Philip Francis Nowlan

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Philip Francis Nowlan

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1888-1940

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Philip Francis Nowlan was an American science fiction writer. His first published story, in Amazing Stories, introduced Buck Rogers, an adventure hero whose exploits in space were adapted into comic strips, film, video games, and television. Nowlan's works had great influence on the interstellar space opera genre.

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