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H. Thompson (Harold Thompson) Rich
1893–1974
An American poet, editor, and science-fiction writer, he moved easily between verse and imaginative pulp fiction. His work includes poems from the 1920s and speculative stories such as Spawn of the Comet.
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Spawn of the Comet
by H. Thompson (Harold Thompson) Rich
About the author
Born in 1893, H. Thompson Rich — Harold Thompson Rich — was an American writer whose work ranged from poetry to science fiction. Library and public-domain catalogs consistently identify him as a poet, editor, and author of speculative fiction, showing a career that crossed several literary worlds.
His books include the poetry collection I Come Singing; Rhythms and Songs from the 1920s and the science-fiction novel Spawn of the Comet. That mix helps explain his appeal: he could write with a lyrical touch in one setting and turn to bold, idea-driven adventure in another.
Rich died in 1974. While he is not as widely remembered as some of his pulp-era contemporaries, his surviving work offers a lively glimpse of early twentieth-century popular writing, especially for listeners who enjoy rediscovering overlooked voices from classic science fiction and poetry.