Keith Brooke
Encyclopedia
Keith Brooke is a science fiction
author
, editor
, web publisher and anthologist from Essex
, England
. He is the founder and editor of the infinity plus webzine. He also writes children's fiction under the name Nick Gifford.
Brooke's first story was published in the British small press magazine Dream in 1989, but it was his first sale to Interzone
, the story 'Adenotropic Man', which first brought him notice. He continued to be published in Interzone throughout the 1990s. There was, however, a nine-year gap between his third novel, Expatria Incorporated, and his fourth, Lord of Stone (although the latter was originally published on-line in 1997). In 2001 and 2002, US-based Cosmos Books published Brooke's three novels from the early 1990s in their first US editions. 2006 saw publication of Genetopia, achieving publisher Pyr's first ever starred review in Publishers Weekly. His 2009 novel The Accord picked up a second starred PW review.
In August 1997, Brooke founded the Infinity Plus website, publishing original and reprinted science fiction book reviews and stories. He continued regular updates for the next ten years, all of which appeared for free. Brooke invited hundreds of SF authors to showcase their work, beginning with several well-known British authors but eventually including newer authors and many from other countries. Regular updates to the site ceased in August 2007, although the archive is still available.
In 2010, Brooke relaunched Infinity Plus as an ebook imprint, publishing SF, fantasy, horror and crime fiction by Eric Brown, Kaitlin Queen, Molly Brown, John Grant, Anna Tambour, Garry Kilworth and others, including Brooke himself.
Brooke also publishes teen fiction under the pen-name Nick Gifford, with four novels published by Puffin between 2003 and 2006.
he has edited the following anthologies:
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, editor
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, web publisher and anthologist from Essex
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
, England
England
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. He is the founder and editor of the infinity plus webzine. He also writes children's fiction under the name Nick Gifford.
Biography and publishing history
Keith Brooke studied environmental science at university, and took a year out after graduating to write a novel. That novel, Keepers of the Peace, was published by Gollancz in 1990. He remained a full-time writer for some eight years, but now works part-time for the University of Essex.Brooke's first story was published in the British small press magazine Dream in 1989, but it was his first sale to Interzone
Interzone
Interzone may refer to:* International zone, such as in Tangiers* Interzone , the title of a short story collection by William Burroughs; it is also a setting in his 1959 novel Naked Lunch...
, the story 'Adenotropic Man', which first brought him notice. He continued to be published in Interzone throughout the 1990s. There was, however, a nine-year gap between his third novel, Expatria Incorporated, and his fourth, Lord of Stone (although the latter was originally published on-line in 1997). In 2001 and 2002, US-based Cosmos Books published Brooke's three novels from the early 1990s in their first US editions. 2006 saw publication of Genetopia, achieving publisher Pyr's first ever starred review in Publishers Weekly. His 2009 novel The Accord picked up a second starred PW review.
In August 1997, Brooke founded the Infinity Plus website, publishing original and reprinted science fiction book reviews and stories. He continued regular updates for the next ten years, all of which appeared for free. Brooke invited hundreds of SF authors to showcase their work, beginning with several well-known British authors but eventually including newer authors and many from other countries. Regular updates to the site ceased in August 2007, although the archive is still available.
In 2010, Brooke relaunched Infinity Plus as an ebook imprint, publishing SF, fantasy, horror and crime fiction by Eric Brown, Kaitlin Queen, Molly Brown, John Grant, Anna Tambour, Garry Kilworth and others, including Brooke himself.
Brooke also publishes teen fiction under the pen-name Nick Gifford, with four novels published by Puffin between 2003 and 2006.
Novels
- Keepers of the Peace. London: GollanczVictor Gollancz LtdVictor Gollancz Ltd was a major British book publishing house of the twentieth century. It was founded in 1927 by Victor Gollancz and specialised in the publication of high quality literature, nonfiction and popular fiction, including science fiction. Upon Gollancz's death in 1967, ownership...
, 1990. ISBN 0-575-04907-3 - Expatria
- Expatria. London: Gollancz, 1991. ISBN 0-575-04921-9
- Expatria Incorporated. London: Gollancz, 1992. ISBN 0-575-04922-7
- Lord of Stone. Canton, OH: Cosmos Books, 2001. ISBN 1-58715-334-3
- Genetopia. Amherst, NY: Pyr, 2006. ISBN 1-59102-333-5
- The Accord. Nottingham: Solaris, 2009. ISBN 978-1844167104
- The Unlikely World of Faraway Frankie. Cambridge: Newcon Press, 2010. ISBN 978-1907069130
Collections
- Parallax View, with Eric BrownEric Brown (science fiction author)Eric Brown is a British science fiction author.- Biography :Eric Brown was born in Haworth, Yorkshire, in May 1960, and began writing in 1975. In the 1980s he travelled extensively throughout Greece and Asia...
. Mountain Ash, Wales: Sarob Press, 2000. ISBN 1-902309-12-X - Head Shots. Canton, OH: Cosmos Books, 2001 (paper). ISBN 1-58715-387-4
- Parallax View (revised edition with new content), with Eric BrownEric Brown (science fiction author)Eric Brown is a British science fiction author.- Biography :Eric Brown was born in Haworth, Yorkshire, in May 1960, and began writing in 1975. In the 1980s he travelled extensively throughout Greece and Asia...
. Stafford, England: Immanion Press, 2007. ISBN 1-904853-42-0 - Embrace: tales from the dark side. (infinity plus ebooks)
- Segue: into the strange. (infinity plus ebooks)
- Faking It: accounts of the General Genetics Corporation. (infinity plus ebooks)
- Liberty Spin: tales of scientifiction. (infinity plus ebooks)
- Memesis: modifiction and other strange changes. (infinity plus ebooks)
As editor
With Nick GeversNick Gevers
Nick Gevers is a South African science fiction editor and critic, whose work has appeared in The Washington Post Book World, Interzone, Scifi.com, SF Site, The New York Review of Science Fiction and Nova Express...
he has edited the following anthologies:
- Infinity Plus one. Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2001. ISBN 1-902880-23-4
- Infinity Plus two. Harrogate: PS Publishing, 2003. ISBN 1-902880-58-7
- Infinity Plus. Nottingham: Solaris BooksSolaris BooksSolaris Books is an imprint which focuses on publishing science fiction, fantasy and dark fantasy novels and anthologies. The range includes titles by both established and new authors...
, 2007. ISBN 978-1-84416-489-9
External links
- Official homepage
- Nick Gifford
- Infinity Plus Ebooks
- Infinity Plus, web showcase on hiatus as of 8-30-07
- The End, by Keith Brooke
- The story of infinity plus, from Interzone
- SFFWorld Interview