Easton, John
Entry updated 27 October 2025. Tagged: Author.
(? -? ) UK author whose experiences of active service during World War One were reflected in Three Personal Records of the War (1929) with R H Mottram and Eric Partridge. Matheson Fever: The Story of a Curse (1928) is a supernatural fiction set in India. Easton is of sf interest for Red Sap (1930; rev 1938), a Lost Race tale whose protagonist finds the secret of Invisibility deep in the Himalayas, a power he uses to penetrate a sacred valley, and to solve a murder mystery back in the UK. [JC]
John Easton
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works (selected)
- Matheson Fever: The Story of a Curse (London: Philip Allan, 1928) [hb/Kenneth Romney Towndrow]
- Red Sap (London: G P Putnam's Sons, 1930) [hb/uncredited]
- Red Sap (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1938) [rev of the above: hb/]
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