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S. Fowler Wright
Born(1874-01-06)6 January 1874
Died25 February 1965(1965-02-25) (aged 91)
Occupationwriter, editor, poet
NationalityBritish
Genrescience fiction, mystery fiction, poetry

Sydney Fowler Wright (6 January 1874 – 25 February 1965) was a prolific British editor, poet, science fiction author, writer of screenplays, mystery fiction and works in other genres. He also wrote as Sydney Fowler and Anthony Wingrave.

He was born in the Kings Norton district, and married in the Birmingham district in 1895.[1][2]

Works

Novels

  • The Amphibians (1924)
  • The Island of Captain Sparrow (1928)
  • Deluge (1928)
  • Dawn (1929) [parallel and sequel to Deluge]
  • The World Below (1929) [sequel to The Amphibians]
  • Dream, or the Simian Maid (1931) [first novel in the Marguerite Cranleigh Series]
  • Beyond the Rim (1932)
  • Power (1933)
  • Prelude in Prague: The War of 1938 (1934)
  • The Vengeance of Gwa (1935) [second novel in the Marguerite Cranleigh Series]
  • Four Days War (1936) [sequel to Prelude in Prague]
  • The Screaming Lake (1937)
  • Megiddo's Ridge (1937) [sequel to Four Days War]
  • The Hidden Tribe (1938)
  • The Adventure of Wyndham Smith (1938)
  • Spiders' War (1954) [third novel in the Marguerite Cranleigh Series]

Short fiction

  • "Automata: I" (1929)
  • "Automata: II" (1929)
  • "Automata: III" (1929)
  • "P.N. 40" (1929)
  • "The Rat" (1929)
  • "Automata" (1929)
  • "Brain" (1932)
  • "Choice" (1932)
  • "The Rule" (1932)
  • "Proof" (1932)
  • "Appeal" (1932)
  • "This Night" (1932)
  • "Justice" (1932)
  • "Original Sin" (1946)
  • "The Terror of William Stickers" (1946)
  • "A Question of E.D.D." (1946)
  • "The Congo Cat" (1946)
  • "The Temperature of Gehenna Sue" (1946)
  • "Carrots" (1946)
  • "Burglar's Aid" (1946)
  • "Who Else But She?" (1946)
  • "Status" (1946)
  • "The Witchfinder" (1946)
  • "Obviously Suicide" (1951)
  • "The Better Choice" (1955)

Collections

  • Scenes from the Morte d'Arthur (1919) as Alan Seymour
  • The New Gods Lead (1932)
  • The Witchfinder (1946)
  • The Throne of Saturn (1949)
  • S. Fowler Wright's Short Stories (1996)

References

  1. ^ England & Wales Birth Register Index, Sydney Fowler Wright; Registered January/February/March quarter 1874; Registration district: Kings Norton; Volume: 6c; Page: 501
  2. ^ England & Wales Marriage Register Index, Sydney Fowler Wright; Registered January/February/March quarter 1895; Registration district: Birmingham; Volume: 6d; Page: 179

"ISFDB". Retrieved 2007-01-08.

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