Gateway Essentials: Philip E. High

Philip E(mpson) High was born in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, on this very day in 1914. At the age of thirteen, he chanced upon ed an imported copy of Astounding Stories, and was hooked on science fiction from that day forward. He served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War, where he did his best to find copies of the American pulps, finally making his own first contribution to the field in 1955 with the story ‘Statics’ for Authentic Science Fiction #61. His subsequent writing career spanned over fifty years and encompassed fourteen novels and numerous short stories. He died in Canterbury, Kent, in 2006.

For those looking to explore his work, we recommend the Gateway Essentials:

The Time Mercenaries (1968)	Come, Hunt an Earthman (1973)

You can find more of Philip E. High’s work via his Author page on the SF Gateway website and read about him in his entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.