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Carr, Charles

Pseudonym of Sydney Charles Mason (1901-1985), a prolific UK author – primarily of Westerns under a variety of names including Colt Henderson and John Langley. His two Bel novels, Colonists of Space (1954) and its sequel Salamander War (1955), routinely deal with colonizing humans and their conflicts with the original salamander inhabitants of the planet Bel (see Colonization of Other Worlds). [JC/SH]

Sydney Charles Mason

born Richmond, Surrey: 23 April 1901

died Reading, Berkshire: 16 May 1985

works

series

Bel

• Colonists of Space (London: Ward, Lock, 1954) [Bel: hb/]
• Salamander War (London: Ward, Lock, 1955) [Bel: hb/Harold Johns]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Picture Gallery

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
Accessed 15:37 pm on 19 April 2024.
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