John Russell Fearn was a British author and one of the first British writers to appear in American pulp

Pulp magazine

Pulp magazines , also collectively known as pulp fiction, refers to inexpensive fiction magazines published from 1896 through the 1950s. The typical pulp magazine was seven inches wide by ten inches high, half an inch thick, and 128 pages long...

 science fiction magazine

Science fiction magazine

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Career

Fearn was a prolific writer who wrote Westerns and crime fiction

Crime fiction

Crime fiction is the literary genre that fictionalizes crimes, their detection, criminals and their motives. It is usually distinguished from mainstream fiction and other genres such as science fiction or historical fiction, but boundaries can be, and indeed are, blurred...

 as well as science fiction. His writing appeared under numerous pseudonyms. He wrote series like Adam Quirke, Clayton Drew, Golden Amazon, and Herbert. At times these drew on the pulp traditions of Edgar Rice Burroughs

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter, although he produced works in many genres.-Biography:...

. His work received praise for its vividness, but criticism, being deemed "unpolished".

As himself

• The Intelligence Gigantic (1933 Amazing Stories
  Amazing Stories
  Amazing Stories was an American science fiction magazine launched in April 1926 by Hugo Gernsback's Experimenter Publishing. It was the first magazine devoted solely to science fiction...
  
  ; 1943)
• Liners of Time (1935 Amazing Stories
  Amazing Stories
  Amazing Stories was an American science fiction magazine launched in April 1926 by Hugo Gernsback's Experimenter Publishing. It was the first magazine devoted solely to science fiction...
  
  ; 1947) and its sequel
• "Zagribud" (1937 Amazing Stories
  Amazing Stories
  Amazing Stories was an American science fiction magazine launched in April 1926 by Hugo Gernsback's Experimenter Publishing. It was the first magazine devoted solely to science fiction...
  
  ; cut variant title Science Metropolis as by Vargo Statten 1952)
• He Never Slept (1934 Astounding Stories; 1934)
• Nebula X (1946 as "The Multillionth Chance"; revised 1950)
• The Sun Makers
  The Sun Makers
  -Cast notes:*Michael Keating also appeared in the audio play The Twilight Kingdom as Major Koth and in Year of the Pig as Inspector Chardalot...
  
   (1937 as "Metamorphosis"; revised 1950)
• The Avenging Martian (1938 as "Red Heritage"; revised 1950)
• The Renegade Star (1938 as "The Blue Infinity"; revised 1951)
• The Inner Cosmos (1937 as "Worlds Within"; revised 1952)
• To the Ultimate (1936 as "Mathematica"; revised 1952)
• The Dust Destroyer (1934 as "The Man who Stopped the Dust"; revised 1953)
• The Gold of Akada (1951)
• Anjani the Mighty (1951)
• The Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954 as by Vargo Statten) novelization of 1954 film
• Slaves of Ijax (1947 chap)
• From Afar
  From Afar
  -Track listing:-Charts:-Band members:*Petri Lindroos – harsh vocals, guitars*Markus Toivonen – guitars, clean and backing vocals*Sami Hinkka – bass, clean and backing vocals*Janne Parviainen – drums*Emmi Silvennoinen – keyboards, backing vocals...
  
   (1982 chap)
• No Grave Need I (1984 chap)
• The Slitherers (1984 chap)

Golden Amazon

1. The Golden Amazon (1939-43 Fantastic Adventures as by Thornton Ayre; 1944)
2. The Golden Amazon Returns (1945; 1949 variant title The Deathless Amazon 1953 Canada)
3. The Golden Amazon's Triumph (1946; 1953)
4. The Amazon's Diamond Quest (1947 as "Diamond Quest"; 1953)
5. Twin of the Amazon (1948; 1954)
6. The Amazon Strikes Again (1948; 1954)
7. Conquest of the Amazon (1949; 1973 chap)
8. Lord of Atlantis (1949; 1991)
9. Triangle of Power (1950)
10. Amethyst City (1951)
11. Daughter of Golden Amazon
12. Quorne Returns
13. The Central Intelligence (1953)
14. The Cosmic Crusaders (1955)
15. Parasite Planet (1955)
16. World Out of Step (1956)
17. The Shadow People (1957)
18. Kingpin Planet (1957)
19. World in Reverse (1958)
20. Dwellers in Darkness (1958)

Mars Quartet (Clayton Drew)

• Emperor of Mars (1950)
• Warrior of Mars (1950)
• Red Men of Mars (1950)
• Goddess of Mars (1950)

Works written under pseudonyms

• What Happened to Hammond? (1951) as by Hugo Blayn
• Valley of Pretenders (circa 1942 chap US) as by Dennis Clive
• The Voice Commands (circa 1942 chap US) as by Dennis Clive
• Other Eyes Watching (1946) as by Polton Cross
• The Trembling World (1949) as by Astron Del Martia. There is another novel One Against Time as by Astron Del Martia stated to have been written by JRF. This is incorrect. It was in fact written by Steven Francis.
• Don't Touch Me
  Don't Touch Me
  "Don't Touch Me" is the name of a classic country music song originally recorded and made famous by Jeannie Seely in 1966.-History:"Don't Touch Me" was written by Jeannie Seely's husband, Hank Cochran, the songwriter who wrote Patsy Cline's "I Fall to Pieces" and Eddy Arnold's "Make the World Go...
  
