Charles Carr - Salamander War.doc
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Super Double Secret Bonus Special #17
Today, we have an older scifi novel, written by a pen name of a little-known author who was better known by his real name as an author of westerns and adventures. For someone who didn't write much scifi, this was a wonderful effort. I enjoyed this book from 1961 very much indeed, it had that positive approach to the future, even when difficulties are encountered. That 'we can build it better, quicker, stronger than it was before' kind of attitude that flavored so much of the middle age of scifi. This novel had something else, the very thing that attracted me to scifi, and is still the quality that speaks to me the most, it has that sense of wonder.
Charles Carr - Salamander War.doc
Charles Carr - Salamander War.doc
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It may be an oddball book, but I did indeed like this one, a fun romp if nothing else. :)
ReplyDeleteI've never seen or heard of this one before, thank you, Bethany! :-)
ReplyDeleteCharles Carr :-)
And Sci-fi. :-)
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Babalon :-)
And the real name of the author is...
ReplyDeleteI am sorry, you are right, here is the info:
ReplyDeleteCarr was the pen-name of Sydney Charles Mason (1901-1985), about whom very little is known. Born in Richmond, he may have been an officer in the army in the 1920s, stationed in Africa. An announcement in The Times notes the engagement of a Sydney Charles Mason, of the South Staffordshire Regiment, elder son of the late Mr. C. R. Mason and of Mrs. Mason of Hampton, Middlesex, to Muriel Lucie Bodman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bodman of Kenora, Thames Ditton, in January 1929. The couple married some 20 months later. A son, Anthony A. C. Mason, was born in 1931.
Mason's first novels appeared in 1937 and he kept up a solid output until the mid-1970s, mostly westerns and romances, under a variety of pen-names. His most popular books were probably those featuring the Lone Rider (as Colt Henderson) and the Walt Warren westerns (as John Langley).