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Richard Jeperson is a fictional 1970s psychic investigator created by British horror / fantasy author Kim Newman. The word psychic (ˈsaɪkɨk from the Greek psychikos—"of the soul mental" refers to the claimed ability to perceive things hidden from the normal senses Horror fiction is broadly Fiction in any medium intended to scare unsettle or horrify the audience Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created Kim Newman (born July 31, 1959) is an English journalist, film critic, and Fiction Writer. He appears in many of Newman's short stories as both a central and background character, and is the focal point of a collection of short stories entitled The Man from the Diogenes Club.

Character

Jeperson - among the first characters created by Newman in his early efforts at fiction - is a homage to many of the 'telefantasy' heroes present on British television during the late 1960s and early 1970s, including Jason King (Department S / Jason King), John Steed (The Avengers) and the Third Doctor (Doctor Who). For medieval usage see Homage (medieval and Commendation ceremony, or Homage (disambiguation Homage (from the French A hero (from Greek grc ἥρως hērōs) in Greek mythology and Folklore, was originally a Demigod, the offspring of a mortal and Department S was a British Espionage / Science fiction adventure series produced by ITC Entertainment. Jason King was a UK Television series produced from 1971 to 1972. John Steed is a fictional character played by Patrick Macnee, on the British series The Avengers and The New Avengers. The Avengers was a British Television series featuring Secret agents in 1960s Britain. The Third Doctor is the name given to the third incarnation of the Fictional character known as the Doctor; seen on screen in the long-running Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. As such, he shares many character traits with them - a flamboyant dress sense, upper-class tastes and sensibilities combined with a youthful appreciation of the 'trendy' aspects of 1970s culture, a chivilrous and patriotic nature, and a healthy disdain for most representations of establishment authority. The stories in which he appears also parody / homage these telefantasy shows, and frequently examine 1970s British culture and society through this lens.

In these stories, the character acts as an investigator for the Diogenes Club (established in the Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle), a branch of Britain's intelligence and law-enforcement community existing outside of regular channels designed to investigate (and where necessary, put a stop to) psychic, paranormal and unusual phenomenon. The Diogenes Club is a fictional Gentleman's club created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and featured in several Sherlock Holmes stories most notably " Sherlock Holmes is a famous fictional detective of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who first appeared in Publication in 1887 Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930 was an Anglo-Scottish Author most noted for his stories about the A phenomenon (from Greek φαινόμενoν, pl φαινόμενα - phenomena) is any observable occurrence The character himself is unusually empathic to an explicitly paranormal level, possessing a keen sensitivity to both these phenomemna and to the thoughts and feelings of others. Jeperson's background in the stories is the subject of much mystery and examination; a war orphan, he possesses no memories prior to 1945, where he was found by his adoptive father, Geoffrey Jeperson, in a Nazi death camp, possibly held as the subject of experiments into his psychic abilities. Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German Extermination camps were two types of facilities that Nazi Germany built during World War II for the systematic killing of millions of people in what has become He was subsequently raised by his father within the Diogenes Club, eventually becoming the club's 'Most Valued Member'.

Jeperson frequently shares his adventures with two other operatives - Vanessa, an amnesiac Emma Peel-like agent whom Richard once saved from a demon-like creature that was possessing her, and Fred Regent, a police officer whom was seconded to the employ of the Diogenes Club following an adventure against psychically-induced demon Nazis. Emma Peel was a fictional Television Spy played by Diana Rigg in the British 1960s adventure series The Avengers.

Stories

The following stories - all written by Newman - feature Jeperson in a central role. All appear in the Man From the Diogenes Club collection.

As well as the stories featured in The Man from the Diogenes Club, Jeperson also appears in:

External links

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