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Nicholson, John H

(1838-1923) UK born schoolmaster and author, in Australia from 1859, who also published early work as by Tadberry Gilcobs and Salathiel Doles. He is of sf interest for The Adventures of Halek: An Autobiographical Fragment (1882; vt Halek: A Romance 1896; further vt Halek: A Romance: Companion of "Almoni" 1904) and its sequel, Almoni: Companion Volume to Halek (1904), which takes The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come (1678) by John Bunyan (1628-1688) as the underlying model that shapes the adventures of Halek through various Oriental Utopias and Dystopias, improving himself constantly. Nicholson himself spent the rest of his life in a mental home. [JC]

John Henry Nicholson

born Lyme Regis, Dorset: 12 June 1838

died Brisbane, Queensland: 30 June 1923

works

• The Adventures of Halek: An Autobiographical Fragment (London: Griffin and Farran, 1882) [hb/]
  • Halek: A Romance (Brisbane, Queensland: A J Ross and Co, 1896) [vt of the above: binding unknown/]
    • Halek: A Romance: Companion of "Almoni" (Brisbane, Queensland: Edwards, Dunlop and Co, 1904) [hb/]
• Almoni: Companion Volume to Halek (Brisbane, Queensland: Edwards, Dunlop and Co, 1904) [hb/]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction edited by John Clute, David Langford, Peter Nicholls and Graham Sleight.
Accessed 21:35 pm on 8 May 2024.
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