| 词条 | Guy N. Smith |
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| image = | imagesize = 150px | name = Guy Newman Smith | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_date = 21 November 1939[1] | birth_place = Hopwas, Staffordshire | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = writer | nationality = English | period = | genre = Horror fiction, Fantasy, Children's literature, Non-fiction | subject = | movement = | influences = | influenced = | signature = | website = {{URL|guynsmith.com}} }} Guy Newman Smith (born 21 November, 1939, Hopwas, Staffordshire) is an English writer best known for his pulp fiction-style horror fiction, though he has also written non-fiction, softcore pornography, and children's literature. BiographySmith's father was a bank manager, his mother a pre-war historical novelist (E. M. Weale). His mother always encouraged his writing and he was first published at the age of 12 in The Tettenhall Observer, a local newspaper. Shooting (hunting) has always been an interest of Smith's, and he would have liked an apprenticeship in the gun trade. Not acceptable to his father, Smith's first job was in banking. In 1961 he designed and made a 12-bore shotgun, and during 1960-67 operated a small shotgun cartridge loading business.[1] In the late 1960s and into the early 1970s Smith's writing focused mainly on shooting and he wrote regularly for many sporting magazines of the day. In 1972 he launched a second hand bookselling business that would eventually become Black Hill Books. Smith's intention had been to concentrate on this business and hopefully leave banking. It would ultimately be his writing that would do this.[1] Smith wrote his first horror book, Werewolf by Moonlight, in 1974. It spawned two direct sequels. However, he states it was Night of the Crabs published in 1976 that really launched him as a writer.[1] Spawning six sequels, the latest of which was published in 2012, the series chronicles invasions by giant man-eating crabs of various areas of British coastline. Smith claims that the 1981 film Island Claws, which told a similar story about giant crabs on the coast of Florida, was an adaptation of his work though neither Smith nor his novel were credited on the film.[2] To date, Smith has had over a thousand short stories and magazine articles published. He has written a series of children's books under the pseudonym Jonathon Guy, two thrillers under the name Gavin Newman, and a dozen non-fiction books on various countryside matters. However, he is best known for his 70 or so horror books.{{citation needed|date=September 2012}} The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural considers Smith's horror novels "endearing, imbued with lively storytelling and the tacky brilliance of the horror and science fiction cinema of the 1950s".[3] On the other hand, the horror critic R.S. Hadji included Smith's novel The Sucking Pit on his list of the worst horror novels ever written.[4] Smith's most recent book Carnage was published in September 2016.[5] The pulpish nature of Smith's concepts and writing have been spoofed by the award winning comedian and writer Matthew Holness in his Garth Marenghi persona.[6] A lifelong pipe smoker, he won the British pipe smoking championship in 2003.[7] He collects pipes and smoking ephemera and has also written a book on tobacco, Tobacco Culture: A DIY Guide.[8] He is also an active pro-smoking campaigner. He is married to Jean and they have four adult children, Rowan, Tara, Gavin and Angus. Selected bibliography{{div col|colwidth=22em}}Werewolf series
Crab series
Crab short stories
Truckers series
Sabat series
Thirst series
Deathbell series
Pit series
Writing as Jonathan Guy
Writing as Gavin Newman
Disney booksNovelizations of Disney films. Paperback novels all originally published by New English Library in 1975 and reprinted by Pyramid Books in 1976 both with black and white drawings throughout.
Softcore pornography books
Other Novels
Non-Fiction
Short story collections
"Crustacean Vengeance" (a Crabs story) "The Brain Crawlers" "The Last Boot" "Hellfire" (a Sabat story) "Come Back, My Darling" "Hounds From Hades" "The Ghouls" "The Baby" "The Shooting on the Moss" "Wheels of Evil" "Curse of the White Rhinoceros" "The Hoax" "Hangman's Hotel And Other Stories"
"The Suitcase" "The Island of Sweet Music" "The Doll" "The Act of God" "The Last Supper" "Bullseye" "The Crabs" "Triple Death" "The Writing on the Wall" "The League of the Twisted Serpent" "The Piper Calls the Tune" "Until Death" "Dawn Rendezvous" "The Poacher" "The Scapegoat"
"Skywatch" "Converging Forces" "The Influencer" "Phoenix" "The Grim Reaper" (a Black Fedora story) "President Seven" "Red Alert" "Alone" "Chapters of Destiny" "The Book of Lies"
"The Crabs" (a Crabs story) "The Ginger Bear" "The Grim Reaper" (a Black Fedora story) "The Vampire Village" (a Sabat story) "Hollow Eyes" "Come On In and Join Us" "The Executioner" "Until Death" "Return to Innsmouth" "Ratmania" "The Waiting Game" "Pocklington's Walk" Chapbooks
References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite web |url=http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/317159.Guy_N_Smith|title=Guy N. Smith |accessdate=2017-04-20}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://monsterlibrarian.com/interviews.htm|title=Interview with Guy N. Smith with the Monster Librarian}} 3. ^{{cite book |last=Sullivan (ed) |first=Jack |title= The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural|year=1986 |publisher=Viking |isbn= 0-670-80902-0}} 4. ^R.S. Hadji, "13 Worst Stinkers of the Weird", in Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, May–June 1983. TZ Publications, Inc. (pp. 86-87). 5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.guynsmith.com/2016/09/carnage/|title=Guy N. Smith Carnage|accessdate=2017-06-09}} 6. ^{{cite web| title =Crab!| work =garthmarenghi.com| url =http://www.garthmarenghi.com/books/crab.htm| accessdate=2008-10-01}} 7. ^{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2973852.stm |title=Guy smokes rings round rivals |date=2003-06-08 |accessdate=2008-08-12 |publisher=BBC News}} 8. ^{{cite book|author=Smith, Guy N.|title=Tobacco culture: a D. I. Y. guide|publisher=Spur Publications|location=Hindhead, Eng|year=1977|pages=|isbn=0-904558-28-2|oclc=|doi=|accessdate=}} 9. ^{{cite book |author=Smith, Guy M. |title=Night of the crabs |publisher=New English Library |location=Sevenoaks, Kent |year=1976 |pages= |isbn=0-450-02942-5 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}} 10. ^{{cite book |author=Smith, Guy N. |title=Mystery and horror shorts: 1st. Collection |publisher=Bulldog books |location=Knighton, Powys |year=1999 |pages= |isbn=0-9532701-2-2 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}} 11. ^{{cite book |author=Smith, Guy N. |title=Fifty tales from the Fifties |publisher=Bulldog |location=Knighton |year=1999 |pages= |isbn=0-9532701-4-9 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}} 12. ^{{cite book |author=Smith, Guy N. |title=Science fiction & horror shorts |publisher=Bulldog books |location=Knighton, Powys |year=2000 |pages= |isbn=0-9532701-5-7 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}} 13. ^{{cite book |author=Smith, Guy N. |title=Horror Shorts: 2nd Collection |publisher=Black Hill Books |location= |year=2001 |pages= |isbn=0-9532701-7-3 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}} External links
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