Reid, Desmond
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author, House name.
A House Name used by at least thirty authors for Sexton Blake Library tales, one of which – The World-Shakers! (1960 chap) by Rex Dolphin (see Peter Saxon) – was a UFO tale. Another – Caribbean Crisis (1962 chap) by James Cawthorn and Michael Moorcock – was Moorcock's first novel. Other authors of genre interest who used the name include Sydney J Bounds, Jonathan Burke, Stephen Frances, A A Glynn, John Lymington and Wilfred McNeilly. [JC]
"Desmond Reid"
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Sexton Blake Library
- The World-Shakers! (London: Fleetway Publications/Sexton Blake Library, 1960) by Rex Dolphin (see Peter Saxon) [chap: tie to the Shared World franchise: Sexton Blake Library: pb/]
- Caribbean Crisis (London: Fleetway Publications/Sexton Blake Library, 1962) by James Cawthorn and Michael Moorcock [chap: tie to the Shared World franchise: Sexton Blake Library: pb/]
- Anger at World's End (London: Fleetway Publications/Sexton Blake Library, 1963) by John Lymington [chap: tie to the Shared World franchise: Sexton Blake Library: pb/]
- Let My People Be (London: Mayflower-Dell, 1965) by Wilfrid McNeilly [tie to the Shared World franchise: Sexton Blake Library: pb/]
- The Slave Brain (London: Mayflower-Dell, 1967) [tie to the Shared World franchise: Peter Saxon given on title page: Desmond Reid given as author on cover: book is by Ross Richards: Sexton Blake Library: pb/]
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