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Eric Frank Russell

1905 - 1978

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Eric Frank Russell (January 6, 1905 – February 28, 1978) was a British writer best known for his science fiction novels and short stories. Much of his work was first published in the United States, in John W. Campbell's Astounding Science Fiction and other pulp magazines. Russell also wrote horror fiction for Weird Tales and non-fiction articles on Fortean topics. Up to 1955 several of his stories were published under pseudonyms, at least Duncan H. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eric Frank Russell has received more than 140,521 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Eric Frank Russell is the 4,091st most popular writer (down from 3,875th in 2019), the 2,933rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,852nd in 2019) and the 329th most popular British Writer.

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Notable Works

The Hugo Winners
American Science fiction, Science fiction, Hugo awards
An Anthology of Hugo award winners. The highest prize in Sci-Fi. Each of these stories, by different authors, was voted as the best novella/short story of a particular year. Asimov was also the editor or something. I have read it and loved it. Science Fiction at it's best. Contains: 13th Convention (1955)-19th Convention (1961). The darfsteller / Walter M. Miller, Jr. -- Allamagoosa / Eric Frank Russell -- Exploration team / Murray Leinster -- The star / Arthur C. Clarke -- Or all the seas with oysters / Avram Davidson -- The big front yard / Clifford D. Simak -- The hell-bound train / Robert Bloch -- Flowers for Algernon / Daniel Keyes -- The longest voyage / Poul Anderson --
1962
Wasp
science fiction, unconventional warfare
You could summarize this story as action/adventure and still do it a disservice. This is about an agent dropped on an enemy planet with one goal: to disrupt, distract, and generally raise hell with the planetary administration in a textbook example of unconventional psychological warfare. Russell had a theory that one man can, with minimal support, completely discombobulate a planet to the point where its military effectiveness would be severely diminished. This book is his theory expressed as a novel.
1957
Three to Conquer
Science fiction
1956
Men, Martians and Machines
science fiction, space exploration
**Voyage of the Marathon** Even at the time when space ships were making regular voyages across the universe, the MARATHON was a remarkable craft. Powered by the Flettner system, its speed was so great that for the first time exploration of the outer galaxies was made possible. *Men, Martians and Machines* describes some of the great voyages made by the MARATHON. There was, for example, the planet which was solely inhabited by machines — survivors, perhaps, from a civilization in which the first machine-makers had perished. On another planet, the inhabitants had developed the power of hypnotism to a fantastic degree, so that the observer saw only what he was willed to see. *Men, Martians and Machines* is Eric Frank Russell at his very best.
1955
Next of Kin
Fiction, Science Fiction
81, 82 new hostile worlds discovered: 83 - and then another five propulsors blew their linings simultaneously and Scout-Officer John Leeming knew he would have to make a crash landing. Soon he was a prisoner of the Zangastans - and filled with a determination to get back to Earth just as soon as possible. It took the failure of an orthodox escape attempt to make him realise that his alien life-form captors knew precious little of human nature. So unprompted corroboration from another Terran prisoner held by the Lathians, Zangasta's senior allies, that said Lathians had the Willies was good enough proof that Leeming's Eustace could be pretty dangerous. Does this baffle you? Read on!
1959
Sinister Barrier
1943

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Over the past year Eric Frank Russell has had the most page views in the with 14,129 views, followed by Russian (5,844), and Italian (1,855). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Persian (64.49%), Kannada (51.14%), and Ukrainian (22.02%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Eric Frank Russell ranks 4,091 out of 7,302. Before him are Karel Píč, Arkady Averchenko, İbrahim Şinasi, Saadat Hasan Manto, James Krüss, and Duchess Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg. After him are David Crane, T. C. Boyle, Lilian Jackson Braun, Petrus Borel, Jean de Brunhoff, and Sergei Mavrodi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Eric Frank Russell ranks 213. Before him are Irawati Karve, Walter Zapp, Colin Clark, Tamar Abakelia, Rózsa Péter, and Laura Perls. After him are Antonio Berni, Markos Vamvakaris, Albert Dekker, Fulvio Bernardini, Luis Vargas Peña, and Araken Patusca. Among people deceased in 1978, Eric Frank Russell ranks 154. Before him are Luo Ruiqing, Theo Lingen, Kathleen Kenyon, Zenta Mauriņa, Gordon Matta-Clark, and Alfred Müller-Armack. After him are Leigh Brackett, Léon Damas, Mary Blair, Theodor Tolsdorff, Duncan Grant, and Paul Yoshigoro Taguchi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Eric Frank Russell ranks 2,933 out of 8,785. Before him are Elizabeth Fry (1780), Frederick North, Lord North (1732), John Walter Gregory (1864), Christopher Hogwood (1941), Joe Jordan (1951), and Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning (1812). After him are Reece James (1999), Francis Lee (1944), Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury (1621), Ronald Neame (1911), Geoffrey Howe (1926), and Teresa Ann Savoy (1955).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Eric Frank Russell ranks 329. Before him are Mary Norton (1903), Eleanor Hibbert (1906), Michael Morpurgo (1943), Anita Brookner (1928), Fay Weldon (1931), and Maria Edgeworth (1768). After him are Peter Cheyney (1896), Jackie Collins (1937), Helen Fielding (1958), John Christopher (1922), Susanna Hall (1583), and Sue Townsend (1946).

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