8. The Beatles: White Album – Rock Classics Paperback 9, Bob Dylan Bringing It All Back Home: Rock Classics Paperback
Sonicbond publishing Sonicbond publishing
Education – Books published with Oxford University Press
Education books
10. Coordinated science multiskill practicals 11. Coordinated science practicals 12. Headship – a passion for education
Oxford University Press Oxford University Press Self-Published
Science Fiction – Published as Ron Forsythe
Sci-Fi novels
Published
13.Gordian Fetish 14. God’s Bolt 15. Reawakening (Sequel to God’s Bolt) 16. Star 17. Green 18. Neanderthal 19. Schizoid 20. Farm 703 – The Human Project 21. Quantum Fever 22. Conexion 23. New Eden 24. The Pornography Wars 25. Terra 3 (The Cabal) 26. The Scrolls of Pandora 3 27. DremeWorld 28. A Message From Hermes 29. Ghenghis Smith 30. Judgement
Science Fiction and other – Published as Opher Goodwin
Sci-Fi novels written as Opher Goodwin
Published
Notes
31. Pornographic Syndromes 32. Destination Self 33. Hallucination 34 Nosedive 35. Green 36. Intergalactic Rockstar – Star turn 37. Ebola in Eden 38. Zero to Infinity 39. Reality Dreams Vol 1 40. Reality Dreams Vol 2 41. October 14th is too far 42. Trapdoor 43. Journey into time 44. Sorting the Future
Exists as typescript Exists as typescript Exists as typescript Exists as typescript
Fiction – Avant Garde Novels
45. Danny’s Story 46. City Angels 47. Goofin’ with the Cosmic Freaks 48. 53 & Imploding 49. Reflections From a Ditch 50. Farther From the Sun 51. The Universe – a Users Guide 52. The Apartment 53. Torture 54. Bodies in a Window
94. Rock Strata Vol 1 95. Rock Strata Vol 2 96. Rock Strata Vol 3 97. Rock Strata Vol 4 98. Rock Streams 99. Rockin my life away 100. Roy Harper Vol 1 101. Roy Harper Vol 2 102. Roy Harper Vol 3 103. Roy Harper Vol 4 104. Roy Harper Biog 105. Under the covers 106. In Search of Captain Beefheart (A memoir) 107. 537 Essential Rock Albums pt 1 108. Ruminating on Roy Harper (Me & Roy Harper) 109. Nick Harper the Wilderness Years 110. Tribute to Rock Geniuses Vol 1 111. The Blues Muse (a novel) 112. Rock Routes (History of Rock Music)
Typescipt Typescipt Typescipt Typescipt Typescipt Incomplete Completed for publication Typescript Typescript Typescript Partial and incomplete Incomplete Fully edited & ready novel tracing Rock history
Short Stories & Anecdotes
Published
Rewritten as
113. A Universe of Shorts, Tails and Tales, and the Truth 114. Anecdotes, Weird Science, Writing & Ramblings From Life 115. More Anecdotes, Essays, Beliefs & Flotsam
Self-Published Self-Published Self-Published
The Environment
Published
Rewritten as
116. Anthropocene Apocalypse
Self-Published
Travel
117. The voyage to the end of the world – Treasure of South America
Self-Published
Covid Diaries
Published
Rewritten as
118. The Corona Diaries – Pt. 1 – (210 days from March 15th 2020 to October 19th 2020) 119. The Corona Diaries – Pt. 2 – (Day 211 – Day 410 – October 12th 2020 – May 7th 2021) 120. The Corona Diaries – Pt. 3 -(Day 411 – Day 630 May 8th 2021- December 15th 2021) 121. The Corona Diaries pt. 4
Education – Published with Oxford University Press
On Track Series
Published
1. Roy Harper: Every Album, Every Song (On Track) Paperback 2. Captain Beefheart On Track: Every Album, Every Song – Paperback 3. Bob Dylan 1962 to 1970 On Track (Decades) Paperback 4. Neil Young 1963 to 1970: Every Album, Every Song (On Track…) Paperback 5. Phil Ochs On Track: Every Album, Every Song (On Track…) Paperback 6. Leonard Cohen On Track: Every Album, Every Song (On Track…) Paperback
Sonicbond publishing
Classic Albums Series
7. The Beatles: White Album – Rock Classics Paperback 8, Bob Dylan Bringing It All Back Home: Rock Classics Paperback
12.Gordian Fetish 13. God’s Bolt 14. Reawakening (Sequel to God’s Bolt) 15. Star 16. Green 17. Neanderthal 18. Schizoid 19. Farm 703 – The Human Project 20. Quantum Fever 21. Conexion 22. New Eden 23. The Pornography Wars
24. Terra 3 (The Cabal) 25. The Scrolls of Pandora 3 26. DremeWorld 27. A Message From Hermes 28. Ghenghis Smith
