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John Gloag (10 August 1896 - 17 July 1981) was an English writer in the fields of furniture design and architecture. Gloag also wrote science fiction novels.[1][2] Gloag served with the Welsh Guards during the First World War, and was invalided home after suffering gas poisoning.[2] Writings on designArtifex, or the Future of Craftsmanship (1926), part of the To-day and To-morrow series, was a pamphlet by Gloag that discussed the relationship between artistic craftmanship and mass production.[3]Gloag's A Short Dictionary of Furniture (1969) was a reference book covering the history and types of furniture from the tenth century to the 1960s.[4] NovelsGloag's first science fiction novel, Tomorrow's Yesterday, (1932) was inspired by the work of H.G. Wells and Gloag's friend Olaf Stapledon.[1][2] [5] Tomorrow's Yesterdayis a satire that depicts a race of cat people from the distant future observing human society.[2] [6] In The New Pleasure (1933) a powder that greatly increases the sense of smell causes a social upheaval.[2] Winter's Youth (1934) revolves around a longevity technology, which falls into the hands of a corrupt politician, with disastrous social consequences.[2][7] In Manna (1940) a journalist discovers a plan to develop a fungus that could end world hunger.[2] 99% (1944) is about an experiment to give humans access to their race memory.[2]Later in his career Gloag wrote historical fantasy novels; Caesar of the Narrow Seas (1969), The Eagles Depart (1973) and Artorius Rex (1977).[1][2]Artorius Rexfocuses on King Arthur and Sir Kay.[8] Fiction publicationsNovels
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References1. ^1 2 {{cite book |last=Eggeling |first=John |title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction |url= |accessdate= |year=1994 |publisher=Orbit |location=London |isbn=1-85723-124-4 |page=499}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Gloag, John}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 {{cite book |last=Stableford |first=Brian |authorlink=Brian Stableford |chapter=The Future Between the Wars: The Speculative Fiction of John Gloag |title=Algebraic Fantasies and Realistic Romances: More Masters of Science Fiction |url= |accessdate= |year=1995 |publisher=Borgo Press |location= |isbn=0893702838 |pages=7–24}} 3. ^Julian Holder, Design in Everyday Things:Promoting Modernism in Britain, in Paul Greenhalgh, Modernism in design. Reaktion Books, 1990 {{ISBN|0948462116}} (pp. 129-130) 4. ^Hazel Conway, Design History: A Student's Handbook. Routledge, 1987 {{ISBN|0415084733}} (p. 61). 5. ^Nicholas Ruddick, "Science Fiction", in Brian W. Shaffer,John Clement Ball, Patrick O’Donnell, David W. Madden and Justus Nieland,The Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Fiction. John Wiley & Sons, 2010{{ISBN|1405192445}},(p. 333). 6. ^Chris Morgan, The Shape of Futures Past: the Story of Prediction . Webb & Bower, 1980. {{ISBN|0906671159}}, (pp. 167-168). 7. ^Angus McLaren, Reproduction by Design: Sex, Robots, Trees, and Test-Tube Babies in Interwar Britain.University of Chicago Press, 2012{{ISBN|0226560694}}, (p. 96-97). 8. ^Raymond Henry Thompson, The Return from Avalon: a study of the Arthurian legend in modern fictionGreenwood Press, 1985. {{ISBN|0313232911}} (p. 39). 12 : 1896 births|1981 deaths|English science fiction writers|English fantasy writers|English male short story writers|English short story writers|English male novelists|20th-century English novelists|20th-century British short story writers|Welsh Guards soldiers|20th-century British male writers|English male non-fiction writers |
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