George Griffith (full name George Chetwyn Griffith-Jones; (1857–1906)) was a British science fiction writer and noted explorer who wrote during the turn of the century. His works appeared in magazines such as Pearson's Magazine. Griffith was never popular in the United States due to his political views, and was overshadowed by Herbert George Wells.

Griffith was also an explorer, and broke a record for travelling around the world; as well, he helped discover the source of the Amazon river.

Sam Moskowitz described him as "undeniably the most popular science fiction writer in England between 1893 and 1895.

Partial list of works

• The Romance of Golden Star (1891; the title is sometimes given erroneously as The Romance of the Golden Star, but Golden Star is actually the name of an Inca character, not an object)
• The Angel of Revolution: A Tale of the Coming Terror (1893)
• Olga Romanoff or, The Syren of the Skies (1894)
• The Outlaws of the Air (1895)
• A Honeymoon in Space (1901) (fixup of series first published in Pearson's Magazine as Stories of Other Worlds)
• The World Peril of 1910 (1907)

External links

• The Angel of the Revolution
• Olga Romanoff
• Stories of Other Worlds and A Honeymoon in Space
• The Outlaws of the Air
• The World Peril of 1910
• A Corner in Lightning (short story)

See also

• List of science fiction authors

1857 births | 1906 deaths | British science fiction writers