George Allan England

George Allan England (9 February 1877 - 26 June 1936) was an American writer and explorer, best known for his speculative and science fiction. He attended Harvard University and later in life unsuccessfully ran for Governor of Maine. England was a socialist and many of his works have socialist themes.

George Allan England
England as depicted in Wonder Stories, January 1930
Born9 February 1877
Fort McPherson, Nebraska, United States
Died26 June 1936(1936-06-26) (aged 59)
United States
OccupationWriter, explorer
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
GenresSpeculative fiction, science fiction

Life

England was born in Nebraska.[1] He attended Harvard University, where he received Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) and Master of Arts (M.A.) degrees.[1] In 1912 he stood for Governor of Maine as the candidate of the Socialist Party of America.[1] In that election, he finished in third place with 2,081 votes (1.47%).[2] England died in a hospital in New Hampshire, although there is a legend that he disappeared on a treasure hunt.[1]

Writing

England's writing career took place mainly in New York and Maine.[1] Many of his works have a socialist theme.[1] Influences on England's writing include H. G. Wells, Jack London and Algernon Blackwood.[3]

His short story, "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.[4] The novel 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." [5]

England's trilogy, Darkness and Dawn (published in 1912, 1913 and 1914 as The Vacant World, Beyond the Great Oblivion and Afterglow) tells the story of 2 modern people who awake a thousand years after the earth was devastated by a meteor. They work to rebuild civilization. Richard A. Lupoff has noted that Darkness and Dawn contains "an unfortunate element of racism" (the villains who menace the heroes are descended from African-Americans). [3]

Novels

The Golden Blight was republished in the March 1949 issue of Fantastic Novels.
The Elixir of Hate was reprinted in the October 1950 issue of A. Merritt's Fantasy Magazine
The Flying Legion was republished in the January 1950 issue of Fantastic Novels.
  • Darkness and Dawn Series
    • The Vacant World (1912)
    • Beyond the Great Oblivion (1913)
    • The Afterglow (1914)

Other Novels

  • Beyond White Seas (1910)
  • The Elixir of Hate (1910)
  • The Empire in the Air (1914)
  • The Air Trust (1915)
  • The Fatal Gift (1915)
  • The Golden Blight (1916)
  • The Gift Supreme (1916)
  • Bill Jenkins, Buccaneer (1917)
  • Cursed (1919)
  • The Flying Legion (1920)
  • Adventure Isle (1926)

