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Hugh Frazier Parker

A little-known pulp-era science fiction writer, best remembered for a single vivid adventure that throws readers into interplanetary danger on Neptune. His work has survived through reprints and Project Gutenberg, giving modern readers an easy way to rediscover his fast-moving imagination.

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The Sword of Johnny Damokles

The Sword of Johnny Damokles

by Hugh Frazier Parker

About the author

Hugh Frazier Parker is a science fiction author associated with The Sword of Johnny Damokles, a planetary adventure that first appeared as a novelette in Planet Stories in 1943. The story was illustrated by Joseph Doolin and reflects the energetic, high-stakes style that helped define pulp-era space fiction.

Reliable public information about Parker himself is limited, and the available sources mainly document the work rather than the author’s life. What can be confirmed is that The Sword of Johnny Damokles remains the title most closely linked to his name, and it has been preserved for modern readers through Project Gutenberg and other reprint listings.

For audiobook listeners, Parker is best approached as one of those rediscovered voices from classic magazine science fiction: brisk, imaginative, and full of old-school cosmic adventure.