BERRY, Bryan

(1930-1955)

   UK author who was active for only a few years. Along with such writers as John Russell FEARN, E.C. TUBB and Kenneth BULMER, he contributed many PULP-MAGAZINE-style sf novels to obscure paperback houses, most notably the Venus trilogy as by Rolf Garner. And the Stars Remain (1952) confronts men and Martians with a superior force. Born in Captivity (1952) presents a rigid post-WWIII society. Other novels include Return to Earth (1951), Dread Visitor (1952) and The Venom Seekers (1953). The Venus trilogy - Resurgent Dust (1953), The Immortals (1953) and The Indestructible (1954) - portrays in bold strokes mankind's fate on VENUS after the destruction of life on Earth: the man who eventually eliminates tyranny becomes Lord Kennet of Gryllaar. BB was closely associated with AUTHENTIC SCIENCE FICTION and also with TWO COMPLETE SCIENCE-ADVENTURE BOOKS, both of which published some of his novel-length fiction. "Aftermath" (1952) in the former became "Mission to Marakee" (1953) in the latter; as in the first case the story occupied the space allotted to fiction for an entire issue, it might better be listed as Aftermath (1952).

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