Self-Published
Unpublished
Sci-Fi novels written as Opher Goodwin
Published
Notes
29. Pornographic Syndromes 30. Destination Self 31. Hallucination 32. Nosedive 33. Green 34. Star 35. Ebola in Eden 36. Zero to Infinity 37. Reality Dreams Vol 1
38. Reality Dreams Vol 2 39. October 14th is too far 40. Trapdoor 41. Journey into time
42. Sorting the Future
Self-Published
Unpublished
Self-Published
Exists as typescript
Fiction – Avant Garde Novels
43. Danny’s Story 44. City Angels 45. Goofin’ 46. 53 & Imploding 47. Reflections From a Ditch 48. Farther From the Sun 49. The Universe – a Users Guide 50. The Apartment 51. Torture 52. Bodies in a Window
Self-Published
Antitheist
53. Antitheist’s Bible 54. Book of Ginny 55. Antitheist’s Dictionary
Self-Published
Rewritten (Kathy & Tobes)
Sixties
56. Diary of a 60s freak
Self-Published
Poetry
57. Poetry Vol 1 – Prose and Cons 58. Poetry Vol 2 – Vice and Verse 59. Poetry Vol 3 – Rhyme and Reason 60. Poetry Vol 4 – Stanzas & Stances 61. Poetry Vol 5 – Poems & Peons 62. Poetry Vol 6 – Codas, Cadence and Clues 63. Poetry Vol 7 – Rituals & Odes 64. Poetry Vol 8 – Poems for Hard Times 65. Poetry Vol 9 – Diddles, Riddles, Enviroscribbles & political Tribbles 66. Poetry Vol 10 – Weaponising Words 67. Poetry Vol 11 – Guns, Rhymes, Elephants & Dreams 68. Poetry Vol 12 – Dead Ducks, Own Goals & Greed 69. Poetry Vol 13 – Moroccan Skies, Wonder Whys, Disguise & Lies 70. Poetry Vol 14 – Fana Ticks, Fantast Ticks, Miss Ticks, Polly Ticks 71. Poetry Vol 15 – Dark Matter for Dark Ages 72. Poetry Vol 16 – A Cosmic Dance Through Life 73. Poetry Vol 17 – Long Ago & Inbetween 74. Poetry Vol 18 – Polly Ticks, Squawks & Parasites 75. Poetry Vol 19 – Poems For The Planet 76. Poetry Vol 20 – Random Muses From My Mind 77. Poetry Vol 21 – 350 Million, Oven-Ready, World-Beating Poems 78. Poetry Vol 22 –Out Of The Covid & Into The Frying Pan 79. Poetry Vol 23 – Visions From The Pits Of Love & Despair 80. Poetry Vol 24 – Escapees From the 60s 81. Poetry Vol 25 – Toxic Times 82. Poetry Vol 26 – Crying For Ukraine 83. Poetry Vol 27 – Broken Britain 84. Poetry Vol 28 – More Futile Gestures 85. Poetry Vol 29 – Fusion, Fission & Chain Reactions 86. Poetry Vol 30 – Wonder, Awe & Anger in Rhythm 87. Poetry Vol 31 – My Thoughts Are Quantum 88. Poetry Vol 32 – Futile Gestures of Defiance 89. Poetry Vol 33 – Fighting Words
Self-Published
Unpublished
In process In process In process
Art
90. My Art & Outpourings
Self-Published
Rock Music
91. Rock Strata Vol 1 92. Rock Strata Vol 2 93. Rock Strata Vol 3 94. Rock Strata Vol 4 95. Rock Streams 96. Rockin my life away 97. Roy Harper Vol 1 98. Roy Harper Vol 2 99. Roy Harper Vol 3 100. Roy Harper Vol 4 101. Roy Harper Biog 102. Under the covers 103. In Search of Captain Beefheart (A memoir) 104.. 537 Essential Rock Albums pt 1 105. Ruminating on Roy Harper (Me & Roy Harper) 106. Nick Harper the Wilderness Years 107. Tribute to Rock Geniuses Vol 1 108. The Blues Muse (a novel) 109. Rock Routes (History of Rock Music)
Unpublished
Self-Published
Self-Published
Unpublished
Self-Published
Self-Published
Self-Published
Self-Published
Short Stories & Anecdotes
Published
Rewritten as
110. A Universe of Shorts, Tails and Tales, and the Truth 111. Anecdotes, Weird Science, Writing & Ramblings From Life 112. More Anecdotes, Essays, Beliefs & Flotsam
Self-Published
The Environment
Published
Rewritten as
113. Anthropocene Apocalypse
Self-Published
Travel
114. The voyage to the end of the world – Treasure of South America
Self-Published
Covid Diaries
Published
Rewritten as
115. The Corona Diaries – Pt. 1 – (210 days from March 15th 2020 to October 19th 2020) 116. The Corona Diaries – Pt. 2 – (Day 211 – Day 410 – October 12th 2020 – May 7th 2021) 117. The Corona Diaries – Pt. 3 -(Day 411 – Day 630 May 8th 2021- December 15th 2021) 118. The Corona Diaries pt. 4
I have just completed the rewrite of my Sci Fi novel Ghenghis Smith. It has finished up as 67,000 words – around 210 pages.
I have ordered a test copy so I can check it out in the final format.
