(1915-1996) UK author, at one time in the Merchant Navy; his Dirk Rogers sea adventures, which are his best work, sometimes veer close to the fantastic. His sf novels, The Ape of London (1959) and The Night Callers (1960), are routine adventures deploying thriller and horror elements; their sf displacement is inconsiderable. The latter, involving an alien Invasion, was filmed as The Night Caller (1965). [JC]

see also: Astronomy; Parasitism and Symbiosis; SETI.

Frank Robson Crisp

born Durham, County Durham: 30 November 1915

died June 1996

works

• The Ape of London (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1959) [hb/]
• The Night Callers (London: John Long, 1960) [hb/]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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