9 books by John Russell Fearn
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Overview: A prolific author in various genres under his own name, John Francis Russell Fearn also used these pseudonyms: Astron del Martia, Brian Shaw, Conrad G. Holt, Dennis Clive, Frank Jones, Geoffrey Armstrong, Griff, Hugo Blayn, John Russell, K. Thomas Mark Denholm, Paul Lorraine, Polton Cross, Spike Gordon, Thornton Ayre, Vargo Statten, Volsted Gridban, Dom Passante, John Cotton, Ephriam Winiki, Lawrence F. Rose, Earl Titan, Ephraim Winiki.
Genre: Science Fiction, Mystery, Crime, Thriller, Short Story Anthology
From Afar: A Science Fiction Mystery
Richard Shaw thinks he’s been blessed when he and his new bride Beryl survive a car smash. Both make rapid recoveries from their injuries, both have apparently fully recovered. But Beryl is strangely changed. As the doctor tells Richard: “As far as we can tell medically, she is normal again, except for one thing–the way she looks at you. I don’t think I have ever seen such a strange light in the eyes of a woman before!” Despite Beryl’s odd, even sinister, new mental outlook, Richard buys an isolated house in the country–at his wife’s insistence–and tries to pursue a normal married life. And then the murders begin…
Reflected Glory: A Dr. Castle Classic Crime Novel
When rising young artist Clive Hexley, R.A., vanishes, his friends suspect foul play. Chief-Inspector Calthorp of Scotland Yard is called upon to look into the disappearance, and his investigations lead him to question Hexley’s ex-fiancée, Elsa Farraday. Farraday writes horror-tinged mysteries under a pseudonym, and lives by herself in an old house in the English countryside. She eventually confesses that she murdered the artist and threw his body into a swamp. But the girl’s odd, even peculiar mannerisms puzzle Calthorp, and he hesitates to make an arrest when no trace of Hexley’s body can be found–or even any proof of his death. Ultimately, he calls in Dr. Adam Castle, the redoubtable psychiatrist and investigator, to help solve the case. Is Elsa a cold-blooded murderer mining her own crimes for her lurid novels? Or is she just an unfortunate "lost soul" who was in the wrong place at the wrong time? An absolutely first-rate psychological thriller!
World Without Chance: Classic Pulp Science Fiction Stories in the Vein of Stanley G. Weinbaum
SF Author Stanley G. Weinbaum died from cancer at 33, in December 1935. Short though his career was, his scientific imagination, smooth characterization, and humor completely revolutionized the field, and profoundly influenced his contemporaries. Among his many imitators was English writer John Russell Fearn. Although Fearn’s own distinctive work was very popular, he wanted to increase his number of acceptances by writing under pseudonyms–Thornton Ayre and Polton Cross–with a change of style imitating Weinbaum!
These exciting and highly entertaining pastiches, first published in such magazines as Astounding Stories and Thrilling Wonder Stories, are here collected for the very first time in book form, with fascinating historical background notes. The first of two must-have volumes for collectors, the second being VALLEY OF PRETENDERS.
Dynasty of the Small
Mankind was being assailed by a disease that made the Bubonic Plague seem insignificant. People were dying by the thousands, especially in America and in England. They would choke, strangle to death, and then, horribly, burst apart as if blown up by gas! And the horror had been unwittingly caused by one man, Doctor Blair, who had, ironically, tried to invent something that would benefit mankind by eliminating all disease! Instead, the results of his experiment led to the world facing total disaster from…the "Dynasty of the Small"! In addition to the title novella, this collection includes the stories "Ice Maiden," "The Vicious Circle," "Chaos," and "Sweet Mystery of Life." Great reading from the classic era of the science-fiction magazines.
Last Conflict
This first book publication of three exciting novelettes from science fiction’s Golden Age includes: LAST CONFLICT, in which an artificial storm of incredible violence–a storm that destroys London and all its environs–reveals the rise of a ruthless new scientist who uses his newly acquired control of the weather to gain ultimate power; NEMESIS, in which a rogue asteroid heading straight for Earth is driven out of control by a ruthless dictator who wants to conquer the stars–and instead may only destroy himself and the planet; and THREE’S A CROWD, in which explorer Bruce Langden’s beautiful new wife, a descendant of a lost race of Incas he’s recently discovered in the Amazon jungle, either suffers either from some strange disease–or is having an affair with his best friend and fellow traveler; the truth is stranger than fiction!
Rule of the Brains
After many years spent in wars and struggle, mankind had achieved a perfect civilization. But this Utopia was going directly against the adaptive strain Nature had developed.
In earlier times, the human body had been keyed to respond to every emergency. Now it was trying to find a new form of excitation in order to maintain its equilibrium, was seeking to tear down that perfect structure… So mankind’s rulers built the Arbiter, an artificial intelligence created from the brains of twelve men and women, who had sacrificed their lives for the greater good.
The pooled intelligence of the Arbiter’s twelve artificial brains would work in unison to provide a common answer, to be the impartial judge of humanity’s future actions. Such was the theory…but the Rule of the Brains threatened to destroy humanity itself!
Slaves of Ijax
A scientist’s vengeance propels Peter Curzon seven hundred years into the future, where he finds himself in a very mysterious world. Science has banished the need to work in order to earn money, and people only pursue activities as a vocation and by choice. But everyone is also engaged on a Great Task–constructing gigantic towers, with no discernable purpose, following the orders given to them in the temples of Ijax, a mysterious Buddha-like entity worshipped as a god. Peter alone seems immune to the influence of Ijax, and unless he can penetrate to the root of the mystery, mankind appears to be doomed. Another grand sci-fi adventure from the golden age.
The Space Warp
In Annex 10 in the Adirondack Mountains in New York, the scientists under the leadership of astronomer Dr. Gray can hardly believe the things their instruments are telling them; but, because their equipment is absolutely reliable, they HAVE to believe, and on that ill-fated June 30th, they begin to see the chaos will affect mankind. The Earth is growing steadily hotter. Temperatures rocket as the sun shines through the night and the world is plunged into endless day. Everywhere people are suffering–rich and poor, criminal and family man–and none know if or when relief will ever come. Is this the end of the world as we know it?
The Time Trap
There are six people in millionaire Nick Clayton’s limousine when it leaves a country home to return to London: Clayton himself; his girlfriend, Bernice; Dawlish, his driver; the unhappily married financier Harvey Brand and his wife, Lucy; and the tragic socialite, Betty. But the car never reaches its destination; instead, it drives thirty miles down a country road–and just disappears! And when the travelers suddenly find themselves in an alternate reality, one where time stands still, they begin wondering if they’ll ever escape…THE TIME TRAP!
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Dynasty of the Small
Last Conflict
Rule of the Brains
Slaves of Ijax
The Space Warp
The Time Trap
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