Fritch, Charles E., 1927-2012

Charles E. Fritch (1927-2012) is an author about whom relatively little biographical information is publicly available; his nationality, education and professional career are not clearly documented, and what can be confirmed is only his name, his dates, and the six works held in the collection. Judging from titles such as I Like Martian Music, Skin Game, The Odyssey of Sam Meecham, The Pacifists, The Big Leap and Escape Mechanism, his writing largely revolves around science fiction and fantasy, often building stories from elements such as Mars, alien civilizations, game-like situations and escape mechanisms, with titles that carry a light, slightly ironic tone. Because further biographical details are lacking, judgments about his style and literary influence should remain cautious; readers may treat these six works as the main entry point to this author and to the imaginative and narrative pleasures of mid-to-late twentieth-century popular genre fiction.