Most Popular Books by John Light

John Light is a scientist, painter, novelist, and poet. In this first substantial collection of his verse all these interests find expression. Some of the poems deal with immense themes but the writing itself is always clear and direct, never obscure. He tries simply to communicate truth as he perceives it. With an appreciation by John Francis Haines.

Beneath the orange skies and blue sun of Lavandrel an unadventurous people have farmed the red landscape for millennia. Into this placid world an alien presence brings a grey blight threatening destruction of all its life forms. Lured towards the source of the pollution by visions and troubled by ominous dreams, Prince Alorn faces desolation and death through a perilous quest to save his planet. In a craft from the remote past he searches for his beloved Annalor, abducted by the intruder, far beyond his native world, beyond even the known Universe. Swept into the depths of a black hole, gateway to another Cosmos of mysterious phenomena, Alorn finds the meaning of his dreams revealed in a final bitter struggle.

On a humidly hot day, Joshua and Pip are geared up and ready for a great day of fishing. On the way to Ogeechee Lake, they see a sign that challenges them to catch Calvin the Catfish. Pip is ready and willing to accept the challenge. However, Pip and Joshua soon find out that catching any fish, let alone the great CALVIN THE CATFISH, takes lots of patience and a little luck.

''Light''s List'' contains names, addresses, price, page count, frequency and a brief note of interests of over 1500 UK, US, Canadian, Australian, European, African and Asian small press magazines publishing creative writing and artwork in English.

Three children go about "gardening" in their own unique ways.

A driver education teacher shares stories from his career experiences.

Poems and drawings born of ancient stones. Both Steve Sneyd and John Light write about the future. They gave a joint poetry reading at the Newham Science Fiction Festival and more recently read at the Newcastle book launch of Iron Press''s anthology "Star Trek - The Poems". This is their first published collaboration and grew out of the interest they also share in those cultures of the past that have left only stone remains and myths.

Brigg lives in a small, grey room in a large, grey city. When he finds a book in the library labelled ''Do Not Read'', he cannot resist borrowing it. In it, he comes upon pictures of bright, vibrant objects called flowers. A deceptively simple and haunting story, beautifully and mysteriously illustrated, set in a bleak future metropolis.

Neighbours are a nuisance - said the people who lived next door to Katherine, Mark and Roger.

In THE ENIGMAS OF HUGO LACKLAN, Alexander Dunkley relates some of the puzzling anecdotes of his social anthropologist friend. Though quite unacademic, these questions, and others, intrigue Hugo. In THE VANISHING PUNK, how did the punk thief vanish after his crimes? And we can only wonder what the reason was for the odd behaviour of the FIVE ELDERLY GENTLEMEN. Then, in THE EXPENSIVE DAUB, why were hideous daubs selling for such high prices from a London gallery?