PINCHIN, Frank J(ames)

(1925-1990)

   UK research chemist and author. His first 4 sf novels, all as by Peter Dagmar, were not exceptional: Alien Skies (1962), Spykos 4: Strange Life-Forms on Unexplored Planets (1962; vt Spaceways 1973Australia), Sands of Time (1963) - a fairly complex TIME-TRAVEL tale - and Once in Time (1963; vt Mind Probe 1973 Australia). Mars 314 (1970), under his own name, renders NEAR FUTURE space flight with some versimilitude. Two Equals One (1982), his last Peter Dagmar title, features an electronicspying device which can read computer memories. Stargrail (1989) and Nexweb (1990), both as FJP, attempt to marry sf and occultism.

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