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John Hollis Mason

A little-known but intriguing voice from the pulp era, this writer published science fiction and criticism in the 1940s. His surviving work suggests a strong interest in speculative ideas and fandom culture.

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Mission

Mission

by John Hollis Mason

About the author

John Hollis Mason appears to have been an active contributor to science fiction magazines and fan publications during the 1940s. Confirmed credits include the short story Mission in Science Fiction Quarterly (Spring 1942) and nonfiction in The Acolyte (Spring 1946).

Bibliographic sources also link the name to other genre publications, and one listing notes that Arctic Rescue was published under the name John Keith Mason. Because reliable biographical details are scarce, it's best to view him as a lightly documented pulp-era and fannish writer whose work survives more clearly than the facts of his personal life.

That bit of mystery is part of the appeal: Mason belongs to the wide, half-hidden community of early speculative writers whose stories and essays helped shape magazine science fiction from the edges rather than the spotlight.