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Simon Maginn

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http://www.goodreads.com/simonmaginn

born

November 06, 1961 in Wallasey, The United Kingdom

gender

male

website

http://www.simonmaginn.com

genre

psychological thrillers, Humor

influences

Steven King, Richard Ford, Mervyn Peake, Evelyn Waugh, Dorothy Parker

member since

January 2010

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I am a novelist living and working in Brighton, UK, in a haunted palace by the sea. I write horror/psychological thrillers as Simon Maginn: Sheep (filmed as The Dark), Virgins and Martyrs, A Sickness of the Soul, Methods of Confinement, Rattus (novella). By night, I become Simon Nolan, who writes satirical, drug-fuelled comedies: As Good as it Gets, The Vending Machine of Justice, Whitehawk. I play the piano incessantly, and I paint in an uncontrolled and, frankly, disgusting way. I'd love it if you visited my website, www.simonmaginn.com, but please don't feel you have to. I know you're busy.

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Gormenghast

If someone held a gun to my head and said, ‘Tell me your favourite book, ever, now!’ (which, so far, happily, no one has, nor is it easy to imagine why they might, but still, best to be prepared, eh?), I would, without any thought or deliberation, say Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake. A trilogy, the three novels appeared over a thirteen year period, from 1946 - 1959, and were immediately hailed as a... read more »

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Books by Simon Maginn

Average rating: 3.63 · 52 ratings · 8 reviews · 5 distinct works

	Virgins and Martyrs 3.50 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Sheep 3.61 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1996 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Sickness Of The Soul 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings	My rating:
	Methods of Confinement 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1996	My rating:
	Feral Companions by Simon Maginn (Goodreads Author), Gary Fry 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:

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Simon Maginn gave to: Them: Adventures with Extremists by Jon Ronson	My rating:
Jon Ronson has the most lovely written style. He is one of just a handful of writers I am aware of who knows how to be sly. He achieves his considerable results by underplaying, understating, and refusing always the easy option of mockery or condemna...more
Jan 25, 2010 06:08pm · see review
Simon Maginn gave to: River Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life by Richard Dawkins (Goodreads Author) read in January, 2010	My rating:
Magisterial. In person, Richard Dawkins can seem defensive, arrogant: chippy. Hardly surprising, considering that he is a dignified and serious scientist who has had to spend years combating preposterous and impudent attacks. But his books are meticu...more
Jan 23, 2010 07:35pm · see review
Simon Maginn gave to: The Face That Must Die by Ramsey Campbell	My rating:
This is tremendous writing, muscular, brutal, rich and often beautiful. If the horror genre never existed, we would have to invent it just so we could have Ramsey Campbell. Don't worry if you're not a horror fan, there is nothing here to put you off,...more
Jan 22, 2010 09:02pm · see review
Simon Maginn gave to: Holy Bible: King James Version by Anonymous read in January, 2010	My rating:
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Jan 21, 2010 10:19am · see review
Simon Maginn said "yes" to attending the event: World Horror Convention date: March 25, 2010 08:16PM location: Brighton, UK, Royal Albion Hotel, Brighton, UK, The United Kingdom description: Launch of Rattus (novella)
Jan 20, 2010 07:20pm