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Gallego, S G

(1883-1944) Spanish-born author, in US from an undetermined point; John Smith, Emperor (1944) is a Near Future tale whose culture-Hero protagonist uses his Invention of a secret device to impose peace on the world, and to institute a Utopia where anything that the protagonist considers immoral (Sex is particularly offensive to him) is made illegal. The Pope duly crowns him emperor. [JC]

Serapio Gonzalez Gallego

born San Miguel, Spain: 1883

died 1944

works

• John Smith, Emperor (St Paul, Minnesota: Guild Press, 1944) [pb/nonpictorial]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
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