GLOAG, John

GLOAG, John
(1896-1981)
   UK writer, primarily in the fields of social history, architecture and design. His first sf novel, Tomorrow's Yesterday (1932), strongly influenced by H.G. WELLS's THE TIME MACHINE (1895) and Olaf STAPLEDON's LAST AND FIRST MEN (1930), is a satirical criticism ofcontemporary society as viewed by our successors, a race of cat people who have mastered TIME TRAVEL. Time manipulation featured prominently in several of JG's short stories and, through a drug capable of unlocking ancestral memories, in the novel 99% (1944). His other novels, again with strong satirical overtones, are chiefly concerned with the effect of new discoveries on society. In The New Pleasure (1933) a chemical is used to heighten the sense of smell; in Winter's Youth (1934) a rejuvenation process adds 30 years to one's life; and in Manna (1940) a fungus that appeases hunger creates a lethargic population. Tomorrow's Yesterday was reprinted, with slight revisions, in First One and Twenty (coll 1946), which also incorporates 10 stories from It Makes a Nice Change (coll 1938). Other fantasy stories appear in Take One a Week (coll 1950).After along period away from the field, JG published a series of historical fantasy novels, Caesar of the Narrow Seas (1969), The Eagles Depart (1973) and Artorius Rex (1977), which attracted comparison with the works of Susan COOPER.
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   Other works: Artifex, or The Future of Craftsmanship (1926 chap), nonfiction; Sacred Edifice (1937); Slow (1954).
   About the author: "The Future Between the Wars: The Speculative Fiction of John Gloag" by Brian M. STABLEFORD in Foundation (1980).

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