Cameron, Ian [2]
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(? - ) Scots author, illustrator and graphic designer who in collaboration with George Erskine wrote the Counter Force sf tales for Young Adult readers, Beware the Tektrons (1988) and Find the Tektrons (1988). Here, in the early twenty-first century, six youngsters work together against the Alien Tektrons who have secretly infiltrated Earth. (This diptych should not be confused with the Counter Force sequence of Technothrillers by Daniel T Streib.)
The Ally Fraser Stories opening with The Roman Letters (1997 chap) are Timeslip fantasies for younger children: in the first book, the eleven-year-old protagonist Ally Fraser acquires a magical set of wooden printing blocks which when used to make prints transport him to the depicted era of Scotland's past. Historical lessons are imparted.
Cameron should not be confused with the Ian Cameron who is a pseudonym of Donald Gordon Payne. [DRL]
Ian Cameron
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Counter Force
- The Official Counter Force Reference Book: The Background on the Counter Force Characters and the World They Live In (Glenrothes, Fife: Dram Enterprises, 1986) with George Erskine [nonfiction: chap: pb/]
- Counter Force: Beware the Tektrons (London: Armada, 1988) with George Erskine [Counter Force: pb/]
- Counter Force: Find the Tektrons (London: Armada, 1988) with George Erskine [Counter Force: pb/]
Ally Fraser Stories
- The Roman Letters (Dalkeith, Scotland: Scottish Children's Press, 1999) [chap: Ally Fraser Stories: illus/pb/Ian Cameron]
- The Thistle (Dalkeith, Scotland: Scottish Children's Press, 1999) [chap: Ally Fraser Stories: illus/pb/Ian Cameron]
- The Borestone (Dalkeith, Scotland: Scottish Children's Press, 1999) [chap: Ally Fraser Stories: illus/pb/Ian Cameron]
- Stirling Bridge (Dalkeith, Scotland: Scottish Children's Press, 1999) [chap: Ally Fraser Stories: illus/pb/Ian Cameron]
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