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1973 146 · Mr. Strang Follows Through [Leonard Strang] · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1973 156 · Mr. Strang Discovers a Bug [Leonard Strang] · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1973 168 · Mr. Strang Under Arrest [Leonard Strang] · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1974 181 · Mr. Strang and the Cat Lady [Leonard Strang] · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1975 193 · Mr. Strang Picks Up the Pieces [Leonard Strang] · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1975 207 · Mr. Strang Battles a Deadline [Leonard Strang] · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1976 217 · Mr. Strang Accepts a Challenge [Leonard Strang] · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1976 232 · Mr. Strang Buys a Big H [Leonard Strang] · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1978 245 · Mr. Strang Unlocks a Door [Leonard Strang] · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 17 1981 258 · Mr. Strang Grasps at Straws [Leonard Strang] · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 4 1981 270 · Mr. Strang and the Lost Ship [Leonard Strang] · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1982 282 · Mr. Strang Takes a Partner [Leonard Strang] · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine mid July 1982 295 · Mr. Strang Studies Exhibit A [Leonard Strang] · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1982 305 · Mr. Strang and the Purloined Memo [Leonard Strang] · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1983 317 · Afterword · James Brittain · aw

The Wish Giver: Three Tales of Coven Tree by Bill Brittain (Harper & Row, 1983, 0-06-020686-1, $9.95, 192pp, hc, oc)     Connected group of three juvenile fantasy stories. 1 · The Strange Little Man · Bill Brittain · pr 17 · Jug-a-Rum · Bill Brittain · nv 73 · The Tree Man · Bill Brittain · nv 123 · Water, Water, Everywhere · Bill Brittain · nv 169 · At Stew Meat’s Store · Bill Brittain · aw

The Return of the Black Widowers by Isaac Asimov ed. William Brittain & Charles Ardai--- see under Isaac Asimov.

AC/DC: Hell Ain’t No Bad Place to Be by David Britton & Michael Butterworth--- see under Richard Bunton.

Adventures of Meng & Ecker by Dave Britton (Savoy, March 24, 1997, 0-86130-099-8, 256pp, hc, co, cover by Kris Guidio) [Lord Horror] 3 · Wang-Dang-Doodle [Lord Horror] · David Britton · cs; illustrated by Kris Guidio 11 · On the Meat Rack [Lord Horror] · David Britton · cs (r); illustrated by Lash Mishima 22 · The Leech Farm [Lord Horror] · David Britton · cs; illustrated by Kris Guidio 27 · The Adventures of Lord Horror Across the Media Landscape · Brian M. Stableford · ar Other Dimensions Fall 1994 [Ref. David Britton] 41 · Rip-Rap Meat Rack [Lord Horror] · David Britton · cs; illustrated by Kris Guidio 55 · Pope on the Ropes · Bobby McGinty · cs 67 · All I Want for Christmas [Lord Horror] · Carolyn Horn · ss 73 · Meng & Ecker in Blackpool [Lord Horror] · David Britton · cs (r); illustrated by Lash Mishima 85 · Rip E’t Up [Lord Horror] · David Britton · cs (r); illustrated by Kris Guidio 92 · Hillsborough Hijinx [Lord Horror] · David Britton · cs; illustrated by Kris Guidio 107 · Reverbstorm · Paul Temple · ar 117 · Back on the Meat Rack [Lord Horror] · David Britton · cs (r); illustrated by Kris Guidio 126 · Oke-She-Moke-She Pop! [Lord Horror] · David Britton · cs; illustrated by Kris Guidio 131 · Evil Science in Paradise [Lord Horror] · David Britton · cs (r); illustrated by Kris Guidio 139 · The Strange and Serious Case of the AIDS Cakes [Lord Horror] · David Britton · cs; illustrated by Kris Guidio 151 · The Madness of the Meng [Lord Horror] · Kris Guidio · cs 158 · Raw Power [Lord Horror] · David Britton · cs; illustrated by Kris Guidio 175 · Happy Home for the Unborn · David Britton · cs; illustrated by Sebastian Melmuth 184 · The GQ Article · John Williams · ar; a shorter version appeared in GQ May 1996. 190 · The Pigskin Bus [Lord Horror] · David Britton · cs; illustrated by Kris Guidio 208 · Andertonbirds Are Go! [Lord Horror] · David Britton · cs (r); illustrated by Kris Guidio 219 · Lord Horror’s Revenge [Lord Horror] · David Britton · cs; illustrated by Kris Guidio 237 · Melancholia and Languor in the House of Sombre Introspection [Lord Horror] · David Britton · cs; illustrated by Kris Guidio

Baptised in the Blood of Millions by David Britton (Savoy, February 12, 2001, 0-86130-101-3, £20.00, 244pp, hc, n., cover by John Coulthart) [Lord Horror] [edited by Michael Butterworth]     Subtitled “A Model of Fucking Holocaust Terror”; third in the Lord Horror trilogy.

