Percy Greg

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Percy Greg

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Percy Greg (1836–1889), son of William Rathbone Greg, was an English writer. Percy Greg, like his father, wrote about politics, but his views were violently reactionary: his History of the United States to the Reconstruction of the Union (1887) can be said to be more of a polemic, rather than…

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Percy Greg (1836–1889), son of William Rathbone Greg, was an English writer.

Percy Greg, like his father, wrote about politics, but his views were violently reactionary: his History of the United States to the Reconstruction of the Union (1887) can be said to be more of a polemic, rather than a history.

His Across The Zodiac (1880) is an early science fiction novel. It is said to be the progenitor of the sword-and-planet genre.

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Science Fiction1 (50%)
Other1 (50%)

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Science Fiction1 / 2 books