Julian Jay Savarin
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Julian Jay Savarin is a British
musician, songwriter, poet and science fiction author.
, Savarin moved to Great Britain with his family in 1962. He recorded a solo album, Waiters On The Dance (1971) and was the leader and main songwriter in A Time Before This (1970, but some sources claim 1969, 1971 and 1973), which was the only album recorded by his group, Julian's Treatment. As a writer, he is best known for his science fiction trilogy Lemmus: A Time Odyssey. The first work in the series, Waiters on the Dance (1972), tells of the Galactic organization and Dominions, which existed long before earth's historic times. There are three primary , sometimes interwoven threads to the story, played against the backdrop of the mighty but allegedly benevolent G.O.D. One is of the incredibly brilliant and ESP adept Alda, a woman of Serius who wants to rule the galaxy through behind-the-scenes efforts; the second is about her distant, evil relatives, the Kizeesh male line, eventual rulers of Hulio from the neighboring Cetus system, who also want to rule the galaxy after breaking with G.O.D. The third thread is played out from a skein about an experiment by G.O.D. to send an amalgam of humans from around the galaxy to the planet Terra under the leadership of Jael Adaamm. The pioneers are screened off from the rest of humanity. Terra subverts the humans, causing them to inexorably sink into meanness and war. This is caused by a vermoid growth (apparently the appendix) that appears in increasing numbers in infants not born on Atlantis, the heart-land of the human pioneers on Terra. Meanness turns to ugliness and that to murder and war, until all the rest of Terra wages war on Atlantis, eventually destroying it. But Atlantis has two tricks up her sleeve, even in death...
Savarin wrote a series of action thrillers featuring the exploits of Gordon Gallagher and David Pross, who had been pilot and navigator of a Phantom with the British RAF. Gordon subsequently became a secret agent, and Pross an accomplished pilot of helicopter gunships. Gallagher is an excellent lead character in the James Bond mold, whilst Pross is more grounded with a family life and business interests. Pross has an unusual relationship with a young agent that is almost brother/sister, and has a dual persona in the books - as an individual he is mild mannered and fairly timid. Piloting a gunship he is an amazing and ruthless pilot.
Water Hole, London, Allison & Busby, 1982. 267p. ISBN 0-85031-458-5
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musician, songwriter, poet and science fiction author.
Biography
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, Savarin moved to Great Britain with his family in 1962. He recorded a solo album, Waiters On The Dance (1971) and was the leader and main songwriter in A Time Before This (1970, but some sources claim 1969, 1971 and 1973), which was the only album recorded by his group, Julian's Treatment. As a writer, he is best known for his science fiction trilogy Lemmus: A Time Odyssey. The first work in the series, Waiters on the Dance (1972), tells of the Galactic organization and Dominions, which existed long before earth's historic times. There are three primary , sometimes interwoven threads to the story, played against the backdrop of the mighty but allegedly benevolent G.O.D. One is of the incredibly brilliant and ESP adept Alda, a woman of Serius who wants to rule the galaxy through behind-the-scenes efforts; the second is about her distant, evil relatives, the Kizeesh male line, eventual rulers of Hulio from the neighboring Cetus system, who also want to rule the galaxy after breaking with G.O.D. The third thread is played out from a skein about an experiment by G.O.D. to send an amalgam of humans from around the galaxy to the planet Terra under the leadership of Jael Adaamm. The pioneers are screened off from the rest of humanity. Terra subverts the humans, causing them to inexorably sink into meanness and war. This is caused by a vermoid growth (apparently the appendix) that appears in increasing numbers in infants not born on Atlantis, the heart-land of the human pioneers on Terra. Meanness turns to ugliness and that to murder and war, until all the rest of Terra wages war on Atlantis, eventually destroying it. But Atlantis has two tricks up her sleeve, even in death...
