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Thurlow, David

(1932-2021) UK journalist for various local papers, the Daily Express (for 26 years) and The Times; author of several thrillers and true crime books. His sf novel for Robert Hale Limited is The Sleepers (1980), set in a Near Future Dystopian Britain under control of the extreme Left; the only opposition remaining – which proves successful – is the eponymous underground society. [JC]

David Thurlow

born Wisbech, Cambridgeshire: February 1932

died Chichester, West Sussex: January 2021

works (highly selected)

• The Sleepers (London: Robert Hale Limited, 1980) [hb/]

links

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction edited by John Clute, David Langford, Peter Nicholls and Graham Sleight.
Accessed 00:07 am on 20 April 2024.
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