(1949- ) UK fan, civil servant (he received an OBE in 2006 for his work on disability rights) and writer. His Fanzines Fouler (six issues 1970-1972, numbered 2 to 7), with Greg Pickersgill, and the witty solo True Rat (ten issues 1973-1978) were central to 1970s London Ratfandom. Kettle's professional sf debut was "The Great Plan" (in New Writings in SF 28, anth 1976, ed Kenneth Bulmer); for discussion of his later pseudonymous collaborations with John Brosnan, both writing as Harry Adam Knight and as Simon Ian Childer, see the entry for his collaborator. [JC/DRL]
Leroy Richard Arthur Kettle
born 1949
died
works
- Slimer
(London: Star, 1983) with John Brosnan as by Harry Adam Knight [pb/] - The Fungus (London: W H Allen, 1985) with John Brosnan as by Harry Adam Knight [pb/]
- Death Spore (New York: Zebra/Pinnacle, 1990) with John Brosnan as by Harry Adam Knight [vt of the above: pb/]
- Tendrils (London: Grafton, 1986) with John Brosnan as by Simon Ian Childer [pb/]
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