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E. C. ELIOTT

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E. C. Eliott (Reginald Alec Martin): U.K., 1900 - ? [a]

Kemlo series  - published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd. (paperback editions noted against relevant titles)
  Kemlo and the Crazy Planet             1954
  Kemlo and the Zones of Silence         1954  - also Nelson Juniors 1960
  Kemlo and the Sky Horse                1954
  Kemlo and the Martian Ghosts [b]       1955  - also Nelson Juniors 1959
  Kemlo and the Craters of the Moon [c]  1955
  Kemlo and the Space Lanes [c]          1955  - also Nelson Juniors 1959; also Paul Hamlyn, Merlin Books, 1968 [d]
  Kemlo and the Star Men                 1955  - also Paul Hamlyn, Merlin Books, 1968 [d][e]
  Kemlo and the Gravity Rays             1956
  Kemlo and the Purple Dawn [f]          1957
  Kemlo and the End of Time [f]          1957
  Kemlo and the Zombie Men               1958
  Kemlo and the Space Men                1959
  Kemlo and the Satellite Builders       1960
  Kemlo and the Space Invaders           1961
  Kemlo and the Masters of Space         1963

Tas series
  Tas and the Space Machine [g]  1955
  Tas and the Postal Rocket [g]  1955
Further links

      http://www.penrithcity.nsw.gov.au/usrpages/collect/1950s.htm - web page about British 1950s series, with cover pictures of most of the Kemlo books and the two Tas books


Notes

[a] E. C. Eliott:
      The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, second edition, by John Clute and Peter Nicholls is my main source of information about this author and his work (p. 375). I cannot find any evidence that the author has died, although the Clute/Nicholls reference is from 1993. [ Back to top of listing ]

[b] Kemlo and the Martian Ghosts:
      Clute and Nicholls (see note [a] for details) give the year of publication as 1954, but I've been told that an actual copy of the original edition of this book (which I have not seen myself) gives the date of publication as February, 1955. [ Back to Kemlo and the Martian Ghosts ]

[c] Kemlo and the Craters of the Moon and Kemlo and the Space Lanes:
      The series ordering given here for these two titles is that shown by Clute and Nicholls (see note [a] for details); however, the listing of series titles given on the dustjacket flap of Kemlo and the Star Men reverses these two titles in order. [ Back to Kemlo and the Craters of the Moon ]

[d] Kemlo and the Space Lanes and Kemlo and the Star Men:
      The Merlin Books editions of these two titles spell the author's pseudonym as "Eliot", not "Eliott". This would appear to be incorrect, in view of the fact that the hardcover editions and the Nelson Junior paperback editions all agree in giving "Eliott". [ Back to Kemlo and the Space Lanes ]

[e] Kemlo and the Star Men:
      The Merlin Books edition of this title has material cut from its text, which would appear to be unintentional. On p. 112, three paragraphs are omitted - nearly a whole page of text. They are the first three paragraphs of Chapter 15, "The Star Men" (p. 169 of the original edition), and the chapter title itself is omitted, thus amalgamating two chapters into one long chapter. The remaining chapter that follows is numbered 15 in the Merlin edition, not 16, reflecting this change, so an examination of this edition itself would not reveal anything wrong, except for the amalgamated "chapter" being abnormally long, and also probably an obvious gap in the plot itself caused by the missing text. [ Back to Kemlo and the Star Men ]

[f] Kemlo and the Purple Dawn and Kemlo and the End of Time:
      The series ordering given here for these two titles is that shown by Clute and Nicholls (see note [a] for details); however, the listing of series titles given on the dustjacket flap of Kemlo and the Star Men reverses these two titles in order. I've been told that a similar listing in Kemlo and the Zombie Men also reverses the ordering given by Clute and Nicholls. [ Back to Kemlo and the Purple Dawn ]

[g] Tas and the Space Machine and Tas and the Postal Rocket:
      The two books comprising this short series are listed here in the order given by Clute and Nicholls (see note [a] for details); however, the titles are listed in reverse order on the British 1950s series page at http://www.penrithcity.nsw.gov.au/usrpages/collect/1950s.htm. Where this listing was derived from, I don't know; but it is possible it's from the cover of one of the actual books, and it could well reflect the true order of publication. [ Back to Tas series ]



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