The Feghoot series is by Reginald Bretnor writing under the pseudonym of Grendel Briarton.

In 2927, Ferdinand Feghoot rescued Vaila, a minor planet in the Hebridean System, from a plague of rats who had left a doomed Cassiopeian freighter. On Vaila, no cat could live, so nothing threatened them. “What can we do, sir?” asked the Laird.

“You can make robot cats,” Feghoot answered. He designed them, and the natives began turning them out. They killed rat after rat; and … Read the rest...

The Feghoot series is by Reginald Bretnor writing under the pseudonym of Grendel Briarton.

Ferdinand Feghoot was the greatest irrigation engineer in all history. He brought water to Mars by diverting icebergs from the trans-Plutonian asteroid belts. He piped fresh ammonia to the deserts of Capella XIII, where valuable crystalline music- plants grow. He almost settled the water dispute between Northern and Southern Calfunya.

But his hardest task came on Lushmeadow Acres, a small planet sold to a colony of … Read the rest...

The Feghoot series is by Reginald Bretnor writing under the pseudonym of Grendel Briarton.

FEGHOOT XXXII The Feghoot series is by Reginald Bretnor writing under the pseudonym of Grendel Briarton.

In 3285, Ferdinand Feghoot solved the famous riddle of the graffiti of Amis, the Planet of Ruins.

“Imagine it!” cried his friend, Arch-Archaeologist Kingsley. “Thousands of scholars have tried to elucidate them, all in vain! Even I have only been able to identify the components. That stylized female figure clearly … Read the rest...

The long series of Feghoot tales was written by Reginald Bretnor under the pseudonym of Grendel Briarton.

Ferdinand Feghoot was the only man to hold a high rank in the Navy during the Missourian Monarchy (2504-2622 A. D.) He actually attained supreme command, flying the flag of High Admiral of the Blue, and so ranking all the female High Admirals. Except in one case, his tact and personal charm at once dissolved all jealousy and ill-feeling.

This exception was his … Read the rest...

The long series of Feghoot tales was written by Reginald Bretnor under the pseudonym of Grendel Briarton. This story is credited with thanks to Lenore Sellers.

Ferdinand Feghoot, accompanied by his then youngest son, aged eight, rediscovered the curious planet of Robo-Cathay in 7282. He told the boy how its mechanical wonders had been created by refugees from what had been Communist China millenia before, and how man had abandoned it to the robots during the Thousand Year Plague. He … Read the rest...

These tales, “Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot” were by Reginald Bretnor writing under the pseudonym of Gredel Briarton.

In 3270, Ferdinand Feghoot’s star-drive broke down while he and a person named Lodowick Goor were serving as Couriers for the Greater Galactic Th’lgian Empire. With the ship helplessly drifting, he struggled to make the repairs. In three weeks the food was exhausted, and they faced seemingly certain starvation. Soon the unhappy Goor was eyeing the diplomatic pouch hungrily.

Th’lgian … Read the rest...

This feghoot was written by Reginald Bretnor under the pen name of Grendel Briarton.

Ferdinand Feghoot was a close friend of the Very Reverend William Ralph Inge. His time shuttle was installed in a back bedroom of St- Pauls Deanery, and the Gloomy Dean knew perfectly well that he came from the future. (Indeed, his tale of coming events was largely responsible for the nickname.)

“My boy,” the Dean said one day, “couldnÕt we take a jaunt in your time … Read the rest...

These many chapters of “Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot” were written by Reginald Bretnor under the pseudonymn of Grendel Briarton. This one was written with thanks to Dan Kelly.

When Ferdinand Feghoot was rejuvenated in 4128, a slight error brought him out as an apple-cheeked boy of eleven. As such he was legally an incompetent orphan, and his guardians procured him a berth as midshipman in the Space Navy.

The hard-bitten crew made him the butt of many … Read the rest...

Ferdinand Feghoot is a character created by Reginald Bretnor writing under the name of Grendel Briarton. This particular tale was published as Feghoot XX with thanks to Laurence Gurney.

Ferdinand Feghoot produced the greatest horror movies of all time in the late 1970’s. He discovered the dreadful Karkas Gabor working as an obscure undertaker’s assistant in Budapest; and his werewolves, vampires, zombies, bakemono, and things that went bump in the night were so real that he was threatened with several … Read the rest...

This is by Reginald Bretner writing under the pseudonym of Grendel Briarton.

It was in 3008 that Ferdinand Feghoot, singlehanded, rescued the Reverend Mahatma G. Birdshot from the primitive humanoids of the planet called Egg, who had decided to kill him.

The Eggians took to Feghoot at once. They brought him fresh fish, fruit, and strong native beer. They gave him a bevy of their fattest, most beautiful maidens to dance the notorious erotic dances of Egg for his benefit. … Read the rest...

This tale is by Reginald Bretner using Grendel Briarton as a pen name.

Like George Washington, Ferdinand Feghoot could not tell a lie. This was dramatically demonstrated in 2362, when he rescued Magda Millsap-Borgia, most famous and beautiful of operatic sopranos, from the clutches of Adrian Haggis, an infamous booking agent who, through illegal time-travelling connections, kidnaped great female voices from the past and the future. Because of him, the Twentieth Century was renowned for having more super-sopranos than any … Read the rest...

By Reginald Bretnor writing under the pen name Grendel Briarton.

In 3588, the space liner Asimov Maru was forced down on a seemingly unknown planet. Her interstellar transmitters were wrecked and her supplies were all ruined.

Her captain sought out Ferdinand Feghoot, who luckily was one of the passengers. “Please help us,” he begged.

For a moment, Feghoot regarded the landscape. Then, “Bring baskets and a bit iron griddle,” he ordered. “Follow me!”

They obeyed. For hours, they trudged over … Read the rest...