# Vincent King

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'''Rex Thomas Vinson''' (22 October 1935 – May 2000<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sfe3.org/addenda/sfec_i2l.html|title = SF Encyclopedia Updates, I to L}}</ref>) was an English [science fiction](/source/science_fiction) author active in writing in the late 1960s and early 1970s, who wrote under the [pen name](/source/pen_name) of '''Vincent King'''.

==Writing career==
King's novels were published by [Gollancz](/source/Victor_Gollancz_Ltd), [Tandem](/source/Universal-Tandem_Publishing_Co_Ltd), [Sphere Books](/source/Sphere_Books) and [Futura Publications](/source/Futura_Publications) in England, and [Ballantine Books](/source/Ballantine_Books) in the United States. His short fiction was published in [John Carnell](/source/John_Carnell)'s ''[New Writings in SF](/source/New_Writings_in_SF)'' series. Some of his work has been translated into French, Spanish and German.

His most successful book was his novel ''Candy Man'' (1971), which went through a number of editions in the United Kingdom, the United States, and other countries, and was a selection of the UK [Science Fiction Book Club](/source/Science_Fiction_Book_Club) in 1972.

[John Clute](/source/John_Clute), writing in ''[The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction](/source/The_Encyclopedia_of_Science_Fiction)'', said that his later novels "tend to combine elements of epic and grotesque sf adventure with a characteristically English darkness of emotional colouring ... and a tendency towards downbeat conclusions."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/Entry/king_vincent|title = Authors : King, Vincent : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
===Novels===
*''Light a Last Candle'' (1969)
*''Candy Man'' (1971)
*''Another End'' (1971)
*''Time Snake and Superclown'' (1976)

===Short stories===
*"Defense Mechanism" (1966)
*"The Wall to End the World" (1967)
*"Testament" (1968)
*"The Eternity Game" (1969)
*"Report from Linelos" (1969)
*"The Discontent Contingency" (1971)

==References==
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*{{cite book | last=Clute | first=John |author2=Peter Nichols  | title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction | url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofsc00ies1 | url-access=registration | location=New York | publisher=St. Martin's Press | page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofsc00ies1/page/667 667] | year=1993| isbn=9780312096182 }}
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