George Allan England (1877 - 1936) was an American explorer, poet, and author, known for his science fiction stories. Born in Fort McPherson, Nebraska, he later moved to Maine, where he ran for governor in 1912. Politically, he was a socialist, which is reflected in some of his novels, such as The Air Trust (1915), which portrays a world in which capitalist moguls charge people for the very oxygen they breathe. Some of England's stories have been adapted as films[1].
England's short story "The Thing from — Outside" was included in the Cthulhu Mythos anthology The Ithaqua Cycle. The story was first published in Hugo Gernsback's magazine Science and Invention in 1923, and reprinted in the very first issue of Amazing Stories in 1926. It is an early example of cosmic horror, which Richard L. Tierney argues might have influenced August Derleth's creation, Ithaqua.[2] Derleth himself included England's story in his 1948 anthology Strange Ports of Call.
England was one of the many pulp authors who were spoofed in the comedic short story "The Battle that Ended the Century", by H. P. Lovecraft and R. H. Barlow. In the story, England and A. Hyatt Verrill are mentioned briefly as a pair of adventurers named "A. Hijacked Barrell and G. A. Scotland".
Selected Bibliography[]
Short Stories[]
- "The Thing from — Outside" (1923)
External Links[]
- George Allan England at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
References[]
- ↑ George Allan England at IMDb
- ↑ Robert M. Price's introduction to "The Thing from Outside", The Ithaqua Cycle