John Grant is a Scottish

Scotland

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 writer and editor of science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

, fantasy

Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...

, and non-fiction. Born as Paul le Page Barnett, Grant has sometimes written under his own name "Paul Barnett" or as "Eve Devereux". The author of some 70 books in all, he has published numerous original novels, as well as one novel in the Judge Dredd

Judge Dredd

Judge Joseph Dredd is a comics character whose strip in the British science fiction anthology 2000 AD is the magazine's longest running . Dredd is an American law enforcement officer in a violent city of the future where uniformed Judges combine the powers of police, judge, jury and executioner...

 series and 11 novels and a novella collection in the Legends of Lone Wolf

Lone Wolf (gamebooks)

Lone Wolf is a series of 28 gamebooks, created by Joe Dever and initially illustrated by Gary Chalk. The series began publishing in July 1984 and sold more than 10.2 million copies worldwide....

series; edited several anthologies, beginning with Aries 1 (1979) and most recently the major anthology New Writings in the Fantastic (2007); and has written or collaborated on dozens of non-fiction works, including several relating to fantasy

Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...

 and science fiction. His collaborators have included David Langford

David Langford

David Rowland Langford is a British author, editor and critic, largely active within the science fiction field. He publishes the science fiction fanzine and newsletter Ansible.-Personal background:...

 and, as illustrator, Bob Eggleton

Bob Eggleton

Bob Eggleton is a science fiction, fantasy, and horror artist. Eggleton has been honored with the Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist eight times, first winning in 1994. He also won the Hugo Award for Best Related Book in 2001 for his art book "Greetings From Earth"...

. With John Clute

John Clute

John Frederick Clute is a Canadian born author and critic who has lived in Britain since 1969. He has been described as "an integral part of science fiction's history."...

, he co-edited The Encyclopedia of Fantasy

The Encyclopedia of Fantasy

The Encyclopedia of Fantasy is a 1997 reference work on fantasy, edited by John Clute and John Grant. Other contributors include Mike Ashley, Neil Gaiman, Diana Wynne Jones, David Langford, Sam J. Lundwall, Michael Scott Rohan, Brian Stableford and Lisa Tuttle.The book was well-received upon...

(1997

1997 in literature

The year 1997 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*Tom Clancy signs a book deal with Pearson Custom Publishing and Penguin Putnam Inc. , giving him US$50 million for the world-English rights to two new books . A second agreement gives him another US$25 million for a...

) for which he also wrote all the cinema entries. At present, Barnett lives in New Jersey

New Jersey

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 with his wife, Pamela Scoville, a noted animation

Animation

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 art expert and co-founder with her late husband Michael of the Animation Art Guild.

Books

• "Aries I", 1979 as John Grant
• "Electric Children: Roots & Branches of Modern Folk-Rock," 1976, (translation & expansion) as Paul Barnett
• "Planet Earth: An Encyclopedia of Geology", 1977, as Paul Barnett (co-editor with A. Hallam & Peter Hutchinson)
• "Phaidon Concise Encyclopedia of Science & Technology", 1997, as Paul Barnett, edited by John-David Yule

(contributing editor)

• "The Book of Time", 1980, as John Grant (co-editor with Colin Wilson)
• A Directroy of Discarded Ideas, Ashgrove Press 1981
• "The Directory of Possibilities", 1981, as John Grant (co-editor with Colin Wilson)
• "A Book of Numbers", 1982, as John Grant
• Dreamers, Ashgrove Press 1983
• "The Truth About the Flaming Ghoulies", 1983, as John Grant
• "Sex Secrets of Ancient Atlantis", 1986, as John Grant
• Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters, Harper & Row 1987. ISBN 978-0060157777 (first edition)
• "Earthdoom!" 1987, as John Grant with David Langford
• "The Advanced Trivia Quiz Book", 1987 as John Grant
• "Great Mysteries", 1988, as John Grant
• "An Introduction to Viking Mythology", 1989, as John Grant
• "The Great Unsolved Mysteries of Science", 1989, as John Grant
• "Eclipse of the Kai", 1989, as John Grant
• "The Dark Door Opens", 1989, as John Grant
• "The Sword of the Sun", 1989, as John Grant
• "Hunting Wolf", 1990, as John Grant
• Albion, 1991, as John Grant
• Unexplained Mysteries of the World (1991)
• "The Claws of Helgedad", 1991, as John Grant
• "The Scarifice of Ruanon", 1991, as John Grant
• "Eclipse of the Kai", 1991, as John Grant
• "The World", 1992, as John Grant
• "Monsters", 1992, as John Grant, US title: Monster Mysteries
• "The Birthplace", 1992, as John Grant
• "The Book of the Magnakai", 1992, as John Grant
• "Legends of Lone Wolf Omnibus", 1992 as John Grant
• "The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction", 1993 (second edition), edited by John Clute and Peter Nicholls, John Grant technical editor
• "Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters" 1993 (second edition), as John Grant
• "The Tellings" 1993, as John Grant
• "The Lorestone of Varetta", 1993, as John Grant
• "History Book, A Thog the Mighty Text" (chapbook), 1994, as John Grant
• "The Secret of Kazan-Oud", 1994, as John Grant
• "The Rotting Land", 1994, as John Grant
• "The Hundredfold Problem
  The Hundredfold Problem
  The Hundredfold Problem is a science fiction novel written by John Grant. The original version, published by Virgin Books in 1994, was based on the long-running British science fiction comic strip Judge Dredd...
  
