George Allan England

George Allan England

George Allan England (1877 – 1937) was an American writer and explorer.

A short story of his, "The Thing from—'Outside'", which had originally appeared in Hugo Gernsback's magazine "Science and Invention", was reprinted in the first issue of the first science fiction magazine, "Amazing Stories", in April 1926.Ashley, "Time Machines", p. 51.] His novel [http://books.google.com/books?id=lDdMAAAAIAAJ&dq=cervine+girl&lr=&as_brr=0&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 The Air Trust] (1915) is the story of a billionaire, Isaac Flint, who attempts to control the very air people breathe, and the violent consequences of his ambition and greed. In the concluding chapter, Flint is described as one of "the most sinister and cruel minds ever evolved upon this planet." [The Air Trust. St. Louis, MO. Phil Wagner. 1915. p. 329.]

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*cite book | first=Mike | last=Ashley | title=The Time Machines:The Story of the Science-Fiction Pulp Magazines from the beginning to 1950| publisher=Liverpool University Press| location=Liverpool| year=2000 | isbn= 0-85323-865-0

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*gutenberg author| id=George_Allan_England | name=George Allan England
*worldcat id|id=lccn-n50-10371


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