   (1953) as by Spike Gordon
• The Dyno-Depressent (1953) as by Volsted Gridban
• Magnetic Brain (1953) as by Volsted Gridban
• Moons for Sale (1953) as by Volsted Gridban
• Scourge of the Atom (1953 as "After the Atom" by JRF; revised 1953) as by Volsted Gridban
• A Thing of the Past (1953) as by Volsted Gridban
• The Genoial Dinosaur (1954)
• Exit Life (1941 as "The World in Wilderness" as by Thornton Ayre; revised 1953) as by Volsted Gridban
• The Master Must Die (1953) as by Volsted Gridban
• The Lonely Astonomer (partly based on "Death at the Observatory" as by JRF; 1954) as by Volsted Gridban
• The Purple Wizard (1953) as by Volsted Gridban
• The Frozen Limit (1954) as by Volsted Gridban
• I Came - I Saw - I Wondered (1954) as by Volsted Gridban
• Liquid Death (1954) as by "Griff"
• Cosmic Exodus (1953 chap) as by Conrad G. Holt
• Dark Boundaries (1953) as by Paul Lorraine
• The Hell-Fruit (1953 chap) as by Laurence F. Rose
• Account Settled (1949) as by John Russell
• Z-Formations (1953) as by Brian Shaw

Work written under the name Vargo Statten

• Operation Venus (1950)
• Annihilation
  Annihilation
  Annihilation is defined as "total destruction" or "complete obliteration" of an object; having its root in the Latin nihil . A literal translation is "to make into nothing"....
  
   (1950)
• The Micro-Men (1950)
• Wanderer of Space (1950)
• 2000 Years On (1950)
• Inferno!
  INFERNO!
  Inferno! was a bi-monthly magazine published from 1997 to 2004 by Games Workshop's publishing division, Black Library, which was initially just the name of the team brought together to work on Inferno!....
  
   (1950)
• The Cosmic Flame (1950)
• Cataclysm
  Cataclysm
  The term cataclysm The term cataclysm The term cataclysm (from the Greek kataklysmos, to 'wash down' (kluzein "wash" + kata "down") may refer to:*Deluge (mythology)*a hypothetical Doomsday event*any catastrophic geological phenomenon**volcanic eruption**earthquake...
  
  (1944 as "The Devouring Tide" as by Polton Cross; revised 1951)
• The Red Insects (1951)
• The New Satellite (1951)
• Deadline to Pluto (1951)
• The Petrified Planet
  The Petrified Planet
  The Petrified Planet is an anthology of three original science fiction stories, edited by the uncredited Fletcher Pratt and published by Twayne in 1952. It was the first in a series a planned "Twayne Triplets," "a series of books to be produced by the 'joint efforts' of a scientist and a trio of...
  
   (1951)
• Born of Luna (1951)
• The Devouring Fire (1951)
• The Catalyst
  The Catalyst
  "The Catalyst" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park. Released on August 2, 2010, it is the first single from their fourth studio album, A Thousand Suns, which was released on September 8, 2010...
  
   (1951)
• The Space Warp (1952)
• The Eclipse Express (1952)
• The Time Bridge (1942 as "Prisoner of Time" by Polton Cross; revised 1952)
• The Man from Tomorrow (1950 as "Stranger in our Midst" by JRF; revised 1952)
• The G-Bomb (1941 as "The Last Secret Weapon" by Polton Cross; revised 1952)
• Laughter in Space (1939 as "Laughter out of Space" by Dennis Clive; revised 1952)
• Across the Ages (1952 as "Glimpse" by JRF; 1952 chap)
• The Last Martian (1952 chap)
• Worlds to Conquer (1952 chap)
• De-Creation (1952 chap)
• The Time Trap
  The Time Trap
  The Time Trap is an episode of Star Trek: The Animated Series.-Plot outline:While exploring the Delta Triangle, where many starships have disappeared, the USS Enterprise is attacked by several Klingon vessels. During the battle they are caught in an ion storm...
  
   (1952 chap)
• Ultra Spectrum (1953)
• Black-Wing of Mars (1953 as "Winged Pestilence" by JRF; 1953)
• Man in Duplicate (1953)
• Zero Hour
  Zero Hour
  Zero Hour may refer to:* Midnight, also known as 00:00 or Zero Hour- Literature :* Zero Hour , a 1994 DC Comics comic book miniseries and crossover storyline...
  
  (1952 as "Deadline" by JRF; 1953)
• The Black Avengers (1953)
• Odyssey of Nine (1953)
• Pioneer 1990 (1940 as "He Conquered Venus" by JRF; revised 1953)
• The Interloper (1953)
• Man of Two Worlds
  Man of Two Worlds
  Man of Two Worlds is a novel written by Brian and Frank Herbert.-Plot summary :On the distant planet Dreenor lives the most powerful species in the Galaxy. All of the Universe is the creation of the Dreens, who possess the power of "idmaging", turning their thoughts into reality. They can create...
  
   (1953)
• The Lie Destroyer (1953)
• Black Bargain (1953)
• The Grand Illusion (1953)
• Wealth of the Void (1954)
• A Time Appointed (1954)
• I Spy
  I Spy
  I Spy is an American television secret-agent adventure series. It ran for three seasons on NBC from 1965 to 1968 and teamed Robert Culp as international tennis player Kelly Robinson with Bill Cosby as his trainer, Alexander Scott...
  
  (1954)
• The Multi-Man (1954)
• 1,000 Year Voyage (1954)
• Earth 2
  Earth 2
  Earth 2 may refer to:* Earth 2 , a science fiction TV series that aired in 1994–1995* Earth 2 , an album by doom metal band Earth* one of several realms in the fictional universe of DC Comics:...
  
  (1955)

See also

• Ron Turner
  Ron Turner (artist)
  Ron Turner was a British illustrator and comic book artist.- Early life and career :Ron Turner became interested in science fiction at an early age, with numerous works across several media: the novels of H.G...
  
  – an illustrator closely associated with the Vargo Statten pseudonym.

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