Austin Hall (1885 – 1933) was an American short story writer and novelist. He began writing when, while working as a cowboy, he was asked to write a story. He wrote
westerns
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, science fiction and
fantasy
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The genre's roots lie in oral traditions, ...
for pulp magazines.
Works
(from the
Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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)
Novels
* ''
The Blind Spot'' (1921), with
Homer Eon Flint
* ''
People of the Comet'' (1923)
* ''The Spot of Life'' (1932)
Serials
* ''Into the Infinite'' (1919)
Short fiction
* "Almost Immortal" (1916)
* "The Rebel Soul" (1917)
* "The Man Who Saved the Earth" (1919)
References
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1880s births
1933 deaths
20th-century American novelists
American fantasy writers
American male novelists
American science fiction writers
American male short story writers
20th-century American short story writers
20th-century American male writers