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Vargo Statten

Pseudonym of John Russell Fearn

36 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
April 1953 57 Short Fiction Survivor of Mars Two Complete Science-Adventure Books, Spring 1953
January 1954 4 Short Fiction Beyond Zero Vargo Statten Science Fiction Magazine, January 1954
January 1954 Editor Vargo Statten Science Fiction Magazine - 1954 Vargo Statten Science Fiction Magazine, January 1954
February 1954 40 Short Fiction Before Atlantis Vargo Statten Science Fiction Magazine, February 1954
April 1954 2 Essay Editorially Yours (Vargo Statten Science Fiction Magazine, Vol. 1 No. 3) Vargo Statten Science Fiction Magazine, Vol. 1 No. 3
April 1954 4 Short Fiction The Master Mind Vargo Statten Science Fiction Magazine, Vol. 1 No. 3
May 1954 1 Essay Editorial (Vargo Statten British Science Fiction Magazine #4) Vargo Statten British Science Fiction Magazine, Vol 1 No 4
May 1954 5 Short Fiction Reverse Action Vargo Statten British Science Fiction Magazine, Vol 1 No 4
May 1954 Editor Vargo Statten British Science Fiction Magazine - 1954 Vargo Statten British Science Fiction Magazine, Vol 1 No 4
July 1954 39 Short Fiction Rim of Eternity Vargo Statten British Science Fiction Magazine, Vol 1 No 5
September 1954 5 Short Fiction Something from Mercury The British Science Fiction Magazine, Vol 1 No 6
September 1954 Editor The British Science Fiction Magazine - 1954 The British Science Fiction Magazine, Vol 1 No 6
November 1954 73 Serial The Conqueror's Voice (Part 1 of 5) The British Science Fiction Magazine, Vol 1 No 7
December 1954 Editor The British Science Fiction Magazine - 1954 The British Science Fiction Magazine, Vol 1 No 8
December 1954 86 Serial The Conqueror's Voice (Part 2 of 5) The British Science Fiction Magazine, Vol 1 No 8
January 1955 Editor The British Science Fiction Magazine - 1955 The British Science Fiction Magazine, Vol 1 No 9
January 1955 33 Serial The Conqueror's Voice (Part 3 of 5) The British Science Fiction Magazine, Vol 1 No 9
February 1955 18 Serial The Conqueror's Voice (Part 4 of 5) British Science Fiction Magazine, Vol 1 No 10
March 1955 104 Serial The Conqueror's Voice (Part 5 of 5) British Science Fiction Magazine, Vol 1 No 11
April 1955 61 Short Fiction A Matter of Vibration The British Science Fiction Magazine, Vol 1 No 12
June 1955 Editor British Space Fiction Magazine - 1955 British Space Fiction Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 1
June 1955 1 Essay Editorially Yours (British Space Fiction Magazine, Vol. 2 No. 1) British Space Fiction Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 1
June 1955 33 Short Fiction Three's a Crowd British Space Fiction Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 1
July 1955 1 Essay Editorially Yours (British Space Fiction Magazine, Vol. 2 No. 2) British Space Fiction Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 2
July 1955 101 Serial Here and Now (Part 1 of 5) British Space Fiction Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 2
August 1955 1 Essay Editorially Yours British Space Fiction Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 3
August 1955 52 Serial Here and Now (Part 2 of 5) British Space Fiction Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 3
September 1955 97 Serial Here and Now (Part 3 of 5) British Space Fiction Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 4
September 1955 1 Essay The Space Age British Space Fiction Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 4
October 1955 1 Essay Editorially Yours (British Space Fiction Magazine, Vol. 2 No. 5) British Space Fiction Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 5
October 1955 104 Serial Here and Now (Part 4 of 5) British Space Fiction Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 5
November 1955 1 Essay Editorially Yours (British Space Fiction Magazine, Vol. 2 No. 6) British Space Fiction Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 6
November 1955 95 Serial Here and Now (Part 5 of 5) British Space Fiction Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 6
February 1956 Editor British Space Fiction Magazine - 1956 British Space Fiction Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 7
February 1956 1 Essay Editorially Yours (British Space Fiction Magazine, Vol. 2 No. 7) British Space Fiction Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 7
February 1956 55 Short Fiction Second Genesis British Space Fiction Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 7

