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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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
Short story collections
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