Savarin wrote a series of action thrillers featuring the exploits of Gordon Gallagher and David Pross, who had been pilot and navigator of a Phantom with the British RAF. Gordon subsequently became a secret agent, and Pross an accomplished pilot of helicopter gunships. Gallagher is an excellent lead character in the James Bond mold, whilst Pross is more grounded with a family life and business interests. Pross has an unusual relationship with a young agent that is almost brother/sister, and has a dual persona in the books - as an individual he is mild mannered and fairly timid. Piloting a gunship he is an amazing and ruthless pilot.
Lemmus: A Time Odyssey
- Waiters on the Dance, London, Arlington Books, 1972. x, 221 p. ISBN 0-85140-199-6
- Reprint: New York, St. Martin's Press, 1978. 252p. ISBN 0-312-85416-1 $8.95
- Beyond the Outer Mirr, New York, St. Martin's Press, 1980. 252 p. ISBN 0-312-07781-5 $8.95
- The Archives of Haven, London, Corgi Books, 1977.
- Reprint: New York, St. Martin's Press, 1980. 205 p. ISBN 0-312-04816-5 $8.95
Gordon Gallagher
- Wolfrun (also published as Wolf Run), London, Allison & Busby, 1984. 288 p. ISBN 0-85031-547-6
Water Hole, London, Allison & Busby, 1982. 267p. ISBN 0-85031-458-5
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- Reprint: New York, St. Martin's Press, c1982. 267 p. ISBN 0-312-85768-3 $13.95
- Naja (1987)
- Reprint: New York, St. Martin's Press, 1990, c1986. 252 p. ISBN 0-312-03969-7 $16.95
- The Queensland File, New York, HarperPaperbacks, 1994. 420p. ISBN 0-06-100683-1
- Reprint: New York, Walker and Co., 1991. 285 p. ISBN 0-8027-1148-0 $19.95
- Reprint: New York, HarperPaperbacks, 1992. 448p. ISBN 0-06-100474-X
David Pross (Helicopter Gunship Pilot)
- Lynx, New York, Walker, 1986, c1984. 235 p. ISBN 0-8027-0890-0
- Whindshear (1985)
- Gunship, New York, St. Martin's Press, 1988, c1985. 296 p. ISBN 0-312-01439-2 $17.95
- Hammerhead, London, Secker & Warburg, 1987. 278p. ISBN 0-436-44159-4
- Reprint: New York, St. Martin's Press, c1987. 278 p. ISBN 0-312-01770-7 $16.95
- Reprint: New York, Kensington, 1990, 350 p. ISBN 0-8217-2899-7
- Reprint: Ulverscroft, 1990. 587p. (large print). ISBN 0-7089-2228-7
Muller and Pappenheim
- A Cold Rain in Berlin (2002)
- Romeo Summer (2003)
- Winter and the General (2003)
- A Hot Day in May (2004)
- Hunters Rain (2004)
- Summer of the Eagle (2005)
- Seasons of Change (2005)
- The Other Side of Eden (2006)
- Sunset and the Major (2006)
Standalone novels
- Arena (1979)
- Red Gunship, New York, Kensington Pub., 1989. 334 p. ISBN 0-8217-2733-8
- Trophy, New York, HarperCollins, 1990. 470p. ISBN 0-06-100104-X
- Target Down!, New York, HarperPaperbacks, 1991. 357p. ISBN 0-06-100169-4
- Villiger, New York, St. Martin's Press, 1991. 315 p. ISBN 0-312-05532-3 $18.95
- Wind Shear, New York, HarperCollins Publishers, 1992. 340p. ISBN 0-06-100432-4
- Pale Flyer, New York, HarperPaperbacks, 1994. 344 p. ISBN 0-06-100676-9
Source
- The Tapestry of Delights - The Comprehensive Guide to British Music of the Beat, R&B, Psychedelic and Progressive Eras 1963-1976, Vernon Joynson, ISBN 1-899855-04-1 Excerpted online