Rennie, J Alan
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
Pseudonym of James Brown Gribbin (1899-1969) Scottish author of The Footstool of the Moon (1938), a Lost World novel set in Abyssinia where, having suffered Devolution, the Apes-as-Human survivors of a high ancient civilization threaten the safety of contemporary explorers; prehistoric species are discovered. [JC]
James Brown Gribbin [also known as James Anthony Brown Gribbin Houston]
born Renfrew, Scotland: 29 January 1899
died Grantown on Spey, Scotland: 17 September 1969
works
- The Footstool of the Moon (London: Hurst and Blackett, 1938) [hb/]
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