E. C. Tubb was born in London on October 15, 1919. He wrote under about 65 pseudonyms including Gregory Kern, Carl Maddox, Alan Guthrie, Eric Storm and George Holt during his 60 years as a freelance writer. He mainly wrote science fiction novels including Moon Base, Alien Dust, The Space-Born, Death Is a Dream, and the series The Dumarest Saga or Dumarest of Terra in the United States. He died on September 10, 2010 at the age of 90.
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