The Lost Warship

by Robert Moore Williams

Jap bombs rained down, there was a tremendous blast—and a weird thing happened to the Idaho

Genres: Science Fiction

126 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1943

About the author

The prolific author Robert Moore Williams published more than 150 novels and short stories under his given name as well as a variety of pseudonyms including John S. Browning, H.H. Harmon, Robert Moore, Russell Storm and E.K. Jarvis.

Williams was born in Farmington, Missouri and earned a journalism degree from the University of Missouri, Columbia. He had a full-time writing career from 1937 through 1972 and cut his teeth on such publications as Amazing Stories, Fantastic Adventures, Astounding, Thrilling Wonder and Startling.

In 1955 Williams cranked out The Chaos Fighters, the first of 30 novels he would write over the next 15 years. These novels include the Jongor and ,Zanthar series. His most unusual book, however, is one that is labeled as fiction, but is actually an autobiography: Love is Forever - We Are for Tonight (Curtis 06101, 1970). In this short, 141-page work Williams presents a description of his childhood and then discusses his experimentation with hallucinogenic gasses, Dianetics and 1950s-era communes.

Williams married Margaret Jelley in 1938 and they had one child. The couple divorced in 1958. According to the Social Security Death Index, Williams died in May of 1977 in Dateland, Arizona.

Reviews

[Paul · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great bit of pulp fiction. It grabs you from the first page and then shifts gears into overdrive. If you’re a fan of early 20th century science fiction, I think you’ll like it. It ended too soon though, and left with the desire for a sequel that was never written.

[Janelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

This didn’t reach its potential.