His two novels with Edwin Balmer, When Worlds Collide(1933)(made into a 1951 film) and After Worlds Collide(1934) dealt with a doomed Earth and the efforts of a group of people to save a segment of humanity. He was under house arrest for his 1945 novel, The Paradise Crater, which dealt with a 1965 attempt by Nazis to control the world with atomic power. His Crunch Adams, master of the charter boat Poseidon, stories(briefly a series with Forrest Tucker) apparently influenced the Travis McGee books. The Disappearance(1951) dealt with the double standards between men and women very early in the women’s rights struggle. 1932’s The Savage Gentleman was an influence on the development of Doc Savage. 1930’s Gladiator is considered an inspiration for Superman. Some of his novels covered things unheard of during those times. Pjilip Wylie was an important writer of the mid-twentieth century and is largely forgotten today.
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