Virgil Finlay pen and ink #illustration for “The Door” by Eric Frank Russell from Universe Science Fiction, March 1954. #FinlayFriday

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Today is Eric Frank Russell's Birthday

Eric Frank Russell (January 6, 1905 – February 28, 1978) was a British writer best known for his science fiction novels and short stories. Much of his work was first published in the United States, in John W. Campbell's #Astounding Science Fiction and other pulp magazines.

I have a copy of Dreadful Sanctuary by Eric Frank Russell in my private collection on sale here:

https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31238817526

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Wasp by Eric Frank Russell (1905 - 1978) was published in 1957. The Gollancz yellow jacket Sci-Fi series was one of my staples from the Saturday morning Library visit with friends in Burton on Trent in the 1960s.

Wasp might (in my opinion) just be the best science fiction story ever written. And certainly the funniest terrorist novel of all time (to paraphrase Terry Pratchett).

The photograph is the UK 1958 edition.

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@lazcorp In 1951, #EricFrankRussell wrote a fine satirical short story set on a planet of anarchists, "And Then There Were None". It's also the last part of his episodic novel #TheGreatExplosion. It's pretty funny and in its own way set on Anarres, too - just some roads apart from where Shevek lives.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Explosion