![]() ![]() ![]() His books had a great influence on later science fiction writers, but it was Eric Frank Russell who first picked up on using Fort as a springboard. ![]() Starting in 1919, he gathered these stories into four books that were part reporting, part speculation and mainly rambling stream of conciousness where Fort dabbled with and then rejected and then re-dabbled with all manner of bizarre ideas about what is "really" going on. Charles Fort, a newspaper reporter and frustrated naturalist, was an obsessive collector of press clippings involving all manner of weird happenings all over the world. Like a lot of science fiction, it is famous for its premise to the point where its appalling execution is entirely overlooked.įirst published in the short-lived strange fiction magazine Unknown, Sinister Barrier is the first sample of "Fortean" science fiction. Unfortunately, sometimes finding that book proves more fun than actually turning the pages. And you don't have to lug the carcass back to the lodge through two miles of undergrowth. Even in a digital age, running down a volume that you know by name or reputations, but have never laid hands on can be as exhilarating as stalking a buck and the kill as satisfying. Sinister Barrier by Eric Frank Russell (1939) ![]()
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