Fuck Off and Die by David Britton (Savoy, March 2005, 0-86130-113-7, 160pp, hc, gn, cover by Kris Guidio) [Lord Horror]     Follow-up to the notorious Adventures of Meng & Ecker with all-new strips in b/w and 48 pages of full colour. 14 · Introduction · Alan Moore · in 140 · Fascinating (British) Fascism: Lord Horror to Meng & Ecker · Benjamin Noys · ar

Hard Core Horror No. 1 by David Britton (Savoy, January 29, 1990, 0-86130-077-7, £1.25, 40pp, lp, oc, cover by Harry Douthwaite) [Lord Horror] 5 · The Romance of Lord Horror and Jessie Matthews [Lord Horror] · David Britton · cs; illustrated by Kris Guidio 32 · Topsy-Turvy-Horror [Lord Horror] · David Britton; edited by Michael Butterworth · ss; illustrated by Kris Guidio

Hard Core Horror No. 2 by David Britton (Savoy, July 1, 1990, 0-86130-078-5, £1.25, 60pp, lp, oc, cover: The Divine Miss Matthews by Harry Douthwaite) [Lord Horror] 6 · Churchill’s Tick-Tock Men [Lord Horror] · David Britton · cs; illustrated by Kris Guidio 54 · Full-Metal-Horror [Lord Horror] · David Britton; edited by Michael Butterworth · ss; illustrated by Kris Guidio

Hard Core Horror No. 3 by David Britton (Savoy, November 19, 1990, 0-86130-080-7, £1.25, 52pp, lp, oc, cover by Harry Douthwaite) [Lord Horror] 2 · The Lung in Niggertown [Lord Horror] · David Britton · vi 10 · Horror Time for Hitler (Wir Nichts Wissen Können) [Lord Horror] · David Britton · cs; illustrated by Kris Guidio 47 · The Mutha-Fucka-Horror [Lord Horror] · David Britton; edited by Michael Butterworth · ss; illustrated by Kris Guidio

Hard Core Horror No. 4 by David Britton (Savoy, November 30, 1990, 0-86130-083-1, £1.25, 56pp, lp, oc, cover by Kris Guidio) [Lord Horror] 4 · The Fucking Machine · [uncredited] · pm (r) 8 · The Deadlung [Lord Horror] · David Britton; edited by Michael Butterworth · ss; illustrated by Kris Guidio 18 · Entropy Going Down Slow [Lord Horror] · David Britton · cs; illustrated by Kris Guidio

Hard Core Horror No. 5 by David Britton (Savoy, January 18, 1991, 0-86130-084-X, £1.25, 60pp, lp, oc, cover by John Coulthart) [Lord Horror] 7 · King Horror: Zero [Lord Horror] · David Britton · cs; illustrated by John Coulthart & Michael Butterworth 38 · Jewlung [Lord Horror] · David Britton; edited by Michael Butterworth · ss

Horror Panegyric by David Britton & Keith Seward--- see under Keith Seward.

Invictus Horror by David Britton (Savoy, August 29, 2013, 978-0-86130-123-2, 136pp, hc, n., cover by Kris Guidio) [Lord Horror] [edited by Michael Butterworth]     Novel about Holocaustic goings-on in modern-day Manchester.

Led Zeppelin—In the Light by David Britton, Michael Butterworth & Howard Mylett--- see under Howard Mylett.

The Legendary Ted Nugent by David Britton & Michael Butterworth--- see under Robert Holland.

The Lives and Times of Captain Beefheart by David Britton (Babylon Books, August 1977, 68pp, tp, nf)     Not a Savoy book as such but certainly a Savoy production, based on David Britton’s collection of Beefheart cuttings and interviews.

