Palmer, John
Entry updated 2 December 2024. Tagged: Author.
(1885-1944) UK author, known mostly for numerous detective novels and thrillers in collaboration with Hilary Saunders (1898-1951), both writing together as Francis Beeding (for their joint sf see that entry); "bad eyesight" barred him from active service in World War One. The Hesperides: A Looking-Glass Fugue (1936) by Palmer solo is a Satire in the style of the Scientific Romance whose human protagonist visits Venus, where he discovers a Dystopia suffering under totalitarian thought control, and takes part in a revolt.
Palmer's other works include Rudyard Kipling (1915), a book-length study of Rudyard Kipling. [JC]
John Leslie Palmer
born London: 4 September 1885
died London: 5 August 1944
works
- The Hesperides: A Looking-Glass Fugue (London: Martin Secker and Warburg, 1936) as John Palmer [hb/nonpictorial]
nonfiction
- Rudyard Kipling (London: Nisbet and Co, 1915) [nonfiction: Rudyard Kipling: hb/]
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