Nicholas Fisk 1923 - 2016

[Stephen Palmer]

Older genre fans may remember the author Nicholas Fisk, whose novels were around and about when I began reading SF. Here's his obituary in the Guardian.

Space Hostages (1967) is the one I most vividly recall...

 

[Zoe Mackay]

Sad (I mean, a little - 92 is a good age). A Rag, A Bone and a Hank of Hair is a formative book for me, and I loved Grinny and Trillions. He had an ability to combine adventure and excitement with genuine creepiness and outright scares.

 

[Lew Rockwell Fan]

Older genre fans may remember . . .

I, and I suspect many here, read stuff far older than I am. Antique SF has special charms.

 

[Peter McKinney]

Nicholas Fisk was a favourite of mine when growing up in the UK in the 80s, particularly Trillions and Monster Maker. His stories were economical but impactful and he explored lots of different ideas. I wrote a tribute to him a few months with some help from former agent Laura Cecil, who also looks after his literary estate.

https://www.thehindsighthut.com/post/author-profile-nicholas-fisk

 

[Fiberglass Cyborg]

Nicholas Fisk was one of my favourite authors growing up - he really did get me into SF. I particularly remember the "Starstormers" series, a space opera featuring a bunch of kids in a spaceship made from a hollowed-out asteroid versus an evil nanobot entity. And "Trillions" has one of the most original concepts for an alien life form I've ever read,

 

[Peter McKinney]

Nicholas Fisk was one of my favourite authors growing up - he really did get me into SF. I particularly remember the "Starstormers" series, a space opera featuring a bunch of kids in a spaceship made from a hollowed-out asteroid versus an evil nanobot entity. And "Trillions" has one of the most original concepts for an alien life form I've ever read,

That's an excellent point about Trillions, it seemed utterly original when I first encountered it. I think many people really liked Grinny.