BARRETT, Geoffrey John

(1928-)

   UK writer who has also published thrillers as Cole Rickard and Westerns as Bill Wade; his sf novels, written for ROBERT HALE LIMITED under his own name and as Edward Leighton, Dennis Summers and James Wallace, are consistently routine. Works: As GJB: The Brain of Graphicon (1973); The Lost Fleet of Astranides (1974); The Tomorrow Stairs (1974); Overself (1975); The Paradise Zone (1975); City of the First Time (1975); Slaver from the Stars (1975); The Bodysnatchers of Lethe (1976); The Night of the Deathship (1976); Timeship to Thebes (1976); The Hall of the Evolvulus (1977); The Other Side of Red (1977); Robotria (1977); Earth Watch (1978).As Edward Leighton: Out of Earth's Deep (1976); A Light from Tomorrow (1977); Lord of the Lightning (1977).As Dennis Summers: A Madness from Mars (1976); Stalker of the Worlds (1976); The Robot in the Glass (1977); The Master of Ghosts (1977).As James Wallace: A Man from Tomorrow (1976); Plague of the Golden Rat (1976); The Guardian of Krandor (1977).