Short stories

  • Pod, Bender and Co (October 1916) - Short story collection
    • When Pod Took the Count
    • A Flyer in Annuities
    • Birds of Passage
    • "Ammunition — With Care"
    • Art for Art's Sake
    • The Old Homestead
    • Pod Flits
    • A Game of Solitaire
    • Crayons and Clay
    • The Turning of the Worm
    • Lobsters and Loot
    • The Supreme Getaway
    • Knight Errants Up-to-Date
    • The Kimberley Special
    • A Passage at Arms
    • Fly-Time
  • The Thing--From Outside (2016, short story collection)
TitlePublication DateFirst Published InNotes
The Americano at CerdosJune 1905Leslie's Monthly Magazine
The Time ReflectorSeptember 1905The Monthly Story Magazine
At the Eleventh HourDectemer 1905The All-Story Magazine
Neevus and the Wolf PackFebruary 1906The American Boy
The Turning of the WormFebruary 1906The All-Story MagazinePittsburg Bender; Pod Slattery
The CylinderJune 1906The All-Story Magazine
Family Jars: A Little Tale of Cousinly AmenitiesJune 1906The American Magazine
Fire Fight FireJuly 1906Munsey's
Vengeance Is MineJuly 1906The All-Story Magazine
The Garden of GraftAugust 1906The All-Story Magazine
The Lunar Advertising Co., Ltd.August 1906The Gray Goose
Birds of PassageNovember 1906The All-Story MagazinePittsburg Bender; Pod Slattery
The Sorrows of GiuseppeDecember 1906McClure's
JonasJanuary 1907Munsey's
A Game of SolitaireMarch 1907The All-Story MagazinePittsburg Bender; Pod Slattery
Burdocks and BlueberriesApril 1907The All-Story Magazine
Thad's WatchersSeptember 1907McClure's
The Heart of LoveNovember 1907Cosmopolitan
Ammunition-With CareFebruary 1908The All-Story MagazinePittsburg Bender; Pod Slattery
When Pod Took the CountMarch 19087The All-Story MagazinePittsburg Bender; Pod Slattery
The Hand of BloodApril 1908The Gray Goose
Three Hearts and a HeadApril 1908Munsey's
Midsummer MadnessJuly 1908The Outing Magazine
Art for Art's SakeSeptember 1908The Gray GoosePittsburg Bender; Pod Slattery
The MermaidOctober 1908The Scrap BookCaptain Leonidas Tripp
AfricaNovember 1908The Cavalier
King SullivanFebruary 1909Munsey's
My Time-AnnihilatorJune 1909The All-Story Magazine
The Girl at Gunflint LakeJuly 1909Munsey's
Pod FlitsAugust 1909The All-Story MagazinePittsburg Bender; Pod Slattery
A Question of SalvageSeptember 1909McClure's
Below the CliffNovember 1909Gunter's Magazine
On Shark's Fin ReefJanuary 1910Munsey's
Day of DaysJuly 1910The Red Book Magazine
The Million-Lira TicketSeptember 1910The Scrap Book
FailuresOctober 1910The All-Story Magazine
The Old HomesteadOctober 1910The Scrap BookPittsburg Bender; Pod Slattery
Personally ConductedDecember 1910Adventure
At the SemaphoreFebruary 1911The Railroad Man's Magazine
He of the Glass HeartMay 1911The Scrap Book
The ChechackoApril 1912Adventure
Bill JanuaryMay 1912The Hampton Magazine
The Million-Dollar PatchJune 1912The All-Story
The Shackles of FateOctober 1912The Red Book Magazine
A Passage at ArmsMarch 29, 1913The CavalierPittsburg Bender; Pod Slattery
Oil and WaterMarch 1913Munsey's
Pod Slattery's PerilApril 26, 1913The CavalierPod Slattery
The SprucerMay 1913Munsey's
The Kimberly SpecialJune 7, 1913The CavalierPittsburg Bender; Pod Slattery
The Toss-UpJuly 4, 1913Harper's Weekly
Fly-TimeJuly 12, 1913The CavalierPittsburg Bender; Pod Slattery
Thomas Mittens, StockholderJuly 1913The Red Book Magazine
The Supreme GetawayAugust 23, 1913The CavalierPittsburg Bender; Pod Slattery
Other DaysOctober 1913The Red Book Magazine
Speedy LimitNovember 15, 1913The Cavalier
The LieDecember 6, 1913The Cavalier
Out of the RealJanuary 1914Munsey's
In Mariners' HouseFebruary 7, 1914The Cavalier
At AllaguashApril 1914People's Ideal Fiction Magazine
Meeting MatchettApril 1914The Red Book Magazine
Trousers and TragedyJuly 1914Munsey's
Barbed Wire and ButtermilkSeptember 26, 1914All-Story Cavalier Weekly
Legs and the ManNovember 1914The Blue Book Magazine
The TrapNovember 1914Lippincott's Magazine
Even in DeathDecember 12, 1914All-Story Cavalier Weekly
The SpyJune 1915Pearson's Magazine (USA)
Love!August 1915The Red Book Magazine
The Tenth QuestionDecember 18, 1915All-Story Weekly
The PlungeApril 1, 1916Snappy Stories
SummerJune 1916The Red Book Magazine
The Princess KukupaJuly 1916All Around Magazine
A Flyer in AnnuitiesOctober 1916Pod, Beneder and Co
A Game of SolitaireOctober 1916Pod, Beneder and Co
Crayons and ClayOctober 1916Pod, Beneder and Co
The Turning of the WormOctober 1916Pod, Beneder and Co
Lobsters and LootOctober 1916Pod, Beneder and Co
Knight Errants Up-to-DateOctober 1916Pod, Beneder and Co
Bill Jenkins, BuccaneerFebruary–March, 1917All-Story Weekly
The Lotus-EaterApril 2, 1917Snappy Stories
RelicsMay 1, 1917Snappy Stories
Fifteen MinutesJune 1, 1917Snappy Stories
Odyssey, Jr.August 4, 1917All-Story Weekly
The Mysterious MillionaireSeptember 1, 1917All-Story Weekly
AutumnSeptember 1917The Red Book Magazine
The Clutch of TantalusOctober 10, 1917People's Favorite Magazine
