Philip E. High
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Philip Empson High was an English
science fiction author.
, Bedfordshire
.
His writing career spanned over 50 years before his death in Canterbury
, Kent
on 9 August 2006. He published some 14 novels and numerous short stories.
High made his name initially in the 1950s with a series of short stories for such magazines as Authentic Science Fiction
, New Worlds
and Nebula
. A collection of these short stories, The Best of Philip E. High, was published in 2002.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
science fiction author.
Life
Philip Empson High was born in BiggleswadeBiggleswade
Biggleswade is a market town and civil parish located on the River Ivel in Bedfordshire, England. It is well served by transport routes, being close to the A1 road between London and the North, as well as having a railway station on the main rail link North from London .-Geography:Located about 40...
, Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire is a ceremonial county of historic origin in England that forms part of the East of England region.It borders Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Northamptonshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the west and Hertfordshire to the south-east....
.
His writing career spanned over 50 years before his death in Canterbury
Canterbury
Canterbury is a historic English cathedral city, which lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury, a district of Kent in South East England. It lies on the River Stour....
, Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
on 9 August 2006. He published some 14 novels and numerous short stories.
High made his name initially in the 1950s with a series of short stories for such magazines as Authentic Science Fiction
Authentic Science Fiction
Authentic Science Fiction was a British science fiction magazine published in the 1950s that ran for 85 issues under three editors: Gordon Landsborough, H.J. Campbell, and E.C. Tubb...
, New Worlds
New Worlds (magazine)
New Worlds was a British science fiction magazine which was first published professionally in 1946. For 25 years it was widely considered the leading science fiction magazine in Britain, publishing 201 issues up to 1971...
and Nebula
Nebula Science Fiction
Nebula Science Fiction was the first Scottish science fiction magazine. It was published from 1952 to 1959, and was edited by Peter Hamilton, a young Scot who was able to take advantage of spare capacity at his parents' printing company, Crownpoint, to launch the magazine...
. A collection of these short stories, The Best of Philip E. High, was published in 2002.
Novels
- No Truce With Terra (1964)
- The Prodigal Sun (1964)
- Double Illusion (also published as The Mad Metropolis) (1966)
- Reality Forbidden (1967)
- These Savage Futurians (1967)
- Twin Planets (1967)
- Invader on My Back (1968)
- The Time Mercenaries (1968)
- Butterfly Planet (1971)
- Come, Hunt an Earthman (1973)
- Sold - For a Spaceship (1973)
- Speaking of Dinosaurs (1974)
- Fugitive from Time (1978)
- Blindfold from the Stars (1979)