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'''Leonard Patrick O'Connor Wibberley''' was an [[Ireland]]-born, [[U.S.]] [[author]] best remembered for his [[satirical]] [[alternate history]] series, ''The Mouse That Roared'', set in the [[fiction]]al Duchy of Grand Fenwick. [[Fandom]] found the [[Ruritania]]n romps, as [[Anthony Boucher]] said of the first [[novel]], "utterly delightful ... a very nearly perfect book, on no account to be missed" (''[[F&SF]]'', June 1955, p. 75). | '''Leonard Patrick O'Connor Wibberley''' was an [[Ireland]]-born, [[U.S.]] [[author]] best remembered for his [[satirical]] [[alternate history]] series, ''The Mouse That Roared'', set in the [[fiction]]al Duchy of Grand Fenwick. [[Fandom]] found the [[Ruritania]]n romps, as [[Anthony Boucher]] said of the first [[novel]], "utterly delightful ... a very nearly perfect book, on no account to be missed" (''[[F&SF]]'', June 1955, p. 75). | ||
| − | Wibberley, a journalist, wrote some 100 [[books]] mainly children’s literature and detective fiction, often under [[pseudonyms]]. | + | Wibberley, a journalist, wrote some 100 [[books]], mainly children’s literature and detective fiction, often under [[pseudonyms]]. |
{{SFE|name= wibberley_leonard}}. | {{SFE|name= wibberley_leonard}}. | ||
Latest revision as of 15:45, 23 March 2023
(April 9, 1915 – November 22, 1983
Leonard Patrick O'Connor Wibberley was an Ireland-born, U.S. author best remembered for his satirical alternate history series, The Mouse That Roared, set in the fictional Duchy of Grand Fenwick. Fandom found the Ruritanian romps, as Anthony Boucher said of the first novel, "utterly delightful ... a very nearly perfect book, on no account to be missed" (F&SF, June 1955, p. 75).
Wibberley, a journalist, wrote some 100 books, mainly children’s literature and detective fiction, often under pseudonyms.
Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.
| Person | 1915—1983 |
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