Michael Butterworth
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Michael Butterworth is a British author and publisher who has written many novels and short stories, particularly in the genre of science fiction. Because of the similarity of name he is often erroneously credited with the works of comic strip
script writer and novelist Mike Butterworth
, author of The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire
and Gothic romance
novels under the pen-name Carola Salisbury The two authors are not related.
. In 1977, Butterworth wrote the sequel to ...Hawklords, The Queens Of Deliria. Both books were co-credited to Michael Moorcock
who has said that his involvement with the first was negligible and he had no involvement with the second at all
In 1978, Butterworth was the co-editor (with David Britton) of The Savoy Book, and in 1984, he co-edited (again with David Britton) Savoy Dreams. From 1987 to the present, he has been an editor and contributor to David Britton's Lord Horror novel and the Lord Horror and Meng & Ecker graphic series. In 1995 his work was featured in the graphic novel
Ledge of Darkness illustrated by Bob Walker
(part of the Hawklords series).
Butterworth and Britton fought against obscenity charges in connection with books that they published.
In 2006 Butterworth founded a new book publishing imprint under his own name, Michael Butterworth, which he runs together with Savoy Books. In 2009 he launched the annual contemporary visual arts and writing journal, Corridor8.
Space:1999 Novelizations
In 2006, Michael Butterworth revised and re-ordered the episodes novelised in the above-mentioned Space: 1999
books in a new hardcover, signed and numbered, limited edition omnibus published by Powys Media, under license from Granada Ventures. In addition, he also wrote a novelisation of the episode, The Taybor, which had not been included in the original books. The author contributed a foreword as well. This omnibus was entitled: Year two
Anthologies edited
Comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....
script writer and novelist Mike Butterworth
Mike Butterworth
Mike Butterworth was a British comic book writer, best known for his comic strip The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire in the British weeklies Ranger and Look and Learn...
, author of The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire
Trigan Empire
The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire, later called simply The Trigan Empire was a science fiction comic series written mainly by Mike Butterworth and most notably drawn by Don Lawrence...
and Gothic romance
Gothic fiction
Gothic fiction, sometimes referred to as Gothic horror, is a genre or mode of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance. Gothicism's origin is attributed to English author Horace Walpole, with his 1764 novel The Castle of Otranto, subtitled "A Gothic Story"...
novels under the pen-name Carola Salisbury The two authors are not related.
Career
From 1968 to 1975, Butterworth mostly wrote short stories for New Worlds and many anthologies of New Wave SF. He also edited the small press magazines Concentrate, Corridor and Wordworks. In 1976 he wrote The Time of the Hawklords and founded the publisher Savoy Books with David BrittonDavid Britton
David Britton is a British author, artist, and publisher. In the 1970s he founded Weird Fantasy and Crucified Toad, a series of small press magazines of the speculative fiction and horror genres...
. In 1977, Butterworth wrote the sequel to ...Hawklords, The Queens Of Deliria. Both books were co-credited to Michael Moorcock
Michael Moorcock
Michael John Moorcock is an English writer, primarily of science fiction and fantasy, who has also published a number of literary novels....
who has said that his involvement with the first was negligible and he had no involvement with the second at all
In 1978, Butterworth was the co-editor (with David Britton) of The Savoy Book, and in 1984, he co-edited (again with David Britton) Savoy Dreams. From 1987 to the present, he has been an editor and contributor to David Britton's Lord Horror novel and the Lord Horror and Meng & Ecker graphic series. In 1995 his work was featured in the graphic novel
Graphic novel
A graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using sequential art in either an experimental design or in a traditional comics format...
Ledge of Darkness illustrated by Bob Walker
Bob Walker
Bob Walker is an English artist notable for his work with Hawkwind, including the "Ledge of Darkness" graphic novel and inner sleeve of The Chronicle of the Black Sword Album...
(part of the Hawklords series).
Butterworth and Britton fought against obscenity charges in connection with books that they published.
In 2006 Butterworth founded a new book publishing imprint under his own name, Michael Butterworth, which he runs together with Savoy Books. In 2009 he launched the annual contemporary visual arts and writing journal, Corridor8.
Works
Novels by Butterworth- The Time of the Hawklords (1976; co-credited to Michael Moorcock)
- Queens of Deliria (1977; co-credited to Michael Moorcock)
- Ledge of Darkness (1995; graphic novel illustrated by Bob Walker).
Space:1999 Novelizations
- Planets of Peril
- Mind-Breaks of Space (with J. Jeff Jones)
- The Space-Jackers
- The Psychomorph
- The Time Fighters
- The Edge of the Infinite
In 2006, Michael Butterworth revised and re-ordered the episodes novelised in the above-mentioned Space: 1999
Space: 1999
Space: 1999 is a British science-fiction television series that ran for two seasons and originally aired from 1975 to 1977. In the opening episode, nuclear waste from Earth stored on the Moon's far side explodes in a catastrophic accident on 13 September 1999, knocking the Moon out of orbit and...
books in a new hardcover, signed and numbered, limited edition omnibus published by Powys Media, under license from Granada Ventures. In addition, he also wrote a novelisation of the episode, The Taybor, which had not been included in the original books. The author contributed a foreword as well. This omnibus was entitled: Year two
Anthologies edited
- The Savoy Book (1978) (with David Britton)
- Savoy Dreams (1984) (with David Britton)