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Barr, Densil Neve

Pseudonym of UK author Douglas Norton Buttrey (1918-1994), whose sf novel, The Man with Only One Head (1955), develops the theme of novels like Pat Frank's Mr Adam (1946): only one man (his name is Adams) is left fertile; and the subsequent moralistic World Federation set up to deal with the crisis is riddled with dissension. The effect is of offhand Satire rather than simple incompetence. [JC]

Douglas Norton Buttrey

born Harrogate, Yorkshire: 12 September 1918

died Epping Forest, Essex: 1994

works

• The Man with Only One Head (London: Rich and Cowan, 1955) [hb/]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
Accessed 10:56 am on 20 April 2024.
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