Brian Lumley

Brian Lumley was a British novelist and writer (1937–2024). He was born at County Durham.

Brian Lumley in brief

Born
1937
Died
2024
Known for
novelist and writer
Place of birth
County Durham
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Recognition and collections

Brian Lumley received World Horror Convention Grand Master Award, British Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction and Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement.

Catalogued works

75 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1988 to 1994.

Chthonian. Titus Crow. Yad-Thaddag. Cthylla. Necroscope. Necroscope II: Wamphyri. Necroscope III: The Source. A Coven of Vampires. Beneath the Moors. Blood Brothers. Dark Things. E-Branch Trilogy. Necroscope V: Deadspawn. Psychomech. The Caller of the Black. The Horror at Oakdeene and Others. The Last Aerie. Necroscope IV: Deadspeak. The Horror at Oakdeene. Lord of the Worms. Rising with Surtsey. Dagon's Bell. The Compleat Crow. An Item of Supporting Evidence. The Big 'C'. The Sister City. The Night Sea-Maid Went Down. Name and Number. The Burrowers Beneath. Dylath-Leen. In the Vaults Beneath. The Taint. The Cyprus Shell. The Transition of Titus Crow. Spawn of the Winds. The Clock of Dreams. Cement Surroundings. Khai of Ancient Khem. In the Moons of Borea. The House of Doors. Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos. Tales of the Lovecraft Mythos. Return of the Deep Ones and Other Mythos Tales. Dagon's Bell and Other Discords. Brian Lumley Companion. The Vampire Archives. 25th Anniversay Edition BEST NEW HORROR #1 [Trade Paperback] Edited by Stephen Jones & Ramsey Campbell. New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, dated 1988. Masters of Darkness III. Necroscope III. Vamphyri! Deadspeak. Fearie Tales [signed traycased edition]. Brian Lumley's the Best of the Rest. Shadows over Innsmouth, dated 1994. Short Tall Tales. Psychamok. Transition of Titus Crow. Necroscope V? Second Visit. Necroscope Iii? Ship of Dreams. Elysia. Vampire World 3? Vampire World 2. Mad Moon of Dreams. Necroscope? Necroscope Ii? Psychosphere. Necroscope the Lost Years 2. House of Doors. Invaders. Beneath the Waves - Tales from the Deep. El que habla con los muertos. The Museum time-machine : putting cultures on display / edited by Robert Lumley., dated 1988, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Lumley, John, Baron Lumley (1534?–1609), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018. Lumley, George, fourth Baron Lumley (d 1508), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2017. Lumley, John, fifth (or sixth) Baron Lumley (1493–1544), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018. Thompson, John Keith Lumley, (31 March 1923–20 Dec. 2010), President, Lumley Associates, since 1983, Who Was Who, 2007. Lumley [née Fitzalan], Jane, Lady Lumley (1537–1578), translator, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004.

Digitised editions and texts

5 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Hero of Dreams — Internet Archive. ELYSIA The coming of CTHULU (1989) — Internet Archive. Les Lunes de Boree (1980) — Internet Archive. Collected Fiction Of Brian Lumley. — Internet Archive. Dreamland 2 (2003) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 17 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is science fiction literature, horror literature and creative and professional writing. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are science fiction.

Works named in the authority record are Cthylla.

Distinctions recorded are World Horror Convention Grand Master Award, British Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction and Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement.

Chronology

  1. 1937Brian Lumley born at County Durham.
  2. 1980Les Lunes de Boree digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1989ELYSIA The coming of CTHULU digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 2003Dreamland 2 digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 2024Brian Lumley died.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    “Brian Lumley”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q912602: Brian Lumley

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