Gibbons, Gavin
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1922-1978) UK publisher and author of both nonfiction and fiction; of the latter, By Space Ship to the Moon: A Tale of Adventure in Outer Space for Boys (1958), a Young Adult tale whose modestly familiar contents are hinted at in the full title. Other titles with a sound of sf – like The Coming of the Space Ships (1956) or They Rode in Space Ships (1957) – are in fact UFO books, and are technically nonfiction. [JC]
James Gavin Gibbons
born Shropshire: 1922
died Shrewsbury, Shropshire: 1978
works
- The Coming of the Space Ships (London: Neville Spearman, 1956) [nonfiction: hb/]
- They Rode in Space Ships (London: Neville Spearman, 1957) [nonfiction: hb/]
- By Space Ship to the Moon: A Tale of Adventure in Outer Space for Boys (Oxford, Oxfordshire: Basil Blackwell, 1958) [hb/Denis L Mills]
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