author
Erik Fennel
A pulp-era science fiction writer whose stories appeared in magazines like Planet Stories, this author remains something of a mystery today. The surviving record points to a small body of adventurous short fiction published from the late 1940s into the 1950s.
6 Audiobooks
Atavism
by Erik Fennel
Madmen of Mars
by Erik Fennel
The Lost Tribes of Venus
by Erik Fennel
Synthetic Hero
by Erik Fennel
Black Priestess of Varda
by Erik Fennel
Beneath the Red World's Crust
by Erik Fennel
About the author
Very little biographical information about Erik Fennel appears to survive in widely available reference sources. What can be confirmed is his publication record: science fiction stories credited to him appeared in magazines including Planet Stories, beginning in 1947, and bibliographic databases list work under both Erik Fennel and the alternate name Erick Fennel.
Reference listings connect him with stories such as Atavism, Black Priestess of Varda, Doughnut Jockey, Synthetic Hero, and Madmen of Mars. Those titles place him firmly in the fast-moving, imaginative world of mid-century pulp science fiction, with tales of Mars, alien psychology, and other classic genre themes.
Because reliable personal details are scarce, the most complete picture of Erik Fennel comes through his fiction rather than his life story. For readers of vintage speculative fiction, that air of mystery is part of the appeal.