The ScapegraceOctober 25, 1917People's Favorite Magazine
The Affair in Room 99November 25, 1917People's Favorite Magazine
Journey's EndSeptember 1918The Parisienne Monthly Magazine
On the Rack of FearNovember 10, 1918People's Favorite Magazine
Phonies AllNovember 1918Breezy Stories
On Grand CaymanJanuary 1919Munsey's
Swamis TwainJanuary 1919The Blue Book Magazine
Armageddon ValleyFebruary 1919The Blue Book MagazinePittsburgh Bender; Pod Slattery
Shall - or Shall NotApril 5, 1919All-Story Weekly
Bennington's BathJuly 1919The Blue Book MagazineBennington
A ManAugust 1919Telling Tales
Bennington's LemonsApril 1920The Blue Book MagazineBennington
Two WaysSeptember 1920Breezy Stories
Bennington's BusNovember 1920The Blue Book MagazineBennington
Bennington's BoomJanuary 1921The Blue Book MagazineBennington
Fifty-FiftyMarch 19, 1921The Saturday Evening Post
Recreants TwainMarch 1921The Blue Book MagazinePittsburgh Bender; Pod Slattery
Test TubesMarch 1921Short Stories
Powers of DarknessMay 1921People's Favorite Magazine
Webster Said SomethingMay 1921The Blue Book MagazineBennington
As Ye Plant—August 10, 1921Short Stories
Paid in AdvanceOctober 1921Munsey's
The Longest SideNovember 10, 1921People's Favorite Magazine-
Bennington's BanditDecember 1921The Blue Book MagazineBennington
Drops of DeathJanuary 1922Munsey's
One PebbleFebruary 25, 1922People's Story Magazine
Bennington's BoyFebruary 1922The Blue Book MagazineBennington
SauceMarch 1922Everybody's Magazine
TwistsApril 10, 1922People's Story Magazine
Leatherbee's LuckApril 1922The Blue Book Magazine
A Polite QuestionApril 1922Munsey's
LuckMay 10, 1922People's Story Magazine
FriendshipJune 10, 1922People's Story Magazine
Bennington, BruteJuly 1922The Blue Book MagazineBennington
Fern ShadowsJuly 1922Munsey's
FitsSeptember 25, 1922Short Stories
Compacts of LifeDecember 1, 1922Snappy Stories
The Broken ArrowJan 12, 1922Western Story Magazine
Troubled WatersMarch 1, 1923People's Magazine
PetticoatsApril 1, 1923People's MagazineCaptain Leonidas Tripp
The Nogg-HeadJuly 21, 1923The Saturday Evening Post
RatsOctober 1, 1923People's Magazine
FoamJanuary 1, 1924People's Magazine
RustJanuary 15, 1924People's Magazine
HonorMay 15, 1924People's Magazine
ChanceAugust 1, 1924People's MagazineCaptain Leonidas Tripp
Strong Men and MeatAugust 10, 1924Short Stories
Dice of DestinySeptember 10, 1924Short Stories
FeathersSeptember 24, 1924Complete Story Magazine
Ch'eng and FooOctober 25, 1924Complete Story Magazine
Bennington's Bio-BeautyOctober 1924The Blue Book MagazineBennington
RovingFebruary 25, 1925Complete Story Magazine
Half a BrickJune 6, 1925The Saturday Evening Post
IceAugust 10, 1925Complete Story Magazine
Sir Galahad of GilaSeptember 1925The Blue Book Magazine
The Ship That StrayedOctober 10, 1925Short Stories
Verdict: "Suicide"November 28, 1925Argosy All-Story Weekly
VelvetDecember 1925Munsey's
Bennington's BirdsJanuary 1926The Blue Book MagazineBennington
PowderFebruary 1926Sea Stories MagazineCaptain Leonidas Tripp
KangarooMarch 1926Sea Stories MagazineCaptain Leonidas Tripp
TerrorApril/May 1926Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories
ElephantJuly 1926Sea Stories MagazineCaptain Leonidas Tripp
IvoryAugust 1926Sea Stories MagazineCaptain Leonidas Tripp
At Plug 47October 1926The Blue Book Magazine
DivorceFebruary 1927Sea Stories MagazineCaptain Leonidas Tripp
CorkMarch 1927Sea Stories
Johnny MoanerJune 1927Everybody's Magazine
DorymatesJanuary 1, 1928Adventure
BananasFebruary 1929The Blue Book Magazine
Mamma Told MeMay 1930The Blue Book Magazine
Bennington the BuccaneerAugust 1930The Blue Book MagazineBennington
Stand by to RamSeptember 15, 1930Adventure
High ExplosiveMarch 1931The Blue Book Magazine
MoriartyMay 30, 1931Liberty
Rough TossMay 15, 1932The Popular Complete Stories
LocoedMay 20, 1933Detective Fiction WeeklyT. Ashley
Pipes of DeathSep 16, 1933Detective Fiction Weekly
The Kalanga of DeathNovember 1933Danger Trail
Pieces of the PuzzleFebruary 3, 1934Detective Fiction Weekly
Nothin' Like LeatherApril 10, 1934Short Stories
Kangaroo1944Sea Story Annual

Notes

  1. Bleiler, Everett Franklin; Bleiler, Richard (1998). Science-fiction: The Gernsback Years. Kent State University Press. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-87338-604-3.
  2. Maine Register State Year-Book and Legislative Manual. Portland, ME: Tower Publishing Company. 1980. p. 82.
  3. Richard A. Lupoff, "England, George Allan" in Twentieth-Century Science-Fiction Writers by Curtis C. Smith. St. James Press, 1986, ISBN 0-912289-27-9 (p.230-1).
  4. Ashley, Time Machines, p. 51.
  5. George Allan England. The Air Trust. St. Louis, MO. Phil Wagner. 1915. p. 329.

References

  • Ashley, Mike (2000). The Time Machines:The Story of the Science-Fiction Pulp Magazines from the beginning to 1950. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. ISBN 0-85323-865-0.
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