Victor Rousseau Emanuel
Encyclopedia
Victor Rousseau Emanuel (1879-1960) was a writer of pulp fiction who was active in Great Britain
and the U.S. in the first half of the 20th century who wrote under the pen names "Victor Rousseau" and "H. M. Egbert." After an early career as a reporter for the New York World and as an editor of Harper's Weekly, he became a fiction writer. He wrote in a variety of genres, including historical fiction, frontier stories, western romance, and crime fiction, but was probably best known as an early exponent of science fiction
and fantasy. His best known novels in those genres were The Messiah of the Cylinder, a story of a man placed in suspended animation for 100 years, and The Eye of Balamok, a lost-race novel. Several of his stories were adapted for Western films, and he was the author of one silent film screenplay, The Devil's Tower, based on one of his stories.
He also wrote at least the first three and possible first fifteen or so "Jim Anthony, Super Detective" novels. Jim Anthony
was a short-lived hero pulp created in imitation of Doc Savage
.
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
and the U.S. in the first half of the 20th century who wrote under the pen names "Victor Rousseau" and "H. M. Egbert." After an early career as a reporter for the New York World and as an editor of Harper's Weekly, he became a fiction writer. He wrote in a variety of genres, including historical fiction, frontier stories, western romance, and crime fiction, but was probably best known as an early exponent of science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
and fantasy. His best known novels in those genres were The Messiah of the Cylinder, a story of a man placed in suspended animation for 100 years, and The Eye of Balamok, a lost-race novel. Several of his stories were adapted for Western films, and he was the author of one silent film screenplay, The Devil's Tower, based on one of his stories.
He also wrote at least the first three and possible first fifteen or so "Jim Anthony, Super Detective" novels. Jim Anthony
Jim Anthony
Jim Anthony, Super Detective, was a fictional pulp magazine character published in Trojan Publications's Super Detective magazine. Jim Anthony was an attempt to create a Doc Savage like character...
was a short-lived hero pulp created in imitation of Doc Savage
Doc Savage
Doc Savage is a fictional character originally published in American pulp magazines during the 1930s and 1940s. He was created by publisher Henry W. Ralston and editor John L...
.
Works
- Messiah of the Cylinder
- The Eye of Balamok
- The Surgeon of Souls
- The Tracer of Egos (short story collection, 2007)
- The Devil Chair (short story series, collected 2009)
- "A Story of France in Peace and War" (Munsey's magazine, volume 58)
- Jacqueline of Golden River (as H.M. Egbert)