Lord Horror by David Britton (with Michael Butterworth) (Savoy, May 15, 1989, 0-86130-072-6, £10.95, 192pp, hc, n., cover by Harry Douthwaite) [Lord Horror]

Lord Horror No. 1 by David Britton (Savoy, April 1989, 0-86130-075-0, £1.00, 40pp, lp, gn, cover by Kris Guidio) [Lord Horror]     This issue is subtitled “Born-Again-Atomic-Bomb-Horror”.

Lord Horror No. 2 by David Britton (Savoy, November 1989, 0-86130-073-4, £1.00, 40pp, lp, gn, cover by Kris Guidio) [Lord Horror]     This issue is subtitled “Romance of Sword and Book”.

Lord Horror: Reverbstorm by David Britton (Savoy, February 11, 2013, 978-0-86130-124-9, 344pp, hc, gc, cover by John Coulthart) [Lord Horror]     Hardback book collecting all 8 parts of the “Reverbstorm” series in a definitive edition, the final part of which was previously unpublished. This edition also adds a prelude and appendix, but omits the short stories in the original volumes. 13 · Prelude: Hing Horror: Zero [Lord Horror] · David Britton · cs; illustrated by John Coulthart 45 · Reverbstorm Part 1: Our Lord of Fuck Off [Lord Horror] · David Britton (with Michael Butterworth) · cs Reverbstorm No. 1 by David Britton, Savoy, 1994; illustrated by John Coulthart 81 · Reverbstorm Part 2: The Land of Love-It-to-Death [Lord Horror] · David Britton · cs Reverbstorm No. 2 by David Britton, Savoy, 1994; illustrated by John Coulthart 113 · Reverbstorm Part 3: The Big Beat of Apes (Bo Diddley Meets William Hope Hodgson) [Lord Horror] · David Britton · cs Reverbstorm No. 3 by David Britton, Savoy, 1994; illustrated by John Coulthart 135 · Reverbstorm Part 4: The Auschwitz of Oz [Lord Horror] · David Britton · cs Reverbstorm No. 4 by David Britton, Savoy, 1995; illustrated by John Coulthart 161 · Reverbstorm Part 5: The Running Dogs of Anthony Powell [Lord Horror] · David Britton · cs Reverbstorm No. 5 by David Britton, Savoy, 1996; illustrated by John Coulthart 187 · Reverbstorm Part 6: The Razor Kings on Mars [Lord Horror] · David Britton · cs Reverbstorm No. 6 by David Britton, Savoy, 1997; illustrated by John Coulthart 221 · Reverbstorm Part 7: Juden Wars [Lord Horror] · David Britton · cs Reverbstorm No. 7 by David Britton, Savoy, 2000; illustrated by John Coulthart 259 · Reverbstorm Part 8: Lord Hive’s Symmetrical Black Dog Hiss [Lord Horror] · David Britton · cs; illustrated by John Coulthart 297 · Appendix · [uncredited] · ms

Meng & Ecker Number 1 by David Britton (Savoy, June 30, 1989, 0-86130-074-2, £1.00, 38pp, lp, gc, cover by Kris Guidio) [Lord Horror] [edited by Michael Butterworth] 5 · On the Meat Rack [Lord Horror] · David Britton · cs; illustrated by Lash Mishima 15 · Evil Science in Paradise [Lord Horror] · David Britton · cs; illustrated by Kris Guidio 25 · Meng & Ecker in Blackpool [Lord Horror] · David Britton · cs; illustrated by Lash Mishima

Meng & Ecker Number 2 by David Britton (Savoy, July 24, 1989, 0-86130-076-9, £1.00, 38pp, lp, gn, cover by Kris Guidio) [Lord Horror] 5 · Meng & Ecker Halt the Decline of Eng. Lit. [Lord Horror] · David Britton; edited by Michael Butterworth · cs; illustrated by Kris Guidio

Meng & Ecker Number 3 by David Britton & Michael Butterworth (Savoy, October 15, 1990, 0-86130-081-5, £1.00, 40pp, lp, gc, cover by Kris Guidio) [Lord Horror] 4 · Happy Home for the Unborn · David Britton · cs; illustrated by Sebastian Melmuth 14 · The Liverpool Kiss [Lord Horror] · Michael Butterworth · cs; illustrated by Lash Mishima 35 · Back on the Meat Rack [Lord Horror] · David Britton · cs; illustrated by Kris Guidio