(1894-?   ) UK writer whose Magic Casements (coll 1951) assembles mythological fantasies, and whose The Deep Blue Ice (1960) features the experiences of a Victorian mountaineer who is frozen in ice for half a century, and on revival (> Sleeper Awakes) must face the present day. He also became involved with George de la Warr's "radionics" researches and co-authored New Worlds Beyond the Atom (1956) and Matter in the Making (1966) with de la Warr. [JC/DRL]

Gerald William Langston Day

born 23 December 1894

died

works

• Magic Casements (London: Rider and Company, 1951) [coll: hb/Angela Ogden]
• New Worlds Beyond the Atom (London: Vincent Stuart, 1956) with George de la Warr [nonfiction: hb/]
• The Deep Blue Ice (London: The Cresset Press, 1960) [hb/Hugh Walker]
• Matter in the Making (London: Vincent Stuart, 1966) with George de la Warr [nonfiction: hb/]

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