EARNSHAW, Brian

(1929-)

   UK author of the fine chase thriller And Mistress Pursuing (1966) and a complex sf thriller, Planet in the Eye of Time (1968), which encompasses, via TIME TRAVEL, the period of the crucifixion (MESSIAHS; RELIGION) and addresses the problems of a dying Galaxy. His later work within the genre has all been for children. The Dragonfall series includes Dragonfall Five and the Space Cowboys (1972), Dragonfall Five and the Royal Beast (1972), Dragonfall Five and the Empty Planet (1973), Dragonfall Five and the Hijackers (1974), Dragonfall Five and the Master Mind (1975), Dragonfall Five and the Super Horse (1977) and Dragonfall Five and the Haunted World (1979). The Star Jam Pack series, featuring an interstellar rock group, includes Starclipper and the Song Wars (1985), Starclipper and the Snowstone (1986) and Starclipper and the Galactic Final (1987).

   JC

   Other works: The Rock Dog Gang (1987); Planet of the Jumping Beans (1990 chap).