57 English-language books

Year Type Title Author(s)
1950 Novel 2,000 Years On Vargo Statten
1950 Novel Annihilation! Vargo Statten
1950 Novel Inferno! Vargo Statten
1950 Novel Nebula X Vargo Statten
1950 Novel The Cosmic Flame Vargo Statten
1950 Novel The Micro Men Vargo Statten
1950 Novel The Sun Makers Vargo Statten
1950 Novel Wanderer of Space Vargo Statten
1951 Novel Born of Luna Vargo Statten
1951 Novel Cataclysm Vargo Statten
1951 Novel Deadline to Pluto Vargo Statten
1951 Novel The Avenging Martian Vargo Statten
1951 Novel The Catalyst Vargo Statten
1951 Novel The Devouring Fire Vargo Statten
1951 Novel The New Satellite Vargo Statten
1951 Novel The Petrified Planet Vargo Statten
1951 Novel The Red Insects Vargo Statten
1951 Novel The Renegade Star Vargo Statten
1952 Novel Across the Ages Vargo Statten
1952 Chapbook De-Creation Vargo Statten
1952 Novel Laughter in Space Vargo Statten
1952 Novel Man from To-morrow Vargo Statten
1952 Novel Science Metropolis Vargo Statten
1952 Novel Space Warp Vargo Statten
1952 Novel The Eclipse Express Vargo Statten
1952 Novel The G-Bomb Vargo Statten
1952 Novel The Inner Cosmos Vargo Statten
1952 Novel The Last Martian Vargo Statten
1952 Novel The Time Bridge Vargo Statten
1952 Chapbook The Time Trap Vargo Statten
1952 Novel To the Ultimate Vargo Statten
1952 Chapbook Worlds to Conquer Vargo Statten
1953 Novel "Pioneer, 1990" Vargo Statten
1953 Novel Black Bargain Vargo Statten
1953 Novel Black-Wing of Mars Vargo Statten
1953 Chapbook Man in Duplicate Vargo Statten
1953 Novel Man of Two Worlds Vargo Statten
1953 Novel Odyssey of 9 Vargo Statten
1953 Novel The Black Avengers Vargo Statten
1953 Novel The Dust Destroyer Vargo Statten
1953 Novel The Interloper Vargo Statten
1953 Novel The Lie Destroyer Vargo Statten
1953 Novel Ultra Spectrum Vargo Statten
1953 Novel Zero Hour Vargo Statten
1954 Novel 1,000-Year Voyage Vargo Statten
1954 Novel A Time Appointed Vargo Statten
1954 Novel Creature from the Black Lagoon Vargo Statten
1954 Novel I Spy Vargo Statten
1954 Novel The Grand Illusion Vargo Statten
1954 Novel The Multi-Man Vargo Statten
1954 Novel Wealth of the Void Vargo Statten
1955 Novel Earth 2 Vargo Statten
2015 Novel 2000 Years On Vargo Statten
2021 Chapbook Beast of the Tarn Vargo Statten
2021 Chapbook Before Atlantis Vargo Statten
2022 Chapbook Reverse Action Vargo Statten
2022 Chapbook The Master Mind Vargo Statten

This is a pseudonym that belonged to Scion Ltd. and later Dragon Publications Ltd. (when it Scion fell to their printer, Dragon Press, and the publishing house was renamed). The name became quite popular and the most of the work under this pen name was created by John Russell Fearn but not all. For example, the earlier issues of Vargo Statten Science Fiction Magazine were edited by one of Scion's editors, Alistair Paterson. The magazine was renamed several times but editorship was always credited to Vargo Statten with later editorship falling to John Russell Fearn.