Mentioned a story in another thread, but a couple online are in the Planet Stories vein.
http://freesf.blogspot.com/2009/03/new-moon-basil-wells.html
http://freesf.blogspot.com/2009/03/fog-of-forgotten-basil-wells.html
From a Wells fan tribute page :-
http://basilewells.tripod.com/biograph.html
"A typical science fiction story by Wells is fast-paced, exciting and full of weird and wacky ideas. Many of his stories deal with the theme of space exploration and Wells had a gift for describing strange alien worlds. He was also adept at conveying the peculiar psychologies of his superbly imagined alien life forms. A good deal of Wells' stories are in fact told from the point of view of aliens. Examples of this are "Quest of Thig" (1942), "Barren World" (1951) and "Exiles of the Forbidden Planet" (1951). Another common theme running through his sf work is that of one creature possessing the mind of another. Wells' stories often told of parasitical aliens taking over the minds and bodies of human beings, though in some stories the situation was described in reverse. One series of stories features the space explorer Balt Donner, who through the use of a device called a mentrol (an idea used in other stories) is able to enter and control the synthetic brain of a super-human android named Cass!"
Sounds like Mr. Mona's sort of thing, for sure.
Apparently he has a couple of collections of stories that have been published.
There's also a Western online at munseys that has this line :-
"Forbes lowered the rod to the fireplace. With his periscope and the revolver attachment he could fire into the library."
Mentioned a story in another thread, but a couple online are in the Planet Stories vein.
http://freesf.blogspot.com/2009/03/new-moon-basil-wells.html
http://freesf.blogspot.com/2009/03/fog-of-forgotten-basil-wells.html
From a Wells fan tribute page :-
http://basilewells.tripod.com/biograph.html
"A typical science fiction story by Wells is fast-paced, exciting and full of weird and wacky ideas. Many of his stories deal with the theme of space exploration and Wells had a gift for describing strange alien worlds. He was also adept at conveying the peculiar psychologies of his superbly imagined alien life forms. A good deal of Wells' stories are in fact told from the point of view of aliens. Examples of this are "Quest of Thig" (1942), "Barren World" (1951) and "Exiles of the Forbidden Planet" (1951). Another common theme running through his sf work is that of one creature possessing the mind of another. Wells' stories often told of parasitical aliens taking over the minds and bodies of human beings, though in some stories the situation was described in reverse. One series of stories features the space explorer Balt Donner, who through the use of a device called a mentrol (an idea used in other stories) is able to enter and control the synthetic brain of a super-human android named Cass!"
Sounds like Mr. Mona's sort of thing, for sure.
Apparently he has a couple of collections of stories that have been published.
There's also a Western online at munseys that has this line :-
"Forbes lowered the rod to the fireplace. With his periscope and the revolver attachment he could fire into the library."
isfdb page
http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Basil_Wells
The page says the Thrane series of stories, of which the above Fog Of the Forgotten is one, is his most important series of connected stories. So if you want to check one out, try that one.
Very interesting. I'd never heard of him.
Don't get too excited
Don't get too excitedVery interesting. I'd never heard of him.
No,he was ok