THORPE, Fred

THORPE, Fred
   Pseudonym of Albert Stearns (? -1899), US dime novelist and author of 2 popular children's books based on the Arabian Nights, Chris and the Wonderful Lamp (1895) and Sindbad, Smith and Co (1896). He wrote manykinds of dime novel (DIME-NOVEL SF), but was best known for marvel stories written on an almost ABSURDIST level. His most popular was "The Silent City" (1892 Golden Hours), about adventures in a Fata Morgana cityseen over the Bering Sea. The Boy in Black (1894 Golden Hours; 1907) describes a weird, irrational supercivilization inside a Western mountain. "In the World Below" (1897 Golden Hours) anticipates Edgar RiceBURROUGHS's Pellucidar with adventures in a HOLLOW EARTH after an earth-borer goes out of control.
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