Now begins the task of seeking a publisher for these five books. That’s my next project!
I now have 5 unpublished Sci Fi novels based around the same background:
Terra 3 (the Cabal) – A story of a Trumpian corrupt politician – It is the year 3960 of the System – a sprawling confederation of planets spanning hundreds of thousands of worlds. Human beings have come a long way through space and time but nothing much changes. This is a tale of war, political intrigue, greed, power and conspiracy. The Cabal are a ruthless group of the wealthiest people that have ever lived. They have everything but they want more and are prepared to do anything to achieve their goal, even destroy worlds. The President is equally selfish and greedy and is in their pay. A young hacker is all that stands between the might of the evil establishment, who are busy plotting a war that would kill billions, and a brighter, fairer future.
The Scrolls of Pandora 3 – based around religious fanaticism – Ron Gravimere, hopelessly marooned in space, looked into the face of god and wrote down the voices in his head. Those words became the Scrolls of Pandora 3. Pandora 3 is a remote world on the edge of the rim. The Karacher, a cult of fearsome zealots, began their campaign to take over the System and bring the word of Kaliber to the Gurfa unbelievers. Kala Impi is a young girl on Pandora 3 who first rebels against the strict misogynistic religious laws, then seeks to escape. Tefal Wejer, the Karacher warlord, plans an audacious attack to destroy Terra 3, the seat of power, and take over the System. Kala Impi, a young girl, is all that stands between the Karacher’s reign of terror and the survival of the System. The Scrolls of Pandora 3 is a stand-alone sequel to Terra 3 – The Cabal.
DremeWorld – a megalomaniacal businessman and his corrupt business empire – It was the year 3945 of the System. Humanity has spread out through 387,000 planets and totals in excess of 1.17 trillion people. The early Core planets are densely populated with people living in tiny doms in multi-layered tiers. The Rim worlds provide the basic goods to maintain them. President Degasse is attempting to introduce a development scheme to improve the quality of life for all the System’s citizens. Turvi Das and Agra Tinpish are the populist politicians attempting to overthrow Degasse. Gus Dreme is a business man for whom all that matters is the bottom line. He plans to run the entire System. Annoia Lasse is Dreme’s fixer. Hemid Cred is an IT nerd who invents a code for quantum subliminal messaging. With Hemid and Annoia’s help, Dreme sees a way to take over the entire System.
A Message from Hermes – In the year 3333 the human race is spread across the solar system. Three trillion people are densely packed in tiny doms arranged in tiers. Exploited and kept docile with intoxicating stim and trivial tridee programs. Those at the bottom live in poverty while up in the skies soaring above in their luxurious floating mansions the wealthy elite live in luxury. They are ruled over by a corrupt, hedonistic president. A populist wannabe is angling to depose her. A mechanism to time travel and record the past is threatening to reveal the truth behind the scenes. Nothing can ever be private again. When an alien craft with immense powers arrives, offering a brighter future, it is met with suspicion and violence. The system splits into two camps. The populist stokes fear and offers a protective shield. The President has an epiphany and buys into the alien dream. A humble delivery man holds the key to the future.
Ghenghis Smith – Ghenghis Smith is depressed about his life. Deep down in the layers of Terra 3 he is alone in his tiny dom. His servo feeds him textured sludge. His tridee is punctuates with adverts at crucial moments in the game. His head is full of adverts, cajoling voices and medical restrictions. He hunts for ancient artefacts to make his fortune and escape his miserable existence. He longs for a meaningful existence. Then he meets Cassie. She’s a scavvy. They uncover a stash of ancient goods which leads to a game of life and death.
My atheistic book The Antitheist’s Bible is now available on Amazon:
Even when I finally got published it turned into a fiasco.
I had been producing these multiskill, multitask practical assessment projects at school. They were my attempt to solve the GCSE Biology assessment mess that the government had created by rushing in the GCSE. They had created an impossible task. You could not do the practical assessment. The exam board did not know how it could be done.
I sat down and produced practicals that solved the problem. They were multiskill, multitask and multiability.
We had an inspection. The inspector was eulogising about my practical sheets. She saw what they did and was amazed. She told me I had to publish them. They were the answer to the problem. She had contacts at Oxford University Press. She insisted I sent them off.
I did.
They wanted to publish. I went down and we sorted out thirty to come out in a book. They were complex and detailed. I spent ages on them. They were honed and crafted. The publishers wanted to be certain. They sent them out to schools for feedback. The feedback was great. They then set about honing them some more.
Time passed.
Other people produced materials. Other publishers rushed out books. The market disappeared.
I received an apologetic phone call. They had been too slow. The market was now flooded. They were pulling it. He was so sorry.
However if I wanted to produce a book on Practicals they would publish it.
I was not happy. In a highly disgruntled state I sat down one weekend and literally scribbled out a series of Practicals that I had devised in long-hand with rough sketches. I put it in an envelop and posted it off. I was paying lip service. I had no expectations.
Never have I spent less time on doing any project. It took me one weekend. It was the roughest, ropiest project I have ever done.
Needless to say they published it. It went into three languages and sold quite well.
