Graham Dunstan Martin

Graham Dunstan Martin (21 October 1932, Leeds – 27 March 2021)^[1][2] was a British author, translator, and philologist.

Graham Dunstan Martin
Born	21 October 1932 Leeds
Died	27 March 2021
Occupation	Author

Martin was an opponent of materialist philosophy. He was the author of Does It Matter?: The Unsustainable World of the Materialists which gravitates towards idealism and neutral monism as an alternative.^[3] He also authored Living On Purpose: Meaning, Intention and Value which argued for purpose and value in the universe.^[4]

Selected publications

Fiction

• Giftwish (Drew, 1978) ISBN 978-0-04-823175-8^[5]
• Catchfire (Drew, 1981) ISBN 978-0-395-31861-4^[5]
• The Soul Master (Unwin, 1984) ISBN 978-0-04-827094-8^[5]
• Time-Slip (Unwin, 1986)^[1] OCLC 761227833
• The Dream Wall (Unwin Hyman, 1987)^[1] ISBN 9780048233370
• Half a Glass of Moonshine (Unwin Hyman, 1988)^[1] ISBN 9780044400301

Non-fiction

• Shadows in the Cave: Mapping the Conscious Universe (London: Penguin Arkana, 1990)^[1] ISBN 9780140192230
• An Inquiry into the Purposes of Speculative Fiction – Fantasy and Truth (Lewiston, New York: The Edwin Mellen Press, 2003)^[1] ISBN 9780773467354
• Living on Purpose: Meaning, Intention and Value (Floris, 2008) ISBN 9780863156328
• Does It Matter?: The Unsustainable World of the Materialists. Edinburgh: Floris, 2005. ISBN 9780863155338
• Language Truth and Poetry: Notes Towards a Philosophy of Literature. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1975. OCLC 1014865378
• The Architecture of Experience: A Discussion of the Role of Language and Literature in the Construction of the World. Edinburgh: At the University Press, 1981. ISBN 9780852244098

Edited

• Anthology of Contemporary French Poetry. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1975. OCLC 1470077

Translated

• Paul Valéry. The Graveyard by the Sea. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1971. OCLC 504527110
• Louise Labé, pseud. Charly van Louise , Sonnets. With Introduction and Commentaries by Peter Sharratt. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1974. ISBN 9780852242360
• Jules Laforgue, Selected Poems. London, England: Penguin Books, 1998. ISBN 9780140436266

References

1. “Martin, Graham Dunstan” The Encyclopedia of the Science Fiction
2. "Mr Graham Dunstan Martin" Dignity Funerals
3. Marshall, Paul (2007). "Book Review: Does It Matter? The Unsustainable World of the Materialists" (PDF). Journal of Consciousness Studies. 14 (4): 117–128.
4. Egan, Anthony (2012). "Living On Purpose: Meaning, Intention and Value". The Heythrop Journal. 53 (4): 700–701. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2265.2012.00748_12.x.
5. Bookfinder