HUGHES, Dennis (Talbot)

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   UK writer, one of several authors of paperback originals for obscure houses in the late 1940s and 1950s who have remained reticent - or indifferent - about revealing much about themselves as individuals. DH was among the most prolific, producing some 60 known sf novels in less than half a decade. Like John S. GLASBY and the even more prolific R.L. FANTHORPE, DH made use of a wide range of sf themes with considerableinvention, especially on some of his later fantasy stories, which often feature allegorical and/or dream sequences; but the books themselves were slackly written, albeit with some improvement over the years. This carelessness was entirely understandable given the sweat-shop conditions of his employment.

   JC

   Works include: As Dennis (or Denis) Hughes: The Earth Invasion Battalion (1950); Murder by Telecopter (1950); Formula 695 (1950); War Lords of Space (1950); Moon War (1951).As Marvin Ashton: People of Asa (1953).As Ray Barry: Death Dimension (1952); Blue Peril (1952); Gamma Product (1952); Humanoid Puppets (1952); Ominous Folly (1952).As George Sheldon Browne (or Brown): Destination Mars (1951); The Planetoid Peril (1952); The Yellow Planet (1954).As Berl CAMERON (house name): Maid of Thuro (1952); Lost Aeons (1953).As Dee Carter: Blue Cordon (1952); Chloroplasm (1952); Purple Islands (1953).As Neil CHARLES (housename): Twenty-Four Hours (1952); The Land of Esa (1953); Beyond Zoaster (1953); Pre-Gargantua (1953); World of Gol (1953); Research Opta (1953).AsLee ELLIOT(house name): Bio-Muton (1952).As Marco Garon (house name): The Rex Brandon jungle fantasies, loosely derived from Tarzan, comprising Jungle Allies (1951), Death Warriors (1951), Black Fury (1951), White Gold (1951), Black Sport (1951), Bush Claws (1951), Silent River (1951), Veldt Warriors (1951), Leopard God (1952), Snake Valley (1952), Fire Tribes (1952) and Mountain Gold (1952) (Marco GARRON).As Irving Heine: Dimension of Illion (1955 chap).As Gill HUNT (house name): Elektron Union (1951); Hostile Worlds (1951); Planet X (1951); Space Flight (1951); Spacial Ray(1951).As Von KELLAR (house name): Ionic Barrier (1953).As Brad KENT (house name): Biology "A" (1952); The Fatal Law (1952); Catalyst (1952).As John Lane: Maid of Thuro (1952); Mammalia (1953).As Rand LE PAGE (house name): Asteroid Forma (1953).As Grant Malcolm: The Green Mandarin Mystery (1950).As G.R. Melde: Pacific Advance (1954).As Van REED (house name):House of Many Changes (1952).As Russell Rey: The Queen People (1952); Valley of Terror (1953).As William Rogersohn: North Dimension (1954); Amiro (1954).As Arn ROMILUS (house name): Brain Paleo (1953); Organic Destiny (1954).As E.R. Royce: Experiment in Telepathy (1954).