Simon Bucher-Jones
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Simon Bucher-Jones (born Simon Jones on 6 September 1964) is a British author and artist , best known for his Doctor Who novels for Virgin and the BBC and as a contributor to the Faction Paradox spin-off series.
He is known for a hard SF approach. He has written Cthulhu Mythos short stories, some of which can be viewed here http://www.templeofdagon.com/writers/simon-bucher-jones. He has also reviewed books for the Fortean Times. He maintains a blog at http://www.simonbjones.blogspot.com where he is, among other projects, gradually turning all the Star Wars films into Shakespearean plays. He also markets a range of Cthulhu Mythos artwork t-shirts and mugs. He is also contributing 'hidden cities' to the http://www.blindatlas.com site.
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[edit] Doctor Who and related novels for Virgin
- The Death of Art (Seventh Doctor, Roz, Chris Cwej)
- Ghost Devices (Bernice Summerfield)
[edit] Doctor Who novels for BBC
- The Taking of Planet 5 (Eighth Doctor, Fitz, Compassion; written with Mark Clapham)
- Grimm Reality (Eighth Doctor, Fitz, Anji; written with Kelly Hale)
- also: short story War Crimes in BBC short story collection Short Trips
[edit] Doctor Who work for Big Finish
- Short story The Thousand Years Of Christmas in the collection The History of Christmas (2005)
- Short story The Painting On The Stair in the Bernice Summerfield collection Collected Works (2006)
[edit] Faction Paradox
- The Book of the War (contributor) While the entries in The Book of The War are anonymous, it is known that Simon Bucher-Jones wrote more words in it than any other single contributor after the editor. The other contributors in order of wordage were: Daniel O'Mahony, Ian McIntire, Mags L. Halliday, Helen Faye, Phil Purser-Hallard, Kelly Hale, Jonathon Dennis, and Mark Clapham.
[edit] Cthulhu Mythos work
- (with James Ambeuhl) The Case of the Curiously Competent Conjuror in the collection Lin Carter's Anton Zarnak, Supernatural Sleuth.
- Some Thoughts On The Problem Of Order in the collection Hardboiled Cthulhu.
- A 2007 Cthulhu Mythos Calendar containing Simon Bucher-Jones's art is available online at http://www.lulu.com/content/391355
[edit] Charity and/or fan publications
- In the "Days of the 'Days of the Days of Our Lives'"' in 'Missing Pieces
- Tempus Fugit written with James Ambeuhl in Missing Pieces
- The Big Cat in The Cat Who Walked Through Time
- At the Beach in Lifedeath
- The Pulp Of The Black Lotus in Walking In Eternity
- At the Academy in Drabble Who (page 14)
