Previous SFF Author: Margaret Atwood
Francis Henry Atkins was an English author who was born in 1847 and wrote under the pseudonyms Frank Aktins, Frank Aubrey, and Fenton Ash. The author of 14 tales of sci-fi, fantasy and high adventure, Atkins passed away in 1927, at the age of 80.
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The King of the Dead by Frank Aubrey
As I have written elsewhere, Armchair Fiction’s current 24-book Lost World/Lost Race series is a godsend for all readers who enjoy this particular subgenre of fantastic literature, as jump-started and popularized by English author H. Rider Haggard in the mid-1880s. I’ve recently written about two of these 24, David Douglas’ The Silver God of the Orang Hutan and John Taine’s The Purple Sapphire,
Sandy Ferber´s rating: 4.5 | Frank Aubrey | Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | 5 comments |
The Temple of Fire by Francis Henry Atkins (Frank Aubrey/Fred Ashley)
As I mentioned in my review of English author Francis Henry Atkins’ third novel, The King of the Dead (1903), this was a writer who chose to hide behind a number of sobriquets, all of which featured the initials “F.A.” Those pen names were Frank Aubrey (which he used for that 1903 novel), Frank Atkins, Fenton Ash and Fred Ashley. I had hugely enjoyed the third novel by this seldom-discussed author,
Sandy Ferber´s rating: 3.5 | Frank Aubrey | Stand-Alone, Young Adult | SFF Reviews | 4 comments |
Previous SFF Author: Margaret Atwood
Pretty challenging book. Cut by half, speed up the cadence. Trying to figure out the plot, the main point of…
Thanks for the kind words, Marion! Coming as they are from a professional writer, they are much appreciated!
Wonderful review, Sandy.
The "body count" bothered me a bit less because being dead seemed more like an inconvenience than anything else... unlike…
Detailed, thoughtful review, Bill. I'm going to read it for two reasons. First, Karen Russell wrote it, and second, it…