John Russell Fearn


John Russell Fearn was a British author and one of the first British writers to appear in American pulp science fiction magazines. A prolific author, he published his novels also as Vargo Statten and with various pseudonyms such as Thornton Ayre, Polton Cross, Geoffrey Armstrong, John Cotton, Dennis Clive, Ephriam Winiki, Astron Del Martia and others.

Career

Fearn was a prolific writer who wrote Westerns and crime fiction as well as science fiction. His writing appeared under numerous pseudonyms. He wrote series such as Adam Quirke, Clayton Drew, Golden Amazon, and Herbert. At times these drew on the pulp traditions of Edgar Rice Burroughs. His work received praise for its vividness, but criticism, being deemed "unpolished".

Personal life

Child of a cotton salesman and a secretary, he worked initially for his father's firm, followed by work as a solicitor's clerk, fairground assistant, munitions factory, and cinema projectionist. He married writer Camilla Fegan in 1957.
As well as writing he was involved in writing/acting in local plays and active in writer's groups. In 1938, he told Amazing Stories that he "likes broiling sunlight and heated rooms smokes incessantly while he writes".

As himself

  1. The Golden Amazon
  2. The Amazon Fights Again
  3. The Golden Amazon Returns
  4. The Golden Amazon's Triumph
  5. The Amazon's Diamond Quest
  6. Twin of the Amazon
  7. The Amazon Strikes Again
  8. Conquest of the Amazon
  9. Lord of Atlantis
  10. Triangle of Power
  11. Amethyst City
  12. Daughter of Golden Amazon
  13. Quorne Returns
  14. The Central Intelligence
  15. The Cosmic Crusaders
  16. Parasite Planet
  17. World Out of Step
  18. The Shadow People
  19. Kingpin Planet
  20. World in Reverse
  21. Dwellers in Darkness
  22. World in Duplicate
  23. Lord of Creation
  24. Duel with Colossus
  25. Standstill Planet
  26. Ghost World
  27. Earth Divided
  28. Chameleon Planet

    Mars Quartet (Clayton Drew)