Colin Greenland - an infinity plus profile Colin Greenland Colin Greenland has been described as 'one of the most distinctive and best loved of British sf writers'. Colin was born in Dover, Kent in 1954. He wrote his first book, about a fire engine that laid an egg, five years later. Colin made his name in the columns of the New Statesman , The Face and the Sunday Times , where he patiently explained to a sceptical world about sf and fantasy. For two years he was Arts Council Writer in Residence at the Science Fiction Foundation.
Death is No Obstacle .
Colin's fourth novel, Take Back Plenty , began the tale of the cantankerous and resilient space trucker, Captain Tabitha Jute. It appeared in 1990, to immediate and lasting acclaim. Take Back Plenty was also the first novel nominated by the SF Fan Fund to be recorded as a Talking Book for the Blind, with Colin reading his own words. Take Back Plenty was followed in 1995 by a sequel, Seasons of Plenty . The Plenty Principle , a collection of short stories featuring a previously untold adventure of the young Captain Jute, appeared in 1997, and Mother of Plenty completed the trilogy in July 1998.