Groundling

by Bryan Berry

With immense ease Larry could call up scenes of the depths and vastness of space, and the rockets darting like silver humming birds through the eternal dark. For Larry was a groundling . . . a henpecked groundling with a daring plan.

9 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 1953

About the author

Roderick Bryan Berry (1930-1966), was a British SF author.

Berry was a rising star of the UK SF scene in the 1950s, before tragically dying at only 36 in Hampstead, London, towards the end of 1966. Berry had worked as a copy writer in advertising, and edited a monthly literary magazine, before starting to freelance as a writer in 1952.

See also works written as Rolf Garner.

NB: Some account incorrectly record this author as dying in 1955 instead of the correct date of 1966.

Bibliography:
Return to Earth (1951)
Born in Captivity (1952)
Dread Visitor (1952)
And the Stars Remain (1952)
Aftermath (1952) - serialised novel
From What Far Star? (1953)
The Venom-Seekers (1953)
Resurgent Dust (1953) as Rolf Garner
The Immortals (1953) as Rolf Garner
The Indestructible (1954) as Rolf Garner
(Posthumous)
Groundling (2021)
The Imaginative Man (2021)
Mars is Home (2021)

Some of his works, when published in German, were accredited under the pseudonyms W. Brown or James Spencer.