Carnosaur is a very cheaplooking movie though, the sets lack colour and the camera work and editing lack finesse and cohesion. Brosnan wrote a number of scifi novels, many of them under the pseudonym harry adam knight, as well as some nonfiction books about movies. I believe the book is out of print dont you hate when that happens. He sometimes published under the pseudonyms harry adam knight, simon ian childer both sometimes used together with leroy kettle, james. The novel version of carnosaur, written by john brosnan under the pseudonym of harry adam knight, was released six years before jurassic. As one of the premier rare book sites on the internet, alibris has thousands of rare books, first editions, and signed books available. The fungus harry adam knight read online free books.
The novel bears several similarities to michael crichton s jurassic park, though carnosaur preceded the latter work by six years. Carnosaur by harry adam knight abebooks passion for books. It was our most successful and genuinely well thought of horror novel, despite what seems to be much of the print run of the first british edition which had a terrible cover still lurking. Those as by harry adam knight include slimer 1983, filmed as. He was born in perth, western australia, and died in south harrow, london, from acute pancreatitis. Carnosaur by harry adam knight book cover, description, publication history.
See all books authored by harry adam knight, including carnosaur, and slimer, and more on thriftbooks. A fleetfooted, oldfashioned thriller with plenty of gore, in the tradition of james herbert, carnosaur star books. Thats not to say its bad, i like it a lot and certainly recommend it. Harry adam knight carnosaur wiki fandom powered by wikia. There are two books that i considered to be the pinnacle of dinosaur fiction. Some of them were cowritten by british author leroy kettle. The novel bears several similarities to michael crichtons jurassic park, though carnosaur preceded the latter work by six. He sometimes published under the pseudonyms harry adam knight, simon ian childer both sometimes used together with leroy kettle. The two also teamed up to publish horror under another pseudonym, simon ian childer, releasing novels like tendrils 1986 and worm 1987. The book is much better than the movie it is more realistic, more scientific with lots of nondinosaur species. Brosnan wrote four novels between 1983 and 1992 as knight. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. I cant imagine itd surprise you to learn that i was a pretty mean dinosaur fanatic when i was a kid in the 1970s. Carnosaur 1984 is a horror novel written by australian author john brosnan, under the pseudonym of harry adam knight.
Carnosaur by harry adam knight, august 15, 1993, tor books edition, mass market paperback in english repmv tie edition. I generally recommend the novel if you can find it. Harry adam knights carnosaur proves to me just how good an author he is. Harry adam knight with a new introduction by roy kettle book description when a brilliant scientist seeking to solve the problem of world hunger tries to create giant mushrooms through genetic manipulation, what could possibly go wrong. Harry adam knight was a pseudonym used for a small handful of pulp novels by john brosnan sometimes with the assist of leroy kettle, a prolific australian author who also wrote nonfiction genre studies. He becomes suspicious of a wildlife collector named penward for grisly killings of a siberian. Great descriptions of dinosaurs, generates a lot of tension and moves quickly with decent characters. Harry adam knight isbn,original carnosaur 1984 by harry adam knight john brosnan was the forerunner to micha. Carnosauria is a large group of predatory dinosaurs that lived during the jurassic and cretaceous periods carnosaur book. Carnosaur, 1984 novel by john brosnan, harry adam knight. Under the pseudonym harry adam knight the spelling of the initials seems are intentional and demonstrate the clear contempt that brosnan has either of his audience or his own output, brosnan wrote a number of horror novels and several of these were adapted into films.
Visits to the local library were never complete without a stack of books on these fantastic creatures. David pascal is a young journalist who lives in the british countryside of worchester with his mother. Carnosaur by harry adam knight john brosnan 1st edition 1984 proceeding jurassic park 1990 by six years. Carnosaur by knight, harry adam and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. John raymond brosnan 194711 april 2005 was an australian writer of both fiction and nonfiction works based around the fantasy and science fiction genres. I just finished his novel slimer a star book, which is magnificant, and now he comes up with another great novel that includes one of my favorite extinct species of the world. Carnosaur directed by adam simon available on vhs, dvd. The book is titled carnosaur by harry adam knight which is a pseudonym for author john brosnan. Harry adam knight books list of books by author harry. Publication date 1993 topics fiction suspense, movietv tieins, dinosaurs, journalists. Harry adam knight booklist harry adam knight message board. The lowestpriced item in unused and unworn condition with absolutely no signs of wear. While the roger corman film has some so bad its good qualities to it, even it at its absolute best cant hold a candle to knight brosnans work. This is a sorely underrated book that deserved a much better film adaptation than what it got.
These are the american titles, some of these had different titles in their original releases. Most of these titles were from the 50s and 60s and out of date. Carnosaur by harry adam knight 1986, paperback for sale. Buy carnosaur directed by adam simon online at alibris. The fungus by knight, harry adam and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Harry adam knight was the pseudonym used by john brosnan 19472005 and leroy kettle b. Harry adam knights cult classic the fungus 1985 will grow on you. Carnosaur 1984 by harry adam knight john brosnan was the forerunner to michael crightons classic jurassic park but unravels like pulp because it is pulp. In addition to science fiction, he also wrote a number of books about cinema and was a regular columnist with the popular uk magazine starburst. Harry adam knight, as we know, was a pseudonym used predominantly by john brosnan, sometimes in conjunction with roy kettle. Aside from the aforementioned carnosaur, they included the following. Harry adam knight is the pen name for john brosnan, who has written extensively on scifi and horror films, and leroy kettle. Carnosaur is also gorier and bloodier than jp, and the gore is actually quite good and has moments where it is used inventively to the extent that you may be put off eating for some time after. Harry adam knight was a pseudonym used for a small handful of pulp novels by john brosnan sometimes with the.
The fungus was our second novel together, after slimer in 1983, though john had used the harry adam knight pseudonym to write carnosaur on his own in 1984. I know the harry adam knight books arent high literature, but literatures literature, and brosnan deserves recognition for getting his rich guy clones dinosaurs for a private zoo story out first. A fleetfooted, oldfashioned thriller with plenty of gore, in the tradition of james herbert, carnosaur star books, june 1984 ukbart books, feb 1989 us is as solid a trashy. Having the dinosaurs sound and act extremely birdlike is something even most modern dinosaur films or books neglect. John raymond brosnan 7 october 1947 11 april 2005 was an australian writer of both fiction and nonfiction works in the fantasy and science fiction genres.