John Boland (author)

For other people named John Boland, see John Boland (disambiguation).

Bertram John Boland (12 February 1913 – 9 November 1976) was a British novelist and science fiction author.

Boland was born in Birmingham, but later lived in East Sussex, on the edge of Ashdown Forest with his wife, Philippa.[1]
His most well known book was The League of Gentlemen (1958) which was released as a film. However, characters' names and the ending were changed.[2] He wrote two sequels:

They continued with the characterisations developed in the film.

His first novel "White August" (1955) was a science fiction weather control disaster story. His second, "No Refuge" (1956) begins as a bank robbery crime story but them changes into science fiction, depicting a futuristic lost world.[3] In this world children get much of their education from computers and adults walk around with a small device on their chest, listing to music through earpieces.[4]

As well as novels, he published short stories in science fiction magazines, including Galaxy Science Fiction and New Worlds.[3]

Boland was closely involved with Swanwick writers' summer school becoming its chairman in 1958 [5]

Bibliography[1]

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Nonfiction

Notes

  1. 1 2 Biography and bibliography taken from the dust jacket of The Gentlemen at Large. Published by Forest House Books.
  2. ↑ The book ends with the main character shooting himself. In the film, he gives himself up to the police.
  3. 1 2 SF Encyclopedia John Boland
  4. ↑ John Boland (1956) "No Refuge" (Michael Joseph, London) pages 107 and 66 respectively
  5. ↑ Martin, Nancy (1983). Venture of Faith - A History of Swanwick. Worthing: H.E. Walter Ltd. ISBN 0 85479 066 7.

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