Langdon Jones, short story writer, editor and musician, was born in England in 1942. He was strongly associated with New Worlds magazine during its 'New Wave' period, both as contributor—he published all his SF stories there beginning with Storm Water Tunnel—and in various editorial capacities.

The most memorable of his notably experimental work, which is characterised by bleak textures and a strongly angular narrative style, appears in The Eye of the Lens. Jones' wide taste as an editor is demonstrated in his The New SF (1969), a landmark collection featuring writing by, amongst others, Brian Aldiss, Michael Butterworth, Thomas M Disch, Michael Moorcock, John Sladek and an interview with JG Ballard. Jones collaborated with Michael Moorcock in compiling the Jerry Cornelius anthology The Nature of the Catastrophe (1971), gathering together works by Moorcock and others concerning the exploits of the English Assassin. Mervyn Peake's Titus Alone was originally published in a heavily edited form in 1959; Langdon Jones is responsible for the reconstruction work resulting in the posthumous 1970 publication of the definitive state of the work.

Langdon Jones in Savoy:

• The Eye of the Lens