  ", 1994, as John Grant
• "Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde" 1995, as John Grant (children's retelling)
• "The Encyclopedia of Fantasy & Science Fiction Art Techniques" 1996, as John Grant with Ron Tiner
• Clute, John
  John Clute
  John Frederick Clute is a Canadian born author and critic who has lived in Britain since 1969. He has been described as "an integral part of science fiction's history."...
  
   and Grant, John. The Encyclopedia of Fantasy
  The Encyclopedia of Fantasy
  The Encyclopedia of Fantasy is a 1997 reference work on fantasy, edited by John Clute and John Grant. Other contributors include Mike Ashley, Neil Gaiman, Diana Wynne Jones, David Langford, Sam J. Lundwall, Michael Scott Rohan, Brian Stableford and Lisa Tuttle.The book was well-received upon...
  
  . New York: St Martin's Press, 1997. ISBN 0-312-15897-1.
• "Strider's Galaxy", [Legend] 1997, as Paul Barnett
• "Frankenstein", 1997, as John Grant (children's retelling)
• "Strider's Universe", [Orbit] 1998, as Paul Barnett
• "Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters" 1998 (third edition), as John Grant
• "Enchanted World: The Art of Anne Sudworth", 2000, as John Grant
• "Guts", 2001, as John Grant with David Langford
• "Masters of Animation", 2001, as John Grant
• "The World", 2001, as John Grant (re-issue)
• "Albion", 2001, as John Grant (re-issue)
• "The Paper Tiger Fantasy Art Gallery", 2002, as Paul Barnett
• "Perceptualistics: Art of Jael", 2002, as John Grant
• "Dargonhenge", 2002, as John Grant
• The Far Enough Window, 2002, as John Grant
• Qinmeartha and the Girl-Child LoChi", 2002, as John Grant
• The Chesley Awards For Science Fiction & Fantasy Art : A Retrospective, AAPPL 2003. ISBN 978-1904332107
• "The Hundredfold Problem
  The Hundredfold Problem
  The Hundredfold Problem is a science fiction novel written by John Grant. The original version, published by Virgin Books in 1994, was based on the long-running British science fiction comic strip Judge Dredd...
  
  , 2003, as John Grant (re-issue)
• "Earthdoom!" 2003, as John Grant with David Langford (re-issue)
• "Strange Pleasures 2", 2003, editors John Grant and Dave Hutchinson
• "L'Ultimo Dei Ramas" 2003, as John Grant, (Italian reprint of Legends of Lone Wolf Series Vol. One)
• Take No Prisoners', 2004, as John Grant'
• Digital Art For the 21st Century, 2004, as John Grant with Audre Vysniauskas
• "la Vendetta del Lupo", 2004, as John Grant, (Italian reprint Legends of Lone Wolf Series Vol. Two)
• "The StarDragons", 2005 as John Grant
• "Faeries & Other Fantastical Folk: The Faery Paintings of Maxine Gadd", 2005, as John Grant
• "il Libro Sacro dei Ramos" 2005, as John Grant, (Italian reprint of the Lone Wolf Series Vol. Three)
• "il Libro Sacro dei Ramos" 2005, as John Grant, (Italian reprint of the Lone Wolf Series Vol. Four)
• "Sci-Fi Movies", AAPPL 2006, as John Grant
• "Noir Movies", AAPPL 2006, as John Grant
• "Life-Size Dragons", 2006, as John Grant
• "Animated Movies", AAPPL 2006, as John Grant
• Discarded Science: Ideas That Seemed Good at the Time... , ff&f, 2006
• "Beer", AAPPL 2006, as Paul Barnett
• New Writings in the Fantastic, 2006, edited by John Grant
• Corrupted Science: Fraud, Ideology and Politics in Science, ff&f, 2007
• "The Dragons of Manhattan", 2008, as John Grant
• "Leaving Fortusa", 2008, as John Grant
• "The City In These Pages", 2008, as John Grant
• Bogus Science: Or Some People Believe In These Things, ff&f, 2009

External links

• addenda to the Encyclopedia of Fantasy
• JohnGrantPaulBarnett.com, official website
• Profile at Infinity Plus including updated entry from EoF
• Gulliver Unravels: Generic Fantasy and the Loss of Subversion - a feature by John Grant