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He also used Pseudonym s Duncan H. Munro and '''Webster Craig''' for short fiction he wrote. '']] Russell was a man who loathed the pomposity and rigmarole of humanity's various forms of organisation; he generally took aim at Authority in all its forms. His is the humour of the pantomime clown, and yet a deeper and more serious thread, in which the spiritual aspects of humanity's endeavours and aspirations shine through, runs through his work. He was born in Sandhurst , Surrey into a military family. He served with the RAF during World War II and worked briefly as an engineer before taking up writing full-time. He was an active supporter of post-war science fiction and also a member of the Fortean Society . He won a Hugo Award in 1955 for his short story " Allamagoosa ", a Prometheus Hall of Fame Award in 1985 for "The Great Explosion", and in 2000 was a posthumous inductee into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. Russell's full-length works (some of which are collections of related stories) include:
Russell also wrote many short stories and . ''Design for Great-Day'' (1995) by Alan Dean Foster and Eric Frank Russell is based on a 1955 story by Eric Frank Russell. It is currently undecided, but Russell may be the originator of both the phrase, " May You Live In Interesting Times ," frequently attributed as an ancient Chinese Curse , and of the abbreviation "MYOB" for " Mind Your Own Business ". AVAILABLE TO READ ON-LINE
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