George Allan England

George Allan England (9 February 1877 - 26 June 1936) was an American writer and explorer, best known for his speculative and science fiction. He attended Harvard University and later in life unsuccessfully ran for Governor of Maine. England was a socialist and many of his works have socialist themes.

For other uses, see George England (disambiguation).

George Allan England
England as depicted in Wonder Stories, January 1930
Born	9 February 1877 Fort McPherson, Nebraska, United States
Died	26 June 1936(1936-06-26) (aged 59) United States
Occupation	Writer, explorer
Language	English
Nationality	American
Genres	Speculative fiction, science fiction

Life

England was born in Nebraska.[1] He attended Harvard University, where he received Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) and Master of Arts (M.A.) degrees.[1] In 1912 he stood for Governor of Maine as the candidate of the Socialist Party of America.[1] In that election, he finished in third place with 2,081 votes (1.47%).[2] England died in a hospital in New Hampshire, although there is a legend that he disappeared on a treasure hunt.[1]

Writing

England's writing career took place mainly in New York and Maine.[1] Many of his works have a socialist theme.[1] Influences on England's writing include H. G. Wells, Jack London and Algernon Blackwood.[3]

His short story, "The Thing from—'Outside'", which had originally appeared in Hugo Gernsback's magazine Science and Invention, was reprinted in the first issue of the first science fiction magazine, Amazing Stories, in April 1926.[4] The novel The Air Trust (1915) is the story of a billionaire, Isaac Flint, who attempts to control the very air people breathe, and the violent consequences of his ambition and greed. In the concluding chapter, Flint is described as one of "the most sinister and cruel minds ever evolved upon this planet." [5]

England's trilogy, Darkness and Dawn (published in 1912, 1913 and 1914 as The Vacant World, Beyond the Great Oblivion and Afterglow) tells the story of 2 modern people who awake a thousand years after the earth was devastated by a meteor. They work to rebuild civilization. Richard A. Lupoff has noted that Darkness and Dawn contains "an unfortunate element of racism" (the villains who menace the heroes are descended from African-Americans). [3]

Novels

The Golden Blight was republished in the March 1949 issue of Fantastic Novels.

The Elixir of Hate was reprinted in the October 1950 issue of A. Merritt's Fantasy Magazine

The Flying Legion was republished in the January 1950 issue of Fantastic Novels.

• Darkness and Dawn Series
  • The Vacant World (1912)
  • Beyond the Great Oblivion (1913)
  • The Afterglow (1914)

Other Novels

• Beyond White Seas (1910)
• The Elixir of Hate (1910)
• The Empire in the Air (1914)
• The Air Trust (1915)
• The Fatal Gift (1915)
• The Golden Blight (1916)
• The Gift Supreme (1916)
• Bill Jenkins, Buccaneer (1917)
• Cursed (1919)
• The Flying Legion (1920)
• Adventure Isle (1926)

Short stories

• Pod, Bender and Co (October 1916) - Short story collection
  • When Pod Took the Count
  • A Flyer in Annuities
  • Birds of Passage
  • "Ammunition — With Care"
  • Art for Art's Sake
  • The Old Homestead
  • Pod Flits
  • A Game of Solitaire
  • Crayons and Clay
  • The Turning of the Worm
  • Lobsters and Loot
  • The Supreme Getaway
  • Knight Errants Up-to-Date
  • The Kimberley Special
  • A Passage at Arms
  • Fly-Time
• The Thing--From Outside (2016, short story collection)

