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Druery, Chas T

Working name of UK author Charles Thomas Druery (1843-1917), who published works on UK flora (in particular, ferns). His didactic novel, The New Gulliver, or Travels in Athomia; Inspired by and Dedicated to Chronanthropos Sophilio (1897), presents its narrator, who has undergone Miniaturization in order to embark upon a Fantastic Voyage in his garden, with strange new perspectives on the natural world. [JC]

Charles Thomas Druery

born Lambeth, Surrey: 1843

died Acton, Middlesex: 8 August 1917

works

• The New Gulliver, or Travels in Athomia; Inspired by and Dedicated to Chronanthropos Sophilio (London: Roxburghe Press, 1897) [illus/hb/T P Collings]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Picture Gallery

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction edited by John Clute, David Langford, Peter Nicholls and Graham Sleight.
Accessed 13:22 pm on 26 April 2024.
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