George Griffith, 1857-1906
Biographical note
British science fiction writer and noted explorer who wrote during the late Victorian and Edwardian age. Many of his visionary tales appeared in magazines such as Pearson's Magazine and Pearson's Weekly before being published as novels. Griffith was extremely popular in the United Kingdom, though he failed to find similar acclaim in the United States, in part due to his revolutionary and socialist views. A journalist, rather than scientist, by background, what his stories lack in scientific rigour and literary grace they make up for in sheer exuberance of execution.
Works
- The Romance of Golden Star ... / illustrated by Alfred Pearse [1891]
- Briton or Boer? A Tale of the Fight for Africa [1892]
- The Angel of the Revolution : A Tale of the Coming Terror / illustrated by Fred. T. Jane [1893]
- Olga Romanoff or, The Syren of the Skies [1894]
- The Outlaws of the Air [1895]
- Valdar the Oft-Born: A Saga of Seven Ages [1895]
- The Gold Finder [1898]
- The Virgin of the Sun: A Tale of the Conquest of Peru [1898]
- The Great Pirate Syndicate [1899]
- Gambles with Destiny [1899]
- Men who have made the Empire [1899]
- Denver's Double: A Story of Inverted Identity [1901]
- A Honeymoon in Space [1901]
- In an unknown prison land; an account of convicts and colonists in New Caledonia, with jottings out and home [1901]
- The White Witch of Mayfair [1902]
- The Lake of Gold: A Narrative of the Anglo-American Conquest of Europe [1903]
- A Woman Against the World [1903]
- The World Masters [1903]
- A Criminal Croesus [1904]
- The Stolen Submarine: A Tale of the Japanese War [1904]
- A Mayfair Magician [1905]
- The Great Weather Syndicate [1906]
- The Mummy and Miss Nitocris : A Phantasy of the Fourth Dimension [1906]
- The World Peril of 1910 [1907]
- The Destined Maid [1908]
- The Sacred Skull [1908]
- The Diamond Dog [1913]
- The Missionary
The Adventures of Rollo Aubrey, Earl of Redgrave, and his bride, Lilla Zaidie (in sequential order):