Title	Publication Date	First Published In	Notes
The Americano at Cerdos	June 1905	Leslie's Monthly Magazine
The Time Reflector	September 1905	The Monthly Story Magazine
At the Eleventh Hour	Dectemer 1905	The All-Story Magazine
Neevus and the Wolf Pack	February 1906	The American Boy
The Turning of the Worm	February 1906	The All-Story Magazine	Pittsburg Bender; Pod Slattery
The Cylinder	June 1906	The All-Story Magazine
Family Jars: A Little Tale of Cousinly Amenities	June 1906	The American Magazine
Fire Fight Fire	July 1906	Munsey's
Vengeance Is Mine	July 1906	The All-Story Magazine
The Garden of Graft	August 1906	The All-Story Magazine
The Lunar Advertising Co., Ltd.	August 1906	The Gray Goose
Birds of Passage	November 1906	The All-Story Magazine	Pittsburg Bender; Pod Slattery
The Sorrows of Giuseppe	December 1906	McClure's
Jonas	January 1907	Munsey's
A Game of Solitaire	March 1907	The All-Story Magazine	Pittsburg Bender; Pod Slattery
Burdocks and Blueberries	April 1907	The All-Story Magazine
Thad's Watchers	September 1907	McClure's
The Heart of Love	November 1907	Cosmopolitan
Ammunition-With Care	February 1908	The All-Story Magazine	Pittsburg Bender; Pod Slattery
When Pod Took the Count	March 19087	The All-Story Magazine	Pittsburg Bender; Pod Slattery
The Hand of Blood	April 1908	The Gray Goose
Three Hearts and a Head	April 1908	Munsey's
Midsummer Madness	July 1908	The Outing Magazine
Art for Art's Sake	September 1908	The Gray Goose	Pittsburg Bender; Pod Slattery
The Mermaid	October 1908	The Scrap Book	Captain Leonidas Tripp
Africa	November 1908	The Cavalier
King Sullivan	February 1909	Munsey's
My Time-Annihilator	June 1909	The All-Story Magazine
The Girl at Gunflint Lake	July 1909	Munsey's
Pod Flits	August 1909	The All-Story Magazine	Pittsburg Bender; Pod Slattery
A Question of Salvage	September 1909	McClure's
Below the Cliff	November 1909	Gunter's Magazine
On Shark's Fin Reef	January 1910	Munsey's
Day of Days	July 1910	The Red Book Magazine
The Million-Lira Ticket	September 1910	The Scrap Book
Failures	October 1910	The All-Story Magazine
The Old Homestead	October 1910	The Scrap Book	Pittsburg Bender; Pod Slattery
Personally Conducted	December 1910	Adventure
At the Semaphore	February 1911	The Railroad Man's Magazine
He of the Glass Heart	May 1911	The Scrap Book
The Chechacko	April 1912	Adventure
Bill January	May 1912	The Hampton Magazine
The Million-Dollar Patch	June 1912	The All-Story
The Shackles of Fate	October 1912	The Red Book Magazine
A Passage at Arms	March 29, 1913	The Cavalier	Pittsburg Bender; Pod Slattery
Oil and Water	March 1913	Munsey's
Pod Slattery's Peril	April 26, 1913	The Cavalier	Pod Slattery
The Sprucer	May 1913	Munsey's
The Kimberly Special	June 7, 1913	The Cavalier	Pittsburg Bender; Pod Slattery
The Toss-Up	July 4, 1913	Harper's Weekly
Fly-Time	July 12, 1913	The Cavalier	Pittsburg Bender; Pod Slattery
Thomas Mittens, Stockholder	July 1913	The Red Book Magazine
The Supreme Getaway	August 23, 1913	The Cavalier	Pittsburg Bender; Pod Slattery
Other Days	October 1913	The Red Book Magazine
Speedy Limit	November 15, 1913	The Cavalier
The Lie	December 6, 1913	The Cavalier
Out of the Real	January 1914	Munsey's
In Mariners' House	February 7, 1914	The Cavalier
At Allaguash	April 1914	People's Ideal Fiction Magazine
Meeting Matchett	April 1914	The Red Book Magazine
Trousers and Tragedy	July 1914	Munsey's
Barbed Wire and Buttermilk	September 26, 1914	All-Story Cavalier Weekly
Legs and the Man	November 1914	The Blue Book Magazine
The Trap	November 1914	Lippincott's Magazine
Even in Death	December 12, 1914	All-Story Cavalier Weekly
The Spy	June 1915	Pearson's Magazine (USA)
Love!	August 1915	The Red Book Magazine
The Tenth Question	December 18, 1915	All-Story Weekly
The Plunge	April 1, 1916	Snappy Stories
Summer	June 1916	The Red Book Magazine
The Princess Kukupa	July 1916	All Around Magazine
A Flyer in Annuities	October 1916	Pod, Beneder and Co
A Game of Solitaire	October 1916	Pod, Beneder and Co
Crayons and Clay	October 1916	Pod, Beneder and Co
The Turning of the Worm	October 1916	Pod, Beneder and Co
Lobsters and Loot	October 1916	Pod, Beneder and Co
Knight Errants Up-to-Date	October 1916	Pod, Beneder and Co
Bill Jenkins, Buccaneer	February–March, 1917	All-Story Weekly
The Lotus-Eater	April 2, 1917	Snappy Stories
Relics	May 1, 1917	Snappy Stories
Fifteen Minutes	June 1, 1917	Snappy Stories
Odyssey, Jr.	August 4, 1917	All-Story Weekly
The Mysterious Millionaire	September 1, 1917	All-Story Weekly
Autumn	September 1917	The Red Book Magazine
The Clutch of Tantalus	October 10, 1917	People's Favorite Magazine
The Scapegrace	October 25, 1917	People's Favorite Magazine
The Affair in Room 99	November 25, 1917	People's Favorite Magazine
Journey's End	September 1918	The Parisienne Monthly Magazine
On the Rack of Fear	November 10, 1918	People's Favorite Magazine
Phonies All	November 1918	Breezy Stories
On Grand Cayman	January 1919	Munsey's
Swamis Twain	January 1919	The Blue Book Magazine
