D. D. Sharp

(November 10, 1888 – August 25, 1960)

Drury Dubose Sharp was an American pulp writer who may have been the first sf writer to use the term “Faster Than Light.” He is best remembered for his popular story, "The Eternal Man" (Science Wonder Stories, August 1929).

More reading

• Bibliography at ISFDB.
• Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.
• “D. D. Sharp: One Hit-Wonder?” by G. W. Thomas, Darkworlds Quarterly, November 24, 2020.
• FindaGrave entry.

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Person

1988—1960

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