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Philip E High

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Pen name
  
B. J. Empson

Period
  
1954-2006

Occupation
  
Bus driver and Author

Genre
  
Science Fiction


Language
  
English

Name
  
Philip High

Citizenship
  
United Kingdom

Role
  
Author

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Died
  
August 9, 2006, Canterbury, United Kingdom

Books
  
Come - Hunt an Earthman, The Mad Metropolis, Invader on My Back, Reality Forbidden, No Truce with Terra

Philip Empson High (28 April 1914 - 9 August 2006) was an English science fiction author.

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Life

Philip Empson High was born in Biggleswade, 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 various magazines including Authentic Science Fiction, New Worlds Science Fiction and Nebula Science Fiction, and was voted "top discovery" in the Nebula readers' poll for 1956 (the "Guinea Prize").

A collection of his short stories, The Best of Philip E. High, was published in 2002.

Novels

  • The Prodigal Sun (1964)
  • No Truce With Terra (1964)
  • The Mad Metropolis (1966) (later reissued as Double Illusion (1970))
  • Reality Forbidden (1967)
  • These Savage Futurians (1967)
  • Twin Planets (1967)
  • The Time Mercenaries (1968)
  • Invader on My Back (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)

    • Short story collections

  • The Best of Philip E. High (2002)
  • Step to the Stars (2004)
  • Guilty as Charged: Fantastic Crime Stories (2013)

    • References

    Philip E. High Wikipedia
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