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Phelps, William Lyon

(1865-1943) US academic, man-of-letters and author, of some sf interest for A Dash to the Pole (1909 chap), a spoof narrative depicting a Near Future expedition to the North Pole. [JC]

William Lyon Phelps

born New Haven, Connecticut: 2 January 1865

died New Haven, Connecticut: 21 August 1943

works

• A Dash at the Pole (Boston, Massachusetts: The Ball Publishing Company, 1909) [chap: illus/hb/John Goss]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction edited by John Clute, David Langford, Peter Nicholls and Graham Sleight.
Accessed 22:50 pm on 3 May 2024.
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