Thompson, Vance
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1863-1925) US literary critic and author in various genres (including early twentieth-century nutritionism). The Carnival of Destiny (coll of linked stories 1916) depicts a sequence of Reincarnations in terms of fantasy; The Scarlet Iris (1924; vt The Tarnished Woman 1924) is supernatural horror; and The Green Ray (November 1922-March 1923 Munsey's as "The Man of the Miracle"; 1924) is hoax rather than sf, except for some ambivalence surrounding a Black man bleached white and unpleasantly made the basis of a racist denouement (see Race in SF). His Dr Guelpa tales, featuring a French detective, verge on horror. [JC]
Vance Thompson
born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: 17 April 1863
died 5 June 1925
works
- The Carnival of Destiny (New York: Moffat, Yard, 1916) [col of linked stories: hb/G W Gage]
- The Green Ray (Indianapolis, Indiana: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1924) [hb/]
- The Scarlet Iris (Indianapolis, Indiana: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1924) [illus/A D Rahn: hb/Judson Card]
- The Tarnished Woman (London: Hutchinson and Co, 1924) [vt of the above: hb/]
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