Working name of UK writer and anthologist Hugh Kingsmill Lunn (1899-1949), who remains best known for An Anthology of Invective and Abuse (anth 1929). The Dawn's Delay (coll 1924) contains "The End of the World", of interest for its vision of a solar system populated by various species (> End of the World), and "W.J.", about a Future War in 1966-1972. The Return of William Shakespeare (1929) presents within a sketchy sf frame the thoughts and activities of a Shakespeare reconstituted in the twentieth century (> Arts; Reincarnation); Kingsmill's rendering of Shakespeare is callow. In revised form both of these volumes were assembled as The Dawn's Delay (omni 1948). With Malcolm Muggeridge (1903-1990), he wrote two Satires rendering Near-Future doings in the form of newspaper stories: Brave Old World: A Mirror for The Times (1936) and 1938: A Pre-View of Next Year's News (1938). A much-loved figure, Kingsmill appears in novels and reminiscences of writers like William Gerhardi and Lance Sieveking. [JC]

see also: Sun.

Hugh Kingsmill Lunn

born London: 21 November 1889

died Brighton, East Sussex: 15 May 1949

works

• The Dawn's Delay (London: Elkin Mathews, 1924) [coll: hb/]
• The Return of William Shakespeare (London: Duckworth, 1929) [hb/]
  • The Dawn's Delay (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1948) [omni of the above two: the stories are revised: hb/]
• Brave Old World: A Mirror for The Times (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1936) with Malcolm Muggeridge [hb/Sydney Maiden]
• 1938: A Pre-View of Next Year's News (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1938) with Malcolm Muggeridge [hb/]

nonfiction

• Frank Harris (London: Jonathan Cape, 1932) [nonfiction: Frank Harris: hb/]
• Samuel Johnson (London: Arthur Barker, 1933) [nonfiction: Samuel Johnson: hb/]

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