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Colin Wilson

26 June 1931 - 5 December 2013

Colin Henry Wilson was a British author who had written works on philosophy, true crime, and mysticism, as well as novels. He was born and raised in Leicester, England, the son of a factory worker. He attended school until he was 16, at which point he quit to work in a wool warehouse. He worked other odd jobs, including as a lab assistant and a civil servant, until he was called up to work as a clerk for the Royal Air Force. He worked there for six months until claiming that he was a homosexual in order to be dismissed. In 1956, his first book, The Outsider, was published.

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  • Cover of: The Philosopher's Stone

    First published in 1974 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The Psychic Detectives: The Story of Psychometry and Paranormal Crime Detection

    First published in 1984 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Below the iceberg: anti-Sartre and other essays

    First published in 1996 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: An essay on the "new" existentialism

    First published in 1986 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The encyclopedia of unsolved mysteries

    First published in 1987 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The essential Colin Wilson

    First published in 1985 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The glass cage: an unconventional detective story.

    First published in 1966 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Introduction to the new existentialism.

    First published in 1966 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The atlas of holy places & sacred sites

    First published in 1996 3 editions in 2 languages
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  • Cover of: The mammoth book of true crime

    First published in 1988 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: New pathways in psychology: Maslow and the post-Freudian revolution.

    First published in 1972 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Scandal!

    First published in 1986 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The schoolgirl murder case

    First published in 1974 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Starseekers

    First published in 1980 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The strength to dream: literature and the imagination.

    First published in 1962 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Strindberg: a play in two scenes.

    First published in 1970 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Tree by Tolkien

    First published in 1973 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Voyage to a beginning: an intellectual autobiography.

    First published in 1969 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The giant book of the supernatural

    First published in 1994 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: West Country Mysteries

    First published in 1985 2 editions in 1 language
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Subjects
History, Biography, Fiction, Murder, Occultism, Parapsychology, Civilization, Curiosities and wonders, History and criticism, Philosophy, Crime, Criminals, Fiction, general, Fiction in English, Criticism and interpretation, Psychology, Existentialism, Miscellanea, Occultists, Serial murderers, Spiders, English Authors, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, science fiction, general, Histoire
Places
United States, Austria, England, Great Britain, London, Russia, Whitechapel (London, England), Egypt, Inglaterra, Londres, Soho (London, England), Soviet Union, Sweden, West Country, West Country (England)
People
Colin Wilson (1931-), Abraham H. Maslow, Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Georges Ivanovitch Gurdjieff (1872-1949), Abraham Harold Maslow, Grigori Efimovich Rasputin (ca. 1870-1916), Jack the Ripper, Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980), Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925), Wilhelm Reich (1897-1957), Albert Camus (1913-1960), Aleister Crowley (1875-1947), Arthur Guirdham, August Strindberg (1849-1912), B. Traven (1882-1969), Brad Absetz (1928-), C. G. Jung (1875-1961), Cinque, Dan H. Laurence, David Lindsay (1876-1945), Eunice Beattie, Eunice Beattle, Grigori Efimovich, ca. 1870-1916 Rasputin, Grigoriĭ Rasputin (1872?-1916), Grigory Yefimovich Rasputin (1871-1916)
Time
20th century, 19th century, 1956, 20e siècle, 20th Century, Siglo XX, To 332 B.C.

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
October 24, 2014 Edited by JR Edited without comment.
November 23, 2013 Edited by Sarah Breau Added bio, removed alternate names, added Wikipedia page
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import