Shirley, George E
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1898-2002) US author whose routine sf novels – all very short – are A World of Their Own (1965 chap), in which the USA is destroyed by a nuclear attack and a surviving family in the UK awaits the time when they may safely return home; The Robot Rulers (1967 chap), in which Australia is overwhelmed by Robots; and A World Beyond (1967 chap), in which a new planet is discovered in the solar system and its simple-life Utopia is taken over by Soviet communists. [DRL/JC]
George Ernest Shirley
born Missouri: 8 November 1898
died Missouri: 10 April 2002
works
- A World of Their Own (New York: Vantage Press, 1965) [chap: hb/]
- The Robot Rulers (New York: Vantage Press, 1967) [chap: hb/]
- A World Beyond (New York: Vantage Press, 1967) [chap: hb/]
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