Philip Francis Nowlan - Nowlan, Philip Francis; Parks, Stephen G
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The collected works of Philip Francis Nowlan, consisting of the two novellas, Armegeddon: 2419 and The Air Lords of Han. These seminal works of military science fiction, while written to and reflecting the cultural standards of their time of creation, gave us one of the most iconic characters of later comic books, serials, and radio dramas: Buck Rogers. These stories also introduced concepts like guerilla warfare and aerial drones to the public conscience. These adventures along with subsequent stories told in different media, would make Buck Rogers an indelible part of the era of Americana.

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The collected works of Philip Francis Nowlan, consisting of the two novellas, Armegeddon: 2419 and The Air Lords of Han. These seminal works of military science fiction, while written to and reflecting the cultural standards of their time of creation, gave us one of the most iconic characters of later comic books, serials, and radio dramas: Buck Rogers. These stories also introduced concepts like guerilla warfare and aerial drones to the public conscience. These adventures along with subsequent stories told in different media, would make Buck Rogers an indelible part of the era of Americana.
Autorenporträt
Philip Francis Nowlan (1888 - 1940) was an American science fiction author, best known as the creator of Buck Rogers. Nowlan was born on November 13, 1888. While attending the University of Pennsylvania, Nowlan was a member of The Mask and Wig Club, holding significant roles in the annual productions between 1907 and 1909. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania he worked as a newspaper columnist. Nowlan was married to Theresa Junker. They had ten children: Philip, Mary, Helen, Louise, Theresa, Mike, Larry, Pat, John, and Joe. He moved to the Philadelphia suburb of Bala Cynwyd and created and wrote the Buck Rogers comic strip, illustrated by Dick Calkins. He remained a writer on the strip until 1939. The character Buck Rogers first appeared in Nowlan's 1928 novella Armageddon 2419 A.D. as Anthony Rogers. The comic strip ran for over forty years and spun off a radio series, a 1939 movie serial and two television series. Nowlan also wrote several other novellas for the science fiction magazines as well as the posthumously published mystery, The Girl from Nowhere.