Armageddon Valley	February 1919	The Blue Book Magazine	Pittsburgh Bender; Pod Slattery
Shall - or Shall Not	April 5, 1919	All-Story Weekly
Bennington's Bath	July 1919	The Blue Book Magazine	Bennington
A Man	August 1919	Telling Tales
Bennington's Lemons	April 1920	The Blue Book Magazine	Bennington
Two Ways	September 1920	Breezy Stories
Bennington's Bus	November 1920	The Blue Book Magazine	Bennington
Bennington's Boom	January 1921	The Blue Book Magazine	Bennington
Fifty-Fifty	March 19, 1921	The Saturday Evening Post
Recreants Twain	March 1921	The Blue Book Magazine	Pittsburgh Bender; Pod Slattery
Test Tubes	March 1921	Short Stories
Powers of Darkness	May 1921	People's Favorite Magazine
Webster Said Something	May 1921	The Blue Book Magazine	Bennington
As Ye Plant—	August 10, 1921	Short Stories
Paid in Advance	October 1921	Munsey's
The Longest Side	November 10, 1921	People's Favorite Magazine	-
Bennington's Bandit	December 1921	The Blue Book Magazine	Bennington
Drops of Death	January 1922	Munsey's
One Pebble	February 25, 1922	People's Story Magazine
Bennington's Boy	February 1922	The Blue Book Magazine	Bennington
Sauce	March 1922	Everybody's Magazine
Twists	April 10, 1922	People's Story Magazine
Leatherbee's Luck	April 1922	The Blue Book Magazine
A Polite Question	April 1922	Munsey's
Luck	May 10, 1922	People's Story Magazine
Friendship	June 10, 1922	People's Story Magazine
Bennington, Brute	July 1922	The Blue Book Magazine	Bennington
Fern Shadows	July 1922	Munsey's
Fits	September 25, 1922	Short Stories
Compacts of Life	December 1, 1922	Snappy Stories
The Broken Arrow	Jan 12, 1922	Western Story Magazine
Troubled Waters	March 1, 1923	People's Magazine
Petticoats	April 1, 1923	People's Magazine	Captain Leonidas Tripp
The Nogg-Head	July 21, 1923	The Saturday Evening Post
Rats	October 1, 1923	People's Magazine
Foam	January 1, 1924	People's Magazine
Rust	January 15, 1924	People's Magazine
Honor	May 15, 1924	People's Magazine
Chance	August 1, 1924	People's Magazine	Captain Leonidas Tripp
Strong Men and Meat	August 10, 1924	Short Stories
Dice of Destiny	September 10, 1924	Short Stories
Feathers	September 24, 1924	Complete Story Magazine
Ch'eng and Foo	October 25, 1924	Complete Story Magazine
Bennington's Bio-Beauty	October 1924	The Blue Book Magazine	Bennington
Roving	February 25, 1925	Complete Story Magazine
Half a Brick	June 6, 1925	The Saturday Evening Post
Ice	August 10, 1925	Complete Story Magazine
Sir Galahad of Gila	September 1925	The Blue Book Magazine
The Ship That Strayed	October 10, 1925	Short Stories
Verdict: "Suicide"	November 28, 1925	Argosy All-Story Weekly
Velvet	December 1925	Munsey's
Bennington's Birds	January 1926	The Blue Book Magazine	Bennington
Powder	February 1926	Sea Stories Magazine	Captain Leonidas Tripp
Kangaroo	March 1926	Sea Stories Magazine	Captain Leonidas Tripp
Terror	April/May 1926	Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories
Elephant	July 1926	Sea Stories Magazine	Captain Leonidas Tripp
Ivory	August 1926	Sea Stories Magazine	Captain Leonidas Tripp
At Plug 47	October 1926	The Blue Book Magazine
Divorce	February 1927	Sea Stories Magazine	Captain Leonidas Tripp
Cork	March 1927	Sea Stories
Johnny Moaner	June 1927	Everybody's Magazine
Dorymates	January 1, 1928	Adventure
Bananas	February 1929	The Blue Book Magazine
Mamma Told Me	May 1930	The Blue Book Magazine
Bennington the Buccaneer	August 1930	The Blue Book Magazine	Bennington
Stand by to Ram	September 15, 1930	Adventure
High Explosive	March 1931	The Blue Book Magazine
Moriarty	May 30, 1931	Liberty
Rough Toss	May 15, 1932	The Popular Complete Stories
Locoed	May 20, 1933	Detective Fiction Weekly	T. Ashley
Pipes of Death	Sep 16, 1933	Detective Fiction Weekly
The Kalanga of Death	November 1933	Danger Trail
Pieces of the Puzzle	February 3, 1934	Detective Fiction Weekly
Nothin' Like Leather	April 10, 1934	Short Stories
Kangaroo	1944	Sea Story Annual

Notes

1. Bleiler, Everett Franklin; Bleiler, Richard (1998). Science-fiction: The Gernsback Years. Kent State University Press. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-87338-604-3.
2. Maine Register State Year-Book and Legislative Manual. Portland, ME: Tower Publishing Company. 1980. p. 82.
3. Richard A. Lupoff, "England, George Allan" in Twentieth-Century Science-Fiction Writers by Curtis C. Smith. St. James Press, 1986, ISBN 0-912289-27-9 (p.230-1).
4. Ashley, Time Machines, p. 51.
5. George Allan England. The Air Trust. St. Louis, MO. Phil Wagner. 1915. p. 329.

References

• Ashley, Mike (2000). The Time Machines:The Story of the Science-Fiction Pulp Magazines from the beginning to 1950. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. ISBN 0-85323-865-0.

External links

• Works by George Allan England at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about George Allan England at Internet Archive
• George Allan England at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Pod, Bender and Co (1916) at Internet Archive