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A British author known for his series of Arthurian novels, ''The Once and Future King''. He also wrote a sequel to ''Gulliver's Travels'', ''Mistress Masham's Repose'' He was [[Memorial Guest]] at [[Readercon 3]].
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'''Terence Hanbury "Tim" White''', a [[British]] [[fantasy]] and [[sf]] author known for his series of Arthurian novels, ''The Once and Future King'', also wrote a sequel to ''Gulliver's Travels'', ''Mistress Masham's Repose'', and ''Earth Stopped'' (1934) and its sequel, ''Gone to Ground'' (1935), [[science fiction]] novels about a disaster that devastates the world.
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Posthumously, he was [[Memorial Guest]] at [[Readercon 3]] in 1990, and in 2020 was awarded the [[1939 Best Novel Retro Hugo]] for ''The Sword in the Stone'', the first of his King Arthur books.
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Latest revision as of 13:38, 31 January 2021

(29 May 1906 – 17 January 1964)

Terence Hanbury "Tim" White, a British fantasy and sf author known for his series of Arthurian novels, The Once and Future King, also wrote a sequel to Gulliver's Travels, Mistress Masham's Repose, and Earth Stopped (1934) and its sequel, Gone to Ground (1935), science fiction novels about a disaster that devastates the world.

Posthumously, he was Memorial Guest at Readercon 3 in 1990, and in 2020 was awarded the 1939 Best Novel Retro Hugo for The Sword in the Stone, the first of his King Arthur books.

Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.



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