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Ryan, Thomas

(?   -?   ) UK author of Men in Chains (coll of linked stories 1938) comprising a series of tales designed to describe the Evolution of Homo sapiens in Scientific Romance language, beginning in prehistory (see Prehistoric SF) and moving to the Near Future. The title conveys Ryan's sense of the costs of "progress".

Ryan should not be confused with the Canadian writer Thomas J Ryan. [JC]

Thomas Ryan

born

works

• Men in Chains (London: Peter Davies, 1938) [coll of linked stories: 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 16:36 pm on 26 April 2024.
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