M. J. Simpson

M.J. Simpson
M.J. Simpson
	Simpson in 2005
Born	Mike Simpson; United Kingdom
Occupation	Writer, journalist, editor, author, critic
Language	English
Genre	Nonfiction, biography, journalism

Mike Simpson, professionally known as MJ Simpson, is a British author,[1][2] journalist, scriptwriter and occasional actor. He was deputy editor of the British science fiction magazine SFX from 1995 to 1998.[3] He was for several years an expert on the television writer and novelist Douglas Adams and his work.

Simpson wrote two books about Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide and was involved in running ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha, the official Hitchhiker's Guide appreciation society. In 2005, on the release of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie, Simpson closed down his website Planet Magrathea and gave up writing about the subject.

He is now an authority on modern British horror films, a subject on which he has written one book so far as well as a regular column '21st Century Frights' in Scream magazine.

Simpson's website about 'Cult movies and the people who make them' has been running continually since January 2002, initially at www.mjsimpson.co.uk (now defunct) and, since 2013, on Blogger.

Bibliography

The Pocket Essential Hitchhiker's Guide
Hitchhiker: A Biography of Douglas Adams (2003)
Urban Terrors: New British Horror Cinema 1997-2008 (2012)

gollark: Relatedly, you are beelike and thislike.

gollark: This is a good idea, I should do this.

gollark: Do I need orbital *niceness* lasers now too?

gollark: As planned.

gollark: Gibson isn't an administrator.

References

Ferguson, Euan (16 March 2003). "Observer review: Hitchhiker by MJ Simpson". the Guardian.
TAYLOR, D. J. (2 March 2003). "Review: Hitchhiker, A Biography of Douglas Adams by M J Simpson". The Times.
Cohen, Dave (23 January 2019). "Rediscovered: The open spot still remembered 30 years on : Punching Up 2019". Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

External links

British Horror Revival blog by M. J. Simpson
M. J. Simpson on IMDb

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[1] Ferguson, Euan (16 March 2003). "Observer review: Hitchhiker by MJ Simpson". the Guardian.

[2] TAYLOR, D. J. (2 March 2003). "Review: Hitchhiker, A Biography of Douglas Adams by M J Simpson". The Times.

[3] Cohen, Dave (23 January 2019). "Rediscovered: The open spot still remembered 30 years on : Punching Up 2019". Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2 July 2020.