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Philip Gordon Wylie (May 12, 1902 – October 25, 1971) was an American writer of works ranging from pulp science fiction, mysteries, social diatribes and satire to ecology and the threat of nuclear holocaust.
Aug 13, 2021 · IN 1943, PHILIP WYLIE, then best known for his cosmic disaster novel When Worlds Collide (1933) and its sequel, After Worlds Collide (1934), dropped a literary bombshell into the laps of...
Apr 22, 2020 · Learn how Philip Wylie, a prolific writer of novels, nonfiction, and articles, shaped super-heroes, science fiction, and more. Discover how his books Gladiator, The Savage Gentleman, and When Worlds Collide influenced Superman, Doc Savage, Flash Gordon, and Star Wars.
Complete order of Philip Wylie books in Publication Order and Chronological Order.
Born in Beverly, Massachusetts, Philip Gordon Wylie was the son of Presbyterian minister Edmund Melville Wylie and the former Edna Edwards, a novelist, who died when Philip was five years old. His family moved to Montclair, New Jersey and he later attended Princeton University from 1920–1923.
Gladiator is a science fiction novel by American author Philip Wylie, first published in 1930. The story concerns a scientist who invents an "alkaline free-radical" serum to "improve" humankind by granting the proportionate strength of an ant and the leaping ability of the grasshopper.
Philip Wylie has 112 books on Goodreads with 14739 ratings. Philip Wylie’s most popular book is When Worlds Collide (When Worlds Collide, #1).
