Anthony Aikman

Anthony Robert Aikman (3 February 1942 – 8 July 2011) was a British screenwriter, film director, and author.^[1]

He is best known as the director of the 1972 art film The Genesis Children.

Aikman was born in 1942 in a London air raid shelter^[2] and grew up in St Margaret's at Cliffe in Kent. By his own admission, he did not learn to read or write until the age of 11.^[1] He studied forestry at the University of Wales and graduated in 1962.^[1][3] A perpetual traveler, he lived in numerous countries throughout his life.^[1][4]

He died in Thailand on 8 July 2011.^[1]

• The Caves of Segada, Robert Hale, 1985, ISBN 978-0-7090-2343-2
• The Eye of Itza, Robert Hale, October 23, 1986, ISBN 978-0-7090-2750-8
• The Brokers of Doom, Robert Hale, 1987, ISBN 978-0-7090-28741

The foregoing three books form a trilogy.

• Treehouses, Robert Hale, 1988, ISBN 978-0-7855-3314-6
• The Farang, Oldham Books, 1992, ISBN 978-0-473-01654-8
• Jim Tully, White Lotus Press, 1995, ISBN 978-9748496467
• The Black Swan, Post Books, 1999, ISBN 978-974-202-049-1
• Boy, Doc, and the Green Man: Also the Fire-eater: a Short Story, Post Books, 2000, ISBN 978-974-228-006-2
• Broken Guts (Tong Sia!): A 'Rough' Medical Guide for Foreign Travellers in Thailand and S.E. Asia, BookSurge, May 31, 2007, ISBN 978-1419668333

and many more articles and short stories.

• The Genesis Children, 1971^[4][5]