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John Collier

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born

May 03, 1901 in London, The United Kingdom

died

April 06, 1980

gender

male

genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy

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John Collier was a British-born author and screenplay writer best known for his short stories, many of which appeared in The New Yorker from the 1930s to the 1950s. They were collected in a 1951 volume, Fancies and Goodnights, which is still in print. Individual stories are frequently anthologized in fantasy collections. John Collier's writing has been praised by authors such as Anthony Burgess, Ray Bradbury, Neil Gaiman and Paul Theroux. He was married to early silent film actress Shirley Palmer.

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Average rating: 3.95 · 2,545 ratings · 282 reviews · 130 distinct works

	Fancies and Goodnights (New York Review Books) by John Collier, Ray Bradbury 4.17 avg rating — 253 ratings — published 1951 — 8 editions	My rating:
	His Monkey Wife by John Collier, Eva Brann 3.69 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1957 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Visual Anthropology: Photography as a Research Method by John Collier, Malcolm Collier, Edward T. Hall 3.64 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1986	My rating:
	The Best of John Collier 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1975	My rating:
	The John Collier Reader 4.62 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1972 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Milton's Paradise lost; screenplay for cinema of the mind 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Presenting Moonshine 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1941	My rating:
	No Traveller Returns 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1931	My rating:
	On the Gleaming Way: Navajos, Eastern Pueblos, Zunis, Hopis, Apaches and Their Land, and Their M 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1962	My rating:
	A Manual of Oil Painting by John Collier, Harold Collier 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2006 — 5 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by John Collier

“I nipped into this sanctuary late this afternoon and soon heard the dying footfalls of closing time. From now on, my only effort will be to dodge the night watchman. Poets can dodge.”
― John Collier

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“Poets can dodge. ("Evening Primrose")”
― John Collier, Fancies and Goodnights

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