Lake, David (John)

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LAKE, David (John)

LAKE, David (John). Australian (born India), b. 1929. Genres: Science fiction/Fantasy, Poetry, Literary criticism and history. Career: Lecturer, Sr. Lecturer, and Reader in English, University of Queensland, 1967-94. Assistant Master, Sherrardswood School, Welwyn Garden City, Herts., 1953-58, and St. Albans Boys Grammer School, Herts., 1958-59; Lecturer, in English, Saigon University, 1959-61, for the Thai Government, Bankok, 1961-63, and at Chiswick Polytechnic, London, 1963-64; Reader in English, Jadavpur University, Calcutta, 1965-67. Publications: John Milton: Paradise Lost, 1967; Greek Tragedy, 1969; Hornpipes and Funerals (poetry), 1973; The Canon of Thomas Middleton's Plays: Internal Evidence for the Major Problems of Authorship, 1975. SCIENCE FICTION NOVELS: Walkers on the Sky, 1976, 1978; The Right Hand of Dextra, 1977; The Wildings of Dextra, 1977; The Gods of Xuma, or, Barsoom Revisited, 1978; The Fourth Hemisphere, 1980; The Man Who Loved Morlocks, 1981; The Ring of Truth, 1983; Warlords of Xuma, 1983. FANTASY NOVELS: The Changelings of Chaan, 1985; West of the Moon, 1988. Several short stories. EDITOR: H.G. Wells, The First Men in the Moon, 1995; The Invisible Man, 1996. Address: Dept. of English, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4067, Australia.

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