Christopher Hodder-Williams (25 August 1926 - 15 May 1995) was an English writer, mainly of science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

, but he wrote novels about aviation and espionage as well. Many of his books are early examples of what would later be called techno-thriller

Techno-thriller

Techno-thrillers are a hybrid genre, drawing subject matter generally from spy/action thrillers, fantasy/war novels, and science fiction...

s http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue343/interview.html. He also worked as a composer and lyricist. http://www.flyingturkeys.com/gsg/gsghodderwilliams.htmlhttp://www.tonyhancock.org.uk/artv1.html His full name was John Christopher Glazebrook Hodder-Williams.

Novels

• The Cummings Report (1957) originally published as by James Brogan
• Chain Reaction (1959)
• The Egg-Shaped Thing (1962)
• The Main Experiment (1966)
• Fistful of Digits (1968)
• 98.4 (1969) also published as Ninety-Eight Point Four
• Final Approach (1973)
• Higher They Fly (1973)
• Panic O'Clock (1973)
• Coward's Paradise (1974)
• Turbulence (1974)
• The Prayer Machine (1976)
• The Silent Voice (1977)
• The Thinktank That Leaked (1979)
• Chromosome Game (1984)

Teleplays

For Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series, which ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later by Thames Television after 1968....

• The Ship That Couldn't Stop (1961) http://www.memorabletv.com/bfs3a.htm
• The Higher They Fly (1963)http://www.memorabletv.com/bfh3.htm
• A Voice in the Sky (1965) http://www.memorabletv.com/bfv1.htm

For the British television series Suspense

• The White Hot Coal (1962) http://www.action-tv.org.uk/guides/suspense.htm

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