Martin Millar Explained

Martin Millar
Pseudonym:	Martin Scott
Occupation:	Novelist
Nationality:	British
Period:	1980s-Present
Genre:	Pulp noir, Fantasy
Awards:	World Fantasy Award, 2000

Martin Millar is a Scottish writer from Glasgow who is now resident in London. Under the pseudonym Martin Scott he has authored the Thraxas series of fantasy novels, for the eponymous inaugural volume of which he won the World Fantasy Award for best novel.

Overview

The novels he writes under his own name focus upon urban decay and British subcultures, and the impact these have on a range of characters, both realistic and supernatural. There are elements of magical realism. Some of them are set in Brixton, Millar's one-time place of residence; many are at least semi-autobiographical, and Love and Peace with Melody Paradise and Suzy, Led Zeppelin and Me both feature Millar himself as a character.

His Thraxas novels combine secondary world fantasy and pulp noir thriller. In 2000, he received the World Fantasy Award for best for the first installment, Thraxas.^[1]

Bibliography

Novels

• Milk, Sulphate and Alby Starvation (1987)
• Lux the Poet (1988)
• Ruby & The Stone Age Diet (1989)
• The Good Fairies of New York (1992)
• Dreams of Sex and Stage Diving (1994)
• Love and Peace with Melody Paradise (1998)
• Suzy, Led Zeppelin and Me (2002)
• Lonely Werewolf Girl (2007)
• Curse of the Wolf Girl (2010) (US) (UK) originally titled Queen Vex ^[2]
• The Anxiety of Kalix the Werewolf (2013) ^[3]
• The Goddess of Buttercups and Daisies (2015)
• Kink Me Honey (2016)
• Supercute Futures (2018)
• Simulation Bleed (2020)
• Supercute Second Future (2022)

Omnibus

• The Collected Martin Millar (1998) (Contains Lux the Poet, Ruby and the Stone Age Diet and The Good Fairies of New York)

Graphic novels

• Lux and Alby Sign on and Save the Universe (illustrated by Simon Fraser) 1999

Novelization

• Tank Girl (1994) (based on the 1995 film baed upon the title comics character)

Dramatisation

• Emma (based upon Emma by Jane Austen, with Doon MacKichan) 2001

Short fiction contained in anthologies

• "How Sunshine Star-Traveller Lost His Girlfriend" (in Disco Biscuits, 1997, edited by Sarah Champion)
• "Radiant Flower of the Divine Heavens (in Disco 2000, 1998 edited by Sarah Champion)

Novels as Martin Scott

• Thraxas (winner of the 2000 World Fantasy Award)
• Thraxas and the Warrior Monks
• Thraxas at the Races
• Thraxas and the Elvish Isles
• Thraxas and the Sorcerers
• Thraxas and the Dance of Death
• Thraxas at War
• Thraxas Under Siege
• Thraxas and the Ice Dragon
• Thraxas and the Oracle
• Thraxas of Turai
• Thraxas meets his Enemies

External links

• Author's website
• Author's blog
• 2002 interview with the author

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2000 World Fantasy Award Winners . 2008-04-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20010119084100/http://www.worldfantasy.org/awards/2000.html . 2001-01-19 .
2. Web site: martinmillar.com / news. 2009-08-20.
3. Web site: martinmillar.com / news. 29 August 2013. 2013-10-18 .