"Christopher Anvil" is a pseudonym used by author Harry C. Crosby (1922-2009).
Harry Crosby's first published short story was "Cinderella, Inc.", which appeared in the December 1952 issue of Imagination. By 1956, he had adopted the pseudonym and was being published in Astounding Magazine. His first published book was The Day the Machines Stopped (1964). He is best known for his Federation of Humanity series, which he referred to as the Colonization Series before they were published as collections. Most of his published works are short stories, and he has also produced four novels.
American writer (1925-2009)
| Born | 1922 |
| Died | 2009 |
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American writer (1925-2009)
| Born | 1922 |
| Died | 2009 |
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American Science fiction, Fiction, Life on other planets, Space warfare, Science fiction, English Science fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, Space ships, Fiction, general, Fiction, science fiction, space opera, Technological innovations, American Political fiction, American War stories, Children's stories, American, Children's stories, English, Human-alien encounters, Juvenile fiction, Political fiction, Post Apocalyptic, Psychology, Science fiction, american, Science fiction, history and criticism, Short storiesPeople
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- OLID: OL1391454A
- BookBrainz: 31cb8148-ca51-4c72-a5ed-80ad58cd4c3a
- ISNI: 000000005191521X
- Library of Congress Names: n2003033418
- LibriVox: 17427
- Project Gutenberg: 46334
- VIAF: 69456181
- Wikidata: Q2966551
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q2966551
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- Harry C. Crosby
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